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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#F8F8F8" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>FYI. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Narrative <editors@a.narrativemagazine.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 26, 2022 5:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> rgardner4@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Narrative--Annual Poetry Contest<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=678 style='width:508.5pt;background:#F8F8F8'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=678 style='width:508.5pt;background:white;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 15.0pt 0in'><div id=gmail><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='border-top:none;border-left:solid #D5E1EB 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid #D5E1EB 1.0pt;background:#F7FAFD;padding:11.25pt 7.5pt 11.25pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1651'>Narrative’</span></em><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1651'>s Annual Poetry Contest is open to all writers, and all entries will be considered for publication<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:30.0pt'><td width=410 style='width:307.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:30.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>Annual Poetry Contest <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:30.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#747263;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:30.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.twitter.com/narrativemag" title=""" "><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/narrativemag" title=""" "><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></a><a href="https://instagram.com/narrativemag" title=""" "><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=612 style='width:459.0pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt'><tr><td width=165 valign=top style='width:123.75pt;border:none;padding:15.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.narrativemagazine.com/fourteenth-annual-poetry-contest?uid=224519&m=2e6051fe592f6d79afc601f2126eb299&d=1653592964"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=165 height=165 style='width:1.7187in;height:1.7187in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. 14th Annual Poetry Contest. Links to guidelines."></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=417 style='width:312.75pt'><tr style='height:16.5pt'><td width=417 valign=top style='width:312.75pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;height:16.5pt;lfloat:left'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#747263'>“Poetry is a tool for navigating transformation,”</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#747263'> writes Joy Harjo, and we couldn’t agree more. We’re looking for work that challenges and transports us, offering surprise, perspective, and pleasure along the way.<br><br>The <a href="https://www.narrativemagazine.com/fourteenth-annual-poetry-contest?uid=224519&m=2e6051fe592f6d79afc601f2126eb299&d=1653592964"><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#E60000;text-decoration:none'>Fourteenth Annual Poetry Contest</span></strong></a> is open to all writers, and all entries will be considered for publication.<br><br></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'> • <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>$1,500</span></strong> First Prize<br> • <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>$750</span></strong> Second Prize<br> • <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>$300</span></strong> Third Prize<br> • Ten finalists receive <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>$75</span></strong> each</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#747263'><br><br>See the <a href="https://www.narrativemagazine.com/fourteenth-annual-poetry-contest?uid=224519&m=2e6051fe592f6d79afc601f2126eb299&d=1653592964"><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#E60000;text-decoration:none'>Guidelines</span></strong></a>. Read prior <a href="https://www.narrativemagazine.com/thirteenth-annual-poetry-contest-winners?uid=224519&m=2e6051fe592f6d79afc601f2126eb299&d=1653592964"><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#E60000;text-decoration:none'>winners</span></strong></a>, and view <a href="https://www.narrativemagazine.com/node/145412?uid=224519&m=2e6051fe592f6d79afc601f2126eb299&d=1653592964"><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#E60000;text-decoration:none'>recent awards</span></strong></a> won by <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Narrative</span></em> authors.<br><br><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Narrative</span></em> winners and finalists have gone on to win Whiting Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, the Pushcart Prize, and the <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Atlantic</span></em> prize, and their work has appeared in collections such as <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The Best American Poetry, Best New Poets,</span></em> and many others.<br><br>We are committed to paying our authors, to providing excellent editorial support, and to encouraging a wide audience for poetry. <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Narrative</span></em> reaches a worldwide audience of 300,000 readers, and emerging poets account for a third of the scores of poets we publish each year.<br><br>We look forward to reading your work. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=612 style='width:459.0pt'><tr><td width=253 style='width:189.75pt;padding:16.5pt 0in 16.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://www.narrativemagazine.com/node/145412?uid=224519&m=2e6051fe592f6d79afc601f2126eb299&d=1653592964" title="Recent Awards"><span 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