WordCount

Illinois Humanities presents: WordCount! 

Ready? Set? READ!

From December 21, 2020 to January 25, 2021, join in the reading fun and up your “WordCount” with Illinois Humanities! Log all the reading (and/or audiobook listening) you do to can win prizes and support Illinois Humanities--it’s a triple win: reading (books), winning (prizes), and helping (Illinois Humanities).

Illinois Humanities, the Illinois affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, is a statewide nonprofit organization that activates the humanities through free public programs, grants, and educational opportunities that foster reflection, spark conversation, build community and strengthen civic engagement. 

We provide free, high-quality humanities experiences throughout Illinois, particularly for communities of color, individuals living on low incomes, counties and towns in rural areas, small arts and cultural organizations, and communities highly impacted by mass incarceration. 

Funds raised from WordCount will support the Illinois Humanities Odyssey Project, a free, college-credit earning humanities program for income eligible adults that explores writing, literature, philosophy, art, and U.S. history.

Each week we'll send you reading suggestions and we'll highlight the players who have most "upped" their WordCount.