Way back when, before she was named Poet Laureate (yesterday), Natasha Trethewey was an equally accomplished, impressive poet who just happened to spend a day at Bloomsburg University (she was a writer-in-residence at a local university and was good friends with one of my creative writing professors, so it wasn’t a total coincidence). I wasContinue reading “My Night with the Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey”
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The Pros and Cons to NaNoWriMo
During the month of November, I pretty much secluded myself away from the writing world. I didn’t read any blogs and I didn’t submit any new stories. I was so busy trying to bust out my NaNo word count every day that I actually forgot I was waiting to hear back from several publications. TheContinue reading “The Pros and Cons to NaNoWriMo”
Dig into the Clapboard House Archive and Submit Your Stories!
Staying with the theme of our budget writing, Clapboard House Literary Journal offers a wide selection of excerpts from past issues on their website archive. So before submitting by their deadline–NOVEMBER 1st–get a taste of what they like.What They Want: short fiction sub-3,000 words or 3 poems. When They Want It: November 1st How TheyContinue reading “Dig into the Clapboard House Archive and Submit Your Stories!”
Call for Emerging Western (Region, not Genre) Writers!
For all you writers in the great mid-West and Western sector of the United States who think they have a sense of humor, this themed call for submission is for you! Even if you don’t live there, have you visited? Think you can spin a good yarn off your experiences there? Western State Press, theContinue reading “Call for Emerging Western (Region, not Genre) Writers!”
Win WEAVE Magazine’s 1st Annual Writing Contest
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Weave Magazine is a dark and fabulous literary journal. Or, as they like to describe it: Weave is dark humor and magical realism. Weave is strange and fantastical. Weave also loves realistic narratives in fiction and poetry. Weave loves honest and simple nonfiction, not confessional for confessions sake. Weave loves strong,Continue reading “Win WEAVE Magazine’s 1st Annual Writing Contest”
Hannah Karena Jones 