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  • Think of this as a pre-contest for the Blue Fire ARC contest in a few weeks.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Janice Hardy 2010

  • Think of this as a pre-contest for the Blue Fire ARC contest in a few weeks.

    Crazy Eights (And You Can Win One!) Janice Hardy 2010

  • You'd be better off discussing and comparing actual results than ranting about pre-contest polls, which have been all over the place, if not outright wrong!

    Video: Obama's South Carolina Victory Speech 2009

  • So I like to think of pre-contest and pre-submission revision as the farm team games for the major leagues of writing.

    Author! Author! » 2008 » February 2008

  • Before we go, let's take one last look at all the submissions, plus the two sent to me pre-contest by F.O.A.M. members Martin and Ben Holcomb that inspired this whole thing in the first place:

    Archive 2008-06-01 rob! 2008

  • I have some brilliant ideas for what the prize should be be for the REAL contest, but I won the pre-contest contest, and the prize for the pre-contest contest is the opportunity to write a guest post on the ESI blog.

    Be careful what you win « knitnut.net 2007

  • My winning suggestion was to have a pre-contest contest to suggest prizes for the real contest.

    Be careful what you win « knitnut.net 2007

  • Weighing in at 99 pounds, she easily won the pre-contest stare-down, focusing on velocity.

    CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2005 2005

  • Julia, a rank outsider in the pre-contest betting, was the first-ever winner not to shed a tear when she was crowned by outgoing Miss World Ninibeth Leal.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1992

  • God's Power Offor was a pre-contest favorite, maybe Gregor Schwinghammer Jr. or Napoleon Einstein will pull an upset.

    GOOD Mark Peters 2010

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