Deadline nears to apply for International Literacy Prizes

June 15, the deadline to apply for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) 2007 International Literacy Prizes worth US$20,000 each, is fast approaching. Winners will be recognized on International Literacy Day, September 8, 2007. Only governments and international nonprofits may nominate candidates. The principal prizes in 2007 are the International Reading Association Literacy Award, the two King Sejong Literacy Prizes and the two Confucius Prizes. Health is the current theme of the United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD) and the prizes will focus on the link between literacy and health care, nutrition, family and reproductive health and health-related community development. Read more here and here.