Erma Bombeck Writing Competition

Discovered this from Kathy Temean’s blog:

Cash prizes, no entry fee, 450 words or less, one entry only. Deadline: January 31st, 2010.
Here are the rules.

"There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
W. Somerset Maugham

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