<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone,</div><div><br></div>The BCALA (Black Caucus of ALA) and GNCRT (ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table) Collaborative Committee is seeking submissions for our 2022 Teen Design Contest. Our Committee has created a brand new list of 50 comics titles for Juvenile, Young Adult, and Adult audiences centered on Black creators, Black stories, and Black histories, and we would like the list to be formatted into a printable pdf with original cover art by a teen group. Submissions must come from an adult liaison, such as the teen group’s librarian or teacher. The adult liaison will keep the teens’ personal information, and the Committee will communicate with the adult liaison rather than directly with the teen group(s). See the rules here: 

<span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-0955d5d8-7fff-fdce-0b47-5e762124be91"><a href="https://bit.ly/3nv19Be" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://bit.ly/3nv19Be</span></a></span><br><br>See the attached Press Release for more info. Please excuse cross-posting.<br><br>Shira Pilarski<br>Chair, BCALAxGNCRT Collab Committee<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">______________</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1qCob0f29mESu9x6StXBktKtRo6VOUK2h&revid=0B8JUyRBgx3Z4cTZwQnhEMFFIS3JaYUVqMEdBQmc5dlg2MldBPQ" width="96" height="51"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shira Pilarski </span><span style="font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="1">[</font></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="1"><a href="http://nmdrp.me/shirapilarski" target="_blank">hear my name</a>]</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Youth Services Librarian II</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saline District Library</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">555 N. Maple Rd.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saline, MI 48176</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">734-429-5450 ext. 3</span></p></span></div></div></div></div>