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DESCRIPTION:<strong>LITTLE TOKYO HISTORICAL SOCIETY \nSEEKS ENTRIES FOR 202
 0 SHORT STORY CONTEST</strong>\n\nThe Little Tokyo Historical Society (LTH
 S) seeks fictional short stories for its seventh annual Imagine Little Tok
 yo short story contest in the categories of English language\, Japanese la
 nguage and youth (18 and younger). The deadline is February 15\, 2020\, 12
  midnight Pacific Standard Time. The contest is presented by LTHS in partn
 ership with the Japanese American National Museum's Discover Nikkei projec
 t.\n\nThe purpose of the contest is to raise awareness of Little Tokyo thr
 ough a creative story that takes place in Little Tokyo. The story has to b
 e fictional and set in a current\, past or future Little Tokyo in the City
  of Los Angeles\, California. The short story committee will be specifical
 ly looking for stories that capture the spirit and sense of Little Tokyo. 
 Each category winner will be awarded $500 in cash with their short story b
 eing published in The Rafu Shimpo and Discover Nikkei website. A public aw
 ard ceremony and dramatic readings of the winning stories are also being p
 lanned for spring 2020 at the Japanese American National Museum.\n\n"Final
 ists have gone on to adapt their short story entries into a play and child
 ren's book\," said Miya Iwataki\, committee co-chair with Naomi Hirahara. 
 "We are thrilled that our contest has led to creative endeavors celebratin
 g the Japanese American experience."\n\nFor more information and guideline
 s\, refer to the Cultural News website\, <a href="http://www.culturalnews.
 com/ImagineLittleTokyo" target="_blank">http://www.culturalnews.com/Imagin
 eLittleTokyo</a>. If you would like to financially contribute to the conte
 st\, e-mail <a href="mailto:imaginelittletokyo@gmail.com">imaginelittletok
 yo@gmail.com</a>.\n\n<p style="text-align: center\;">* * * * *\n\n<span st
 yle="font-weight: bold\;">Imagine Little Tokyo Contest Deadline Extended t
 o February 15\n\nThe Imagine Little Tokyo short story contest has been ext
 ended two weeks to February 15\, 2020\, 12 midnight PST.\n\nThe committee 
 decided to make this extension because of earlier website problems that wa
 s out of the organization&rsquo\;s control.\n\nThe contest is presented by
  Little Tokyo Historical Society in partnership with the Japanese American
  National Museum&rsquo\;s Discover Nikkei project.<strong></strong><em></e
 m>\n
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SUMMARY:7th Annual "Imagine Little Tokyo" Short Story Contest
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