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Show Mother's contest - American Mothers, Inc. is encouraging en-couraging all mothers to express their individual abilities by entering the Utah State Literary Awards contest for 1984. The State contest will be held in conjunction with the Annual Utah Mothers Association State Convention. Con-vention. Entries will be judged by a panel of distinguished people and announced at the State Convention. The State winners will then go on to compete in the National Literary Contest where monetary prizes will be awarded to the winners. The deadline for the State contest entries en-tries must be postmarked not later than Jan. 31, 1984. Any mother, 18 years or older, whose children are natural or adopted, may enter. She may enter in one of three categories: poetry (one or not more than 5 poems, with a total of not more than 100 lines) ; short fiction (one story of 2500 words or less); essay or article (2500 words or less). : All manuscripts must have as a major theme an interpretation of a moral, spiritual or interesting concept of the American home. Only unpublished materials written since Jan. 1, 1980, is eligible. Entries should be double spaced on one side of 8V2 by 11 inch paper . with at least a 1 inch margin on all sides. Manuscripts must be mailed unfolded in flat envelopes. An entry fee of $5 per entry must be submitted with each entry. Make check payable to State Literary Awards Contest. Entries and any additional information may be obtained by writing to State Literary Chairman, Shirley Ash-worth, Ash-worth, at 835 Grandridge Court, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 or by calling .. Deborah Spencer at 224-3244. |