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Contest Update: Winner Announcement

Announcing our winners for the Winter 2011 Submission Contest.
August 28, 2011
By Shulem Deen

2nd Unpious.com Submission Contest Winners

First Prize: Judges’ Award – $200.00

The Get – by Shpitzle Shtrimpkind

Second Prize: Readers’ Choice – $100.00

Skin is Skin – by Salma Habeeb

Third Prize: Readers’ Choice Runner Up – Honorable Mention

Black and White Nights – Heshy Wedstein

Congratulations to our winners, and many thanks to all contestants, writers, judges, editors, volunteers, and, most of all, our readers. Stay tuned for future contest announcements. Coming very soon!


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Author: Shulem Deen (31 Articles)

Shulem Deen is Unpious.com's founding editor. He was raised in the Hasidic communities of Brooklyn and Rockland County, N.Y., and is currently working on a memoir, forthcoming from Graywolf Press in 2014. His former blog, “Hasidic Rebel,” was the first of its kind and the subject of a 2003 feature article in the Village Voice. More recently, his writings have appeared in Salon.com, Jewish Daily Forward, The Brooklyn Rail, Nerve.com, Tablet Magazine, New York Daily News, TribeVibe, Sh'ma, and other publications. He can be emailed at shulem.deen@unpious.com.

One Response to “ Contest Update: Winner Announcement ”

  1. Samuel Katz on August 30, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    Congrats to all three, well deserved.

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