Literature and Language Program
The Italian American Cultural Foundation was awarded a $2,000 grant by NIAF for their Italian Literature & Language Program
2006-2007 Essay Award Recipients
IACF awarded $17,400.00 in 2007 to eight high schools and three colleges who participate in our program and has placed $25,000.00 worth of literature in participating schools.
Students compete for monetary education awards by choosing a book from the collection provided by IACF and submitting an essay detailing how this book has influenced the student’s perspective of Italian American culture. Essays are judged by a committee of academicians independent of the Foundation.
Essay Criteria
* Students of participating high schools are to be of Italian descent.
* Students of participating colleges need not be of Italian descent.
* Participating students are to select and read a text from the book
collection which has been donated to each school library.
* Students are to prepare an essay two to four pages in length.
Essays are to be submitted no later than the first week of March of each
year.
* The essay is to include how the text influenced the student's
perspective on his/her Italian heritage and how the student's knowledge of
Italian American culture was broadened.
* Essays are judged by a Committee of Academicians, independent of the
Foundation, for originality of content, style and evidence of increased
awareness of their Italian heritage.
* Senior essay winners are published in a literary magazine.
Essay Awards
Participating Colleges and Universities:
- John Carroll University
- Lake Erie College
- Ursuline College
Students read a selection from our list and write an essay. the Readers
Committee determines the best from all entries.
* First Place..........................................$1,000.
* Second Place......................................$ 500.
* Third Place..........................................$ 300.
Total Awards per College: $1,800.
Honorable Mention recipients are awarded $100.
All other qualifying entries are awarded $25.
Participating High Schools:
- Arch-Bishop Hoban
- Benedictine
- Lake Catholic
- Mayfield
- Padua
- Solon
- West Geauga
- Wickliffe
Students read a selection from our list and write an essay. The Readers
Committee determines the three best from senior students; and the best essay
from the sophomore and junior entrants.
* Graduating Senior - First Place........................$ 500.
* Graduating Senior - Second Place....................$ 300.
* Graduating Senior - Third Place........................$ 200.
* Junior - First Place..........................................$ 300.
* Sophomore - First Place..................................$ 200.
Total Awards per High School: $1,500.
Honorable Mention recipients are awarded $100.
All other qualifying entries are awarded a certificate of participation of
$25.
Contributing Organizations To the Literature and Language Program
Americans of Italian Heritage
Italian-American Club of Solon
Sante Catholic Union
Southwest Italian-American Club
Wickliffe Italian-American Club
I.A.C.F. Donated Library Collection
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Western Reserve Historical Society
The Italian American Cultural Foundation (IACF) contributes to the funding
of a curator for the Italian Archives that relates the history and
achievements of Italian Americans in Cleveland.
"The Italian American History Collection was established in 2006 through the
generosity of the Northern Ohio Italian American Foundation, the Italian
American Cultural Foundation, and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America.
It preserves and documents the heritage of Italian Americans and their
families, organizations, and businesses in Northeast Ohio. The program
shares its collections with the public in the WRHS Archives-Library, by
organizing exhibits at various venues, and through programming and
publications."