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Thanks for entering The Black Dog Tall Ships Merlyn's Pen Writing Contest. We look forward to reading your entry. Until the deadline, you may enter up to three poems and two works of nonfiction on the contest topic, Nature and the Sea. (Submissions on other topics are not being accepted.) If you think of yourself as a writer, be sure to check out the KIDS CRUISE--WRITERS' WEEK, happening this July for 25 teen writers. The contest winner receives a full scholarship to this literary sailing adventure!

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