www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, April 26, 2013 | 18 OPL launches `Power of Words' quotation contest D o you have a favorite poem, stanza, lyric or quote? Are there words that have positively impacted your life? Your Oakville Public Library wants to hear them. We'll be accepting your favorite quotations until May 3. Our staff will choose the favourite and it will be printed on OPL merchandise -- our beautiful café style mugs. The staff-selected winner will receive a mug prize pack, in addition to their quote being printed and the top five runners-up will also receive a mug. For more details, visit our website at www.opl.ca. Who can enter? Any Oakville Public Library cardholder can participate in the contest -- only one entry per person will be accepted. Immediate family members of OPL staff, board members and volunteers are not eligible, as per the library's Contest and Lotteries policy. How to enter: · select a favorite quote, stanza, or lyric to submit -- note that it will need to fit on a coffee mug, so there is a limit of 200 characters · fill out the `online ballot' with your quote and contact information before noon on Friday, May 3. How will we choose a winner? On May 3, also known as International Press Freedom Day, we'll select our top six favorite submissions and they'll be announced on our website, as well as on our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Next, our library staff will vote for their favorites and the quote with the highest number of votes will be announced as the winner on Wednesday, May 8. Food for thought: "I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine." Emily Dickinson. Good luck to everyone who enters. Want to stay connected with your library? 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