We Give Two Awards Each Year
The Beacon Award
Announced each January, the Beacon Award annually recognizes a project that has successfully introduced young people to the Sherlock Holmes stories. Anyone can submit a nomination form to the Beacon Society, but you cannot nominate yourself. Nominations are accepted from 1 October to 1 November each year.
Beacon Award Winners
- 2004 Beacon Award: Jan Stauber
- Keeping the Memory Green (Being Sherlock Holmes) — Middle School
- 2005 Beacon Award: Myrtle T. Robinson and Dr Twyla Tuten with the Hansom Wheels of SC
- Hound of the Baskervilles Reading Project — Middle School
- 2006 Beacon Award: Lynn Beaulieu and Kim Bartolo of the Fayetteville Manlius School System, NY
- British Literature [Hound of the Baskervilles] Honors Class — High School
- 2007 Beacon Award: Judith Howell
- English Literature and Sherlock Holmes — Middle School (7th grade)
- 2007 Beacon Award: Peter Burkhart
- English Literature and Sherlock Holmes — Middle School (7th grade)
- 2008 Beacon Award: Watson’s Tin Box (scion society)
- Sherlock Holmes Essay Writing Contest — Middle School (7th grade)
- 2009 Beacon Winner: Dr Tracy J. Revels
- Humanities 101: Sherlock Holmes and Victorian England — College History
- 2010 Beacon Winner: Myrtle T. Robinson
- Appreciation for service to the Beacon Society — Program Committee Chair, retired
The Jan Stauber Grant
Announced in the Spring, the Jan Stauber Grant provides up to $250 to fund a proposal that will introduce a number of young people to the Sherlock Holmes stories. The deadline for 2010 applications is 15 May 2010.