OK, at least, they should be important ... OK, maybe important to me and quite a few others ...

• ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE (Poetry & Fiction) - $500 prize each & publication
  Judges: Rachel Hadas - poetry; Alan Cheuse - fiction
  Deadline: February 15, 2011
  
• ABLE MUSE BOOK AWARD (Poetry) - $1000 prize, plus book publication
  Judge: Andrew Hudgins
  Deadline: March 31, 2011

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Now available: Acclaimed new releases from Able Muse Press:

• ABLE MUSE ANTHOLOGY, Edited by Alexander Pepple, foreword by Timothy Steele.
  
• Able Muse, Inaugural PRINT EDITION, Winter 2010/2011, with poetry, fiction, book reviews, interviews, essays and art. Featured poet: R.P. Lister; Featured artist: Massimo Sbreni

(the inaugural print edition has only received rave reviews -- one after another. If you don't have your own personal copy yet, what are you waiting for!? :))

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Finally, an update on the Able Muse contest:

All the major phases now will be judged anonymously, notably, the selection of material to be shortlisted for blind judging by the final judges. The Able Muse editors will perform the shortlisting from submitted material I'll anonymize for their selection. So, you can submit with the expectation that the judging process will be as fair as possible.

All applicable links are at the Able Muse homepage - www.ablemuse.com

Cheers,
...Alex