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Wordclay Short Story Contests Now Closed!

June 2, 2008

Greetings, Earthlings,

Wordbot announces... Unfortunately, you heard correctly. The Wordclay Single Short Story and Story Collection Contests officially closed their e-mail doors to submissions on Friday, May 31, 11:59 p.m. EST.

Stay tuned for an announcement of the winners and finalists in the coming month, as well as information about our next nonfiction contest.

As I’m sure you’re aware, 15 finalist will be chosen based on their unique content and emerging style for appearence in the Wordclay Anthology Series, Best Modern Voices. You can check out Volume 1: A Poetry Anthology at Wordclay’s bookstore if you’re jonesing for a preview.

Questions and concerns about the contest can all be submitted here, and one of the bloggers will response as promptly as possible. It’s only our second writing contest, so bear with us. Of course we’re still ironing out all the kinks, but we should have winners announced by either the end of June or the beginning of July.

Thanks everyone for the wonderful submissions. Stories came from accomplished authors to emerging writers, and entries in total numbered in the thousands. Rest assured, however, that each submission will be given the time it deserves and seriously considered for our listed prizes.

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