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RICHARD PECK SCHOLARSHIP

Longtime Festival supporter Richard Peck made a generous donation in 2016 that now provides an annual stipend to offset the cost of attending the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival. 

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For the 2023 Book Festival, we are awarding four $1,200 scholarships. 

Application Deadline: February 6

Click here to view for the scholarship application. 

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Click here to read the press release. 

Photograph of eight people standing next to one another, in a row, in a room with wooden walls and floors.

Pictured from left, Ellen Ruffin, curator of the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection; Dr. John Eye, dean of University Libraries; University Provost Dr. Steve Moser; President Emeritus Dr. Aubrey K. Lucas; Peck; University President Dr. Rodney D. Bennett; Dr. Ann Blackwell, former dean of the College of Education and Psychology; and Karen Rowell, coordinator of the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival.

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