To answer all of the nutmeg questions I am seeing.

Several years ago we changed the way we release the following years’ nominees. It used to be a google form request, that went away. The nominees are no longer “secret” nominees. Instead we do a “soft” launch of nominees in our March 15th (unless that falls on a weekend it is either the Friday before or the Monday after) newsletter. In order to get the nominees you can join the mailing list before March 15th: https://sites.google.com/view/nutmegbookaward/newsletter-sign-up. Or you can wait and find them on the nutmeg website before April 1 (it is a tab as we don’t promote the following year until voting is over for this year).

We do not send out monthly newsletters so if you signed up assuming you would be seeing newsletters from us and doubting if your newsletter registration went through, that isn’t the case.

We send out 3-4 newsletters a year:

March 15th (or weekday closest to this date if it falls on a weekend): this years voting process is outlined and forms are sent out to prepare for the April voting and the May submission of votes to the nutmeg committee, we also include the announcement of the following years’ nominees, info on how to purchase promo materials (bookmarks and stickers)

May 15th (or weekday closest to this date if it falls on a weekend): this year’s winners are announced along with a promotion of the following year’s nominees. We also highlight libraries that send us initiatives they have done to promote the nominees throughout the year (if libraries send it to us).

October: we send out an email to let you know when new committees will be formed and how to access the applications.

November: a reminder about committee application deadlines.

These are the only times you would have gotten a newsletter from us if you signed up for our newsletter. You also would not get a newsletter if it was past the date we sent that newsletter. We do not resend newsletters to those who have newly joined. The only time a newsletter is sent multiple times is in the case that we have to send corrections to a flyer.

I hope this helps so people do not continue to ask these questions to the listserv. You can find this information on our nutmeg website or reach out to a member of the steering committee (emails and contact listed on website) with specific questions. The nutmeg committees are all volunteers as are those that do our newsletter, we all have tried to streamline this process to make it easier for committee members who have jobs themselves as well as make it simple for those requesting information for their libraries.

If you have any further questions please let me know.

Alessandra Casiello

Nutmeg Award Secretary