Last Friday, September 8, 2023, Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden announced the recipients of this year's Literacy Awards winners and honorees. The Literacy Awards program, sponsored by David M. Rubenstein since 2013, honors organizations that provide exemplary, innovative and replicable strategies to combat illiteracy. For more than 10 years, the Library of Congress has recognized the urgent need to achieve universal literacy through the program.
Top prizes for the 2023 Literacy Awards were awarded to The News Literacy Project, Downtown Boxing Gym and Worldreader.
An additional 15 organizations were recognized for their successful practices in literacy programming:
- Ako Aotearoa’s Manako Program; Wellington, New Zealand
- Book Love Foundation; North Conway, New Hampshire
- BookSpring; Austin, Texas
- Building Tomorrow; Indianapolis, Indiana
- Compassion Books; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Dominican Literacy Center, Aurora; Aurora, Illinois
- Get Lit – Words Ignite’s Uni(verse) Program; Los Angeles, California
- An Open Book Foundation; Washington, D.C.
- Pakistan Alliance for Girls Education (PAGE); Islamabad, Pakistan
- PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools); London, United Kingdom
- Queens Borough Public Library; Queens, New York
- Rio Grande Valley Literacy Center; Pharr, Texas
- Virginia Children’s Book Festival; Keysville, Virginia
- WISE Zambia; Phoenix, Arizona
- Yayasan Sulinama’s Collaboration with INOVASI; Ambon, Indonesia
To learn more about this year's outstanding winners and honorees, check out:
- 2023 Winners and Honorees Story Map
- Interactive Map highlighting all of the literacy organizations around the world that have been recognized by the Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program
- View the full list of Literacy Awards recipients since 2013
Congratulations to this year's winners and honorees!
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