Green Earth Literature Program

Overview

The Newton Marasco Foundation (NMF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire the next generation of environmental stewards. Through youth designed and driven programs, we teach the value and ethics of environmental stewardship and sustainability. We educate and partner with schools, corporations, and communities to reach our nation’s children through environmental science, the arts and literature.

NMF, in partnership with Salisbury University, created the Green Earth Book Award to promote books that inspire children to grow a deeper appreciation, respect, and responsibility for their natural environment. This is an annual award for books that best raise awareness of the beauty of our natural world and the responsibility that we have to protect it. In 2012, the Green Earth Book Award will be awarded in these categories:

Picture Book: books for young readers in which the visual and verbal narratives together tell the story
Children’s Fiction: novels for young readers up to age 12
Young Adult Fiction: books for readers from age 13 to 21
Children’s Nonfiction: nonfiction books for readers from infancy to age 12
Young Adult Nonfiction: nonfiction books for readers from 12 to age 21

The award in each of the categories will be comprised of a monetary award of $1,000 to the author and $1,000 to the illustrator/photographer (or $2,000 if the author and illustrator or photographer is the same person). In addition, Green Earth Book Award-winning books will be donated to Title I schools or military bases in Northern Virginia, Maryland, and/or Washington, DC.