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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Library of Michigan and
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan Center for the Book</span></a> are accepting nominations for the Michigan Author Award. Submissions are due through our
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<span style="color:#006EB6">online form</span></a> by <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">October 16, 2023</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Michigan Author Award is a lifetime achievement award that celebrates the collective career of a Michigan author. Over the years the
award has been given to a diverse collection of writers working in a variety of genres and styles. Recent recipients include Michael Zadoorian, Mitch Albom, Jaimy Gordon, and Beverly Jenkins. Find a complete list of past honorees on the
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan Author Award</span></a> page.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Anyone is eligible to submit a nomination and the award is granted based on the quality and body of the author's work. The number of nominations
per author is not taken into consideration when selecting the Michigan Author Award winner. The author must meet the following qualifications to be considered eligible for the award:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The author must either be a current resident of Michigan, a long-time resident of Michigan recently relocated or an author whose works are identified with Michigan because of subject matter and/or
setting in Michigan.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The author's work may be in the form of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, or any other literary format the Michigan Author Award Group finds acceptable. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The author must have a publishing career spanning a minimum of five years.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">submit your nominations by Monday, October 16, 2023</span></strong> using our
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<span style="color:#006EB6">online form</span></a>. Direct questions to <a href="mailto:Librarian@Michigan.gov" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#006EB6">Librarian@Michigan.gov</span></a> or call 517-335-1477.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Every year, a list of books representing the literary heritage of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories is distributed
by the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmxvYy5nb3YvcHJvZ3JhbXMvY2VudGVyLWZvci10aGUtYm9vay9hYm91dC10aGlzLXByb2dyYW0vIiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDIzMDcyOC44MDM0MzMzMSJ9.5H87ePiLONmrEr1UEaKuJXdphnzmqrPiLdcEG5PvDg4/s/2161323186/br/223382877807-l"><span style="color:#006EB6">Library
of Congress’s Center for the Book</span></a> during the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmxvYy5nb3YvZXZlbnRzLzIwMjMtbmF0aW9uYWwtYm9vay1mZXN0aXZhbCIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzA3MjguODAzNDMzMzEifQ.UOqmq164cLHD2Bf1Zjgby-3oudITdXvVQZq4y89ZO9k/s/2161323186/br/223382877807-l"><span style="color:#006EB6">National
Book Festival</span></a>. Books are selected by the local Center for the Book affiliate, with titles for both children and adults. Books may be written by authors from the state, take place in the state, or celebrate the state’s culture and heritage. The 2023
Michigan selections for the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmxvYy5nb3YvcHJvZ3JhbXMvY2VudGVyLWZvci10aGUtYm9vay9ncmVhdC1yZWFkcy1mcm9tLWdyZWF0LXBsYWNlcy8iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMwNzI4LjgwMzQzMzMxIn0.nV52i3Lk53pOrIMd60C3NOU2hZe-W6UqzscvxU9gD_8/s/2161323186/br/223382877807-l" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#006EB6">Great Reads from Great Places</span></a> list are <em>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tin Camp Road: A Novel</span></em> by Ellen Airgood and <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids</span></em> edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></strong><em><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tin Camp Road: A Novel</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> by Ellen Airgood</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In a novel set against the wide-open beauty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a young single mother and her 10-year-old daughter stand up to the trials of rural poverty and find the community
they need in order to survive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A collection of intersecting stories and poems set at an Ann Arbor powwow that bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride. In a high school gym full
of color and song, Native families from Nations within the borders of the U.S. and Canada dance, sell beadwork and books, and celebrate friendship and heritage. They are the heroes of their own stories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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