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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Thornton, Lori, DCA<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 26, 2020 10:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stephenson, Paul<br>
<b>Subject:</b> New Mexico Letters About Literature competition 2020-2021!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;background:white">We are very pleased to inform you that the New Mexico State Library will continue the New Mexico Letters About Literature competition this school year.
We have created a site for the state competition which should tell you everything you want to know about the contest - </span><span style="color:#212121"><a href="https://lettersaboutliterature.nmculture.org/"><strong><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#006FC9">https://lettersaboutliterature.nmculture.org/</span></u></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">. </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">We cordially invite your students to participate in this reading and writing contest designed to promote reading and thoughtful writing by encouraging young readers to
read a book and then write a letter to the author explaining how his or her work shaped their perspective on the world or themselves. This is the eighth year the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/">New
Mexico State Library</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"> has sponsored the competition.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please see the attached </span>
</strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#BD1398">entry form</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> and the </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4BA524">permission
form</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> for ages 13 and under as of November 1, 2020.</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Please read the
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#D05C12">official rules and terms of participation</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, including how
to submit entries carefully before your students begin reading and writing. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red">THERE ARE MANY CHANGES!</span></strong><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">All entries must be submitted by January 11, 2021.</span></strong><b><span style="color:#212121"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Please visit New Mexico <a href="https://lettersaboutliterature.nmculture.org/"><u><span style="color:blue">Letters About Literature</span></u></a> to learn more about the contest. If you have any questions,
please feel free to reply to this email or call 505-476-9739 or 9717.<br>
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We look forward to working with you and truly hope you will participate in the New Mexico Letters About Literature contest.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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