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    Saturday, February 26, 2005

    Contest and Submissions

    Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers.

    Eligibility: Open only to writers whose fiction has not appeared in any
    publication with a circulation over 5,000. (Entries must be entirely
    unpublished.) Open to all themes, all subjects. Stories should not exceed
    12,000 words.

    First-place winner receives $1,200, publication in Glimmer Train Stories,
    and 20 copies of the issue in which it is published. Second- and
    third-place winners receive $500/$300, respectively, and acknowledgement
    in that issue.

    To submit your story, go to our site, www.glimmertrainpress.com , log in,
    and click on SHORT STORY AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS. Reading fee (payable by
    visa or mc) is $12 per story.

    Entries will be accepted through April 5th. Winners will be called by July 1st. Top 25 list will be emailed to all participants by that date.