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It's time to put your talent on the line.

Here are four avenues that popped up in our mailbox:

Unboxed Books seeks submissions of novels or short story collections from all writers - from the unknown to the well-known and everyone in between. The winner will receive $5,000, and his or her book will be published in both print and digital formats in fall 2013. The entry fee is $35, and the deadline has been extended to Dec. 9 for writers who say they heard about the competition from us.

Dahlynn and Ken McKowen, who spent a decade as co-authors and editors for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, are searching for submissions for 30 books in a new anthology called Not Your Mother's Book.

"Not Your Mother's Book is an anthology series for adults, featuring 'edgy' stories on a variety of subjects ranging from your deepest secrets and wildest night out to menopause and fishing," according to the creators.

"The series will not focus on death/dying, cry-your-eyes-out sad selections, but only hip, fun, modern and very-much-today type stories specifically selected for maximum education and entertainment," they say.

Stories must be between 500 and 2,500 words. Click here for story submission guidelines, copyright and royalty information.

The Truth About the Fact: International Journal of Literary Nonfiction, based at Loyola Marymount University, is accepting literary nonfiction essay, memoir or commentary (1,000-5,000 words); literary nonfiction narrative poetry; and black-and-white art and photography.

"We're interested in publishing true stories well told. Artful narratives that offer some insight into the human condition…while keeping us enraptured during the process of the telling," according to the journal's website.

Submission deadline is Dec. 31. Submit via email to editor@thetruthaboutthefact.com. If you have questions, email Joseph Demes (jdemes@lion.lmu.edu) or Michael Datcher at michael.datcher@lmu.edu.

The 2013 Great Southeast Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its competition honoring the best books of the late winter/spring season.

The Great Southeast Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction, biography/autobiography, how-to, compilations/anthologies, photography/art, children's, cookbooks, poetry, spiritual, young adult, business/technology, unpublished manuscripts, wild card (anything goes!), nature/animals and regional lit.

The grand prize is $1,500 and a flight to the awards ceremony in March 2013. For more information about the competition, click here. Submission deadline is Feb. 25, 2013.