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Competitions everywhere!

And that’s just my desk.

Yes, it’s that time of year again, for your bumper competitions listing. (And we breathe a collective sigh of relief that we’ve ticked off the biggest organisational nightmare of the year.) But don’t skip past all our other articles in your urge to start scoring some wins – you might miss some essential reads on the way. If you are in a competition mindset, you will certainly want to take in the advice from Searchlight Awards founder Kim Donovan on how to improve your chances of success, not to mention some of our featured authors whose paths to publication involved some notable prize victories along the way.

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