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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I’m posting this to the list knowing it’s self-congratulatory, but I’m going to do it anyway. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think some of you know I’ve been interested in writing for some time, mostly in the short story genre. I haven’t been very active with that in recent years, but now have had some success which I’d like to share with you. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was just notified by the magazine, Magnets and Ladders, that my short story, “Seasons”, has won 1<sup>st</sup> place in the Fall-Winter Short Fiction contest for 2023-2024. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That was in addition to the past news from Magnets and Ladders that my story, “Decisions”, won 1<sup>st</sup> place in the Spring-Summer Short Fiction contest for 2021. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Obviously, I’d highly recommend you consider submitting material to Magnets and Ladders. It is a venue for disabled writers, and they have many other categories besides short fiction. And besides their contests, you can submit material for normal publication in their issues. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert Gardner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>