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The 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest

Posted by Joseph & Jazmin on December 4, 2012

The 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest

NaNoWriMo + CreateSpace: See your novel in printfor free.
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