The National Mail Order Association is looking for 73 inventors, artisans or manufacturers to name as winners of the "Made in America Hot Product Contest."

The contest is a competition to help American manufacturers, artisans and inventors get exposure for their products, with the hope of getting those products sold through mail order marketers.

New products are the lifeblood of the mail order industry. There is always a need for good, new products, and many mail order marketers have a keen interest in American-made products.

Prospective contestants can get an entry form from the National Mail Order Association at www.nmoa.org/contest,or by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to NMOA headquarters, 2807 Polk Street, N.E., Minneapolis, MN 55418. Entries must be submitted no later than December 31, 2003. Winners will be announced in early 2004.