Competitions, Contests
Spring Travel Writing Competition for fiction and non fiction
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
Nowhere is an online magazine that celebrates its 10th birthday this year. It publishes literary travel writing which they define as narrative with a strong sense of place, character or time… ‘Expect long features about places you have never heard of…Do not expect reviews of where you should spend…
Word Weaver Update: The first celebrity judge has rendered their verdict!
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
I can’t tell you which stories they liked or how they ranked them, but I can tell you it’s very exciting to see what they like and how they view each story’s merits. Do you think yours is one of the top ones? I have no doubt that each judge…
Word Weaver Writing Contest Update
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
NOW the stories go over to the judges. Which will they decree as best? Which will receive the eternal glow of being the best story they read? It could be yours. And while I have you here, what about a contest in July centered around dark stuff, like… scary things…
#NaNoProMo a Different Kind of Writing Challenge – by Rachel Thompson…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Publishing … and The Forms of Insanity: Many of you are familiar with #NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) held every November) to inspire writers to write books. There’s even #NaNoEdMo (National Novel Editing Month) every March to help writers edit the book they wrote…
Word Weaver Update: I’ve critiqued all the stories
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
your humble host What a great bunch of stories it was, too. Man, this thing gets harder and harder every time. Soon they will go off to the judges for THEIR scoring and ranking, then back to me to arrange the winners and post the big blog announcement. Excited? You…
The best way I know to make you smile.
Originally posted on Renae Rude – The Paranormalist:
I’m not a smiley person. (Shocker.) I grin a lot. And I laugh all the time, but I’ve got one of those resting serious faces. Of course I am quite capable of soft, sweet, gentle smiles, but those are reserved for close family and friends. Also, I…
My Comfort Zone
Originally posted on All I Have to Say:
For those who might not be aware, the month of April is NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month). It’s also GloPoWriMo – Global Poetry Writing Month. Kind of cool to think writers all over the world are stepping up their poetry-writing game in order to pen 30 poems…
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