2024 Lipman Award Winner Chance Lee

The Pollard Memorial Library Foundation is delighted to announce the winner of the third Elinor Lipman Award for Writing.

The prize honors Elinor Lipman, a distinguished, prolific, and much-loved author born and raised in Lowell, by awarding a prize for a work of fiction or creative non-fiction written by a Lowell resident or a student at Middlesex Community College or the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Submissions were reviewed in a blinded manner by the judges: Elinor Lipman, literary editor Pilar Garcia-Brown and last year’s Lipman Award winner poet Lillian-Yvonne Bertram.

For more information about the judges, please see: https://lowelllibrary.org/get-involved/foundation/elinor-lipman-award/.

The judges unanimously selected the story entitled “The Library Turtle” by Chance Lee as the winner. Chance is a Lowell resident and Assistant Director at the Tyngsboro Public Library.

Distinguised Mention Award Winner Sally DeAngelis

In addition, the judges decided to recognize another submission with a Distinguished Mention award. This award went to the work “Pair of Angels” by Sally L. DeAngelis. Sally is a Lowell resident and writes poems, short stories and essays.

The awards will be given during a ceremony in the Community Room of the Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack Street, at 6pm on November 7, 2024. The public is welcome; to attend, please RSVP to Lipmanaward@gmail.com.

The Elinor Lipman Award recognizes the importance of literacy and learning in the City of Lowell for the lives of its residents. The prize was founded through a generous donation by Loom Press and is now funded by the Pollard Memorial Library Foundation.

The Pollard Memorial Library Foundation (https://lowelllibrary.org/get-involved/foundation/ and https://www.pollardmemoriallibraryfoundation.com/) supports and advocates for the Library.