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and other Colleagues</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#212121">:<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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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="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white">- </span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://lettersaboutliterature.nmculture.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#006FC9;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">https://lettersaboutliterature.nmculture.org/</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">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 ninth year the </span><a href="http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">New
Mexico State Library</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> has
sponsored the competition.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><br>
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see the attached </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#BD1398;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">entry
form</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> and
the </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#4BA524;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">permission
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ages 13 and under as of November 1, 2021</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Please
read the </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#D05C12;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">official rules and terms
of participation</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">, including
how to submit entries carefully before your students begin reading and writing. </span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#212121">All entries must be submitted<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> by
January 7, 2022.</span></span></b><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#212121"><br>
</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#212121"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Please visit New Mexico </span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://lettersaboutliterature.nmculture.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Letters
About Literature</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> 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.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#212121"><br>
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<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">We look forward to working with you and truly hope you will participate in the New Mexico Letters About Literature contest.</span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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