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Tag: Contest entry rules

Contest Alert: Bardsy’s “The Short and Long of It” NaNoWriMo Prep Contest

How Bad Contest Entry Rules Can be Mitigated: The Medium Writer’s Challenge

Bad Contest Terms: T.A. Barron’s Once Upon A Villain Flash Fiction Contest

Contest Beware: “Lovecraft Country” Short Story Contest

Writing Contest Beware: Pressfuls

Contest Caution: The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award

Can We Get a Do-Over? Harper’s Bazaar Removes Predatory Rights Language For Its 2019 Short Story Competition

Contest Caution: The Short Story Project’s My Best Story Competition

Contest Beware: Fiction War Magazine

WriteIndia Writing Contest: When a Contest Sponsor Changes The Rules

BookLife Prize in Fiction

Almond Press Redux: Revenge-Rating a Critic

Neoverse Writing Competition Makes Its Rules More Author-Friendly

Almond Press Short Story Competition: Writing for “Exposure”

Alert: Questionable Terms of Use in HBO’s Game of Thrones Compendium

Rights Concerns: Amtrak Residency Program

Rights Concerns: Simon451 Novel-Writing Contest for Students

Alert: Author-Unfriendly Rules at America’s Next Author Contest

Contest Alert: WriteOnCon

Contest Alert: First One Publishing’s Writing Contest

ShortStoryBook.net (Or, it’s Not a Good Idea to Spam Writer Beware)

Nurmal Resources PUBLISH ME! Contest

Contest Alert: Emerging Writer Awards

FieldReport: Yet Another Update

Zimbo Books Fiction Competition

Contest Alert: Mirage Books

FieldReport True Life Stories: Update

Another Contest Alert: FieldReport True Life Stories

Evaluating Literary Contests

The Sobol Award

Why You Should Always Read the Fine Print of Contest Entry Rules

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