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CHICAGO -- Public Libraries, the official magazine of the Public Library Association, has announced the winners of its 2021 .

Feature length articles published in 2020 were eligible to compete for two cash prizes. The author(s) must be employed in a public library at the time the manuscript is submitted. The articles were evaluated by members of the . The winner of the Feature Article Contest receives $500. The committee also identified a winner for the Honorable Mention Award, which includes a $300 cash prize.

The 2021 Feature Article Contest award winner is Mary Jo Finch, Director, Westbank Community Library in Austin, Tex., for her article , which appeared in the September/October 2020 issue.

The 2021 Honorable Mention Award went to , by Marissa Bucci, Youth Services Librarian, The Ferguson Library in Stamford, Conn.; Jay Janoski, Assistant Director, Westhampton Public Library in Westhampton Beach, New York; and Nicole Scherer, Assistant Director, Nassau Library System in Uniondale, New York.

For more information on the Feature Article Contest, please contact the editor, Kathleen M. Hughes, at .

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