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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Jennifer Bennerotte
Communications & Technology Services Director
Phone 952-833-9520 • Fax 952-826-0389 • www.EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Edina Reads sponsors writing contest
Edina, Minn., June 5, 2013 – As part of the City’s quasquicentennial celebration, the Edina Reads
Committee is sponsoring a writing contest with cash awards.
The contest is open to anyone who lives or attends school in Edina, or who has done so in the past. Entries
will be judged on the extent to which they creatively portray Edina’s history or community nature. Fiction and
non-fiction work are eligible in the form of biography, memoir, poetry, lyric, script and short story. Rules of
the contest are:
The work may not exceed 3,000 words or have been previously published to the general public.
Entries must be typed in double-spaced form.
Contact information and time of residency or school attendance must be provided with the entry.
Entries are due 5 p.m. Oct. 1. They can be submitted via email to edfoundation@EdinaMN.gov, hand-
delivered to the Edina Library front desk, or mailed to Edina Community Foundation, 5280 Grandview
Square, Edina, MN 55436.
Submissions will not be returned.
Separate awards will be offered for youth and adult writers, with all individuals under age 21 as of Oct. 1
considered in the “youth” category. Awards in each category will include a $500 first prize and $250 second
prize.
Awards will be presented and excerpts from the winning works read by the author or designated reader at an
Edina Reads program on Nov. 18. The winning entries and possibly more will be posted with the permission
of the author on the Edina Reads website, www.edinareads.org.
The Edina Reads Committee is led by the Edina Community Foundation, Edina Library and Friends of the
Edina Library, with support from Edina Community Education Services, Edina High School, Edina Senior
Center and Edina League of Women Voters. Representatives of those organizations serving on the
Committee, together with a representative of the Edina Quasquicentennial Committee, will judge the entries.
For more information, contact the Edina Community Foundation, 952-833-9573.
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