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Txt Lit competition
Txt Lit is a new literary genre of creative writing using a mobile phone texting system, or SMS (Short Message System).
A single mobile phone text message contains just 160 characters, including spaces and punctuation. The organisers of Txt Lit like to call stories written within these parameters Micro Stories.
For more more details about how to enter, visit the Txt Lit website.
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