Elinor Lipman Award

The recipient of the 2025 Lipman Award was Julia Magee, a University of Massachusetts Lowell student and Westford, MA resident, for her work, "A Little Less than Halfway to Boiling.

 

The recipient of the 2024 Elinor Lipman Award is

Chance Lee, Assistant Director of the Tyngsboro Public Library and a Lowell resident, for his work

“The Library Turtle.”

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The recipient of the 2023 Lipman Award was Ben Morrison and the Distinguished Mention Awards recipient was Ashley Rose Rivera.

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The recipient of the first Lipman Award for Writing was Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and the first recipient of the Distinguished Mention Award was Stephen O'Connor.

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The recipient of the Distinguished Mention Award is

Sally L. DeAngelis, a Lowell resident and author of poems, short stories and essays, for her work

“Pair of Angels.”

 

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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Please contact Lipmanaward@gmail.com for more information