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"$1000 for 1000 Words" Middle & High School Creative Writing Contest

Is creative writing your passion?  Want to get published?

The Leyla Beban Young Authors Foundation is pleased to announce that our "$1000 for 1000 Words" fiction-writing contest is now open for submissions.  If you are a current student grades 6 - 12 with a passion for creative writing, this is an opportunity to share your passion, get recognized, and win some cash!  Students can earn one of two $1000 grand prize scholarships, one for grades 6-8 and one for grades 9-12, as well as a $100 cash prize (one per grade level).  All submissions are eligible to be published in the upcoming journal Bluefire.  

To find out more about the competition, to submit a piece of fiction, or to learn about the foundation, please visit our website at www.blue4beban.org or send an email to info@blue4beban.org.

Entries are due by February 1st, 2014.

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