On Sep 19, 12:34?am, "Anonymoose" <anonymo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> <ramsey@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
do wonder if the prices are what the contributors end up
paying.
> And is any particular free book on offer to the unlucky seventy-three,
or
> just Oxfam's worst?>
>
> What 73? What are you talking about?
If you click on the link you'll see that "the best 75 stories" will be
used, which means that seventy-three of the authors will receive just
a free book.
There is no mention of the genre. 1500
> words is pretty hard to make an impression.
I agree. Fredric Brown often did wonders with fewer, but not many
other writers have. Whenever I've been asked to judge short story
competitions I've suggested that the minimum length should be 2000
words.
>
> Anyhow, what do they have to do with OxFam?
I just meant that the "free books" could be anything, including second-
hand. I'm not saying they are, but I see the original poster still
isn't saying what they will be.
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