<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Yemassee Poetry Contest - note that there is an entry fee.</b></span></div><br><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Hello:<br>
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I am a co-Editor of Yemassee, the University of South Carolina's literary journal, and am writing to ask if you could forward this contest announcement to your writing program. </span></p><p>Thank you,<br>
Bhavin Tailor</p>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="6"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><i>Yemasse</i> is proud to announce the</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 24px/normal Times; ">2011 Pocataligo Poetry Contest</div>
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<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times">Grand Prize Poem receives $500</li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times">Two runners up receive $100 each</li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times">Ten additional finalists will be named</li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times">All entries considered for publication in <i>Yemassee</i></li>
</ul><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Garamond; ">Submissions should include 3-5 unpublished poems, a $10 reading fee, and a cover letter including name, contact information (including a working email address), and the title of each piece. Your name must not appear on any page of the manuscript. <span style="font: 14.0px Times">No manuscripts will be returned.</span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times; min-height: 18.0px"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Garamond; ">Submit online via <span style="font: 14.0px Times">submishmash</span>. We still accept mailed submissions, if you prefer. Address mailed submissions to: </div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Garamond; min-height: 16.0px"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Garamond; ">2011 Pocataligo Poetry Contest</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Garamond; "><i>Yemassee</i> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Garamond; ">Department of English </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Garamond; ">University of South Carolina</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Garamond; ">Columbia, SC 29208</div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Garamond; min-height: 16.0px"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Garamond; ">$10 check to be made payable to Educational Foundation/English Literary Magazine Fund</div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Garamond; min-height: 16.0px"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Garamond; ">We do not consider published works or works that have been accepted for publication elsewhere. We do allow simultaneous submissions, but please notify us if the entry is accepted elsewhere. No refunds will be issued for withdrawals. We do accept multiple submissions, but a separate $10 reading fee must accompany each entry.</div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times; min-height: 18.0px"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; ">Deadline: March 31, 2011 </div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times; min-height: 18.0px"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; ">Guest Judge: Ray McManus</div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times; min-height: 18.0px"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Cambria; "><a href="http://yemasseejournalonline.org/poetry_contest.html">http://yemasseejournalonline.org/poetry_contest.html</a></div>
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