Personal Stationery Giftsin24 Sponsors Contest to Promote National Card & Letter Writing Month

March 19, 2009 - PRLog -- Giftsin24, manufactures and sellers of personalized stationery and gifts, has teamed up with letter writing author, Samara O’Shea, to promote National Card and Letter Writing month by sponsoring an essay contest.

The Giftsin24 letter writing essay contest is set to run during the whole month of April, which actually is the little known, National Card and Letter Writing Month (NCLWM).

Along with being encouraged to write a letter to someone that they love, all interested parties are invited to enter the contest by submitting as essay to Giftsin24 via email attachment. The essays should be about a letter that has been held onto for years and go on to describe why the letter is important, the emotional connection to the letter, etc.  

The winner of the essay contest, judged by O’Shea, will receive both a $150 gift certificate to shop for their choice of personalized stationery products at Gifts in 24.com as well as both O’Shea’s books on letter writing.  In addition, O’Shea’s books, For the Love of Letters and Note to Self, will be signed by the author and Giftsin24 will feature the winner and the winning essay on it the blog.

As writes O’Shea on the Giftsin24 Stationery Blog:
“Letter writing is a very simple act that takes a little bit of time and the best of intentions, and it’s guaranteed to put a smile on the recipient’s face. A handwritten letter is proof positive that someone cares about you enough to sit down (rather than text on the go) and thoughtfully say thank you, I miss you, and I love you, get well, or let’s get together.”

For Giftsin24, the decision to sponsor the letter writing essay contest was an easy one.
“ I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t even know that April was National Card and Letter Writing Month and, as manufactures of personalized stationery, one would think we were in the business to know” says Trevor Pauling, Vice President of Development at Giftsin24, “If we didn’t know of this, then it’s a sure bet that others have no clue either. It’s a great opportunity to give people the reasons to think about the importance of handwriting letters.”

To further celebrate the month, Giftsin24 is also offering 40 days of Free Printed and Embossed Return Address on Your Stationery Envelopes from April 1st until Mother’s Day (May 10th).

Submissions to the essay contest will be accepted between April 1st to May1st, 2009 with a final winner chosen on May 18th. Entrants must also supply their name and email address, so that winners can be notified. There is no obligation to purchase anything or to register on the site.

For more information about the contest and the email address to send submission to, please refer to the Giftsin24 blog post regarding the NCLWM Essay Contest post at http://www.giftsin24.com/blog/national-card-and-letter-wr...

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