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Many Mountains Moving is sponsoring 2006 Poetry & Flash Fiction Contests and the deadline is in 12 days!

Last year's winners are being published in the new print issue (coming in November) and they are online at
http://mmminc.org/mmm_online/poetry_winners_2005.htm

Here are the current guidelines, which are also online at http://mmminc.org

Eligibility:
Open to all poets and writers whose work is in English. Entries may not be previously or simultaneously published. Staff members and family of staff members are ineligible.

Prizes:
$200 cash prize for the best poem & $200 cash prize for the best flash fiction.
Publication online in the 2007 MMM web issue and in print in 2007.
The top five finalists in each genre will also be published online.

Guidelines:
POSTMARK DEADLINE: September 30th, 2006.
Winners announced by November 30th 2006.
Do not put your name on your work(s). All entries will be read anonymously. Include in a cover letter: (i) your name, (ii) e-mail address and phone number(s), (iii) mailing address, (iv) the title (s) and genre of your submission. If you enter in both categories, please send them in separate envelopes. Mark "poetry contest" or "fiction contest" on the envelope. Mss. cannot be returned; do not send your only copies. Include an SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) to receive the announcement of the winners.

Fees:
$10 for as many as 5 poems per entry (total submission cannot exceed 10 pages).
$10 for as many as 2 flash fictions (or short-short story under 1,000 words, typed double-spaced).
Make checks payable to: Many Mountains Moving.

Final Flash Fiction Judge: Thaddeus Rutkowski
Final Poetry Judge: TBA

Send to:
Jeffrey Ethan Lee
Many Mountains Moving
(Poetry or Flash Fiction) Contest
English,
Campus Box 109
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 80639