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PRIZES will be awarded at a Capital Crime Writers event later in the spring. First Prize - $150 Second Prize - $75 Third Prize - $50

Here's an early heads-up for the ninth annual Capital Crime Writers' Mystery Short Story Contest for the Audrey Jessup Award,
open to members of Capital Crime Writers, and all published
and non-published residents of the National Capital Region,
including Gatineau, aged 18 and over.

SUBMISSIONS

The deadline for submissions is April 1, 2008.
Blind judging will be done by two published mystery authors and a literary radio host.

Your story should be:
□	Fiction featuring a crime.
□	No more than 3,500 words.
□	In English.
□	Typed double-spaced on white paper, two-sided is fine.
□	Without any identifying information on pages containing the story.

You must send or deliver three copies of your story
submission to the following address:

	Audrey Jessup Contest
	560 Roosevelt Avenue
	Ottawa, ON K2A 2A1

Please include a cheque for
□	$10 as an entry fee, or
□	$25 if you wish your story to be critiqued

Payable to Capital Crime Writers
An e-mail acknowledgement will be sent out upon receipt of your submission.

Be sure your submission is postmarked no later than April 1, 2008.
Include your name and contact information, including e-mail address, on a separate sheet of paper — do not include your name in the headers of your manuscript.

There is a limit of one story per person.

For those taking advantage of the critiquing service, please be sure to enclose an SASE so that we can return your critiqued manuscript.