For more information and to apply, visit the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and visit the awards page.
The Las Cumbres Amateur Outreach Award, established by Wayne Rosing and Dorothy Largay in 2001, seeks to honor outstanding educational outreach by an amateur astronomer to K-12 children and the interested lay public.
2008 Winner:
Gary Fujihara from IfA, Hilo, Hawai'i
Past winners:
| Year | Recipient | Location |
| 2007 | Richard J. Smith | Sparks, Nevada |
| 2006 | Asghar Kabiri | Sa'adat-shahr, Iran |
| 2005 | Mary Lou Whitehorne | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 2004 | Big Bang Band Traveling Star Show (Terry Dye, Matt Gardner, Angelo Parasi) | Northern California |
| 2003 | Mario Motta | Lynnfield, Massachusetts |
| 2002 | Dean Ketelsen | Tucson, Arizona |
| 2001 | Joseph R. Caruso | Harvard, Massachusetts |
