Pen to Pandemic 

Awarded by the Upper Hudson Library System (2021)

This unique program was created when staff identified a need and an opportunity in their community. As a creative and cathartic outlet, they invited people to create original short stories set locally during the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with several community partners, a team of judges selected the winning entries, which were published in the New Authors Journal.

All of the submissions were collected and published in an original book entitled Pen to Pandemic: A Community Anthology from the Time of Covid-19, copies of which were presented to all of the contributors and of course added to the library’s collection!