Since I so often get questions about the legitimacy of literary contests (see, for instance, my posts of December 16 and December 7), I thought it would be helpful to post some suggestions for evaluating any contests you may be thinking of entering.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Here’s a story that, for sheer weight of irony, I wish like anything
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