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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Shared on behalf of Literary Arts. Congratulations to Curtis Kiefer, retired children’s
librarian from Corvallis-Benton County Library, on winning the </span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Walt Morey Young Readers Literary
Legacy Award.—Katie <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<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>
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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"><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>
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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 <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)
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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 <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>
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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)<o:p></o:p></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) <o:p></o:p></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)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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) <o:p></o:p></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<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>
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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>
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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.<o:p></o:p></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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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<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>
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