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    The Bedford Competition 2020 Anthology of Prizewinning and Shortlisted Stories and Poems
    The Bedford Competition 2020 Anthology of Prizewinning and Shortlisted Stories and Poems
    The Bedford Competition 2020 Anthology of Prizewinning and Shortlisted Stories and Poems
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    The Bedford Competition 2020 Anthology of Prizewinning and Shortlisted Stories and Poems

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    The Bedford Competition is a not-for-profit profit organisation aimed at promoting literacy in the skill of short story and poetry writing by encouraging anyone aged 17 years or older to submit their work in open competition. The stories and poems can be on any theme, but must be works of fiction.  Entries which come from around the world a

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOstrich Books
    Release dateJun 28, 2021
    ISBN9781838258641
    The Bedford Competition 2020 Anthology of Prizewinning and Shortlisted Stories and Poems

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