<div dir="auto"><p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Greetings!</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Ladt chance to apply for the upcoming award opportunity: the State Literacy Awards, sponsored by the Library of Congress. <b>Nominations must be submitted to the Michigan Center for the book by December 6, 2019!</b> Applications are available from Tim Gleisner at <a href="mailto:gleisnert@michigan.gov" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">gleisnert@michigan.gov</span></a>. See below for more details and good luck to all!</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif">The Library of Congress is again sponsoring their State Literacy Awards.  If you would like to nominate a program, please contact the Michigan Center for the Book [MCFB] for application forms via Tim Gleisner at </span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="mailto:gleisnert@michigan.gov" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">gleisnert@michigan.gov</span></a></span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif">.  </span></i></p><p style="margin:12pt 0in 8pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif">Nominations must be submitted to MCFB by December 6, 2019 </span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif">with award notification in February 2020.  Nominees must be non-profits and cannot be an individual.</span></i></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif">Applicants are competing for 10 prizes of <span>$2,225</span>.  Only one nominee per state can be submitted to the Library of Congress.</span></i></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif">Past winners are not eligible for 5 years. Sorry Rochester Hills Public Library, you will have to sit this one out after winning your award last year for "Authors in April’!</span></i></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif">Best of luck to you!</span></i></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif">Donna</span></i></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif"><br></span></i></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><b>Donna Olson, Director</b></span></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><b>Salem-South Lyon District Library</b> </span></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">9800 Pontiac Trail, South Lyon, MI 48178  </span></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:'corbel',sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Phone: (248) 437-6431 ext. 206 | Fax: (248) 437-6593</span></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a href="http://www.ssldl.info/" style="font-family:'corbel',sans-serif;font-size:10pt">http://www.ssldl.info</a><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:'corbel',sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> | </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SSLDL" style="font-family:'corbel',sans-serif;font-size:10pt">https://www.facebook.com/SSLDL</a></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'corbel',sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ssldl">https://www.instagram.com/ssldl</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/ssldl">https://twitter.com/ssldl</a> </span></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#073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