Friday, July 3, 2009     Volume: 23, Issue: 48
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No small feats

Each year, hundreds of writers from around the Central Coast, state, country, and world roll up their sleeves and start writing. They click on keyboards. They scratch pens on paper. They hammer away at typewriters. Then, they submit their tiny literary endeavors to the annual 55 Fiction contest, started years ago by founder Steve Moss at New Times in San Luis Obispo. A group of staff judges wades through the entries, scoring each one. At the end of the weeks-long marathon reading session, the stories with the m... [ Read Article ]