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<p style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello:</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span>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. We sent an email out a few
months ago, and the contest has now been extended until April 15th.</span></span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank
you,<br>
Bhavin Tailor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;
background:white'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Yemassee</span></i><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> has extended the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;
background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>2011
Pocataligo Poetry Contest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Grand Prize Poem
receives $500<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Two runners up
receive $100 each<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Ten additional
finalists will be named<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>All entries
considered for publication in <i>Yemassee</i><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a
href="http://yemasseejournalonline.org/poetry_contest.html">http://yemasseejournalonline.org/poetry_contest.html</a></span></span><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>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><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>No manuscripts will be
returned.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;min-height: 18.0px'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Submit online via </span><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>submishmash</span><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>. We still accept
mailed submissions, if you prefer. Address mailed submissions to: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;min-height: 16.0px'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>2011 Pocataligo Poetry
Contest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><i><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Yemassee</span></i><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Department of
English <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>University of South
Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Columbia, SC 29208<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;min-height: 16.0px'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>$10 check to be made
payable to Educational Foundation/English Literary Magazine Fund<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;min-height: 16.0px'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;min-height: 18.0px'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Deadline:<s> March 31,
2011</s> <b>April 15th, 2011</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;min-height: 18.0px'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Guest Judge: Ray McManus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;min-height: 18.0px'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a
href="http://yemasseejournalonline.org/poetry_contest.html">http://yemasseejournalonline.org/poetry_contest.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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