The Pollard Memorial Library Foundation successfully presented the third annual Elinor Lipman Award for Writing and the accompanying Distinguished Mention Award.

 

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The recipient of the 2025 Elinor Lipman

Award is Julia Magee, a student

at the University of Massachusetts,

Lowell and a resident of Westford, MA,

for her work “A Little Less than Halfway

to Boiling.” 

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The Lipman Award pays tribute to Lowell native Elinor Lipman, author of many novels, stories, and essays. Funded by the Pollard Memorial Library Foundation, the award honors a Lowell resident or student at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell or Middlesex Community College for an outstanding work of fiction or creative nonfiction. The award recognizes and amplifies the importance of literacy and learning in the City of Lowell for the lives of its residents.

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