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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Good Afternoon Library Folk!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">It’s that time of year for fat pumpkins and falling leaves, and for scratching pens and clicking keys creatively careening toward a most fruitful end! This harvest will surely produce a bumper
crop of chilling tales, touching portraits, outlandish yarns, and slices of life for the burgeoning and bountiful:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://writemichigan.org/"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Write Michigan Short Story Contest</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">I’m writing to invite YOU to be a part of a creative endeavor organized since 2013 by the partnership between
<a href="http://www.kdl.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Kent District Library</span></a> and
<u><span style="color:#0563C1">Schuler Books.</span></u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">We’re Growing!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Last year, Write Michigan was thrilled to receive
<b>over 1, 300</b> entries from Michiganders far and wide in the following categories: Adult, Youth, Teen, and Spanish Language.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">YOU</span></b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"> can add to that growth
<b>by submitting</b> the short story masterpiece you’ve been surreptitiously perfecting over the last year (or decades).
<a href="https://writemichigan.org/short-story-contest/"><span style="color:#0563C1">See Guidelines.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">AND</span></b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"> you can help us whittle down the mass of submissions to the cream of the crop
<b>by volunteering to be a first-round reviewer.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Be A Volunteer Reviewer!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">The increase in submissions means we
<b>NEED</b> more Volunteer Reviewers to <b>READ</b> short stories! Reviewers, through a dual-review process, help us narrow the field to the top submissions for the finalist judges. Volunteer Reviewers choose a category or categories and then read 10+ selections
from each during the review period beginning December 2. You’ll rate them according to the rubric provided on the Write Michigan Reviewer resource page.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">To be a Volunteer Reviewer, go to
<a href="https://kdl.volunteerhub.com/?format=List&filter=74135"><span style="color:#0563C1">KDL’s VolunteerHub</span></a> and sign up for one or more categories. If you’re new this year, you’ll need to create an account to volunteer for KDL and Write Michigan.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">From there you’ll
</span><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">need<span style="color:red">
</span>to create your online <a href="https://kdl.submittable.com/signup">Submittable</a> account</span><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"> to access the Review Platform. (If you were with us last year, you will be able use your existing credentials.)
You’ll receive further instructions from KDL’s webmaster at the end of November, closer to when the review process begins.<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">Visit <a href="https://writemichigan.org/volunteer/">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Write Michigan Short Story Contest Volunteer Reviewers
</span></a>for more info! Questions? Email/call me or contact <a href="https://writemichigan.org/">
Write Michigan.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Click the buttons below to get started!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:white;background:red;mso-highlight:red;mso-style-textoutline-type:none;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth:0pt;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap:flat;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join:round;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit:0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash:solid;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align:center;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound:simple;mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:1.5pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0"><a href="https://kdl.volunteerhub.com/?format=List&filter=74135"><span style="color:white;text-decoration:none">BE
A VOLUNTEER REVIEWER</span></a></span><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:white;mso-style-textoutline-type:none;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth:0pt;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap:flat;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join:round;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit:0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash:solid;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align:center;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound:simple;mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:1.5pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0">
<span style="background:red;mso-highlight:red"><a href="https://writemichigan.org/"><span style="color:white;text-decoration:none">ENTER YOUR STORY</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:black;mso-style-textoutline-type:none;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth:0pt;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap:flat;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join:round;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit:0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash:solid;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align:center;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound:simple;mso-effects-shadow-color:black;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:40.0%;mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:1.5pt;mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:2700000;mso-effects-shadow-align:topleft;mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx:0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">PS. Feel Free to Forward to Friends!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<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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</span><u><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:ccrow@kdl.org">ccrow@kdl.org</a>
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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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