<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello Everyone,</span></div><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div>The Bluestem Award Committee is excited to begin announcing our 2023 Bluestem Author Chat participating authors! We will announce one author per day on our Twitter page, </span><a class="gmail-oajrlxb2 gmail-g5ia77u1 gmail-qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 gmail-r7d6kgcz gmail-rq0escxv gmail-nhd2j8a9 gmail-nc684nl6 gmail-p7hjln8o gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-jb3vyjys gmail-rz4wbd8a gmail-qt6c0cv9 gmail-a8nywdso gmail-i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr gmail-f1sip0of gmail-lzcic4wl gmail-gpro0wi8 gmail-py34i1dx" href="https://twitter.com/bluestemaward?fbclid=IwAR2G_K3h7mQzSJl1ANZ3Z8JBeet36yJ9iVXI50LUw0WHMmYCgic7r7hz4UY" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:inherit;font-size:15px;text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;outline:none;list-style:none;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;padding:0px;margin:0px;display:inline;box-sizing:border-box">https://twitter.com/bluestemaward</a><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"> Two authors have already been announced and we have a lot more announcements coming! We are so excited to have another AMAZING lineup of authors joining us! Details will be coming later about how your class can join our live Zoom call and participate in our chats. Last year we were fortunate that many of you signed up to participate with your students. Our authors LOVED having the opportunity to connect with their readers during last year's chats and this year's authors are equally excited! We're looking forward to connecting with Bluestem Readers from across the state of Illinois again this year!</span><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap">Kimberly Hazel-Rudden, <b>Bluestem Publicity Co-Chair</b></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap">Heather Kribs, <b>Bluestem Publicity Co-Chair</b><br></span>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><img width="200" height="100" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xuCvOoOw_WsFxbOwwZmvDglXiXSNAbGaOzQpN_URi-tMUf3-uSM3d4dy_IakCvxqTDSFZ1Bf8"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div></div></div></div></div>