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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Maureen Cole<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 12, 2016 3:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Katie Anderson; libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] Announcing the 2016 Oregon Book Awards winners</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Congrats Curtis Kiefer!</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Katie Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 12, 2016 2:55 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Announcing the 2016 Oregon Book Awards winners</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F4E79">Shared on behalf of Literary Arts. Congratulations to Curtis Kiefer, retired children’s librarian from Corvallis-Benton County Library, on winning the
Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award.—Katie </span></i></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:red">the 2016 Oregon Book Awards!</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">Barbara Kerley of Portland</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">With a Friend by Your Side</span></strong> (National Geographic Society) </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">Brian Doyle of Lake Oswego</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Martin Marten</span></strong> (St. Martin's Press)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">David Biespiel of Portland</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A Long High Whistle</span></strong> (Antilever Press) </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kate Carroll de Gutes of Portland</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear</span></strong> (Ovenbird Books)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"> Ariel Cohn and Aron Nels Steinke of Portland</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Zoo Box</span></strong> (First Second Books) </span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Carl Adamshick of Portland</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Saint Friend</span></strong> (McSweeney's)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lidia Yuknavitch of Portland</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Small Backs of Children</span></strong> (HarperCollins) </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">READERS CHOICE AWARD</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">Lidia Yuknavitch of Portland</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">The Small Backs of Children</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"> (HarperCollins)</span></p>
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STEWART H. HOLBROOK LITERARY LEGACY AWARD</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">Doug Spangle of Portland</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">WALT MOREY YOUNG READERS LITERARY LEGACY AWARD</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">Curtis Kiefer of Philomath</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">Founded in 1984, Literary Arts is a community-based nonprofit literary organization with a national reputation for serving readers and writers. Our office and
event space are located in downtown Portland. Our programs include Portland Arts & Lectures at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, one of the country's largest lecture series; Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships, which celebrates Oregon's writers and independent
publishers; Writers in the Schools, which hires professional writers to teach semester-long creative writing workshops in Portland's public high schools; and Wordstock: Portland's Book Festival, which builds community around literature through author events,
workshops, a book fair, and more. We also host guided discussion groups around great works of literature through a program called Delve.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">Our mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature. </span></p>
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