2019 Winners & Honorees

Promotional Segment with 2019 Literacy Award winners and Best Practice honorees

Library of Congress Literacy Awards Best Practices 2019 (PDF, 3.7 MB)

Winners

• David M. Rubenstein Prize ($150,000): ProLiteracy Worldwide
• American Prize ($50,000): American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
• International Prize ($50,000): ConTextos

Honorees

Fostering a Love of Reading

• Bring Me a Book
• Friends of Matènwa Inc.
• Ready for Reading

Innovative Programs Through Libraries

• Hartford Public Library
• The Jane Stern Community Library
• Meridian Library District
• Riecken Community Libraries

Responding to Community Needs

• The Conscious Connect Inc.
• Nal’ibali Trust
• Razia’s Ray of Hope

Writing as a Pathway to Literacy

• Literacy for Incarcerated Teens
• LitWorld International Inc.
• One World Education
• PEN/Faulkner Foundation
• Western Massachusetts Writing Project