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Beacon Award NOMINATION FORM

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  • Nominees may be of any profession, but they must have made a significant contribution to exposing young people to the stories of Sherlock Holmes.
  • An award can go to an individual or an organization.
  • Anyone can make a nomination, but the Awards Task Group has the right to reject a nomination that is frivolous, incomplete, or otherwise inappropriate.
  • No one can nominate himself/herself.
  • Nominations are accepted only between 1 October and 1 November of the nominating year
  • All nominations become the property of The Beacon Society and may be published on the Beacon website
  • Email the completed nomination to Elaine M. Coppola, Chair of the Awards Task Group of the Beacon Society

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This file is also available as a PDF form (see bottom of page)

  • Please supply contact information for both yourself and the nominee. (If you are nominating a group or scion society, give contact information for the president of the group or the committee chair of the educational activity.)
  • First and Last Name:
  • Street Address:
  • City, State/Province and Zip/Postal Code:
  • Country:
  • Email Address:
  • Preferred Phone:
  • Use as much space as you need to provide reasons for your nomination.
  • For an individual nomination, tell what you know about the nominee’s profession and/or work with young people.
  • For a group/club/scion nomination, tell something about the group’s activities and/or work with their community.
  • Summarize the specific reasons why you feel that this person deserves an award for introducing young people to Sherlock Holmes. 
  • Describe the activities that this person has organized, planned, implemented, or otherwise has undertaken to introduce young people to Sherlock Holmes. 
  • Estimate the number of young people reached by his/her activities.
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Thank you for your nomination. Email the completed form to Elaine M. Coppola or contact her with questions.