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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.8.3 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:39:17 GMT--><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rss="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"><rss:channel rdf:about="http://memoirjournal.squarespace.com/contest/"><rss:title>Contest</rss:title><rss:link>http://memoirjournal.squarespace.com/contest/</rss:link><rss:description></rss:description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><dc:date>2009-11-27T17:39:17Z</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.squarespace.com/">Squarespace Site Server v5.8.3 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</admin:generatorAgent><rss:items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://memoirjournal.squarespace.com/contest/2009/10/19/contest.html"/></rdf:Seq></rss:items></rss:channel><rss:item rdf:about="http://memoirjournal.squarespace.com/contest/2009/10/19/contest.html"><rss:title>Contest</rss:title><rss:link>http://memoirjournal.squarespace.com/contest/2009/10/19/contest.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Memoir (and)</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-19T18:06:24Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><em><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></em></em></p>
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<h3><em><em><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 800;">UPDATE NOVEMBER 1, 2009</span></em></em></h3>
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<p><span style="font-style: normal;"><strong>SUBMISSION PERIOD NOW OPEN</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: normal;"><strong>CONTEST PERIOD DATES<br /></strong>The reading period opens November 1, 2009 and will close at midnight February 15, 2010. Snail mail submissions must be <strong>postmarked </strong>no later than February 15, 2010 in order to be considered.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-style: normal;"><strong>CONTEST RULES<br /></strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">There is no contest entry fee.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">All submissions are automatically entered in the Contest.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Submissions not chosen as Contest winners are still eligible for publication.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Submission guidelines can be found </span><a href="http://memoirjournal.squarespace.com/general-submissions/"><span style="font-style: normal;">here</span></a><span style="font-style: normal;">.</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-style: normal;"><strong>HOW TO SUBMIT<br /></strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-style: normal;">Read the&nbsp;</span><a href="http://memoirjournal.squarespace.com/general-submissions/"><span style="font-style: normal;">Submission Guidelines</span></a><span style="font-style: normal;">.</span></li>
<li><span><span style="font-style: normal;">Submit online with our&nbsp;</span><a href="http://memoirjournal.com/submissions"><span style="font-style: normal;">Submission Manager</span></a><span style="font-style: normal;">, or</span></span></li>
<li><span><span style="font-style: normal;">Submit by snail mail to&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;">Memoir (and)&nbsp;</span><span><span style="font-style: normal;">Submissions, PO Box 1398, Sausalito, CA 94966-1398. To be advised of the status of your snail mail submissions, include a SASE, or your email address.</span></span></li>
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<p><strong><span style="font-style: normal;">PRIZES OFFERED<br /> </span></strong></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Three</span> </span><em>Memoir (and) </em>Prizes for Memoir in Prose or Poetry</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The</span> </span><em>Memoir (and) </em>Prize for Graphic Memoir</li>
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<p>The<strong> </strong><strong><em>Memoir (and)</em> Prizes for Memoir in Prose or Poetry</strong> are awarded to the most outstanding prose or poetry memoirs&#8212;traditional, nontraditional or experimental&#8212;drawn from the reading period.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong> Grand Prize for Memoir in Prose or Poetry</strong></p>
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<li>$500 cash award</li>
<li>Publication in print and online </li>
<li>Six copies of the journal</li>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong> Second Prize for Memoir in Prose or Poetry</strong></p>
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<li>$250 cash award</li>
<li> Publication in print and online</li>
<li>Six copies of the journal</li>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Third Prize for Memoir in Prose or Poetry</strong></p>
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<li> $100 cash award</li>
<li>Publication in print and online</li>
<li>Three copies of the journal</li>
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<p>The <strong><em>Memoir (and)</em> Prize for Graphic Memoir</strong> is awarded to the most outstanding graphic memoir drawn from the reading period.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Prize for Graphic Memoir</strong></p>
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<li> $100 cash award</li>
<li>Publication in print and online</li>
<li>Three copies of the journal</li>
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