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Flash fiction contest deadline extended

Jan.18.2011
Flash fiction contest deadline extended

Vestal Review’s Ten Years In Flash Fiction Contest

Guest judge Steve Almond will award the first prize of $100, the second prize of $50, and the third prize a signed copy of Mark Budman's novel “My Life at First Try” and publication in Vestal Review. Results will be announced at Vestal Review website on or about March 31, 2011.

All entries are made via Submishmash: http://vestalreview.submishmash.com/Submit

Entry fee is $4.

Deadline is extended to February 28, 2011.

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Mark's Latest Blogs

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Oct.17.2010 - 10:24 am
Have Courage
One author withdrew his manuscript from Vestal Review for the following reason: "The reason for withdrawal is: It's going to be rejected anyway." Have courage, fellow...
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Sep.30.2010 - 4:50 pm
The Tea Party Pendulum Has Swung Too Far. Yes? No? Maybe?
A longtime Republican, I voted Sept. 14 in the New York state primary to defeat Carl Paladino on his way to becoming our next governor. Paladino is the loudest voice of the...
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Aug.20.2010 - 7:16 am
Opinion: Medical Tourism's Deadly Downside
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Jul.31.2010 - 7:38 pm
New Jobs at $100,000 a Pop?
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- The Local Jobs for America Act proposes to spend up to $100 billion to create and save a million public and private jobs in communities this year. While a million jobs sounds...
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Comments from Mark

Jan.20.2011 - 9:43 am
In response to: Upcoming deadlines
Great links. Thank you,
Great links. Thank you, Tania.
Oct.18.2010 - 8:21 am
In response to: Have Courage
Question
If it's publically accessible, yes.
Jul.14.2010 - 1:38 pm
In response to: Give Me Work -- The Terrible Price of Outsourcing
Oursourcing and the Death of an American Industry
That's a bit different subject, Leigh. We can't stop immigration to the country built by the immigrants.
Jul.14.2010 - 11:14 am
In response to: Give Me Work -- The Terrible Price of Outsourcing
Maybe The Federal Government Could Help For A Change.
There should be a 3-pronged attack on the outsourcing. Taxes, shame (yes, shame) and logic work wonder vs. short-term...
Jul.14.2010 - 9:57 am
In response to: Give Me Work -- The Terrible Price of Outsourcing
Why the Flight of Jobs
The are multiple reasons for outsourcing, but they all lead to the short-term benefits to the company. In the long run...

Published Reviews

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Dec.21.2008
My Life at First Try
Published by The Washington Post
Mark Budman has a good ear for sexual frustration and bittersweet comedy, too. His first novel, My Life at First Try, is the autobiographical story of a boy growing up in the old...
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About Mark

Mark Budman's works have appeared or are about to appear in such magazines as Mississippi Review, Virginia Quarterly, The London Magazine,  McSweeney's, Turnrow, Southeast Review, Mid-American Review, the W.W. Norton anthology Flash Fiction Forward, and...
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