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2010 ILLINOIS EMERGING WRITERS COMPETITION
There is $20 per submission charge from which prizes will be awarded. Three cash prizes of $500, $300, and $100
will awarded in two categories.
Illinois poet laureate Kevin Stein will select winners of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, and Kaylie Jones, the accomplished
writer and daughter of James Jones, will pick the winners of the James Jones Short Story Award.
Competiton runs through June 30, and it is sponsored by Illinois Center for the Book and Secretary of State and State
Librarian Jesse White.
Lots of links you to explore:
Enjoy Evan Jenkins' Language Corner
Read Misti Sandefur's Coffee Break for Writers
Newspaper layoffs push journalists onto the Internet
Writing can be good for your health!
Check out North Carolina's Bookwatch Blog for links.
Writer's Relief Newsflash offers grammar, punctuation help and markets.
The English Teacher Blog
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I received this in an email and decided you might also get a laugh from it.
Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn't
you say?
Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the
Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading
was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now
that's taking things a bit far!
Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!
Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
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I can see where it might have that effect!
If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!
Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!
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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there's something stronger
than duct tape?
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Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
He probably IS
the battery charge!
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<New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren't they fat enough?!
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Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That's what he gets for eating those beans!
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Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Do they taste like chicken?
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Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Did I read that right?
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We all need a good laugh, at least once
a day!
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