Poems that draw on the US government's new "forbidden words".
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Deadline July 31 (must be received by this date; don't enter before June 1). Neutral free contest gives prizes up to $350 and publication in Dog Throat Journal, an online literary magazine of prose poems and flash fiction, for an unpublished story of 400-1,000 words. Enter online. Editors say, "Brave, unconventional, lyrical and imaginative are the watchwords. Stomp on toes."
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