Greetings! The Christmas season is upon us again and yes, there are contests! So get out your writing notebooks, journals, laptops, computers, or whatever it is you like writing on and just write! This is your chance to start writing for the upcoming contests that you always wanted to join but never had the time….
Tag: Creative writing
TWP Weekly Writing Post 2014 November 16-22 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2014 November 16-22 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…
TWP Weekly Writing Post 2014 November 9-15 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2014 November 9-15 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…
TWP Weekly Writing Post 2014 November 2-8 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2014 November 2-8 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…
TWP Weekly Writing Post 2014 August 31-September 6 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2014 August 31-September 6 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…
TWP Weekly Writing Post 2014 August 24-30 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2014 August 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…
TWP Weekly Writing Post 2014 August 17-23 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2014 August 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…
Writing Prompts
Here are some writing prompts to keep you writing. Share your opening sentence or paragraph in the comments. 1. It’s a very windy day and things are being blown around you. Quick! What do you see flying past you? Write the opening sentence to a story about that. 2. You’re walking down a…
Your writing prompt for the day
How long can you go without your smartphone, music player, or tablet? Explain yourself. Share it here!
Untitled poem by Glorey Wooldridge
One of my creative writing students at the City Centre Community School wrote this poem for International Women’s Day and I want to share it with you all! when I think about how we should be spurring each other on women friends comrades in the struggle to be heard it takes my breath away because…
Name Change and other things
Dear Subscribers, Readers, Followers, and Friends, From this day forward, this site is an independent site from The PEI Writers Guild, which has decided to produce its own newsletter. As you have noticed, I have decided to call it The Writing Stop. It will be the place for writers and would-be writers to stop, find…
Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs: Memberships Available
Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs: Memberships Available If you are part of an English or Creative Writing department, guild, or community we encourage you to forward this email to your colleagues, students—and fellow writers. Dear fellow writers and instructors of creative writing: You are a writer—you know what it’s like to spend a lot…
