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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365F91">I just received the following email from the National Book Foundation about a $2,500 prize opportunity for libraries, schools, and after-school programs
</span><span style="color:#365F91">using innovative approaches to successfully inspire a lifelong love of reading.</span><span style="color:#365F91"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365F91">Applications are online at: </span>
<em><a href="http://www.nationalbook.org/innovations_in_reading_2011_static.PDF"><span style="font-style:normal">http://www.nationalbook.org/innovations_in_reading_2011_static.PDF</span></a></em><em><span style="color:#365F91;font-style:normal"> (print, fill
out by hand, and mail/FAX) or <a href="http://www.nationalbook.org/innovations_in_reading_2011_fillable.PDF">
http://www.nationalbook.org/innovations_in_reading_2011_fillable.PDF</a> (fill out online and email).<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="color:#365F91;font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>If you have any questions, please contact the National Book Foundation at 212-685-0261.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365F91">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365F91">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365F91">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365F91"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365F91"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> National Book Foundation [mailto:nationalbook@nationalbook.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 15, 2010 5:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Katie Anderson<br>
<b>Subject:</b> 2011 Innovations in Reading Prize Applications Now Available<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:gray">Innovations in Reading Prize 2011</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">POSTMARK DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 22, 2011</span></strong>
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The complete application process is available in the Application Form. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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year, the National Book Foundation awards a number of prizes of up to $2,500 each to individuals and institutions--or partnerships between the two--that have developed innovative means of creating and sustaining a lifelong love of reading. In addition to promoting
the best of American literature through the National Book Awards, the Foundation also seeks to expand the audience for literature in America. Through the Innovations in Reading Prizes, those individuals and institutions that use particularly innovative methods
to generate excitement and a passionate engagement with books and literature will be rewarded for their creativity and leadership.<br>
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Questions? Contact the Foundation at 212.685.0261.<br>
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