Innovations in Reading Prize


The Innovations in Reading Prize was an annual award given to organizations and individuals who "developed innovative means of creating and sustaining a lifelong love of reading." The prize was awarded by the National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards. The Innovations in Reading prize was founded in 2009, and from 2009 to 2014, the National Book Foundation recognized up to five winners, who each received $2,500. Beginning in 2015, the Foundation began recognizing a single $10,000 prize winner each year, as well as four honorable mentions. In 2018, the Foundation began recognizing each honorable mention organization with a $1,000 prize. The final award was given out in 2020.

Innovations in Reading prize winners

2009
2010
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2011
  • Burton Freeman for My Own Book
  • Kore Press
  • Electric Literature/Electric Publisher
  • YARN, the Young Adult Review Network
2012
2013
2014
2015
  • Reach Incorporated
2016
2017
  • Barbershop Books

2018

  • Teach This Poem

Innovations in Reading Honorable Mentions

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020