[cid:image002.png@01D39B85.2DD49AE0] Hello, I'm writing to let you know about BRINGING TACOMA'S HISTORY TO LIFE, a new Youth Historical Fiction Competition<http://www.cityoftacoma.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=143940> and Resource Guide<https://write253.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/youth-historical-fiction-booklet_final.pdf> for Tacoma teachers and students! The Resource Guide<https://write253.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/youth-historical-fiction-booklet_final.pdf> is geared towards high-schoolers, and provides four prompts about decisive but little-known moments in Tacoma's history. It includes a discussion guide for teachers around a selection from Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, and is accompanied by a slide deck<https://write253.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/youth-historical-fiction-competition-slide-deck.pdf> to introduce the material to students graphically. The competition will be judged by a panel of local writers and historians, and three winners will win cash prizes and share their award-winning stories at an event as part of Historic Preservation Month in May. Submissions to the Historical Fiction Competition are due on Friday, March 30th. More details and competition guidelines are available at our website<http://www.cityoftacoma.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=143940>. Questions? Don't hesitate to get in touch! Best regards, [Tacoma2C1inVector_whiteborder] Anneka Olson Intern, Historic Preservation Planning and Development Services 747 Market Street, Room 345 Tacoma, WA 98402 253-591-5219 Connect: CityofTacoma.org/HistoricPreservation Subscribe to our newsletter, Past Forward!<https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/WATACOMA/subscriber/new?topic_id=WATACOMA_135>| Find us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tacoma-Historic-Preservation/371359586854> & Twitter<https://twitter.com/Tacoma_Culture>| Take our survey!<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tacomapds> I work a Tuesday/Thursday schedule. If you need an immediate reply, feel free to contact Lauren Hoogkamer, Assistant Preservation Officer, at lhoogkamer@cityoftacoma.org<mailto:lhoogkamer@cityoftacoma.org>.