This award honors a YALSA member for developing an outstanding reading or literature program for young adults.The MAE Award for Best Literature Program for Teens is sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust.
Edwards was a well-known and innovative young adult services librarian at Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Md., for more than 30 years. Her trust has supported many initiatives from YALSA, including the Alex Awards for adult books with teen appeal and all five rounds of the Excellence in Library Service to Young Adults project.
In her application, Vaughan details the development and success of their program, ReCreate Reading. She notes that the program enables the faculty, administration, staff, and...
In her application, Brennan described how she collaborated with Phil Spears, Head of Middle School, and Warren Hunter, Director of Student Life, to create a...
With guidance from Youth Information Specialist Hendershot, the Blue Valley Library’s Young Adult Advisory Council (YAAC) established a Young Adult Diversity Discussion Panel to address...
Abron created a program called the Book Concert Series, in which a concert/party is held that features a booktalk event with approximately 20 titles from...
Pelfrey created a program allowing her students to unplug from their digital lives and engage their imagination using the worlds found in books. The program...
