2026 Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant Software Now Open

The American Library Association is happy to announce that we at the moment are accepting purposes for the 2026 Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant.

The grant will cowl the bills of 5 (5) Black/African American youth or teen providers librarians or faculty librarians/media specialists who work in both public or faculty libraries.

Recipients will obtain as much as $3000 (and never lower than $1500) to pay for bills associated to attending the ALA Annual Conference together with however not restricted to journey, housing, registration, and a ticket to the Coretta Scott King Award Breakfast.

Applications will probably be accepted till December 15, 2025. Five (5) winners will probably be chosen, with an announcement to be made in February 2026 of the chosen recipients. The recipients will even be acknowledged on the 2026 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL throughout the Coretta Scott King Awards Breakfast.

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The grants are funded by means of a beneficiant donation offered by Simon & Schuster and administered by the ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR).

For particulars concerning the choice standards and/or extra info go to the grant’s webpage.

About the American Library Association

The American Library Association (ALA) is the foremost nationwide group offering sources to encourage library and data professionals to rework their communities by means of important applications and providers. For greater than 140 years, the ALA has been the trusted voice for educational, public, faculty, authorities, and particular libraries, advocating for the career and the library’s position in enhancing studying and making certain entry to info for all. For extra info, go to the ALA web site.

About Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling creator, recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a 2024 MacArthur Fellow, a Kirkus Award winner, a UK Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, an Odyssey Award Winner and two-time honoree, and the recipient of a number of Coretta Scott King honors, a Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. He was additionally the 2020–2022 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. His many books embody All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely); When I Was the Greatest; The Boy within the Black Suit; Stamped; As Brave as You; For Every One; the Track collection (Ghost, Patina, Sunny, Lu, and Coach); Look Both Ways; Stuntboy, within the Meantime; Stuntboy, In-Between Time; Miles Morales Suspended; Ain’t Burned All the Bright (recipient of the Caldecott Honor) and My Name Is Jason. Mine Too. (each cowritten with Jason Griffin); Twenty-Four Seconds from Now…; and Long Way Down, which obtained a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. His debut image e book, There Was a Party for Langston, received a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can discover his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.

“I’m humbled by the opportunity to give back to some of the folks who’ve given so much, not just to me but to our children. I recognize that this conference is more than a good time, but also a necessary tuning fork to ensure our librarians, whether new to the stacks or seasoned veterans, get the encouragement and inspiration necessary to continue to pour into our communities.” –Jason Reynolds

“Jason is constantly looking for ways to help diversify the literary community and rightfully identified access as a key barrier. We’re so proud to be working with him to bring these travel grants to librarians who we desperately need to be a part of the ALA conversation.” — Justin Chanda

About Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, one of many main kids’s e book publishers on the planet, contains the next imprints: Aladdin, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Beach Lane Books, Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, Denene Millner Books, Libros para niños, Little Simon®, Margaret Okay. McElderry Books, Paula Wiseman Books, Salaam Reads, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, and Simon Spotlight®. While sustaining an in depth award-winning backlist, the division continues to publish acclaimed and bestselling books for kids of all ages. Simon & Schuster publishes quite a few Caldecott, Newbery, and National Book Award winners. For extra details about Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, go to our website.

ABOUT SIMON & SCHUSTER CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING

Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, one of many main kids’s e book publishers on the planet, contains the next imprints: Aladdin, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Beach Lane Books, Boynton Bookworks, Denene Millner Books, Libros para niños, Little Simon®, Margaret Okay. McElderry Books, Salaam Reads, Sarah Barley Books, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, and Simon Spotlight®. While sustaining an in depth award-winning backlist, the division continues to publish acclaimed and bestselling books for kids of all ages. Simon & Schuster publishes quite a few Caldecott, Newbery, and National Book Award winners. For extra details about Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, go to our web site at www.simonandschuster.com.

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