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2025 Book Award Recipient for a Short Story Collection Announced
DATE: November 3, 2025 The James Baker Hall Foundation, in partnership with Accents Publishing, is pleased to announce the results for the second James Baker…
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Kentucky Book Festival
Join us when the winner of this year’s James Baker Hall Book Award is announced at the Kentucky Book Festival!
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Kentucky Writers on the Road Next Stop: Paducah
Kentucky Writers on the Road will be pulling into Paducah on October 24 and 25 as we travel the state to introduce our 2024 Book Award winner Wesley Houp.
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Louisville Book Festival
The 2025 Louisville Book Festival will be held at the Kentucky International Convention Center on Saturday, October 11th, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The Foundation’s exhibitor table is E8. Please…
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Partnership with Bloodroot Writers Collective
DATE: October 3, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Board of Directors of the James Baker Hall Foundation recently approved a grant to enter into a…
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Giving Tuesday is the First Tuesday in December
Giving Tuesday on Tuesday, December 2nd. Giving Tuesday began in 2012 and is a global movement unleashing the power of radical generosity.
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Meet Toni Ann Johnson! 2025 James Baker Hall Book Award Judge
From a very young age, Toni Ann Johnson knew the arts would be a huge part of her life. At 12, she began improv, at 14 she was accepted into the Young Actors at Strasberg Program in New York and at 17 she entered New York University’s Tisch
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New Board Appointments
media alert DATE: July 1, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The James Baker Hall Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of two distinguished individuals to…
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Lexington Poetry Month Kicks off June 1!
All you poets out there . . . how about this to get the creative energy flowing? Lexington Poetry Month (LexPoMo) is looking for
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Book Launch for Award Winner
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WHAT Book Launch for the James Baker Hall Foundation’s first book award winner. The foundation will be celebrating the launch of Wesley…
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Book Release Gala on May 22nd in Lexington
DATE: May 8, 2025FOR: Immediate Release The James Baker Hall Foundation will be celebrating the release of the winning entry to their 2024 Book Award…
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Kentucky Writers on the Road: A New Program of the James Baker Hall Foundation
Kentucky Writers on the Road: A New Program of the James Baker Hall Foundation Check out the foundation at these 2025 stops for Kentucky Writers…
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2025 Call for Manuscripts
Media Alert DATE: April 1, 2025 FOR: Immediate Release 2025 Book Award Competition for a Short Story Collection Submissions Now Open April 1 through June…
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Collaboration with Workhorse, LLC
Media Alert DATE: March 17, 2025 FOR: Immediate Release The James Baker Hall Foundation AnnouncesNew Collaboration with Workhorse, LLC James Baker Hall Foundation is proud…
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