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1 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACKAPRs IN not in yet. pls. placeText Revise Art Director Color Revise notes: GUIDELINES FORVANITYFAIRESSAY contest essays must address the following topic: Explain the character of the American people to the rest of the world. All entries must be received by midnight on July 31, 2004. essays must be e-mailed to as a Microsoft Word document or as an Adobe Acrobat file. The text area of the submission e-mail must state the entrant s full name, home address, date of birth, and daytime telephone number. No other information should appear in the text area of the e-mail. Entrant s name must not appear anywhere in the attached essay file. essays must be no longer than 1,500 words (excluding title and any notes or bibliography). essays must be in English. essays must have a title. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older and legal residents of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia at the time of entry.

2 Each entrant may submit only one essay. essays must be the original work of the entrants, must not violate any copyright or other rights, and must not have been previously published in any form. Employees of the Cond Nast Publications Inc. and Montblanc (and immediate family members) are not contest RULES1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY2. ELIGIBILITYAll entrants must be 18 years of age or older and legal residents of one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia at the time of of the Cond Nast Publications Inc. and Montblanc (and immediate family members) are not eligible. 3. HOW TO ENTERTo enter, send your essay as an e-mail attachment to essays must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document or as an AdobeAcrobat file. The text of the e-mail message must state your full legal name, home address, date of birth, and daytime telephone number, and nofurther information. Your name must not appear anywhere in the attached essay file.

3 Entrants must provide true, accurate, and complete information inthe e-mail. E-mails must be received no later than midnight on July 31, 2004. One entry per person/e-mail address. Entries that are lost, late,misdirected, or incompletely received, for any reason, will not be eligible. vanity fair ,in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person whotampers with the entry process or who otherwise violates the rules. vanity Fairfurther reserves the right to cancel, terminate, or modify any promotionnot capable of completion as planned for any reason, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, or technicalfailures of any sort. Following electronic submission of an essay, entrants will receive an automatic e-mail reply stating that vanity Fairhas received themessage. Entrants will not be able to check the status of their essays and will receive no other notification unless they are selected as a winner.

4 However,after an essay is submitted, vanity Fairmay contact entrants by e-mail or telephone to request additional ORIGINAL WORKS ONLYE ssays must be the original work of the entrants, must not violate any copyright or other rights, and must not have been previously published in ESSAY FORMATE ssays must address the following topic: Explain the character of the American people to the rest of the world. essays may not exceed 1,500 wordsof text (not including title, notes, bibliography, and other written materials). essays must be in English. essays must have a title. essays must be double-spaced, in 12-point type, and should follow standard essay ANONYMITYE ntrants names must not appear in any part of the essays . There must be no language, symbols, or other information in the essays that indicate theentrants identity. Entrants shall identify themselves only in the text of the submission e-mail.

5 Each essay will be assigned a unique code which will beused throughout the judging process to ensure each entrant s JOINT AUTHORSHIPE ssays with either one or two authors are eligible. essays with more than two authors are not eligible. If there are co-authors, provide the full names,addresses, dates of birth, and daytime telephone numbers for both authors in the submission e-mail. 8. EXCERPTS AND QUOTATIONSEach entrant is responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions for use of excerpts and quotations from third-party works. Excerpts and quotationsmust be properly credited with footnotes, endnotes, and/or a bibliography. Extensive use of notes is discouraged. Any essay that includes third-partymaterial without the required permission will be JUDGING AND AWARDING OF PRIZESW inning essays will be selected based on the quality of the writing and on the clarity, effectiveness, and originality of the argument.

6 Quality of writingwill count for 50 percent, clarity for 20 percent, effectiveness for 20 percent, and originality for 10 percent. essays will be judged by vanity Fairstaff and/or other qualified writing professionals. contest winners will be announced on or about December 7, 2004, and winners will be notified by mail, telephone, or e-mail in advance of that date. All decisions of the judges are final. There will be one grand prize of $15,000, a trip to Donnini, Italy, including economy-class airfare and six nights of accommodation at the Santa Maddalena writers colony, and a MontblancMeisterst ck 149 fountain pen. The approximate retail value ( ) of the grand-prize package is $17,725, depending on exact itinerary. Additionalmeals, transportation, and other expenses are the responsibility of the winner(s). Trip must be completed by December 7, 2005. Certain restrictionsand blackout dates may apply.

7 There will be one second prize of $5,000 and a Montblanc Boh me fountain pen. The of the second prize is $5,355. There will be one third prize of $1,000 and a Montblanc StarWalker Fine Liner. The of the third prize is $1,235. In the event that a co-authored essay wins any of the three prizes, the prize money will be split equally between the two authors, and each author will receive thespecified Montblanc pen. In the event that a co-authored essay wins the grand prize, both authors will be permitted to take the trip to Italy. Thus, the for each co-author will be: grand prize, $10,125; second prize, $2,855; third prize, $ PUBLICATION OF AWARD-WINNING ESSAYThe grand-prize-winning essay will appear in a future issue of vanity winner(s) may be required to sign vanity fair s standard authorcontract granting the magazine all rights to the PUBLICITY OF WINNING ENTRANTS AND RELEASE FROM LIABILITYA cceptance of prize constitutes consent to use winner s (winners ) name(s), likeness(es), and essay for editorial, advertising, and publicity purposeswithout further compensation, except where prohibited.

8 Grand-prize winner(s) may be required to sign a liability/publicity release, along with the all-rights author contract, within 14 days, or an alternate winner may be TAXESI ncome taxes and other taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the OTHER REGULATIONS AND LEGAL MATTERSa. Subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void outside the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and Prizes are not transferable. No substitutions for prizes except by vanity fair ,in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be one prize per family, household, or All entries become the property of vanity Fairand will not be acknowledged or NAMES OF contest WINNERSFor the names of the contest winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: vanity FairEssay contest Winners, 4 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, after December 15, SPONSORThe sponsor of this contest is Montblanc.