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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Do you like writing? How about prize money? Seeking fame and fortune?</b></font></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="georgia, serif">If you answered yes to any or all of the following questions, this is your lucky day.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="georgia, serif"><br>
</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="georgia, serif">We want to remind you about our annual <b>LUMINA Nonfiction Contest</b>, judged this year by the lovely and talented <b>Vivian Gornick</b>.</font></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"><p><font face="georgia, serif"><b>First prize: $500, plus publication in <em>LUMINA</em></b><br>
Second prize: $100<br>Third prize: $50</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif">(All contest entries will automatically be considered for regular publication.)</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font color="#ff0000">EXTENDED </font>Deadline: <font color="#ff0000">December 1, 2010</font><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span>.</b></font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif">Entry fee: $10 per submission (up to two entries per author). Make check or money order payable to <em>LUMINA</em>, and mail it to:</font></p><p><em><font face="georgia, serif">LUMINA</font></em><font face="georgia, serif"><br>
Sarah Lawrence College<br>Slonim House<br>One Mead Way<br>Bronxville, NY 10708-5999</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif">You <b><em>must</em></b> also email your entry to <a href="mailto:lumina@gm.slc.edu" target="_blank">lumina@gm.slc.edu</a>.
The subject of your email should be “SUBMISSION — CONTEST.” Write your
email address on your check so that your entry can be matched to your
payment.</font></p>
<div><font color="#ff0000" face="georgia, serif">Be sure to remember:</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#ff0000">1) </font></font><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"><font color="#ff0000">Please
send manuscripts in a Microsoft Word 2003-compatible (.rtf, .doc) or
OpenDocument (.odt) format. We are unable to read files with the
extension “.docx”.</font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"><font color="#ff0000">2) </font></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"><font color="#ff0000">Please include a three-sentence biographical statement with your submission.</font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"><font color="#ff0000">3) </font></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"><font color="#ff0000">5,000
words maximum per piece. Please double space and number pages. Our
policy is blind submissions; your name should appear on the front page
only and will be removed prior to review.<br><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please visit <a href="http://pages.slc.edu/~lumina/for">http://pages.slc.edu/~lumina/for</a> more information.<br><br>Thank you and good luck!<br>
<br>Erica Wagner<br>Editor, 2010 - 2011<br clear="all"><i>LUMINA</i><br>The Literary Journal of Sarah Lawrence College<br><a href="http://pages.slc.edu/%7Elumina/" target="_blank">http://pages.slc.edu/~lumina/</a><br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Robin Russin<br><br>Associate Professor, Department of Theatre<br>Director, MFA for Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts<br>University of California, Riverside<br>Riverside, CA 92521<br>(951) 827-2707<br>(213) 949-1061 cel<br><a href="mailto:robin.russin@ucr.edu">robin.russin@ucr.edu</a><br>http://robinrussin.com<br><br>"I try all things; I achieve what I can." - Ishmael in "Moby Dick," written by Herman Melville<br><br>"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it." - William Munny in "Unforgiven," written by David Webb Peoples<br><br>"Hunger is the best spice." - Spike Spiegel in "Cowboy Bebop," written by Keiko Nobumoto</span>
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