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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Accepting Submissions for the 2016 MLK Youth Art & Essay Contest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Submit a piece of 2-D art work or an essay, poem or letter of no more than 250 words in response to the quote “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Handwritten or typed essays will be accepted. Artwork may be any medium but no larger than 8.5 X 11 inches. On the back of each entry please include the student’s full name, grade, school, home address and home telephone number. Entries will not be returned unless special arrangements are made. To enter you must be a student in preschool-12th grade in Western Montana. Entries must be received at the Missoulian by December 18, 2015. Winners will receive a cash prize, be featured in the Missoulian, and recognized at the MLK Community Celebration on Monday, January 18, 2016. For questions, contact Ben Mincks at<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:ben@ncbimissoula.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>ben@ncbimissoula.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Submit entries to: MLK Contest, Missoulian, P.O. Box 8029, Missoula, MT 59807<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You may view, print, and share the contest poster at our website here:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ncbimissoula.org/sites/default/files/2016%20Youth%20Art%20and%20Essay%20Poster%201.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.ncbimissoula.org/sites/default/files/2016%20Youth%20Art%20and%20Essay%20Poster%201.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>