2012 VOTING IS HERE!
(Voting is open from March 1-31)

Print your ballots today:

2012 Junior Ballot
2012 Intermediate Ballot
2012 Senior Ballot

Educators and Librarians may submit votes for
their students/patrons online by clicking here:

 VISIT THE ORCA BLOG:

The Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA)
2011-2012 Nominations:

JUNIOR DIVISION (upper elementary)

The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton 

N.E.R.D.S by Michael Buckley                          

Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry

The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan

   Junior Division Ballot (coming soon)

INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (middle school)

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

Scat by Carl Hiaasen

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

The Carbon Diaries, 2015 by Saci Lloyd

Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

   Intermediate Division Ballot (coming soon) 

SENIOR DIVISION (high school)

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork

Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor

The Monstrumologist by Richard Yancey

   Senior Division Ballot (coming soon) 

What is the ORCA?
The Oregon Reader's Choice Award was founded in 2010.  The award is intended to be a fun and exciting way for Oregon youth in grades 4-12 to become enthusiastic and disciminating readers.  During the course of the school year, Oregon students choose their favorite book in a real-life democratic process.

How are the books chosen?
Books must be nominated for inclusion on the ORCA ballot.  In order to be considered, the book needs to have a copyright date of two years prior to when the ballots are announced.  This delay ensures that the title will be readily available in paperback during the voting year.  Oregon students, teachers, and librarians are all able to nominate books.  The nominations are reviewed by a committee of librarians and educators.  The committee creates the final ballots based upon a number of criteria, including literary quality, creativity, reading enjoyment, reading level, and regional interest.

Who may vote?
Oregon students in grades 4-12. 

When does voting take place?
Voting takes place online between March 1-31.