Deadline: October 10
Chair: Kendra Carpenter
Email: kendracarpenter@hotmail.com
Purpose: To recognize and publicize outstanding reading/language arts programs in schools.

Deadline: November 1
Chair: Barb Kruse
Email: brkruse@frii.com
Purpose: To recognize an outstanding reading teacher in his/her first five years of teaching to honor the work of deceased past presidents of CCIRA.

Deadline: November 1
Chair: Anne Cook
Email: annecook59@gmail.com
Purpose: To recognize a CCIRA participant who has made significant contributions to the organization.

Deadline: March 1
Chair: Marcie Haloin
Email: ccbaward@gmail.com
Purpose: To encourage love of reading by conducting an annual contest in which the children of Colorado vote for their favorite picture book and their favorite junior novel.