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Applications for BBW Krug Fund Grants - now open!

Posted By Administration, Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Since 2010, the Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund has disbursed grants to organizations to assist them stage "Read-Outs" or other events during Banned Books Week.

(A Banned Books Week Read-Out is an event at which people gather to read from books that have been banned or challenged over the years, in order to celebrate the freedom to read.)

The 2016 Banned Books Week: September 25 - October 1, 2016

Grant application deadline: May 15, 2016

Application info HERE