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<div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4">Hi! I just wanted to remind you that Letters About Literature
<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">entries are due in three weeks</span>!</font><br>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us" target="_blank">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 22pt;">The 2012 Letters About Literature reading and writing contest begins September 15, 2011
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">All entries must be postmarked <b style="">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: green;">January 6, 2012</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Letters About Literature is a national reading and writing contest. Students write letters to an author explaining how that author's book changed their way of thinking about the world or themselves. There are three
competition levels: Level I for 4th-6th graders, Level II for 7th-8th graders, and Level III for 9th-12th graders. Oregon's three winners (one from each competition level) will go on to compete nationally.<span style="">
</span>Entry forms and guidelines are now available online.</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal">If you are submitting several letters for the students you work with, please use the
<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">class set</span></b> <a href="http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Guidelines_School_Library_2012_pdf.213142425.pdf" target="_blank">
entry forms and guidelines</a>.</li><li class="MsoNormal">If you are distributing entry forms and guidelines to students directly, please distribute the
<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">individual</span></b> <a href="http://lettersaboutliterature.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Guidelines_Individual_2012_pdf.249113001.pdf" target="_blank">
entry form and guidelines</a>.</li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Librarians and teachers can download and print
<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">posters</span></b>, <b style="">
<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">bookmarks</span></b>, and <b style=""><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">stickers</span></b> to distribute to your students and patrons.
<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Lesson plans</span></b> and an outline connecting Letters About Literature to national language arts and reading standards are available
<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml" target="_blank">online</a></span></b>.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">In 2011 over 900 students in Oregon entered the contest, and 1 in 11 of them received
<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">cash prizes</span></b> or <b style="">
<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">gift certificates to Borders</span></b> bookstore. These prizes are made possible through support from the Oregon Reading Association, Oregon Association of School Libraries, and the Oregon Library Association's Children
Services Division and Young Adult network.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">At the national level 6 winners and 12 honorable mentions will be selected. National winners receive a $500 Target gift certificate and a
<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">$10,000 grant</span></b> to donate to the public or school library of the winner's choice. Honorable mentions receive a $100 Target gift certificate and a
<b style=""><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">$1,000 grant</span></b> to donate to the public or school library of their choice.<span style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Please <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml" target="_blank">
visit the website</a> for more information or contact <a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us?subject=LAL%20question" target="_blank">
Katie Anderson</a>, coordinator of the Letters About Literature activities in Oregon.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span style="">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services</span></a><span style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><span style="">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><span style="">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""></span><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us?subject=LAL%20question" target="_blank"><span style=""><span style="">katie.anderson@state.or.us</span></span><span style=""></span></a><span style=""><span style="">,
503-378-2528</span></span><span style=""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">URLs if you need them:</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal">Entry forms and Guidelines <a href="http://lettersaboutliterature.org/how_to_enter/entry_forms" target="_blank">
http://lettersaboutliterature.org/how_to_enter/entry_forms</a> </li><li class="MsoNormal">Bookmarks, stickers, and lesson plans <span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml</a>
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal">Oregon Letters About Literature website <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml" target="_blank">
http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml</a> </li><li class="MsoNormal">National Letters About Literature website <a href="http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/home" target="_blank">
http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/home</a></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The 2012 Letters About Literature competition has begun!<span style="">
</span>Please download and print the guidelines and entry form (<a href="http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Guidelines_School_Library_2012_pdf.213142425.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.lettersaboutliterature.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Guidelines_School_Library_2012_pdf.213142425.pdf</a>
) to learn how to enter.<span style=""> </span>The deadline for the competition is January 6, 2012.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">Bookmarks</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Letters About Literature bookmarks present information specific to state level prizes in Oregon. Print double-sided, five bookmarks per standard 8.5 X 11 inch paper. They were developed by the Oregon Center for
the Book, with official graphics from the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and Target Corporation.<span style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">Stickers
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Stickers provide a link to the national Letters About Literature website, and can also be used to promote the contest each year.<span style="">
</span>Print on standard Avery labels, 5294 Round, 2.5 inches high and wide. (Printing of the stickers was successfully tested, but may not print properly from every machine.<span style="">
</span>Be sure to test one page before printing large quantities.) They were developed by the Oregon Center for the Book, with official graphics from the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and Target Corporation.<span style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">Poster</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">The official Letters About Literature poster presents generic information that can be used to promote the contest each year. The poster is full color, and 22 x 28 inches. You can resize and print it on standard
8.5 x 11 paper:</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal">Open the pdf</li><li class="MsoNormal">Go to <b style="">‘file’</b> in the upper left corner of your screen</li><li class="MsoNormal">Select <b style="">‘print’</b> from the dropdown menu</li><li class="MsoNormal">Select <b style="">‘properties’</b> in the upper right corner of the pop-up box</li><li class="MsoNormal">Go to <b style="">‘page size’</b> in the upper center part of the pop-up box</li><li class="MsoNormal">Select <b style="">‘letter’</b> from the dropdown menu</li><li class="MsoNormal">Select <b style="">‘OK’</b> at the bottom of the pop-up box</li><li class="MsoNormal">Now, you are looking at the main print pop-up box again</li><li class="MsoNormal">Go to <b style="">‘page scaling’</b> in the left middle part of the pop-up box</li><li class="MsoNormal">Select <b style="">‘fit to printable area’</b> from the dropdown menu</li><li class="MsoNormal">Select <b style="">‘OK’</b> to print</li></ol>
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