Love reading? Be an Abe Book Award Reader!

The Lincoln Award is given to the book from that year's master list that earns the highest number of student votes. For a book to reach the master list, adult and young adult fiction and nonfiction titles must be nominated by teachers or librarians and vetted by the nominations committee. While the popularity of a particular title is important, the overall quality of the work is of primary importance. Each year, a panel of high school librarians, teachers, public librarians and students determines the final master list of twenty titles.

Thank you for offering to participate in selecting the titles that will be on next year's master list.

** Info for Student Readers ** ~ Most of the work of the Reader Panel is done by email. ~ You must be able to attend a full-day spring selection meeting (usually the second Saturday in February in central Illinois). ~ Read 10 assigned titles, plus other nominated titles as time permits, and evaluate them. ~ Read reviews (provided for you) of all 75 semi-final nominated titles for the Lincoln Award. ~ You will receive your 10 assigned titles, the complete list of 75, and the reviews mid-October, and will have until early February to complete your reading/evaluations. ~ At the meeting you will participate with the adult and other student members of the Reader Panel in choosing the 20 final Lincoln Award nominees. ~ Preference is given to juniors and seniors. ~ This is a one-year commitment.

For more information on the program, visit http://islma.org/lincoln.htm

Apply Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfT1wvyC1WPbvEYmtHj36NFnN-5WcMjan3t_wksT2Gurug0dQ/viewform