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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p>Hi!<o:p></o:p></p><p>Yes! It’s time for Graphic Rave nominations!! For those of you who are new to OYAN, I am the coordinator for Graphic Rave – OYAN’s annual list of the best graphic novels, comics and manga for teens. The process will be almost if not totally identical to the process we all go through to come up with our Book Rave list. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Attached is the Graphic Rave nominations spreadsheet. New recommendations are in red, so this being the first publishing of this year’s spreadsheet, all titles are in red. In future updates, previously suggested titles with a new nomination will get a red addition to the nominations number (always welcome as these might prompt others to give the book a try). Also included are the month and year of publication, author’s name, and the book’s genre. There’s a “tags” field on the spreadsheet, in case a one word genre description just doesn’t do it justice as well as a publisher field since one of our criteria will be highlighting works published by independent and smaller publishers as well as publishers located in the Pacific Northwest. Only books published from May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014 can be included on the Graphic Rave.<o:p></o:p></p><p>When nominating a book, please include the author, title, genre, month and year of publication and publisher. Send all nominations to <a href="mailto:traci.l.glass@ci.eugene.or.us">traci.l.glass@ci.eugene.or.us</a>. The last day to nominate a title is June 1<sup>st</sup>. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Here are some official dates to remember:<o:p></o:p></p><p>• June 1: Nominations close.<o:p></o:p></p><p>• June 15: Preliminary voting opens.<o:p></o:p></p><p>• July 15: Preliminary voting closes. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Again, please send all nominations to <a href="mailto:traci.l.glass@ci.eugene.or.us">traci.l.glass@ci.eugene.or.us</a>. Also, feel free to let me know if you have any questions! <o:p></o:p></p><p>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p>Traci<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Traci Glass<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Teen Services Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Eugene Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>100 West 10th Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Eugene, Oregon 97401<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>541.682.8480<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:traci.l.glass@ci.eugene.or.us"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>traci.l.glass@ci.eugene.or.us</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>