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Date Posted: 11:32:39 08/09/07 Thu GMT-5
Author: Roger
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Subject: Next year's CAA conference in Edmonton

I ofteb think this CanWrite contest may be worthwhile. I would like to get a paid admission to the conference, anyway, and I've never been to Edmonton. (Was in Calgary for three hours in March, though.)

I'm not sure if you are in touch with the CAA at present, so I am dropping this here. It is from a CAA newsdrop.

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""Put your Talents to the Test!"

August 6, 2007 - The Canadian Authors Association is pleased to announce its Sixth Annual CanWrite! Conference Story Contest. The top ten selections will be published in an anthology that will be launched at our 87th Annual CAA Conference in Edmonton on July 3-6, 2008. The top three winners will also receive $500, $200 and $100 respectively plus a free conference registration with no cash value. (Winners must attend the conference to receive this free registration.)

This short story contest is open to all ages and all Canadian and U.S. residents. Short stories must be fiction, unpublished, and no longer than 1,500 words in length. Entries should be typed and double spaced with the story�s title appearing on each numbered page. Please include a separate sheet with your name, address, phone number, email address, word count and title - as well as a self-addressed stamped envelope for the contest results. The entrant�s name must not appear on the manuscript. Judging will be completed through a blind process with final selections made by our contest judge. The entrant�s fee is $15 Canadian per story. Please make all cheques or money orders out to �Canadian Authors Association� and mail your entry to �CanWrite! Conference Story Contest� c/o Evan Kenney, 32 Green Meadow Crescent, Welland, ON L3C 6X3. Manuscripts will not be returned. Results and story evaluations will both be released in July. The final deadline for entries is February 28, 2008.

If entrants submit their story by November 30, 2007, they will also receive a one-page evaluation with comments from a professional member of the Canadian Authors Association. (Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope - evaluations will not be returned otherwise.)

This year�s guest contest judge is Leo Brent Robillard. Robillard is the acclaimed author of two critically acclaimed novels, Leaving Wyoming and Houdini's Shadow. Both were long-listed for the ReLit Award, and Leaving Wyoming was chosen as part of Bartley's Top Five in The Globe and Mail for best first fiction of 2005. The Spanish language rights to Houdini's Shadow were recently purchased by El Anden Editions of Barcelona. His work has also appeared in more than fifty publications including CV2, The Fiddlehead, Grain and Queen's Quarterly. "

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Replies:

Re: Next year's CAA conference in Edmonton -- Lori, 10:06:05 08/13/07 Mon GMT-5
- Re: Next year's CAA conference in Edmonton -- Roger, 17:58:07 08/14/07 Tue GMT-5
  - CAA conference in Edmonton- if I win the contest, or the lottery -- DianeG, 10:41:36 08/21/07 Tue GMT-5