Top authors celebrated at 2015 Indiana Authors Award

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Indianapolis Public Library Foundation

Oct 13, 2015, 07:55 ET

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Four authors with Indiana ties were honored at this weekend's 2015 Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award Dinner. Marianne Boruch was recognized as the National Author Winner, Adrian Matejka was recognized as the Regional Author Winner and Clifford Garstang was announced as the Emerging Author Winner from a pool of three finalists. Plus, well-known Indianapolis poet Mari Evans became only the second author to be recognized as the Lifetime Achievement Honoree.

2015 Indiana Authors Award winners: Adrian Matejka, Clifford Garstang and Marianne Boruch.

"The Glick Fund is proud to celebrate these talented authors," said Marianne Glick, Director at the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Family Foundation. "We hope that the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award serves as inspiration and encouragement for the next generation of Indiana writers."

Each Indiana Authors Award winner receives a cash prize and also selects an Indiana public library to receive a $2,500 grant from the Library Foundation. Since the Award's inception in 2009, selected authors have won a total of $157,500, and the authors' hometown libraries have received $57,500 in grants.

Indiana Authors Award nominations were submitted in early spring 2015. Any published writer born in Indiana or who has lived in Indiana for at least five years was eligible. An eight-member, statewide Award Panel selected the winners.

Marianne Boruch: National Author Award Winner - $10,000 prize. A writer whose entire body of work is known and read throughout the country.
Adrian Matejka: Regional Author Award Winner - $7,500 prize. A writer who is well-known and respected throughout Indiana and is evaluated on his/her entire body of work.
Clifford Garstang: Emerging Author Award Winner - $5,000 prize. A writer who has published no more than two books during his/her lifetime. Title(s) must have been published within the last 10 years.
Mari Evans: Lifetime Achievement Honoree - For only the second time ever, the award panel for the Indiana Authors Award chose to select an author whose work has exemplified great achievement over several decades.

Nominations for the 2016 Indiana Authors Award open on Feb. 1, 2016. To learn more, contact the Library Foundation at (317) 275-4700 or visit www.indianaauthorsaward.org.

About The Glick Fund: The Glick Fund was established by Gene and Marilyn Glick to support a variety of causes in central Indiana. In addition to establishing the Indiana Authors Award with The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation, the Glick Philanthropies funds have invested substantially in the areas of affordable housing, education, arts and creative expression, basic needs and self-sufficiency.

About the Library Foundation: The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation promotes patronage and secures support for the advancement of programs, services and facilities of The Indianapolis Public Library to benefit a diverse learning community.

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