[Nmtriblibs] Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries

[Osterloh, Cassandra, DCA]

Eisner Graphic Novel Grants | Round Tables (ala.org)<https://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/eisner>

Two Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries will be given in the 2024 grant cycle - one Will Eisner Graphic Novel Growth Grants will provide support to a library that would like to expand its existing graphic novel services and programs and one Will Eisner Graphic Novel Innovation Grant will provide support to a library for the initiation of a graphic novel service, program or initiative. These Grants will support two categorical grants that will encourage public awareness on the rise and importance of graphic literature, sequential art, and comics as a literary medium.  The objective of the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries is to facilitate library-generated programs and services that will promote graphic novels to library patrons and to the local community.


Each winning library will receive a grant award of $4,000 to support initiatives that align with the objective of the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries.  The grant award will consist of the following:

  *   $2,000 grant in collection development funds to purchase graphic novels,
  *   $1,000 grant to host a graphic novel-themed event at a library or another community location, and
  *   $1,000 grant to attend the ALA Annual Conference to receive their grant money.  This grant can be used towards any of the following: conference registration, transportation, lodging and food.

In addition, from the book publishers and the Eisner Foundation, the winning libraries will also receive the following graphic novels, valued at approximately $3,000:

  *   The Will Eisner Library: A graphic novel collection of Will Eisner’s work and biographies about Will Eisner* (comprising approximately 40 books)
  *   A selection of the winning titles from the current year’s Will Eisner Awards* at Comic-Con International (comprising approximately 40 books).


Cassandra E. Osterloh (Cherokee Nation), MLS, MA
Pronouns: she/her/hers

[cid:4d6f72f1-4ed4-4635-9317-4fe4ef8aee69]Tribal Libraries Program Coordinator
Library Development Bureau, New Mexico State Library
1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe NM 87507

ALA-APA Councilor, NM Chapter

505-264-2427 (cell)
505-476-9764 (office)
cassandra.osterloh at dca.nm.gov
Learn more: Tribal Libraries Program<https://nmstatelibrary.org/services-for-new-mexico-libraries/tribal-libraries-program/>
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