The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2016 February 13-20 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…
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Published. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics for Teachers. Master of Arts in Literature in English with a focus on Drama and Teaching Creative Writing. Carlos Palanca National Literary Awards winner. Winning Public Speaker.
Canadian Stories Contest
The CANADIAN STORIES literary folk magazine is pleased to offer the 8th Contest for Short Stories, Poetry, and Black & White Art. A total of $3,050 in prize money will be awarded: CATEGORIES True Stories $350 The Marie Minaker/Beth Moore PrizeCreative Non-Fiction $350 The Bruno Penner Prize Fiction $350 The Jeannie Parsons Prize Poetry $350 …
TWP Weekly Writing Post™ 2016 Feb 6-12 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2016 February 6-12 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…
Leah Ryan’s Fund for Emerging Women Writers
Leah Ryan’s Fund for Emerging Women Writers (FEWW) and its annual prize were established in 2010 to honor the memory of Leah Ryan, and to encourage and support the work of women writers. It is the purpose of the prize to perpetuate the integrity, compassion and creativity that Leah herself possessed and inspired in others….
Frost Place Chapbook Competition
$28.00 USD The Frost Place, a nonprofit center for poetry and the arts at Robert Frost’s old homestead in Franconia, NH, in partnership with Bull City Press, invites submissions to The Annual Frost Place Chapbook Competition Sponsored by Bull City Press. 2015 Prizes included: The winner’s chapbook will be published by Bull City Press in…
Field of Words Flash Fiction & Short Story Competitions
Field of Words is dedicated to helping emerging writers grow. To this end, we now run international writing competitions in the categories of short fiction and flash fiction three times per year. All entrants must be aged 18 and over. Both categories offer cash prizes for the winner and runner-up. The names and works of competition winners and runners…
Fjords Review Annual Contest
Rolling deadlines We read manuscripts throughout the year and publish our winner and shortlist on the same day. Each manuscript should be between 45-300 pages and may be a collection of poetry, short stories or different kinds of literary pieces. Full-length visual art, illustrated and collaborative books are also considered. To enter: send one word…
TWP Weekly Writing Post™ 2016 Jan 31-Feb 5 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2016 Jan 31-Feb 5 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to…
TWP Weekly Writing Post™ 2016 Jan 24-30 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2016 Jan 24-30 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…
Snow days and starting to write a story
There is one really good thing about winter storms and snow days–they’re great for hunkering down to write! That’s exactly what happened this past Wednesday, when winds of 90kph or more and 15+ cm of snow kept islanders home. That was also exactly one day after my two short story writing classes and I’m happy…
TWP Weekly Writing Post™ 2016 Jan 17-23 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2016 Jan 17-23 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…
On Teaching Writing
We’re just over a week into the new year and what a busy week it was! My two short story writing classes began and I only hope my students are enjoying it as much as I am. One of my students asked if I planned to read and comment on everything they submit. I can’t…
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