<html><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><META name="Author" content="Novell GroupWise WebAccess"></head><body style='font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; '><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Greetings young adult librarians and graphic novel lovers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">The deadline for submitting titles for this year’s Graphic Rave list is swiftly approaching and we need some more nominations, particularly in the manga category! Take a look at this list, see if your favorite GN from last year is on it and then nominate any other favorite title. Deadline is June 1<sup><font size="2">st</font></sup>, so please send your nominations to <a href="mailto:markr@wccls.org" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">markr@wccls.org</span></a>. Take a look at some of our guidelines below if you need to. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Needs to have been published between May 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font></span></p><ol type="A" style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>A wide variety of genres is desirable. It may include fantasy, suspense, mystery, historical fiction, science fiction, romance, sports, adventure, animal stories, growing up, contemporary realism, poetry and non-fiction. A title may fulfill more than one criterion. The following will be mandatory each year:<o:p></o:p></span> <ol type="a" style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>At least one non-fiction title<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>At least three titles published by a non-major publisher.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>At least three titles published by publisher located in the Pacific Northwest.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>At least three trade collections of comics originally released as separate issues.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>At least three titles created in the Manga style.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>At least three titles should be published by a major publisher.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Mark D. Richardson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Young Adult and Reference Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Cedar Mill Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>12505 NW Cornell Rd. Suite #13<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Portland, OR 97229<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>503-644-0043 x131<br> markr@wccls.org<o:p></o:p></span><br></p></div></body></html>