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Looking for contest tips? Try these helpful articles by LinDee Rochelle:
Personal Essay Tips
Contest Tips by Rochelle
"Why Enter Writing Contests? Let Me Count the Ways..."
Excerpt by L. Rochelle, from My Book's Published--Now What??? by John F. Harnish, with Jane M. Martin (Infinity Publishing, 2008)
Next WWW competition:
2008 Halloween Short-Short Fiction Contest
Opens July 1 and closes October 1
Details available online approximately 21st
Winning entries revealed on the website, Halloween Day (Oct. 31). Let's scare away the year's economic doom-n-gloom attitudes and get back on track, with some fun!
*In a continuing effort to assist and encourage women writers the I.N.K. Award will make its debut at a later date.
Featured Sponsors:

Melanie Rigney, former Writer's Digest editor.
Featured Judge:
Darrell Laurant
Women Writers Worldwide retains the right to alter, substitute, or otherwise revise any or all parts of the essay contest and/or awards, without notice. For questions regarding this competition e-mail info@womenwritersworldwide.com.