<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI. Please note there is an entry fee.<div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Asa Boxer <<a href="mailto:aboxer@montrealprize.com">aboxer@montrealprize.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">March 31, 2011 7:48:59 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:robin.russin@ucr.edu">robin.russin@ucr.edu</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Global Call for Submissions: New $50,000 Poetry Competition</b><br></span></div><br><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">To whom it may concern, </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
<br></font><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I am writing to notify your creative writing program about a
major new global poetry competition that was launched on March 24. </font></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Montreal International Poetry Prize will award
$50,000for a single poem in any style and in any English dialect. </font></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As the Montreal Prize is a grassroots non-profit in its
first year, we're appealing to everyone we can to help spread the word about
our project. You can find out more about us at </font><a href="http://www.montrealprize.com/" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.montrealprize.com</font></a><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> or </font><a href="http://montreal.about.com/od/montrealartsculture/a/montreal-poetry-prize-50000-poems-international-contest.htm" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">here</font></a><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">.</font></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you think this competition is something your creative
writing students would like to know about, we would be grateful if you would
please pass on this email to your students, or post our printer-friendly </font><a href="http://montrealprize.com/news/downloads" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">poster</font></a><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> somewhere where
students will see it.</font></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The early entry deadline for the competition is April 22.</font></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you have any questions about the Montreal Prize, please
do not hesitate to contact me directly.</font></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kind Regards,</font></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Asa Boxer</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Director | Montreal International Poetry Prize</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">4721 Rivard | Montreal, QC | H2J 2N5</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">CANADA</font></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tel | +1 514-845-4267</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">E | <a href="mailto:aboxer@montrealprize.com" target="_blank">aboxer@montrealprize.com</a></font></p>
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