came across this in my local paper - not to sure how the voting will work and it may well involve friends voting for friends and tactical voting, but it looks like a way of getting your work seen and read.

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juliet

It's one of our newspapers which is running it, although I'm not sure if I'm eligible to enter or not (there's nothing in the terms and conditions to suggest otherwise!)

Here's a quick link - scroll to competition....

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/