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<p style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">*****Please excuse the cross posts******</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">Call for Volunteer Judges (virtual)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;min-height:15px"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#C82613">2024
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">PR Xchange Awards Competition</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#DCA10D"><a href="https://www.ala.org/core/awards-scholarships/pr-xchange-awards" target="loopstyle_link" data-loopstyle="link" title="https://www.ala.org/core/awards-scholarships/pr-xchange-awards">https://www.ala.org/core/awards-scholarships/pr-xchange-awards</a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#DCA10D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">sponsored by the Awards and Scholarships subcommittee of Core, a division of the American Library Association</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#DCA10D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">***<b><i>If you have already confirmed that you will be volunteering this year, please disregard this message.</i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;min-height:15px"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">Greetings!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;min-height:15px"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">The 2023 PR Xchange Awards committee seeks volunteers to participate as virtual judges for this year’s PR Xchange Awards Competition.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;min-height:15px"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">Virtual judging will start in
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#C82613">early
<b>April</b> <b>2024</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">. Virtual judges are asked to complete judging within 3-4 weeks. We plan to announce the winners by early
<b>May </b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#C82613">2024</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;min-height:15px"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">We are looking for library workers with experience in graphic design, marketing, outreach, communications, and/or public relation (PR).
To serve as a volunteer judge, you do not need to be a member of ALA or work as a professional librarian. We are seeking
<b><i>all</i></b> library workers!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;min-height:15px"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">Please note: if you decide to serve as judge, your library is ineligible to submit any proposals to the
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#C82613">2024</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">PR Xchange Awards<br>
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If you have questions about judging (virtually), please </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#C82613">email us</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black"> at
<a href="mailto:questions@prxchange-awards.org">questions@prxchange-awards.org</a><br>
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Many thanks,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;min-height:15px"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">Mark and Holly</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black">Mark Aaron Polger and Holly Flynn, co-chairs<br>
2024 PR Xchange Awards Competition<br>
PR Xchange Sub-committee<br>
Awards and Scholarships Committee<br>
Core, a division of the American Library Association </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.ala.org/core/awards-scholarships/pr-xchange-awards" title="https://www.ala.org/core/awards-scholarships/pr-xchange-awards">https://www.ala.org/core/awards-scholarships/pr-xchange-awards</a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:questions@prxchange-awards.org">questions@prxchange-awards.org</a> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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