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UNITED FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC.: is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its classic It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown with an essay contest for Peanuts fans. Consumers can send in their worst Halloween stories (no longer than 600 words) via e-mail to [email protected] or mail through July 21. Ten finalists will be selected and the grand-prize winner will win a trip for two to the Charles M. Schultz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, CA. Contest details are available at http://www.Snoopy.com. Online materials support. United Features Syndicate handles in-house.
AMERICAN PROFILE MAGAZINE: is bringing its cookbook to retail after selling 40,000 copies on QVC home-shopping network. American Profile Hometown Cookbook is the fifth in a series (but the first to hit retail shelves) from American Profile, an eight million-circulation magazine inserted in Sunday newspapers in rural C and D counties nationally. All the recipes were submitted by American Profile readers. Publishing Group of America, Franklin, TN, publishes American Profile; Rutledge Hill Press publishes the cookbook.
