<html><head><base href="x-msg://209/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Congratulations to youth librarian extraordinaire Ellen Fader as the recipient of the Walt Morey Young Readers LIterary Legacy Award! A richly deserved honor.<div><br></div><div>Penny Hummel</div><div>President, Oregon Library Association, 2013-14 </div><div> <div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 6, 2014, at 8:22 AM, Katie Anderson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; text-align: center; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">2014 Oregon Book Awards Finalists and Fellowship Recipients Announced</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><br>Literary Arts is pleased to announce the finalists for the 27th annual Oregon Book Awards. The winners will be announced at the 27th Oregon Book Awards ceremony on March 17, 2014. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Luis Urrea<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong>will host the ceremony, which honors the state's finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literature, literary nonfiction, and young readers literature. <br> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">2014 OREGON BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> </span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Ursula K. Le Guin of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Unreal and The Real: Collected Stories: Volume 1 and 2</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Small Beer Press)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Whitney Otto of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Eight Girls Taking Pictures</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Scribner)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Amanda Coplin of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Orchardist</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Harper Perennial)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Roger Hobbs of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Ghostman</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></em>(Knopf)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Jennifer Boyden of Milton-Freewater,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Declarable Future</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(University of Wisconsin Press)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Matthew Dickman of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Mayakovskyıs Revolver</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Norton)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Andrea Hollander of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Landscape with Female Figure: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2012</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Autumn House Press)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Ralph Salisbury of Eugene,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Like the Sun in Storm</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(The Habits of Rainy Nights Press)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Mary Szybist of Portland,<em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Incarnadine</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Graywolf)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">C. B. Bernard of Portland,<em><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Chasing Alaska</b></span></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Lyons Press)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">William J. Bernstein of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Masters of the Word</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Grove Press)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Paul Collins of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Duel with the Devil</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Crown Publishers)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">R. Gregory Nokes of West Linn,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Breaking Chains</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(OSU Press) <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Martin N. Raitiere of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Complicity of Friends</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Bucknell University Press)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Jay Ponteri of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Wedlocked</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Hawthorne Books)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Scott Nadelson of Salem,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Next Scott Nadelson</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></em>(Hawthorne Books)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Elena Passarello of Corvallis,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Let Me Clear My Throat</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Sarabande Books)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Kim Stafford of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Trinity University Press) <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Sandra Stone of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Inmost House</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></em>(Prospect Cove Press)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Scott William Carter of Salem,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Wooden Bones</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Simon & Schuster)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Knit Your Bit</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(G.P. Putnam)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Barbara Kerley of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The World Is Waiting for You</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(National Geographic)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Graham Salisbury of Lake Oswego,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Calvin Coconut: Extra Famous</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Wendy Lamb Books)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Allen Say of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Favorite Daughter</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Arthur A. Levine)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Kari Luna of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Theory of Everything</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Philomel Books)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Kelly Moore, Larkin Reed and Tucker Reed of Jacksonville,<em><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Amber House</b></span></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Arthur A. Levine)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Rosanne Parry of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Written in Stone</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> (Random House)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART GRAPHIC LITERATURE AWARD</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Barry Deutsch of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Hereville: How Mirtka Met a Meteorite</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Amulet Books)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Oil and Water</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Fantagraphics Books)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Natalie Nourigat of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Between Gears</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Image Comics)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Joe Sacco of Portland,<em><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Journalism</b></span></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Metropolitan Books)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Craig Thompson of Portland,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Habibi</span></b></em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Pantheon)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">SPECIAL AWARDS</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">: In addition to recognizing the finest achievements of Oregon authors in several genres, Literary Arts recognizes individual contributions with the C.E.S. Wood Award, the Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award, and the Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">The C.E.S. Wood Distinguished Writer Award</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Vern Rutsala of Portland<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">The Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Vince and Patty Wixon of Ashland<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">The Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Ellen Fader of Portland<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">27TH OREGON BOOK AWARDS CEREMONY<br>DATE:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014<br><b>TIME:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>7:30 PM<br><b>LOCATION:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>GERDING THEATER AT THE ARMORY - 128 NW 11TH AVE, PORTLAND<b><br>TICKETS AT:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001UykSnWPertzlv57iUh4o8klFTvZiE_CM9pu_tl95VKWlHANWn3RSZXZcLrNgm22ZoZfm70vB8bpb1UQAOoD503vvpY99ikZe0rhISevBzoz0m55tSDuglVJ2j9CEHgKkBO--WS66x3hjHJ-m7x-56g==" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| 800.838.3006<b><br>PRICE:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>START AT $10 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">The Oregon Book Awards are sponsored by the Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Cultural Trust.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Oregonians are passionate about books. And ideas, and great writing. Literary Arts shares this passion. Our mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature. The programs of Literary Arts include: Writers in the Schools, Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships, Portland Arts & Lectures, and Delve: Readers' Seminars.<br><br>For more information about the programs of Literary Arts please contact us at 503.227.2583 or visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://literary-arts.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">literary-arts.org</a>.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>_____________________________________________________<br>Libs-Or mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Libs-Or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Libs-Or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br><a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/libs-or" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/libs-or</a><br>Hosted by the Oregon State Library. 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