Submit a poem that draws on the US government's new "forbidden words". Deadline: 11:59pm Hawaii Time tonight.
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One of the Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers
The nonprofit Preservation Foundation was born in 1976 to encourage and preserve the "extraordinary stories of 'ordinary' people." Anyone can submit a personal life story or short fictional work for posting on their website. Their e-newsletter, the Storyhouse Weekly Reader, highlights one of the 1,000+ anecdotes in their archives.
Source: http://www.storyhouse.org/how.html
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