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The National “Indie Excellence 2008″ Book Awards presents a wonderful opportunity for all Independent Publishers, Print on Demand, Self-Published books, and Small Presses.

Complete information is available at: http://www.IndieExcellence.com

Entry Deadline: March 31, 2008

Winners and Finalists will receive national media and industry exposure! This includes having a press release announcing the results submitted to a list of national media, print and radio contacts; promoting the results within the publishing industry; and having a presence at the 2008 Book Expo America Convention in Los Angeles.

The 8th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition is accepting entries! They are looking for fiction that’s bold, brilliant … but brief. Send them your best in 1,500 words or less. But don’t be too long about it—the deadline is December 3, 2007.

The Grand-Prize winner will receive $3,000 (that’s $2—or more—per word). For guidelines, prizes and to enter online, click here.

And, the 1st- through 25th-place manuscripts will be printed in the 8th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition Collection, published by Trafford Publishing.