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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#58585B">June 11, 2015</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#58585B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon Literary Fellowships
</span></strong>are due <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Friday, June 26, 2015</span></strong>. Fellowships are awarded to Oregon writers in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama, and Young Readers Literature. Fellowships are also awarded
 to support Oregon's independent publishers and small presses that demonstrate a commitment to literary publishing. There is no charge to apply. Recipients are determined by a panel of out-of-state judges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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