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This<\/a> comes courtesy of Victoria Strauss at Writer Beware<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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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

Writers take warning: this contest is a fake<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out the blog<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

Fake Contest Alert<\/a> was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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