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		<title>Call for Creative Nonfiction Fellows and for a Program Director</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call for Creative Nonfiction Fellows and for a Program Director Part-Time Program Director Position Opening (NY, NY) The Asian American Writers&#8217; Workshop is looking to hire a part-time Program Director to curate, publicize and manage literary events that are quirky, progressive, and (to use the jargon of postcolonial theory) awesome. You are an ambitious, logistical, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4661&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LIBBOO BOUNTY &#8211; VACATION AND HOLIDAY MAYHEM WRITING COMPETITION</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The competition is called Libboo Bounty – www.libboo.com/bounty The deadline is the 1st March 2012 and the prize is a publishing deal with Libboo and $500 (shared between the successful authors). The theme is short-stories under the category of ‘Holiday &#38; Vacation Mayhem’ – anything that tells the tale of disasters/comedy during a holiday or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4655&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Colonades Writing Contests (Quarterly)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colonnade Writing Contest: Open to essays and short stories 10,000 word limit fiction and non-fiction, any genre $12 to enter quarterly winners receive $125 and are eligible for the $600 grand prize of Colonnade Story Of The Year. Deadline is March 31, 2012. Next quarterly deadlines: June 30, 2012; September 30, 2012; December 31, 2012 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4651&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scare The Dickens Out of Us Ghost Story Writing Contest 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our ghost story writing contest and fundraiser for the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, Texas, has entered its fourth year this 2012. We offer nice cash prizes and trophies for ghost story entries of 5,000 words or less for an entry fee of $20.00 that goes in its entirety to the Friends of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4648&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Delengua Micro Stories Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DELENGUA MICRO STORIES CONTEST WIN A FREE SPANISH COURSE OF 2, 3 OR 4 WEEKS The Spanish school Escuela Delengua in Granada, Spain, celebrates its 15th anniversary (1997-2012). For this reason, and also for celebrating the first anniversary of the UNESCO&#8217;s declaration of flamenco culture being part of the intangible heritage of humanity, we would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4646&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Last Call! 2012 COLUMBIA: A JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND ART WRITING CONTEST</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 COLUMBIA: A JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND ART WRITING CONTEST NOW OPEN $500 prizes in each genre: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Plus publication in our landmark 50th issue. [JUDGES] Fiction: Dinaw Mengestu How to Read the Air The New Yorker “20 Under 40” 2010 Nonfiction: Anne Fadiman The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4643&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FISH POETRY &amp; FLASH FICTION PRIZES 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FISH POETRY PRIZE 2012 Judge: Billy Collins (Poet Laureate USA 2001-2003). The ten best poems will be published in the 2012 Fish Anthology. 1st Prize €1,000. 2nd Prize &#8211; a week at Anam Cara Writers &#38; Artists Retreat in West Cork&#8217;s Beara Peninsula. Word limit 200. Closes 30 March 2012. Results announced 30 April 2012. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4637&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 2012 Claymore Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prestigious Claymore Award What You Win? Over $1,500 in prizes, plus possible book advance and book publication, plus possible agent representation What Manuscripts Will be Considered? Enter the first 50 pages of your unpublished crime literature manuscript in the contest. Judges will consider any subgenre of mystery or thriller, including political thriller, cozy, legal, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4632&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunity for Poets and Haiku Writers to Win a Two-Week Residency in Key West</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Win A Key West Residency – Robert Frost Poetry Contest TSKW was honored to take over the prestigious literary tradition founded by the Heritage House Museum over 18 years ago, and continues a long tradition of the contest, which honors Robert Frost and encourages the creation of new poetry and haiku. TSKW will begin accepting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4627&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 3rd Annual Sorrento Wave Short Story Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 3rd Annual Sorrento Wave Short Story Contest RULES: 1. Read and follow all the rules! We don’t want to have to disqualify any stories. 2. All stories must use the following opening line: “In that surreal moment when the car skidded off the road, my father’s warning echoed in my ears” This can be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4624&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Foolish Writing Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 Foolish Writing Contest Answer this question, “It was so funny ….” in 200 words or less and send it in to be eligible for the $100 first prize, $50 second prize and $25 third prize. Contest begins on January 1, 2012. Final deadline for entries is March 15, 2012. Winners will be published in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4617&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Sandy Writing Contest (for novel length fiction)</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/the-sandy-writing-contest-for-novel-length-fiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sandy Writing Contest for novel length fiction by published or unpublished authors Sponsored by Crested Butte Writers:  Deadline to enter – February 12, 2012 Cost: $30 for Members, $35 for Non-Members Take this opportunity to get your work in front of agents and editors. Two rounds of judging. Here is a list of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4615&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Write Reality: The Reality Show Idea Contest</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/write-reality-the-reality-show-idea-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Write Reality is a contest dedicated to finding the next hit reality show. Entrants write a short, descriptive summary of their reality show idea for a chance to win $2000 dollars in cash and consideration by reality production companies. The top ten ideas are read by industry judges from such companies as OWN and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4609&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/2012-janet-b-mccabe-poetry-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guidelines: -The submission deadline for the prize is May 1st, 2012. -The entry fee is $15 (includes a free copy of the Fall 2012 Issue). -All submissions must be previously unpublished work. -You may submit up to two poems per entry, no longer than 40 lines each. Please make sure that both poems are in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4604&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Last Call! VanderMey Nonfiction Prize</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/4597/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ruminate Magazine is hosting their second annual VanderMey Nonfiction prize, judged by Leslie Leyland Fields, award-winning author and editor of &#8220;The Spirit of Food&#8221;.  The winner will be awarded a prize of $1000 and publication in the Spring 2012 issue, and the runner up will receive publication as well. Contest Name:  VanderMey Nonfiction Prize Submissions:  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4597&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Wag&#8217;s Revue Third Annual Winter Writers Contest</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/the-wags-revue-third-annual-winter-writers-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wag&#8217;s Revue Third Annual Winter Writers Contest is now open. First Prize $1000 and publication in Issue 13; second prize $500 and third $100. All entries will be considered for publication and it is open to all three genres (fiction, poetry, essays). The contest will be judged by the editors and closes February 29, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4592&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Student Stowe Prizes</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/2012-student-stowe-prizes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 Student Stowe Prizes Student Stowe Prize For Excellence in Writing to Advance Social Justice Do you know a high school or college student who writes for social justice and positive change? Make sure they know about the 2012 Student Stowe Prize!  Established by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, to be awarded in 2012 Submission deadline [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4586&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/gemini-magazine-short-story-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GeminiMAGAZINE We are pleased to announce the third annual Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest featuring a Grand Prize of $1,000. Second place wins $100 and there will also be three honorable mentions. There are no restrictions on content, style, genre or length&#8211;just send your best. All five finalists will be published online in the June [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4581&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Entries! Dream Quest One Poetry &amp; Writing Contest &#8211; Summer &#8211; 2012</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/last-call-dream-quest-one-poetry-writing-contest-winter-2011-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dream Quest One Poetry &#38; Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4573&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Submissions: Sawmill Fiction Issue #1</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/call-for-submissions-sawmill-fiction-issue-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the fiction issues, Sawmill ups the proverbial ante on web-based publications. By forging partnerships with authors, illustrators, and graphic designers, we present digital packaging as gorgeous and important as the literature housed within. We want to show you a journal created with love and attention to detail, as memorable and honest as any book you’ve ever [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4569&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Entries: 2012 Blue Mesa Review Poetry Contest</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/call-for-entries-2012-blue-mesa-review-poetry-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 Blue Mesa Review poetry contest guidelines: All unpublished poetry manuscripts of 5  poems maximum will be considered. The winner will receive $750 and publication in Blue Mesa Review Issue 25, and two copies of issue 25. Please submit and pay $17 online to our new online submission manager ENTRY DEADLINE: BY DECEMBER 31st, 2011 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4567&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Submissions: Bayou Magazine Fiction and Poetry Editor&#8217;s Prizes</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/call-for-submissions-bayou-magazine-fiction-and-poetry-editors-prizes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bayou Magazine Literary Journal of the University of New Orleans FICTION AND POETRY EDITOR’S PRIZES CALL for Submissions October 1 – December 31 JAMES KNUDSEN EDITOR’S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER: $500, publication and a year subscription. FINALISTS will be named on our website. 2011 Judge: Joseph Boyden Submissions must be original, previously unpublished work of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4565&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fish Short Story Prize</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/4562/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS FLASH. The deadline for the Fish Short Story Prize had been extended to 6 December 2011. The website will stop taking entries at midnight GMT on that day. This is to facilitate writers who are unfamiliar with the new Fish website and have had difficulties submitting their stories. So if you haven&#8217;t had time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4562&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winter 2011 &#8211; 2012 Elephant Prize &#8211; In The Snake Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently accepting short story submissions for the Winter 2011-2012 Elephant Prize. Submissions must be under 7500 words. Multiple submissions are accepted: you may submit as many stories as you like. There is a $10 reader&#8217;s fee per entry. We understand the reluctance many writers have toward reader&#8217;s fees. The contest entry fee allows us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4558&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Entries: Broken Pencil Indie Writers Deathmatch</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/call-for-entries-broken-pencil-indie-writers-deathmatch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calling all aspiring authors! Here’s your chance to get your work published, all you’ve got to do is compete in a deathmatch. A literary deathmatch, that is. Enter your short story (fiction) in Broken Pencil Magazine’s Indie Writers Deathmatch and have a chance to win lots of great prizes! Winner gets a prize pack of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4552&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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