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		<title>Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks so much to Sonya Weiss, an inspiring blogger and fellow writer, who sent me this wonderful award. First, I had to learn to spell it. Is the suffix ibly or ably? Then, I had to drool on the picture. &#8230; <a href="http://teacherwriter.net/2012/02/01/irresistibly-sweet-blog-award/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teacherwriter.net&amp;blog=3160595&amp;post=2725&amp;subd=teacherwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Celebrate! Fascination Award 2011 Nomination</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then we bloggers get some great news. I was pleasantly surprised to find an email earlier this week saying I had been nominated for the Fascination Award 2011 for teacher blogs. A blog is nominated when it &#8230; <a href="http://teacherwriter.net/2012/01/20/lets-celebrate-fascination-award-2011-nomination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teacherwriter.net&amp;blog=3160595&amp;post=2693&amp;subd=teacherwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NAESP Children&#8217;s Book of the Year Contest 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entry Fee: $45 Deadline: March 1, 2012 Guidelines: NAESP Foundation This is a contest I first blogged about last year, and I feel it&#8217;s good enough to mention again this year. The competition highlights talented unpublished writers of children&#8217;s books. &#8230; <a href="http://teacherwriter.net/2012/01/19/naesp-childrens-book-of-the-year-contest-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teacherwriter.net&amp;blog=3160595&amp;post=2630&amp;subd=teacherwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Second Wind Publishing Short Story Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entry fee: FREE Deadline: December 31, 2011 Guidelines: Second Wind Publishing Second Wind Publishing is running this contest to fill an anthology. If you dream of being published, this may be the chance for you. The contest ends December 31, &#8230; <a href="http://teacherwriter.net/2011/12/05/second-wind-publishing-short-story-contest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teacherwriter.net&amp;blog=3160595&amp;post=2408&amp;subd=teacherwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Chillers Writing Contest 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entry Fee: Still just 5 pounds Deadline: December 31, 2011 Guidelines: Christmas Chillers website Can you write a Christmas story that will send chills down your readers&#8217; spines? You know I don&#8217;t mean from the cold. I mean from the &#8230; <a href="http://teacherwriter.net/2011/11/22/christmas-chillers-writing-contest-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teacherwriter.net&amp;blog=3160595&amp;post=2329&amp;subd=teacherwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WOW! Women on Writing Fall 2011 Contest</title>
		<link>http://teacherwriter.net/2011/11/15/wow-women-on-writing-fall-2011-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entry Fee: $10.00 Deadline: November 30, 2011 Guidelines: WOW! Women on Writing If you want to get noticed by an editor of a publishing house, the WOW! Women on Writing quarterly contests are one way to do it. They are &#8230; <a href="http://teacherwriter.net/2011/11/15/wow-women-on-writing-fall-2011-contest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teacherwriter.net&amp;blog=3160595&amp;post=2344&amp;subd=teacherwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>$780 Prizes in Writers&#8217; Village Story Contest Winter 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fee: $15 for two entries Deadline: December 31, 2011 Guidelines: Writers&#8217; Village I love to get notes telling me about contests. This one came in to my email box at Suite101 and it looks like a interesting one. As their &#8230; <a href="http://teacherwriter.net/2011/11/08/780-prizes-in-writers-village-story-contest-winter-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teacherwriter.net&amp;blog=3160595&amp;post=2326&amp;subd=teacherwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seventeen Magazine Fiction Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entry Fee: Free, but you must register at the Figment website Deadline: December 31, 2011 Guidelines: Seventeen Magazine Official Rules This is for all you younger friends. Seventeen Magazine and Figment.com are offering this creative writing contest for young women &#8230; <a href="http://teacherwriter.net/2011/11/01/seventeen-magazine-fiction-contest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teacherwriter.net&amp;blog=3160595&amp;post=2303&amp;subd=teacherwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entry Fee: Free Deadline: November 18, 2011 Guidelines: Glass Woman Prize Okay, so you started your Halloween ghost story late, and now you&#8217;ve missed the deadline for entries. Never fear! The Glass Woman Prize has a ghost story contest that&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://teacherwriter.net/2011/10/24/ghost-story-writing-contest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teacherwriter.net&amp;blog=3160595&amp;post=2287&amp;subd=teacherwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The First Line Literary Journal, Winter 2011</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It had been a long year.&#8221; This is the first line of the story you&#8217;re going to write and submit. What about the long year? What made it long? Why? What was really happening? Write well and surprise the editors &#8230; <a href="http://teacherwriter.net/2011/10/12/the-first-line-literary-journal-winter-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teacherwriter.net&amp;blog=3160595&amp;post=2249&amp;subd=teacherwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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