{"id":242,"date":"2010-08-29T10:43:15","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T14:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=242"},"modified":"2010-08-29T10:43:15","modified_gmt":"2010-08-29T14:43:15","slug":"writers-carnival-sept-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"Writer&#039;s Carnival, Sept 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Writer&#8217;s Carnival is a bi-weekly blog carnival celebrating flash fiction, and spreading the word about as many writers as possible. The next will take place on September 8th, as we ramp up for the winter season. Guidelines for entering the Writer&#8217;s Carnival can be found below. If there are any questions or ideas, please feel free to post them as comments on this blog.<\/p>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t know what a blog carnival is, <a href=\"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=187\">this<\/a> is the initial Writer&#8217;s Carnival.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maximum word count of 1,000<\/li>\n<li>Any type of flash is acceptable<\/li>\n<li>Up to three entries allowed<\/li>\n<li>Post your entries on your own blog, titled like this: <strong>Writer&#8217;s Carnival: Flash Title<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Add your stories to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkytools.com\/basic_list.aspx?id=42101\" target=\"_blank\">the collector<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Once the blog carnival post is up, please link to it from your blog<\/li>\n<li>Place these guidelines at the end of your entry posts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Writer&#8217;s Carnival is a bi-weekly blog carnival celebrating flash fiction, and spreading the word about as many writers as possible. The next will take place on September 8th, as we ramp up for the winter season. Guidelines for entering the Writer&#8217;s Carnival can be found below. 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