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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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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		<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>
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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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		<title>South American Short Story Writing Contest</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/south-american-short-story-writing-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South American Short Story Writing Contest We are looking for the best possible short stories. Winning prize is $100 USD and publication in gringolandiasantiago.com. Deadline: 30 March 2012. Candidates must have previous writing experience either in a print publication or on-line in a blog. We are also seeking interns and writers. Submit entries along with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4547&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The ADA Education Fund: 2nd Annual &#8220;What Would Martin Do?&#8221; Essay Contest</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/the-adaef-2nd-annual-what-would-martin-do-essay-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Americans for Democratic Action Education Fund is hosting its second annual &#8220;What Would Martin Do?&#8221; essay contest, questioning what would Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. say to President Obama if he were alive today. This contest is part of our third annual &#8220;What Would Martin Do?&#8221; forum in which a group of speakers will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4543&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PartSelect’s $5000 GE Appliance Giveaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PartSelect.com is giving away $5,000 worth of new GE Appliances to one lucky blogger! That’s $5,000 you can slice and dice anyway you want*. Pick your color. Pick your style. Pick a new fridge and stove, or new washer and dryer set. You win, you choose. To enter, simply choose one of our official blogging [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4540&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Anderbo Poetry Prize</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/2011-anderbo-poetry-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[anderbo.com For up to six unpublished poems Winner receives: $500 cash Publication on anderbo.com Judged by Debora Greger 2011 Contest Assistant: Anderbo Poetry Editor Charity Burns Guidelines: –Each poem should be typed on 8 1/2&#8243; x 11&#8243; paper with the writer&#8217;s name in the upper-right corner of every page –Include a cover page with name, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4536&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Medulla Review: Oblongata Contest</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/the-medulla-review-oblongata-contest-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Poets &#38;Writers, The editor-in-chief will review poetry, fiction, and hybrid submissions of 1,000 words or less for the new Oblongata Contest from November 20, 2011 until January 22, 2012. The entry fee is $10.00 for each submission. First, second, and third place winners will be chosen for publication. Works will be published by February [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4534&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crazyhorse Journal Writing Contest</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/crazyhorse-journal-writing-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crazyhorse literary journal is excited to announce the Crazyhorse Fiction Prize and the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize: $2000 each and publication of your poem or short story in Crazyhorse literary journal. Deadline to enter: January 15, 2012 Reading fee of $16 per entry includes one-year subscription. Full entry guidelines at http://www.crazyhorsejournal.org or Contact: crazyhorse@cofc.edu<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4532&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Killer Nashville Claymore Award Contest</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/killer-nashville-claymore-award-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Claymore Award is bestowed upon the author of the best beginning (up to 50 pages) of an unpublished manuscript not currently under contract.  ANYONE CAN ENTER YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ATTEND KILLER NASHVILLE TO ENTER OR WIN.  The ten finalists are chosen through a blind judging process and sent to our 2012 publishing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4527&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gulen Institute at the University of Houston &#8211; Youth Platform 2012  An International Essay Contest for High School Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gulen Institute Youth Platform has announced its second international essay contest, which is open to all high school students in grades 9th through 12th currently enrolled in public or private schools from across the nation and abroad. Topic of this year is: “Creating solutions for the challenges faced by children today” Awards for students Awards for teachers 1st place $ 3,000 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4523&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Award</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/bethlehem-writers-roundtable-short-story-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bethlehem Writers Group is currently accepting submissions for their debut Short Story Award. Jonathon Maberry, a NY Times bestselling author, will judge. The winner will receive $200 plus the opportunity to be published in their next anthology, &#8220;Seasonal Pursuits: Sweet, Funny and Strange Tales,&#8221; due to be released next fall. There are runner-up prizes also. Entry fee: $10 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4521&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gemini Flash Fiction Contest</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/gemini-flash-fiction-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The results of the Gemini Flash Fiction Contest are in! Xavier McCaffrey wins the $1,000 grand prize for &#8220;Drinks on the Doctor.&#8221; In this brisk, 754-word flash, a young man comes home from med school to a past &#8220;rife with mystifying ailments&#8221; he can never bring himself to treat. After reading &#8220;Death in Nairobi,” the second place story [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4519&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shoreline Scripts Screenwriting Competition 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shoreline Scripts is the only active screenwriting competition in the UK. We wanted to create not only a competition with awards, but a platform to help get great scripts from around the world into the hands of the producers and companies that have the means to get them made. There&#8217;s some great judges signed up to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4515&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NaMoWriMo Writers Contest: Win a Prize for the First Line of Your Novel!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Not associated with the NationalNovelWritingMonth.org) WHAT&#8217;S YOUR (FIRST) LINE? You could win $100, $50, $25 or a free book for  the best first line from a NaNoWriMo novel! To add to the fun of NaNoWriMo, I&#8217;m awarding a $100 prize to the writer of the best first line, with a second prize of $50, a third prize of $25, and a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4511&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>November Writing Contest: dou dou bird prize!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the first dou dou bird prize!  Just started a writing contest on my blog to win some art.  I will be doing it monthly. This bird is 8 inches tall, 2.75 inches wide and he is 7.5 inches in length. Always felt like this bird had a special purpose and here it is, he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4509&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;WRITERS OF THE UNEMPLOYED&#8221; SHORT STORY CONTEST&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/writers-of-the-unemployed-short-story-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the February 2012 release of Life in Pieces, we will be sponsoring a contest for short stories dealing with some of the themes addressed in the new book.  If you have an idea for a story dealing with unemployment or other economic hardships, it is time to get writing.  If your story is already finished, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4505&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry &amp; Writing Contest: Dream Quest One &#8211; Winter 2011 &#8211; 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:57:29 +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 cash [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4503&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Last Call for Entries: Eco Arts Awards</title>
		<link>http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/last-call-for-entries-eco-arts-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eco Arts Awards E-col-o-gy – the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment It has been said that art is an expression of what we aspire to be… It is also true that art is a powerful catalyst for new thinking and cultural values! In our present world, ecology and the balance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4499&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Polygraph Tests: Refining the Writer’s Voice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Polygraph Tests: Refining the Writer’s Voice Polygraph (n.) 1. a machine designed to detect and record changes in biological characteristics. 2. an author who can write on a variety of different subjects. The Polygraph Tests is a residency program committed to enriching the process of theatre development by pairing selected playwrights with collaborators eager to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingcontests.wordpress.com&amp;blog=213212&amp;post=4493&amp;subd=writingcontests&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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