ALA John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award
Apply for the John Cotton Dana Award
The 2025 call for submission is now open until March 3, 2025. Read the press release for more details.
Interested in learning more? Sign up to attend the John Cotton Dana Award Informational Webinar on Monday, February 3 from 2pm - 3pm CST.
The John Cotton Dana Award honors outstanding effective strategic communication campaigns that show results, no matter what size or type of library.
In recognition of their achievement, John Cotton Dana Award winners receive a $10,000 cash development grant from the H.W. Wilson Foundation. Winners also have the opportunity to show their successful campaign to other libraries and serve as role models for libraries nationwide. The program is managed by Core's John Cotton Dana Award Committee. Core is a division of the American Library Association.
This award is open annually, January through March. Winners are awarded and celebrated at the Annual ALA Conference.
Strategic library communication campaigns may be submitted by any library, Friends group, consulting agency, or service provider. The only exclusions are institutions represented by John Cotton Dana Award Committee members, John Cotton Dana Award Committee members from the previous year, organizational units of the American Library Association, EBSCO Publishing, and the H.W. Wilson Foundation.
Sponsored by the H.W. Wilson Foundation and EBSCO.
