The Rose Dorothea Award
Created by Chair Emeritus James Johnson, The Rose Dorothea Award is presented by the Board of Library Trustees of the Provincetown Public Library to a person with a strong connection to the Outer Cape who has made a significant contribution through the written word. The Board of Library Trustees nominates and selects the award recipient.
2026 Recipient of the Rose Dorothea Award
David Dunlap
The Board of Trustees of the Library is pleased to present the 2026 Rose Dorothea Award to David W. Dunlap. Born in San Francisco in 1952, David grew up in Chicago. After graduating from Yale College in 1975, he joined The New York Times, where he spent the next 42 years as a reporter for the metro desk. Now living in Manhattan, David is the author, co-author, or photographer of five books.
He currently writes and produces the Provincetown Encyclopedia (ptownencyclopedia.com), a building-by-building social and cultural history. David’s ongoing contributions to the documenting of Provincetown's history—via his book, Building Provincetown and the Provincetown Encyclopedia website—are invaluable.
Previous recipients of the Rose Dorothea Award
Theresa Parker &
Ed Miller
2025
Heidi Jon Schmidt
2024
Frank X. Gaspar
2023
Paul Lisicky
2022
Karen Finley
2021
Mark Doty
2019
Marge Piercy
2018
Sebastian Junger
2017
Josephine Del Deo
2016
Michael Cunningham
2015
There was no Award given in 2020 due to the pandemic.