Rick Riordan, our 2011 Milner Award Winner

was honored at a program on Thursday, October 27 at the Georgia World Congress Center’s Sidney Marcus Auditorium. Over 1,600 school children who voted attended the program.

The Milner Award winner is the guest of honor at the Milner Award program held each year. An author can win only once and must accept the Milner Award in person. The award consists of an honorarium, a commissioned glass sculpture of a quill and inkwell by Hans Frabel, and the honor of being voted the children’s favorite author. During the programs, the Milner Award winner discusses life as an author and how plots and characters are developed, giving children a glimpse of a writer’s life and process.

Become part of the Milner Award Celebration by voting for the 2012 winner now! To ensure your students can vote for next year's winner, vote online or download a ballot, have your students vote for their favorite author, and return the completed ballots to your nearest Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Branch.