A prize of $1,000 and publication in Nowhere Magazine is given twice yearly for a travel-specific short story, long-form creative nonfiction piece, poem or essay … Read More “Nowhere Magazine Fall 2019 Travel Writing Contest”
There is a choice of four prompts for your entry. See the website: http://www.wildwords.org/competition The piece can be oral or written, fiction or non-fiction, prose … Read More “Wild Words Winter Solstice Competition”
Porter House Review seeks submissions for its second annual Editor’s Prize contest through December 1st. This year’s judges are Carmen Maria Machado (fiction), Leslie Jamison … Read More “Porter House Review Editor’s Prize Contest”
The Erma Bombeck Writing Competition, sponsored biennially by the Washington-Centerville Public in conjunction with the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, pays tribute to Erma Bombeck, one … Read More “Erma Bombeck Writing Competition”
Advance your craft and energize your writing at the 26th Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, a writers’ conference featuring award-winning poets Yusef Komunyakaa & Denise … Read More “Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway”
Open to anyone who enjoys expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful literary art of poetry or writing a story that’s worth telling everyone! … Read More “Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest – Winter 2019-2020”
The NCWN 2019 Fall Conference features workshops and master classes in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as sessions and panel discussions on book … Read More “NC Writers’ Network 2019 Fall Conference”
Nimrod Journal will host its annual Conference for Readers and Writers on Saturday, October 19th, at The University of Tulsa. The conference will feature workshops … Read More “Nimrod Conference for Readers and Writers”
Nimrod Journal and Booksmart Tulsa will host Write Night 2019 at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, October 18th, at the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum. Write … Read More “Nimrod Write Night”
Forty presenters will offer 112 classes in beginning writing, poetry, memoir, novels, non-fiction, screenwriting, children’s and young adult, marketing, publishing and agents. Private critiques and … Read More “35th Annual Central Coast Writers Conference”
This software can make your writing process easier, more effective, and possibly even more fun. Read More “Thirty-four tech products to revolutionize your writing”
As a young aspiring writer, I was fortunate enough to go to college in New York, the heart of American publishing. I hoped learning how … Read More “Avoid these submission sins when querying an agent”
Want a surefire way to have a happier, more productive writing life? Stop calling your writing names. Read More “Stop trash-talking your first draft”
