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NEWS: The Pirate Contest Gets Even Sweeter

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Have you entered the Pirate Week contest yet?

If you haven’t, here are some more reasons to do so! In addition to the prizes that have already been announced, the winner will receive a felt eyepatch and a pirate-themed corner bookmark monster, made by my friend Tally Heilke of I Could Make That fame.

More piratey prizes!

I’m also expanding the runner-up prizes to include an ebook of your choice, alongside the Fifty-Word Stories ebook.

That brings our total prize pool to the following:

Read up on the full contest rules and enter now! The deadline is February 17.

TALLY HEILKE: Black Belt Housewife

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When the doorbell rang, Jeannie was in the shower. Forty-seven seconds, three somersaults, and a double backflip later, she was holding Cobra Pose in the front hallway, her copy of Robertson’s Ultimate Guide to Ninja Home Defense peeking from her bathrobe pocket.

These days, one could never be too careful.

Tally Heilke works with LoadingReadyRun, an online sketch comedy troupe with four regular series on The Escapist, and also maintains a crafting blog and two Etsy stores (Tally’s Treasury and Tally’s Bestiary).