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Sports Fiction & Essay Contest
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Submission period: November 15, 2012-May 31, 2013. $3,000 in cash prizes, including two top prizes of $1,000 each. Seeks today's best fiction and essays on sports-related themes. Fee of $15 per entry.

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Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
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Submission period: August 15, 2013-April 1, 2014. $2,000 in cash prizes, including a top prize of $1,000. Seeks today's best humor poems. Free to enter.

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Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest
Submission Period: July 15, 2013-April 30, 2014
$5,550 in prizes
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Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
Submission Period: November 15, 2012-September 30, 2013
$5,500 in prizes
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