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> Subject: MEDIA RELEASE: Writing contest seeks "wicked words" -- top  
> prize $500
> Reply-To: <pr2008 at wcdr.org>
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> Writing contest seeks “wicked words”
> Top prize $500 to prose competition winner
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> DURHAM REGION, ON  MAY 320, 2009:  Something wicked this way comes.  
> It’s Wicked Words, a themed prose writing contest organized by The  
> Writers’ Circle of Durham Region.
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> Wicked words may creep into your dreams and haunt your days. Write  
> them down; this contest offers wicked rewards. A sinfully rich $500  
> first prize includes publication in both the Durham arts magazine  
> Surfacing and the Wicked Words anthology. The $250 second prize  
> winner and selected honourable mentions will also be published in  
> the Wicked Words anthology. All published entries reap a $25 payment  
> and a contributor’s copy. What’s more, each and every entry receives  
> written feedback.
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> The meaning of “Wicked”…a complicated and complex little word:
> Evil nature or action
> Playful, mischievous and occasionally malicious
> Severe and worrying
> Really offensive and nasty
> Totally awesome man…that’s just soooo wicked!
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> The open genre, open form prose competition welcomes wicked works of  
> fiction and non-fiction alike; they will be judged for their  
> excellence in craft and power to move our judges. Entries will  
> compete head to head and word for word. Maximum word count is 1500.  
> The entry fee is just $20 ($25 for international entries). Online  
> entries and secure payment by PayPal are encouraged. Or mail your  
> entry and cheque/money order to Wicked Words, The Writers’ Circle of  
> Durham Region, Bayly Postal Outlet, PO Box 14558, 75 Bayly Street  
> West, Ajax ON L1S 7K7.
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> Start writing that short story, essay, memoir, or creative non- 
> fiction piece that’s haunting you: the contest deadline,  
> appropriately, is midnight on Hallowe’en night (October 31, 2009).  
> Winners will be announced in January 2010. For details, visit www.wcdr.org 
>  or e-mailwickedwords at wcdr.org.
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> The Writers’ Circle of Durham Region (WCDR) is dedicated to raising  
> the profile of writers of all kinds, and at all levels, by offering  
> a forum through which they can find support, education and  
> networking opportunities. As a non-profit umbrella organization,  
> WCDR has worked since 1995 to draw together individuals and groups  
> with common interests in promoting the art and skill of writing,  
> fostering literacy, and providing moral support to our members. To  
> find out about the many writing-related activities WCDR offers,  
> please explorewww.wcdr.org
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> MEDIA CONTACT: Heather M. O'Connor
>                                      905-430-0466
>  wickedwords at wcdr.org
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