Writer & community organizer. YA & SFF. Fanperson. Trying unsuccessfully to curb my social media addictions. Graduate of the 2012 Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writer's Workshop. Co-editor of Horror After 9/11 (University of Texas Press, 2011).

My website: samjmiller.com * My Twitter: @sentencebender

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Mar. '13

smithsonianmag:

Announcing the Finalists of our 10th Annual Photo Contest!

We combed through over 37,600 photo submissions from photographers in 112 countries to find our 50 finalists. There are 10 finalists for each of our five categories: The Natural World, People, Travel, Americana and Altered Images.

We’re inviting the public to vote for the Readers’ Choice winner through March 29, 2013. The Readers Choice winner, along with the Grand Prize and five category winners will be announced in June.

Take some time to view all of the amazing winners at Smithsonian.com

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    Beauteous! Funny! Intriguing. Follow the link to vote for your favorite… God, I wish I could take pictures like this!...
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