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2025 Cardinal Cup Committee: Seeking Members

Are you a history buff?  Do you enjoy reading new juvenile and young adult literature? Apply to be a member of the 2025 Cardinal Cup Award Committee!

The Cardinal Cup (formerly the Jefferson Cup) honors a distinguished biography, historical fiction or American history books for children and young adults. Presented since 1983, the Cardinal Cup Committee’s goal is to promote reading about America’s past; to encourage the quality writing of United States history, biography and historical fiction for young people and to recognize authors in these disciplines.

The Cardinal Cup Committee selects the winning titles for the Cardinal Cup Award. The committee has 8 members: a chairperson (selected by the previous year's committee), 6 committee members selected by the current chair, and the advisory past chair of the previous year's Cardinal Cup Committee. All committee members must be members of VLA and are all voting members of the committee.
Submit your application by 11:59PM on August 30, 2024.
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