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Entries
are being accepted for the annual Southport open short story
competition. Prizes are: £150; £75; £25.
Entries should be unpublished, original, and be not longer
than 2,000 words. 
Entries
of up to 48 lines of comic verse are invited in Liverpool
for the Vincent McTigue memorial competition. Prizes are £100,
£50, or £25. 
Rattling
Tongue Theatre Company Ltd are seeking new full length plays
for UK premiere production. The Surrey-based company is reading
scripts to go into full production in 2009 and beyond. 
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Wisconsin woman little thought she would be handcuffed and arrested
for not returning some books to the public library. 
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Children’s Book Festival has reached its 18th year in Ireland.
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for the children’s books community. This year’s festival
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Garrison
Spik won the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for a piece
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