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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Posted on behalf of the Oregon Readers Choice Award (ORCA) committee.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It’s time to nominate titles for the 2016 Oregon Readers Choice Award titles at the
</span><a href="http://oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ORCA blog</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">. Here is a general timeline of how the process works and what you can do.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Which titles can be nominated</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">? Titles for the 2016 ORCA need a 2013 copyright
date. This delay ensures that the title will be readily available in paperback during the voting year. Categories are Upper Elementary (grades 3-5), Middle School (grades 6-8), and High School (grades 9-12).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Who can nominate titles</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">? Oregon students, this is your chance to nominate your favorites. Oregon
teachers and librarians are also eligible to nominate titles.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">How long is the nomination link open</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">? The link is open from January 1 until February 28, 2015.</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">What happens next</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">? The nominations are reviewed by a committee of librarians
and educators. The committee selects the final titles based upon a number of criteria, including literary quality, creativity, reading enjoyment, reading level, and regional interest.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Voting</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> for the 2015 Oregon Readers Choice Award runs March 1-31, 2015.
Ballots are available on the </span><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=208"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">website</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> or the
</span><a href="http://oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com/resources/"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">blog</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">. There will be links on both sites to submit your votes starting
March 1.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Who can vote?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Oregon students in grades 3-12 can vote if they have read or listened to at least
two books in one of the divisions. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">When are the winners announced?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> 2016 titles will be announced at the Oregon
Library Association Convention in April and then posted on the ORCA website and blog.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">What else can you do?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Let us know what kinds of fun things you did with
your students and ORCA so we can share it with others.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nina Kramer<o:p></o:p></p>
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