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”
Remember the poems you listened to as a child? How they told a story? Now is your chance to write a poem that also tells … Read More “Share A Story In A Poem”
Your challenge is to take a walk with your smart phone and take a photo. Can be a photo of anything that you choose. Perhaps … Read More “Take A Photo Poetry”
The 15th Annual Northern Colorado Writers Conference is on the books for April 30-May 2, 2020. We’re thrilled to announce that Sophie Hannah and Teresa … Read More “Northern Colorado Writers Conference”
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”
For this poetry contest your challenge is to write a Haiku. A Haiku is a poem with three lines. It generally follows the 5-7-5 syllable … Read More “Haiku Poetry Contest”
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”
Loop Poetry requires that the last word of each line becomes the first word of the next line. So the last word of line 1 … Read More “Loop Poetry Contest”
For this poetry contest your challenge is to write a poem that has a clear rhyme scheme. You can write about anything. The only requirement … Read More “Rhyming Poetry Contest”
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”
