Elinor Lipman Award
The Pollard Memorial Library Foundation invites you to the presentation of the 3rd Annual Elinor Lipman Award
for Writing and the accompanying
Distinguished Mention Award.
Please join us:
Thursday, November 7, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
Community Room (ground floor)
Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack Street, Lowell
Refreshments will be served.
The recipient of the 2024 Elinor Lipman Award is
Chance Lee, Assistant Director of the Tyngsboro Public Library and a Lowell resident, for his work
“The Library Turtle.”
The recipient of the Distinguished Mention Award is
Sally L. DeAngelis, a Lowell resident and author of poems, short stories and essays, for her work
“Pair of Angels.”
The Lipman Award pays tribute to Lowell native Elinor Lipman, author of many novels, stories, and essays.
Funded by the Pollard Memorial Library Foundation, the award honors a Lowell resident or student at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell or Middlesex Community College for an outstanding work of fiction or creative nonfiction.
The award recognizes and amplifies the importance of literacy and learning in the City of Lowell for the lives of its residents.
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Please confirm your attendance with an RSVP to Lipmanaward@gmail.com
Lipman award in Lowell news, click on pic above
The Elinor Lipman Award honors Elinor Lipman, a distinguished, prolific and much-loved author born and raised in Lowell, by awarding a prize of $1,000 for a work of fiction or creative nonfiction written by a Lowell-based author. This award is somtimes shortened to the Lipman Award. Complete eligibility and submission guidelines are available at https://lowelllibrary.org/get-involved/foundation/elinor-lipman-award/
Submissions open February 19th and are welcome on or before 11:59 pm EDT, May 24, 2024.
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The Pollard Memorial Library Foundation has established The Elinor Lipman Award for Writing, a competition for fiction and creative nonfiction written by a current resident of Lowell, a current student of the University of Massachusetts Lowell or a current student of Middlesex Community College. The first annual award was bestowed in 2022 to Lillian-Yvonne Bertram.
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The award pays tribute to the work of Lowell native Elinor Lipman, author of numerous novels, stories, essays and poetry for which she has received the New England Book Award for fiction, a lifetime achievement award from the New England Library Information Network, and the Paterson Fiction Prize of the Poetry Center.
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The Lipman Award recognizes the importance of literacy and learning in the City of Lowell and the lives of its residents.
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The Lipman Award was initiated with a generous donation from Loom Press to the Pollard Memorial Library Foundation.