Columbia, SC – The SC Center for the Book Awards Program (formerly the Palmetto Book Award Program) honors excellence in writing, teaching, and advocacy of the literary arts. This year, the Center seeks nominations in these three categories:
1. Writing: SC writer of any genre whose work has been published in the last year (2007)
2. Teaching: SC teacher of the literary or language arts (at any level or type of school)
3. Advocacy: SC person or organization that works to promote the literary arts and to foster a creative atmosphere in the state.
The criteria for nominees are:
· The nominee must be a living South Carolina resident or an active South Carolina organization.
· The nominee must be a published writer, a current teacher, or an active promoter of the literary arts in South Carolina, as described in a one page nomination letter.
Nomination forms are available at the South Carolina Center for the Book web site, www.sccenterforthebook.org and should be accompanied by a letter (one page or shorter) to the SCCFTB Awards Committee explaining why the nominee should receive the award. Nomination deadline is March 25, 2008. Nomination forms and letters should be mailed to SCCFTB Awards Committee, C/O South Carolina Center for the Book, P.O. Box 11469, Columbia, SC 29211.
Previous winners of the Palmetto Book Award:
2007—Dr. Walter Edgar
2006—SC Young Writers Conference
2005—Hub City Writers Project
2004—Beaufort County Library
2003—Tom Johnson of South Caroliniana Library, USC
2002—Sara Breibart of Charleston County Public Library
The South Carolina Center for the Book is the South Carolina affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book and is a cooperative project of the South Carolina State Library, the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science, and The Humanities CouncilSC. Formerly known as the Palmetto Book Alliance, the SC Center for the Book changed its name in 2006 to correspond with the 49 other Centers for the Book across the country. The Center is located at the SC State Library at 1430 Senate Street in Columbia. Nomination forms are available at www.sccenterforthebook.org.
