The contest runs through March 11 and is open to all ages.
To enter, create an original memoir — a nonfiction essay describing a personal experience, reminiscence, description of an event from your family’s history, or something similar.
Subject matter may vary, but the events described must be factual and unembellished. The essay must be in English and no longer than 1,500 words.
The contest is limited to one entry per writer, its sole creator. The memoir may not have won a previous award or been published.
All entries become the property of Johnson County Library and none will be returned.
The first-place prize is $250 plus publication in the 2011 issue of Kansas City Voices magazine and at www.jocolibrary.org.
The second-place winner will receive $150 and be published on the library website. The third-place winner will receive $100 and be published on the website.
E-mailed submissions, which are preferred, can go to eberhartj@jocolibrary.org.
Submit written entries at any Johnson County Library location or mail it to John Mark Eberhart, Reader’s Advisory Coordinator, Johnson County Central Resource Library, P.O. Box 2933, Shawnee Mission, KS 66201-1333.
Entries must include the writer’s name, address, telephone number and, if available, e-mail address.
For more information go to www.jocolibrary.org/nationallibraryweek or call 913-826-4600.
Deadline : March 11, 2011
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