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Contests of Interest
Second Annual Short Story Contest: The Smoking Poet
$10.00 per submission – 5,000 words maximum
Deadline is May 31, 2009
Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition
10 categories for the 78th Annual Writing Competition
More than $30,000 in cash and prices.
Deadline is May 15, 2009
Listing of writing contests that may be of interest:
http://www.oncewritten.com/WritingContests.php
And as always, Duotrope.com always keeps a huge database full of short story, novel and poetry contests. Be sure to stop by, throw them a bit of your cash to keep this wonderful free service going and if you haven’t already, sign up for their free newsletters.
Write on!
Modern Romance
Posted by Basic User in Prompts on May 1, 2008
From the book: Everyday Creative Writing by Michael C. Smith and Suzanne Greenberg
1. Write a personal ad in which you describe all of your most unattractive qualities. Be as specific as possible and brutally honest. Celebrate your unique flaws and dislikes, (This ad may also be written in the form of a poem.) Some codes to help you get started: S= single, M =married, G = gay, W = white, B = black, J =Jewish, D = divorced, Bi = bisexual, ISO = in search of.
2. Who would respond to your ad? Create a character who would be attracted to the “flawed” you, and have him or her write a letter back explaining why the two of you should meet for a date. Similar to the ad itself, this response may also be written in the form of a poem.
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