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I'm not eligible but I thought some of you may be interested in this. Welcome, aspiring Austenesque fiction writers. Would you like to see your name listed among an august group of best-selling and highly acclaimed authors in the new Jane Austen-inspired short story anthology Jane Austen Made Me Do It, to be published by Ballantine Books in Fall 2011? If so, make haste, put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and enter your story in the Jane Austen Made Me Do It Short Story Contest. Ten finalists from the entries will be chosen by popular vote right here at The Republic of Pemberley, and one lucky Grand Prize winner will be selected from the Top Ten finalists by the Ballantine Books editorial staff and Laurel Ann Nattress, the editor of the anthology. Contest Highlights  Eligibility: Previously unpublished U.S. residents over the age of 18 Entries must be approximately 5,000 words in length Manuscript submission January 1 - February 13, 2011 Voting for the Top Ten finalists February 14 - 28, 2011 Top Ten finalists announced on March 1, 2011 Grand Prize winner receives $500.00 and a contract for publication in the anthology Jane Austen Made Me Do It Grand Prize winner announced Fall 2011 in conjunction with the official release by Ballantine Books (Random House, Inc.) of Jane Austen Made Me Do Ithttp://www.pemberley.com/JAMMDI/JAMMDI.html Chelsea   ![Merit Badge in Appreciation
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