Think you can write a 700-word children's story about "a personified Onion"? If so, you could win £700 (and see your work published as a children's book) through The Secret Seed Society Competition. No entry fee. Deadline: October 5, 2009. NB: You'll be expected to hand over copyright, so proceed only if that's acceptable to you.
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The annual "Happy Tales" literary contest, run by Humanities Montana and asking writers to "take any literary work with a sad, disturbing, or negative ending and supply a happy, affirmative, uplifting, humorous ending," offers a prize of $200. No entry fee. Deadline: September 30, 2009.
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Looking for a literary agent? These agents are looking for writers.
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Shepherd University (W. Va) is looking for a Web Content Provider/Writer, Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.) seeks a Senior Writer, and Washington National Opera would like to hire a half-time Communications Coordinator.
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Several free classes/workshops to share with you: Freelancer Linda Formichelli is offering free teleclasses "on topics ranging from how to write a killer query to how to organize your assignment workflow"; Aracelis Girmay will be leading a "Black Artist as Activist" poetry workshop in Brooklyn for writers ages 16-25; and starting in October, the Audre Lorde Project (also in Brooklyn) will be hosting "Tongues Afire: A Free Creative Writing Workshop for Queer Women, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color."
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