<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpa4d18e46yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Alegreya Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">The <a href="https://pnla.org/young-readers-choice-award/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Young Reader’s Choice Award </a>(YRCA) 2021 polls are now open!</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><ul style="margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 2.5em; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.47368em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Alegreya Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><li><a href="https://pnla.org/young-readers-choice-award/yrca-2021-nominees/" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: underline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the 2021 nominees</a></li><li><a href="https://pnla.org/young-readers-choice-award/yrca-voting/#vote" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: underline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vote here</a></li><div><br></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Voting is open until April 15th.</strong><br></div></ul><p style="margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 2.5em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Alegreya Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><img data-attachment-id="6933" data-permalink="https://pnla.org/2021/03/16/yrca-2021-voting-is-open/yrca-2021-voting/" data-orig-file="https://pnla.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/YRCA-2021-Voting-.png" data-orig-size="940,788" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{aperture:0,credit:,camera:,caption:,created_timestamp:0,copyright:,focal_length:0,iso:0,shutter_speed:0,title:,orientation:0}" data-image-title="Young Reader’s Choice Award 2021 voting is open" data-image-description="<p>Young Reader’s Choice Award 2021 voting is open</p>" data-medium-file="https://pnla.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/YRCA-2021-Voting--300x251.png" data-large-file="https://pnla.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/YRCA-2021-Voting-.png" class="ydpbbfb2585alignleft ydpbbfb2585wp-image-6933" src="https://pnla.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/YRCA-2021-Voting--300x251.png" alt="Young Reader's Choice Award 2021 voting is open" style="border: 0px; max-width: 299px; display: inline; float: left; margin: 5px 3em 3em 0px; width: 340px;" data-id="1615939386149"></p></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpa4d18e46signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><strong style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Alegreya Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><br><br></strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Alegreya Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Young Reader’s Choice Award History</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Alegreya Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Since 1940 young readers in the Pacific Northwest have been participating in the Young Reader’s Choice Award (YRCA). The award was established in 1940 by Harry Hartman, a Seattle bookseller, who believed every student should have an opportunity to select a book that gives him or her pleasure. The Young Reader’s Choice Award is sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association and continues to be the longest-running children’s choice book award. It is also the only international award with young readers in both the United States and Canada participating in the program.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p style="margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 2.5em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Alegreya Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><strong>YRCA State and Provincial Representatives:</strong></p><ul style="margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 2.5em; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.47368em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Alegreya Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><li>Alaska – <a href="mailto:Amelia.Jenkins@juneau.org" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: underline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amelia Jenkins</a></li><li>Alberta – <a href="mailto:yrcachar@gmail.com" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: underline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jocie Wilson</a> (YRCA Chair)</li><li>British Columbia – <a href="mailto:noreen.ma@vpl.ca" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: underline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Noreen Ma</a></li><li>Idaho – <a href="mailto:tgaskins@cdalibrary.org" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: underline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talley Gaskins</a></li><li>Montana – <a href="mailto:lakrantz@polson.k12.mt.us" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: underline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LouAnne Krantz</a></li><li>Washington – <a href="mailto:JLopez-Santillana@sno-isle.org" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: underline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jane López-Santillana</a></li></ul></div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Rick Stoddart</div><div dir="ltr">PNLA Past-President </div><div dir="ltr"><span class="ydp30f6d256pasted-link"><a href="https://pnla.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pnla.org/</a> </span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="ydp30f6d256pasted-link"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp621d5f35pasted-link"><div dir="ltr">Chair - OLA Library Assessment Round Table (LART)</div><div dir="ltr">Oregon Library Association</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/" style="color:rgb(25, 106, 212);text-decoration-line:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.olaweb.org/</a> <br></div><div><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>