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Contests of Interest

Kathie — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:29:45 +0000

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!

Short Story Theme Contests

Kathie — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:55:17 +0000

The following comes from Duotrope’s newsletter. Click on the underlined theme title for more information. And if you do submit something, please drop us a line and let us know!

10/1/2008: Christmas – Twisted Tongue
10/1/2008: Illustrators and imagination – Frame Lines
10/1/2008: Roar (erotica, 5-18k words) – Phaze
10/6/2008: Journaling the Apocalypse – qarrtsiluni
10/10/2008: Pirate Package – Writer’s Digest "Your Story"
10/15/2008: As a writer, who do you steal from? – Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares"
10/15/2008: The shared world of New Ceres – New Ceres: The Anthology
10/17/2008: Property Lines – MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine
10/20/2008: Demons, exorcisms, real-life vampires or real-life zombies – SNM Horror Magazine
10/20/2008: Music Around the World – Faces Magazine
10/24/2008: War & Peace – Liars’ League
10/30/2008: Let’s Play! The Biology of Fun – Odyssey
10/31/2008: Color Wheel: Cultural Heritages in the Twenty-First Century – Crab Orchard Review
10/31/2008: Dia de los Muertos – Dia de los Muertos Anthology
10/31/2008: Lovelorn Anthology – New Concepts Publishing
10/31/2008: Masques – Masques

Writing Exercise A Sentence From a Book

Basic User — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:09:16 +0000

From the book: Writing Without the Muse by Beth Baruch Joselow

Close your eyes and open a novel or book of short stories. Put your first finger on the page. Now open your eyes and record the sentence your finger has pointed out for you. That is your first sentence. Start writing. You are allowed three tries if the first sentence fate hands you is truly appalling. You may write either a poem or a story, whichever you feel most inspired to do.