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2008 William Faulkner Creative Writing Competition
In the Silence of this Room Sita Bhaskar was a contributor to this collection that
was listed as a novel semi-finalist. (now published by Grey Sparrow Press)   
Washington Post Magazine
A Matter Between Us by Sita Bhaskar received the Second Place in the Washington
Post Magazine 2008 Fiction contest.
Katha: Desi Fiction Contest 2008
Touch of Wrinkled Skin by Sita Bhaskar received an Honorable Mention. The story was
published in the November 2008 issue of India Currents and Khabar magazines.
North Carolina Writers' Network
Safety in These Times by Sita Bhaskar was a finalist in the 2008 Thomas Wolfe
Fiction Prize.     
TQR - Total Quality Reading
Pipe Dreams by Sita Bhaskar was published in the Winter 2007 issue of TQR Stories.     
Washington Post Magazine
Touch of Wrinkled Skin by Sita Bhaskar received an Honorable Mention in the
Washington Post Magazine 2007 Fiction contest.     
Crab Orchard Review
Swayamvaram by Sita Bhaskar was selected for a special issue - Come Together -
Occasions, Ceremonies & Celebrations. Story available in print-version only (Summer/Fall
2007 issue). Also listed in Best American Short Stories 2008 under '100 other
distinguished stories of 2007'.      
GSU Review
Grievance Cell by Sita Bhaskar was a finalist in the 2007 GSU contest. Story available in
print-version only (Spring/Summer 2007 issue)     
DesiLit Magazine
A Betrayal by Sita Bhaskar won the DesiLit Rapid Writing Contest in August 2006.     
The Capital Times
Your Self Storage by Sita Bhaskar won an honorable mention in the 24-hour writing
contest co-sponsored by The Capital Times and the Wisconsin Book Festival 2004.    
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