I am so excited to announce that Biographile, a website dedicated to real people, real stories, and great reading, has selected my piece, “What to Expect While Grieving for Your Father,” as a finalist in their Short Memoir Contest on Overcoming Loss! There are four other amazing stories, so please take the time to readContinue reading “I’m a Finalist! Vote for Your Favorite Memoir!”
Category Archives: Writing Contests
Dear Writers: Read This For Your Own Good
Making editorial assistants cry is the equivalent to killing kittens: (1) it’s soulless; (2) selfish; and if these adjectives don’t scare you off, at the very least it’s (3) frowned upon. So read about how to avoid this cardinal sin over at the INTERN’s blog. (Here’s a hint: be a smart submitter and savvy negotiatorContinue reading “Dear Writers: Read This For Your Own Good”
How Winning a Writing Contest Can Improve a Writer’s Self-Esteem
Wonderful news, folks! You are officially reading the blog of the winner of Honorable Mention in the 2011 Writer’s Digest Young Adult Fiction Competition!* According to their congratulatory email, “competition was fierce,” so I’m super proud! While first and second place comes with fame (publication of their entry in Writer’s Digest) and fortune (they wonContinue reading “How Winning a Writing Contest Can Improve a Writer’s Self-Esteem”
All I Want For Christmas is an Acceptance Letter
It’s not really the only thing I want this year (I’d really like Bank of America to stop dragging their feet–they’re taking so long that paperwork keeps expiring and we have to resubmit things over and over again–and let me buy the condo I’ve been waiting on for months so I’ll actually have a placeContinue reading “All I Want For Christmas is an Acceptance Letter”
What 1,100 Words Looks Like: Gearing Up for NaNoWriMo 2011
I’m currently plowing through the book No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty, the creator of NaNoWriMo, as I prepare for the incredibly unplanned month of writing ahead of me. (Being that I’ve gotten SNOWED IN the weekend before Halloween–strange and unacceptable–I have time to start and finish an entire book.) Reading it is actuallyContinue reading “What 1,100 Words Looks Like: Gearing Up for NaNoWriMo 2011”
Write a Tiny Essay, Win a Tiny Texas House
Tiny animals, tiny teacups, tiny anything, triggers cooing in most humans and I cannot resist saying “it’s so cute!” every time I look at this amazing writing prize. A Tiny Texas House is built of 99% salvaged materials. Basically, it’s an adorable, quaint, and rather small recycled house and you can win one if youContinue reading “Write a Tiny Essay, Win a Tiny Texas House”
Chapbook Contest–Poetry, Fiction, and Non-Fiction
On the ride home from work yesterday I got the germ of a new book idea. I want it to be a collection of creative non-fiction essays organized around a theme. Aside from basically everything David Sedaris writes, there aren’t many non-fiction short story collection books for sale in stores. So I was wondering, howContinue reading “Chapbook Contest–Poetry, Fiction, and Non-Fiction”
No Labor Day Weekend Plans? Write a Whole Novel in 72-hours and Get Published!
So this morning I was talking with my new coworkers and most people responded to the question “what are you looking forward to” with a list of exciting holiday weekend travel and/or adventure plans. I was one of those lame (or, if you look at it from another angle, spontaneous) individuals who had nothing specialContinue reading “No Labor Day Weekend Plans? Write a Whole Novel in 72-hours and Get Published!”
WOW! A Great Writing Contest for Women
Sorry guys, bad news. This writing contest is only for females (I know! Sorry!) WOW! stands for Women on Writing, you see. But ladies, this is good news for you because it instantly cuts out half of the competition. Another thing that’s cutting down the competition is the fact that they’re limiting the contest toContinue reading “WOW! A Great Writing Contest for Women”
Big Writing Prize for Small Time Writer
If you’re like me, you’ve gotten work published before. Small things in small campus publications, local magazines, tiny literary journals with a circulation of, maybe, 100. Hey, I’m not complaining, it’s a start and it gives me something to pass around at family reunions. But if you’re like me and want to get a bitContinue reading “Big Writing Prize for Small Time Writer”
Hannah Karena Jones 