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Here are this month's writing contests:

1. Sylvia K. Burak Scholarship 2008 — Submit a previously unpublished 600- to 800-word personal essay in English on the experience that most changed your life. Award is $500 and a year's subscription to The Writer. Deadline is March 1st.
   
2. The Writer's 2008 Short-Story Contest (Mystery) — Submit two copies of your mystery short story. Award is $1,000, first place; $300, second place; $200, third place. Deadline postmarked June 30. Entry fee is $10.
   
3. Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction 2008 — Award is $1000 and publication in Colorado Review. Deadline is March 15. Entry fee is $10.
   
4. Linguistic Depravity Crime/Mystery — Genre novella contest of 17,500 to 40,000 words. Award is $300, first place; $200, second place; $100, third place. Deadline is Feburary 28, midnight. Reading fee is $25.
5. Pilgrimage Magazine — Nonfiction and poetry entries with themes. Eligible for a writing reward. For the themes shadow/light, deadline is March 1. For 1960s, the deadline is July 1. For deep democracy, the deadline is October 1.
6. Potomac Review — Annual Poetry Contest. Send up to three unpublished poems. All entrants receive a one-year subscription. Award is $250, first prize; $150, second prize. Reading fee is $20.
7. Writing It Real — Winter personal experience essay contest up to ten-pages double spaced on any subject. Award is $150, first prize; $75, second prize; $50, third prize. The reading period is January 15 to April 1 (so send it whenever during this time frame) and the reading fee is $15.

Good luck with your entries! :)