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Saturday May 11, 2013

Publish your book for free

Greyden Press is accepting completed, unpublished manuscripts in fiction, non-fiction and children's books for the Greyden Press 2013 Book Competition.

Deadline to enter is June 1, with winners announced Nov. 1. The grand prize is worth more than $3,000. Greyden Press will design and print 50 copies of the winning book for free.

Manuscripts must have been completed in 2011, 2012 or 2013 and should not exceed 45,000 words.

Click here for the prizes, rules and entry form.

Greyden Press, a book printing company in Dayton, Ohio, works with authors who want to self-publish their books. Greyden Press is a co-sponsor of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.

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