{"id":3431,"date":"2008-06-17T15:24:24","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T15:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/06\/17\/fake-contest-alert-2\/"},"modified":"2008-06-17T15:24:24","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T15:24:24","slug":"fake-contest-alert-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/06\/17\/fake-contest-alert-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Contest Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/accrispin.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/victoria-strauss-fake-contest-alert.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">This<\/a> comes courtesy of Victoria Strauss at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accrispin.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Writer Beware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">This week, a call for submissions in a SFWA-sponsored contest was posted on Craigslist and FLiXER, promising large cash prizes and publication.<\/p>\n<p>Writers take warning: <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">this contest is a fake<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/accrispin.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/victoria-strauss-fake-contest-alert.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">the blog<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/06\/17\/fake-contest-alert\/\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">Fake Contest Alert<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\" target=\"_blank\">The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This comes courtesy of Victoria Strauss at Writer Beware. 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