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The New Jersey Center for the Book is pleased to announce an exciting 2014 initiative to support the yearlong statewide celebration of the 350th anniversary of the founding of the State of New Jersey. We invite you to participate and to make this a showcase to include all 350 public library members that are now part of the state network of the New Jersey Center for the Book and to become active participants in this celebration.

The NJCFB is sponsoring a grant program that offers public libraries the opportunity to apply for $500 grants to allow them to provide free programs to the public celebrating 350 years of the state of NJ. This grant includes hosting an emerging or established New Jersey author/illustrator, or hosting an exhibition of historical relevance to that library's area of the state. The New Jersey State Library is partially funding this initiative to encourage your library's participation and to make it possible for the public libraries of the state to plan for this most significant historical event. This announcement is being posted now to give ample time for planning participatory events for the patrons of our state's libraries.

The grant program is open to all public libraries in the state. The New Jersey Center for the Book, through a mailing from the State Library, is sending grant applications via email now, with a deadline for return of the grant submissions by October 1, 2013. Please indicate the date you have selected for your program to avoid conflicts with other libraries.

Announcement and public notice of 12 winning entries from the 350 honorary public libraries of the state of New Jersey will be posted on the NJCFB website and listservs on October 30, 2013. The NJCFB will partner with Grounds for Sculpture at a statewide daylong literary festival at which the 12 grant winning libraries will be featured. Saturday, October 11, 2014 is the date for this event. In addition, all other library entries will be part of an exhibit.

All libraries that participated will be listed in the publicity and public relations efforts that the NJCFB circulates throughout the state of New Jersey during the calendar year 2014.

The New Jersey Center for the Book is looking forward to the participation of all 350 honorary public libraries that have become a part of the NJCFB statewide network. It will be a significant opportunity for New Jersey's libraries to partner with the Center for the Book in celebrating 350 years of our great state of New Jersey.

Best wishes, Renee Swartz, Founder and Chair, New Jersey Center for the Book

NEW JERSEY CENTER FOR THE BOOK

350th ANNIVERSARY GRANTS

Grant's Purpose

• To provide free programs to the public celebrating 350 years of the state of NJ
• To support programs held anytime during the 2014 calendar year such as:

-- an emerging or established New Jersey author/illustrator, or -- an event of importance to that library’s area of the state, or -- an exhibition of historical relevance

Grant Winners - 12 strategically placed libraries selected geographically to include 4 from the northern, central, and southern parts of NJ

• Either the main library or a branch of a library system may be chosen

Grants Will Provide - $500 for celebratory events during the 2014 calendar year

• NJCFB bookmarks and statewide publicity for the library winners

• Highlighted presence on the NJCFB website and listservs

• The NJCFB will sponsor a gala 2014 statewide reception at Grounds for Sculpture to showcase the grant winning library programs as part of their major commemorative event celebrating the 350th anniversary of the state of New Jersey.

Partnering with the New Jersey Center for the Book, with support from the NJ State Library

• The winning libraries will acknowledge the NJCFB grant in its publicity

• NJCFB will receive copies of publicity/handouts/photos of the library’s event, in print and/or electronic formats, to be used by NJCFB in its exhibits and website to publicize widely that library’s participation in the celebration

• NJCFB will receive an invitation from the recipient library to be part of the publicity and to attend their event

NEW JERSEY CENTER FOR THE BOOK GRANTS TIMELINE AND APPLICATION

TIMELINE May 2013 Announcement and posting of NJCFB $500 grant application to be a part of the NJCFB 350th Literary Celebration of the state of New Jersey October 1, 2013 Deadline for grant application submissions October 30, 2013 Announcement and public notice of 12 winning entries from the 350 public libraries of the state of New Jersey

APPLICATION

Completed grant applications should be submitted no later than October 1, 2013 through SurveyMonkey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MW5V5FP SurveyMonkey grant application must include:

                            Name of the library
                            Mailing address for the library, including the county
                            Name, phone number and email address for the Library Director              
                            Name, phone number and email address for the representative completing the application for the grant
                            Date of proposed event
                            Brief description of event 

• To support your entry, please include anything that adds a special dimension to your application

Grant information is listed here and can also be accessed at the NJCFB web site: http://www.njcenterforthebook.org

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