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05Feb 2013

The Fish Publishing Int’l Short Memoir Contest: getting back into the swing of things

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Back in college, when I first began to write, I entered contests. I was new to the idea that I COULD write, and one of my instructors advised me to enter the college essay contest. I won an honorable mention, was invited to a reading, and elicited a few chuckles from the audience with my … Read More →

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