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Calling all Medical Librarians and Health Literacy Advocates! Please join the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region in celebrating National Medical Librarians and National Health Literacy Month by sharing your contest submission starting… now! What Do I Have to Do? Choose one of October’s National Days<https://nationaldaycalendar.com/october/> for inspiration and either write an article, create an image, or shoot a short video in celebration of your day of choice and submit it online<https://umaryland.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_865NZYH8PAFEy7b>. Both silly and serious submissions are encouraged. Share your medical librarian perspective, display your health literacy expertise, or choose to show an entirely different side of yourself! What Do I Get? Participants will be entered into a lottery to receive a free conference registration* of their choice! You Mean I Get to Have Fun and Possibly Win a Prize?! Correctamundo! When you’re ready, please submit your creation HERE<https://umaryland.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_865NZYH8PAFEy7b>. Specs: * Article: DOCX (between 500 and 750 words) * Art: JPG, PNG or GIF (size limit – up to 15MB) * Video: MOV or MP4 (up to 1 minute in length) What’s the Deadline to Submit? Extended! Monday, September 30th is ideal but we'll accept submissions through October 28th. I’m UBER creative – Can I submit more than once? Can’t decide between Knock-Knock Joke Day and I Love Yarn Day? No problem! Each person can submit up to three times. Will You Make Me a Star? Of course! We’ll feature you on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/NNLMSEA/>, Twitter<https://twitter.com/NNLMSEA>, and our electronic newsletter, SEA Currents<https://news.nnlm.gov/sea/>. Multiple submissions from individuals at your institution can be featured. Have fun & thank you for playing! *Conference registration is for one person, up to $1000, and is non-transferable. Questions? Nancy Patterson<mailto:[log in to unmask]> is happy to assist. Nancy Patterson, MLS Network Engagement Coordinator National Network of Libraries of Medicine, SEA University of Maryland, Baltimore Health Sciences & Human Services Library 601 West Lombard Street Baltimore MD 21201-1512 Direct line: 410.706.2858