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<DIV>Congratulations to all - as a Youth Services Librarian, I am especially pleased that Ellen Fader has been recognized for all she has done to promote children's literature and literacy in Oregon. Yay, Ellen!</DIV>
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<DIV>Karen Fischer, </DIV>
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<DIV>Salem Public Library</DIV>
<DIV>503-588-6039</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:kfischer@cityofsalem.net">kfischer@cityofsalem.net</A></DIV></SPAN><BR><BR>>>> "Katie Anderson" <katie.anderson@state.or.us> 1/6/2014 8:22 AM >>><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">2014 Oregon Book Awards Finalists and Fellowship Recipients Announced</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><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. <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Luis Urrea </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></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">2014 OREGON BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Ursula K. Le Guin of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Unreal and The Real: Collected Stories: Volume 1 and 2</SPAN></B></EM> (Small Beer Press)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Whitney Otto of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Eight Girls Taking Pictures</SPAN></B></EM> (Scribner)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Amanda Coplin of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Orchardist</SPAN></B></EM> (Harper Perennial)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Roger Hobbs of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Ghostman</SPAN></B></EM><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></EM>(Knopf)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Jennifer Boyden of Milton-Freewater, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Declarable Future</SPAN></B></EM> (University of Wisconsin Press)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Matthew Dickman of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Mayakovsky¹s Revolver</SPAN></B></EM> (Norton)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Andrea Hollander of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Landscape with Female Figure: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2012</SPAN></B></EM> (Autumn House Press)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Ralph Salisbury of Eugene, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Like the Sun in Storm</SPAN></B></EM> (The Habits of Rainy Nights Press)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Mary Szybist of Portland,<EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> Incarnadine</SPAN></B></EM> (Graywolf)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">C. B. Bernard of Portland,<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <B>Chasing Alaska</B></SPAN></EM> (Lyons Press)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">William J. Bernstein of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Masters of the Word</SPAN></B></EM> (Grove Press)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Paul Collins of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Duel with the Devil</SPAN></B></EM> (Crown Publishers)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">R. Gregory Nokes of West Linn, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Breaking Chains</SPAN></B></EM> (OSU Press) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Martin N. Raitiere of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Complicity of Friends</SPAN></B></EM> (Bucknell University Press)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Jay Ponteri of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Wedlocked</SPAN></B></EM> (Hawthorne Books)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Scott Nadelson of Salem, <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></EM>(Hawthorne Books)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Elena Passarello of Corvallis, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Let Me Clear My Throat</SPAN></B></EM> (Sarabande Books)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Kim Stafford of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do</SPAN></B></EM> (Trinity University Press) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Sandra Stone of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Inmost House</SPAN></B></EM><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></EM>(Prospect Cove Press)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Scott William Carter of Salem, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Wooden Bones</SPAN></B></EM> (Simon & Schuster) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Knit Your Bit</SPAN></B></EM> (G.P. Putnam)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Barbara Kerley of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The World Is Waiting for You</SPAN></B></EM> (National Geographic)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Graham Salisbury of Lake Oswego, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Calvin Coconut: Extra Famous</SPAN></B></EM> (Wendy Lamb Books)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Allen Say of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Favorite Daughter</SPAN></B></EM> (Arthur A. Levine)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Kari Luna of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Theory of Everything</SPAN></B></EM> (Philomel Books) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Kelly Moore, Larkin Reed and Tucker Reed of Jacksonville,<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <B>Amber House</B></SPAN></EM> (Arthur A. Levine)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Rosanne Parry of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Written in Stone</SPAN></B></EM> (Random House)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART GRAPHIC LITERATURE AWARD</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Barry Deutsch of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Hereville: How Mirtka Met a Meteorite</SPAN></B></EM> (Amulet Books)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Oil and Water</SPAN></B></EM> (Fantagraphics Books)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Natalie Nourigat of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Between Gears</SPAN></B></EM> (Image Comics) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Joe Sacco of Portland,<EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <B>Journalism</B></SPAN></EM> (Metropolitan Books)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Craig Thompson of Portland, <EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Habibi</SPAN></B></EM> (Pantheon)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">SPECIAL AWARDS</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">: 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></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The C.E.S. Wood Distinguished Writer Award</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Vern Rutsala of Portland<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Vince and Patty Wixon of Ashland<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Ellen Fader of Portland<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The Oregon Book Awards are sponsored by the Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Cultural Trust.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">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 literary-arts.org.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><A href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</A>, 503-378-2528</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>