That’s because she just won the $15,000 grand prize from the Brooklyn Public Library to open a Brooklyn bookstore.
Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo, who runs the Written Nerd blog, won the big prize at the library’s fourth annual Power Up! business-plan competition, a contest open to those in Brooklyn who want to start a business or need capital for expansion.
Congrats to Jessica, who lives in Park Slope. Here are the other Power Up Winners:
1st Place
$15 K – Book Nerd Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo
2nd Place
$5 K – Soul Sister Quisine Nicole Gates
$5 K – Matari Lukango Victoria Watson
Merit Award
$750 – Still Hip Marcie Bohan & Gabrielle Napolitano-Swift
$750 – Brooklyn Creative League Erin Carney & Neil Carlson
$750 – BK Telecom Kevin Byrdsong
Honorable Mention
$500 – Museum of Magic Rory Feldman
$500 – Steven’s Consulting Jennifer Stevens
$500 – Semiology Kathleen Rhew
$500 – Handmaiden Ilana Kavadlo