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Category: Honors and Awards

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Announcing Our 2021‒2022 Education Scholarship Winners

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectOctober 14, 2021November 30, 2021Leave a comment

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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APBP Is the 2020 Appalachian Nonprofit of the Year

by Lydia WelkerDecember 29, 2020March 3, 20212 Comments

Thousands of Appalachians voted in Appodlachia’s 2020 award show, and we’re excited to announce that the Appalachian Prison Book Project was named the Appalachian Organization/Non-Profit of the Year! We share our victory with many other Appalachian stars. Here are some…

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APBP Wins Barrelhouse Magazine Amplifier Award

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectFebruary 13, 2019March 3, 2021Leave a comment

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…

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2018 Innovations in Reading Prize

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectJune 20, 2018August 22, 2019Leave a comment

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…

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