First Friday deadline: Nov. 29

Want to earn two recently published books? Write a 500-word fictional short story about birds, birders or birding, and send it as a Word document or as text within an e-mail before or on Nov. 29.

Your story will be considered by various wordsmiths, and the winning entry will appear here on Dec. 1. To see previous winners, click on the First Friday links in the right-hand column.

Two entries already arrived. Will I receive yours soon?