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<b>SHORT STORY AWARD for NEW WRITERS</b> <a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=6667276&N=348&L=251&F=H" target="_blank"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_small-a.png" alt="Follow
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1st place wins $1,200, publication in <i>Glimmer Train Stories</i>, and 20
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2nd-place: $500 and possible publication.<br>
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3rd-place: $300 and possible publication.<br>
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Open only to writers whose fiction has not appeared in any print
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Please, no longer than 12,000 words. Any shorter lengths are welcome.
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Results post on April 30. Winning story will be published in Issue 83.
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