<div dir="ltr">Good morning,<div><br><div>Please share this with interested parties, faculty, and students.</div><div>A flyer is attached and can be printed and posted.</div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks.</div><div><br></div><div><table border="0" width="100%" style="border-spacing:0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><tbody><tr><td style="width:600px;font-size:16px;padding:10px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(54,52,51)">Do you know a talented young writer who is eager to immerse themselves in their writing craft?<br><br>Interlochen Arts Academy is currently accepting submissions for the <a href="http://ica.convio.net/site/R?i=i6OLwpjB_sVLliMMtOTCmw" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(212,39,65);font-weight:bold">Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Scholarship Competition</a>, which offers a <strong>full-tuition scholarship</strong> to its creative writing program.<br><br>All students in grades 8-11 during the 2019-20 school year are eligible to apply.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" align="center" style="border-spacing:0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);width:600px;max-width:600px"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-size:0px;padding:0px"><div style="width:300px;max-width:300px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top"><table border="0" align="center" style="border-spacing:0px;font-family:sans-serif;width:300px;max-width:600px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px"><table border="0" align="center" style="border-spacing:0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);width:300px;font-size:16px;text-align:left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px"><div align="center"><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(54,52,51);text-align:left">Applicants must submit writing samples in two of the following genres:</p><ul style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(54,52,51);text-align:left;padding-top:0px;padding-left:30px"><li style="margin-left:15px">Fiction</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Poetry</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Personal Essay or Memoir</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Screenwriting</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Playwriting</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Hybrid Genre</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div style="width:300px;max-width:300px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top"><table border="0" align="center" style="border-spacing:0px;font-family:sans-serif;width:300px;max-width:600px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 10px"><table border="0" align="center" style="border-spacing:0px;font-family:sans-serif;width:280px;font-size:16px;text-align:left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px"><div align="center"><p style="margin:20px 0px 15px;width:120px;height:120px;display:inline-block;font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(255,255,255);background-color:rgb(212,39,65);background-image:none;background-repeat:repeat;background-position:0% 0%;line-height:120px;letter-spacing:1px;font-size:20px;padding:20px;border-radius:50%"><a href="http://ica.convio.net/site/R?i=VudLau7QeQjS22oYxF7ALw" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:500;padding-top:10px">Learn more</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" align="center" style="border-spacing:0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);width:600px;max-width:600px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 10px;width:580px;font-size:16px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(54,52,51);padding-top:10px">The submission deadline for portfolios is <strong>Dec. 6</strong>. <a href="http://ica.convio.net/site/R?i=hvoQVVRU33KuZ928aiLt-w" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(212,39,65);font-weight:bold">View submission guidelines</a>.<br><br>We hope that you will consider sharing this information, and your own Interlochen experiences, with any potential students or young writers you feel may be interested in this opportunity. <a href="http://ica.convio.net/site/R?i=1MwHB_0X4zMXiQ5Nj-7wkA" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(212,39,65);font-weight:bold">View/download a printable flyer</a>.<br><br>If you have any questions, please contact <a href="mailto:writingcontest@interlochen.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(212,39,65);font-weight:bold">writingcontest@interlochen.org</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="outline:none;padding:10px 0px;width:22px;margin:2px 0px 0px"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:trebuchet,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(132,124,118);font-size:12px;line-height:20px"><font color="#888888"><div style="font-family:trebuchet,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:20px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Avenir,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px;letter-spacing:0.5px"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12.84px">Beth Gourle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