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today contest #competition - Here's your chance to win money and get published! In collaboration with Gotham Writers' Workshop, we're pleased to bring you The Writer 2012 Short-Story Contest, which offers great prizes to the top three finishers!

The Writer 2012 Short-Story Competition prizes:

• First prize: $1,000; a free 10-week creative writing workshop offered online by Gotham Writers' Workshop ($420 value); publication in The Writer and on WriterMag.com; and a one-year subscription to The Writer.

• Second prize: $300; free enrollment in a four-week How to Get Published seminar taught online by a literary agent and Gotham Writers' Workshop ($150 value); publication on WriterMag.com; and a one-year subscription to The Writer.

• Third prize: $200; free enrollment in a four-week How to Get Published seminar taught online by a literary agent and Gotham Writers' Workshop ($150 value); publication on WriterMag.com; and a one-year subscription to The Writer.

The Writer 2012 Short-Story Competition Overview:

We're looking for your original, unpublished short stories up to 2,000 words. Entries must be in English and submitted by the author, who must be at least 18 years old at the time of entry. No explicit sex, graphic language or graphic violence. Entries will be judged based on creativity, sense of story, characterization, and overall quality of writing, including grammar, punctuation and syntax. Writers may submit more than one story, but each story must be accompanied by a separate entry fee. Complete rules and FAQs are available at WriterMag.GothamWriters.com.

The Writer 2012 Short-Story Competition Entry fee: $10 per story submitted.

The Writer 2012 Short-Story Competition Deadline: All entries must be submitted online by midnight (EDT) on April 30, 2012.

The Writer 2012 Short-Story Competition website: http://www.writermag.com/storycontest