Mari Evans Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Weekly View — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 05:10:17 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation has announced that poet and Indianapolis resident Mari Evans is the recipient of the 2015 Indiana Authors Award Lifetime Achievement Award. This marks only the second time an author has received this award from the Library Foundation.
Evans will join five already-announced Indiana Authors Award winners and finalists at the Indy Author Fair and Indiana Authors Award Dinner on October 10 at Central Library. The Lifetime Achievement Award allows Evans to select an Indiana library to receive a $2,500 grant on behalf of the Library Foundation. The public is invited to a celebration of Evans’ life and work will be held at 10:15 a.m. during the free Indy Author Fair.
Evans’ monumental career spans decades and has shaped women’s history, politics, music and drama. She is the author of numerous articles and children’s books, and her work has been included in hundreds of anthologies and textbooks, including translations into many other languages. Much of Evans’ work focuses on the celebration of Africa and the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement, as well as other themes that bring to light the reality of the African-American experience. Evans became a well-respected figure in the Black Arts Movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Her impact on Africa was reflected in 1997 when the Ugandan government issued a commemorative postage stamp in her honor.
Teens are invited to participate in a special poetry workshop following Evans’ celebration at the Indy Author Fair, includes opportunities to purchase books, participate in book signings and take part in workshops and one-on-one interactions with accomplished authors. Workshops will focus on writing and publishing nonfiction books, blogging for writers, getting started with writing and writing for young authors.
Individual and full table tickets are available for the Award Dinner, a benefit for the Library Foundation. For additional information about the Indiana Authors Award and festivities, visit indianaauthorsaward.org.

Winners and Finalists Chosen for 2015 Indiana Authors Award

Weekly View — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 05:10:10 +0000

INDIANA — For the first time, two poets have been selected as winners of the Indiana Authors Award. Purdue University professor Marianne Boruch is the winner of the $10,000 National Author prize given by the 2015 Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award. Adrian Matejka, Lilly Professor/Poet-in-Resident at Indiana University-Bloomington, has been named the Regional Author winner, earning him a $7,500 prize. The National and Regional winners, along with finalists in the Emerging Author category, will be honored at the 7th annual Indiana Authors Award Dinner on October 10 at Central Library in Indianapolis.
This annual award program recognizes Indiana authors’ contributions to the literary landscape in Indiana and across the nation. The Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award is a program of The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation and is funded through the generosity of The Glick Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation.
Award nominations were submitted from across the state in early spring. Any published writer who was born in Indiana or has lived in Indiana for at least five years was eligible. An eight-member, statewide Award Panel selected the National and Regional winners and the three Emerging Author finalists from the pool of publicly nominated authors. Emerging Author finalists are Laura Bates, Skila Brown and Clifford Garstang.
Individual and full table tickets are available for the Award Dinner. Funds raised by the Dinner will benefit the Library Foundation. The public is also invited to participate in the free 2015 Indy Author Fair on October 10 at Central Library, which will include author talks and workshops for writers and book lovers of all ages, led by faculty of the Indiana Writers Center and other special guests.
For additional information about the Indiana Authors Award and festivities, visit indianaauthorsaward.org.

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Mari Evans Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

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