Does this fit any competition style?

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Brewed this recently and thinking of submitting it to a competition. I call it the "Dirty Blonde Ale" because I toasted some of the malt used and went heavier on the hops, and as a result it's most assuredly out of style for blonde ale. I'm thinking perhaps American Pale Ale, but it might get dinged for color & lack of crystal...

Any thoughts? If it doesn't fit anywhere I just won't submit, but I'm bottling up a bunch of other beers, so if this one fit it's no extra skin to fill 2 bottles of it...

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Estimated OG: 1.049 SG
Estimated Color: 5.0 SRM
Estimated IBU: 36.5 IBUs
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 1 -
9.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 50.0 %
7.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 38.9 %
2.00 lb Toasted Malt (15.0 SRM) Grain 4 11.1 %
4.60 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 36.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 6 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 0.0 Hop 7 0.0 IBUs
2.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast 8 -

Mashed at 154 for 60 min.
 
It could be American Pale Ale, but you use more pilsner than pale malt.

I use this to determine what style I may have created.
 
the use of pils and lack of crystal doesnt throw it from APA, that's probably you're best bet.
 
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