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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Hello all!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">If you’ve ever wanted to be part of an exciting endeavor, here’s your chance to review entries for the 2019 Write Michigan Short Story Contest (a statewide short story contest sponsored by
Kent District Library and Schuler Books & Music). We’re looking for 145 reviewers this year!
<b>Reviewers are the first round volunteer judges that narrow down the entries for the Finals Judges and Public Online Voting in January</b>.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Who</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">: Those who love to read, who love to promote the written word, who love to see good
things happen to people and who love new ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">What</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">: Write Michigan Short Story Contest is taking entries for all ages from people who
live in Michigan and awarding cash prizes to winners.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Where</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">: Submissions will be available for review online. Volunteers will be given a login
on December 3, 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">When</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">: Reading/reviewing will take place from December 3, 2018 to December 28, 2018.
<i>Submissions are taken until November 30, when the contest ends.<o:p></o:p></i></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">*We will also have need for reviewers to review last minute stories if other reviewers did not complete reviews. These will only be 2-3 stories from December 29, 2018 – January 1, 2018.
We will contact established reviewers in mid-November to get those willing and able to do last minute reviews on the Last Minute List.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">How</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">: Volunteers are asked to read entries in one of four categories (adult—18+; teen—12-17;
youth—under 12; Spanish – all ages). <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Each volunteer will have 10 read 13-14 stories total.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Each story will be read by two volunteers.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Story authors will not be disclosed but we ask that if volunteers have entered the contest or have family members who did, they please review a different contest
category. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Please find our judging criteria here:
<a href="http://writemichigan.org/reviewers_faq.pdf"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://writemichigan.org/reviewers_faq.pdf</span></a>. However, the initial score that volunteers will be providing will be on a simple scale of one to ten, with ten being excellent.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Why</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">: We want to support talented Michigan writers.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Details</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">:
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Sign up to be a reviewer via KDL’s
<u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="https://kdl.volunteerhub.com/?format=List&filter=74135">VolunteerHub</a></span></u> page.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Sign-in or Create a VolunteerHub account.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Click
<b>sign up </b>next to the reviewer category of your choice.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">You will receive an email confirmation that you are signed up and info about what happens next.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Contact <a href="mailto:CCrow@kdl.org">
<span style="color:#0563C1">CCrow@kdl.org</span></a> if you need help signing in/up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Your help is most appreciated! Also, if you know of other volunteers, Friends members, book club members, retired schoolteachers and librarians who might be interested, please share this email
with them. We’d love to include them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Cheers to Volunteers!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Calli<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#005847">Calli Crow</span></b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#005847">Volunteer Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Kent District Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">814 West River Center Dr. NE
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</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Comstock Park, MI 49321</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"MS Shell Dlg",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Cell: 616-375-2281.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="http://www.kdl.volunteerhub.com/">KDL.VolunteerHub.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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