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		<title>Seniors Card Short Story Competition Vol.12 is closed</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Entries for the Seniors Card Short Story Competition Vol.12 closed at 6.00 pm Thursday 14 May 2026. Thank you to all those who submitted their stories. They are in the process of judging and, if your story is selected for &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="more-link" href="https://fawnsw.org.au/seniors-card-short-story-competition-vol-12-is-closed/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Seniors Card Short Story Competition Vol.12 is closed</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p class="has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-469a1a97592ab322038c5200837ef85c wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Entries for the Seniors Card Short Story Competition Vol.12 closed at 6.00 pm Thursday 14 May 2026.</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Thank you to all those who submitted their stories. They are in the process of judging and, if your story is selected for publication in <em>Seniors Stories Volume 12</em>, you will be notified by NSW Seniors Card and invited to attend the book launch event in Sydney in November.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>To those who might have had difficulty submitting their story, it would help us with future planning if you could describe what occurred when you attempted to use the online Entry Form. Please use the <a href="https://fawnsw.org.au/contact-us/" data-type="page" data-id="11128">Contact US</a> form on this website to write to the Webmaster, Ken Driver (scroll to the button at the bottom of the &#8216;To&#8217; list). Thank you in anticipation for your feedback.</em></p>



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