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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Congrats Curtis Kiefer!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Libs-Or [mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Katie Anderson<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 12, 2016 2:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Announcing the 2016 Oregon Book Awards winners<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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 <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Literary Arts congratulates the winners of <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><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'><o:p></o:p></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 <o:p></o:p></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) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE <o:p></o:p></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) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION <o:p></o:p></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) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION <br><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)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>AWARD FOR GRAPHIC LITERATURE <o:p></o:p></span></p><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) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY <br><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)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION <br><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) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>READERS CHOICE AWARD<o:p></o:p></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'> <o:p></o:p></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)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>SPECIAL AWARDS:<br><br>STEWART H. HOLBROOK LITERARY LEGACY AWARD<o:p></o:p></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'><o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></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'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>### <o:p></o:p></span></p><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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Katie Anderson, Youth Services Consultant <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/index.aspx">Library Support and Development Services</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.ala.org/aasl/slm"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=468 height=60 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D194CD.A74A5C90" alt="http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslissues/slm/AASL_SLM2016_468x60_0.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>