3/4/06: COMPETITIONS

THE WRITER SHORT MEMOIR CONTEST
http://www.writermag.com/wrt/default.aspx?c=a&id=2825
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$10 ENTRY FEE
$1,000, first place; $300, second place; $200, third place.
The first-place entry, along with the finalist judge's comments,
will be published in The Writer magazine. All three winning
entries will be posted on The Writer Web site, www.writermag.com.
Entries should not exceed 1,200 words. Deadline June 30, 2006.

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PERMAFROST CONTEST
http://www.uaf.edu/english/permafrost/
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$10 ENTRY FEE
Deadline March 15, 2006. Both poetry and fiction.

Submission for the poetry contest should consist of a chapbook-
length manuscript of no more than 36 pages, a SASE, and $10.
All entrants will receive a year's subscription to Permafrost.
First place winner receives $100 and 30 copies of the chapbook.

Entries to Permafrost's fiction contest must be sent
individually (one story per submission) and should include a
SASE and the $10 fee. Submissions must be double-spaced and
limited to 30 pages. All entrants will receivea year's
subscription to Permafrost and are eligible for publication,
but only the first-place winner gets the hundred bucks.

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RAP-IT-UP FILM COMPETITION
http://www.bet.com/Site+Management/Packages/New+Rap-it-up.htm
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ENTRY FEE $55 before May 2/ $80 after and until May 26, 2006.
Early deadline May 2, 2006. Last deadline May 26, 2006.
Ten finalists announced on June 27, 2006. One winner announced
on August 1, 2006. The winning film must be shot, edited and
completed no later than November 10, 2006. Competition is open
to all races and nationalities. However, all concepts for
the short film should focus on the issue of AIDS in the
AfricanAmerican, Afro-Caribbean, and/or Afro-Latin communities
in the US. $25,000 first prize. Only open to legal residents
of the US (excluding PR).