Appalachian Prison Book Project
Challenging mass incarceration through books, education, and community engagement.
We are excited to announce the winners of the inaugural APBP education scholarship: Darrin Lester and Beau Baker! About the Winners Darrin and Beau are both students enrolled in universities in the state of West Virginia. Each $2,500 scholarship can…
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Thanks to everyone who voted for APBP in Appodlachia’s 2020 awards show. We’re excited to be the Non-Profit of the Year!
APBP has been awarded the 2019 Amplifier Award from Barrelhouse Magazine. We are so excited about this partnership that will help us promote writing and artwork by incarcerated people in West Virginia. Special thanks to APBP Student President Rayna Momen who took…
APBP has been awarded honorable mention in the 2018 National Book Foundation Innovations in Reading Prize!! Check out the cool company we are in and our new logo created (just in time!) by an incarcerated artist and member of the…
