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		<title>Changing of the Guard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After  much deliberation, Tina Moreau has submitted her resignation as the Operations Manager of Absolute XPress. For the last year she has been a tremendous champion of our authors and AXP, and is leaving some big shoes to fill. Please join us in saying farewell.
It&#8217;s been an exciting and memorable year with Absolute XPress, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flash Fiction Challenge # 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry to have to report that are we going to delay the start of this challenge.
We&#8217;ve been busy &#8212; with five books released so far this year and six more in the works &#8212; and we need to make some changes.
So, we&#8217;re opening up a position for an editor/manager, delaying &#8220;Flash Fiction Challenge #5&#8243;, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women of the Apocalypse Won!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 23:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following along, you&#8217;ll know that back in March &#8220;Women of the Apocalypse&#8221; was nominated in two Categories for the Canadian Aurora Awards.
The entire anthology, written by Eileen Bell, Billie Milholland, Roxanne Felix and Ryan McFadden, was nominated under the BEST WORK IN ENGLISH (OTHER) category, and the novella “Pawns Dreaming of Roses” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ve Been Nominated!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AXP is proud to announce that our Novella collection &#8220;Women of the Apocalypse&#8221; has been nominated twice for an Aurora Award (Canadian Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature &#8211; like the Hugo in the USA).
The entire anthology, written by Eileen Bell, Billie Milholland, Roxanne Felix and Ryan  McFadden, has been nominated under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flash Fiction Challenge #3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coming soon to your book shelf, March 31st to be exact, is our third Flash Fiction Challenge!

Would your characters try to swindle a dragon out of his treasure? Perhaps they’d try to steal the fastest spaceship in the galaxy? Or are they after something a little more sinister that’s in need of taking? Where ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schedule Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Morning,
When AXP re-focused its publishing platform last fall, we worried that we might not attract as many submissions as we would like. So, since our Flash Fiction Challenge was doing well, we came up with a plan to publish four Challenges’ per year.
In retrospect, it seems we only needed to let people know we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aurora Award Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to nominate your favourite Canadian stories for the Aurora Awards, and AXP has several works we would love for you to vote for.
To nominate, you must be a Canadian    citizen           (not necessarily living in Canada), or a permanent resident.
Best Long-Form [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flash Fiction Challenge #3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With two anthologies already published under the Flash Fiction Challenge banner, Absolute Xpress is conducting its 3rd challenge with the theme, and title, of “Thieves and Scoundrels”.
The rules are simple: The story must fit within the theme (see below); the story must be under 1000 words; and it must be submitted by midnight PST on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women of the Apocalypse is Number 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a scan of the Calgary Herald on Sunday November 22. Our October released book titled &#8220;Women of the Apocalypse&#8221; hit number 4 on the weekend on Calgary&#8217;s bestsellers list for fiction.
Be sure to head over to www.WomenOfTheApocalypse.com to extend your congratulations to the authors.

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		<title>Coming Soon: Flash Fiction Challenge #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June 2009, writers everywhere were issued a challenge &#8211; to write an epic story in under 1000 words.
They were challenged to write about what hides in the darkness, what&#8217;s creeping behind the corner or even under the bed. Creatures of the Night holds 19 stories from 14 established and break out authors from all [...]]]></description>
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