<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Christine McDermott <<a href="mailto:reallitmag@gmail.com">reallitmag@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">November 11, 2011 10:24:54 AM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:reallitmag@gmail.com">reallitmag@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Fiction and Poetry Competition (REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters)</b><br></span></div><br><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"><div><font size="4" face="garamond,serif">Dear all,</font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="garamond,serif">REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters, the literary journal at Stephen F. Austin State University, has extended the deadlines for the <strong>Larry D. Thomas Prize for Poetry</strong> and the <strong>William J. Stuckey Memorial Prize for Fiction</strong>. These are two great opportunities for young writers looking to pick up a publication. The new deadline is <strong>December 31, 2011</strong>. </font></div>
<div><font size="4" face="garamond,serif"></font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; COLOR: black"><font face="garamond,serif"><font size="4"><strong>The Larry D. Thomas Prize for Poetry</strong></font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"><font face="garamond,serif"><font size="4">$500 Prize and publication</font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"><font face="garamond,serif"><font size="4">Entry fee: $10 for up to 3 poems</font></font></span></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: black"><font size="4" face="garamond,serif"> </font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; COLOR: black"></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; COLOR: black"><font size="4" face="garamond,serif"><strong>The William J. Stuckey Memorial Prize for Fiction</strong></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; COLOR: black"></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"><font size="4" face="garamond,serif">$500 Prize and publication</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"><font size="4" face="garamond,serif">Entry Fee: $10 per story up to 4000 words</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"><font size="4" face="garamond,serif"><strong>Entrant must attend a creative writing program (BFA, MA, MFA, Ph.D.)</strong></font></span></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"><font size="4" face="garamond,serif"></font></span> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; COLOR: black"><font size="4" face="garamond,serif">Deadline:</font></span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Footlight MT Light','serif'; COLOR: black"></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"><font face="garamond,serif"><font size="4"><strong>December 31, 2011</strong></font></font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"><font face="garamond,serif"><font size="4">All entrants receive a year’s subscription.</font></font></span></div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"><font size="4" face="garamond,serif"> </font></span></p>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">REAL: Regarding Arts & Letters<br>Stephen F. Austin State University<br>
P.O. Box 13007, SFA Station<br>Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3007<br></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black"><font size="4" face="garamond,serif"></font></span></div>
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