REAL SIMPLE Essay Contest

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REAL SIMPLE’s annual Life Lessons Essay Contest

Topic: When did you first realize that you had become a grown-up?

The winning essay is scheduled to appear in the  April 2010 issue of REAL SIMPLE magazine.  Winner will receive a $3,000 prize; rountrip tickets for two to New York City, hotel accommodations for two nights, and tickets to a Broadway play; and lunch with REAL SIMPLE editors.

To enter, send a typed, double-spaced submission of no more than 1, 500 words, preferably as a Microsoft Word attachment to  lifelessons@realsimple.com.  Open to all legal residents of the U.S. who are 19 or older at the time of entry.  Deadline:  Sept. 7, 2009.  For complete contest rules,  realsimple.com/lifelessonscontest.