There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book. ~ Marcel Proust

And I thought writing a novel was hard! I’m going to keep working on my brevity, but I’m not sure I’m ready for a career as a six-word story writer. Not yet, anyway.

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§318 · May 24, 2010 · contests-submissions, six word stories · Comments Off · Tags: ,


[Reading Time: 2 - 3 minutes] A couple of things worth noting… Book Release If you haven’t checked out the World’s Strongest Librarian, then you are missing out on something uniquely special. And on April 1 [no joke] Josh Hanagarne’s first novel, The Knot, will be released. You don’t want to miss it! Writing Challenge [...]

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[Reading Time: < 1 minute] Sponsored by Bookrix What: Short stories, fan fiction, romantic comedy, sci-fi, etc. All genres welcome! Free to enter. Must be at least 20 Bookrix pages long. When: March 15 – May 10, 2010 Community Voting – March 15, 2010 to May 10, 2010 Jury Voting– May 11, 2010 to May [...]

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§139 · March 16, 2010 · contests-submissions · Comments Off · Tags:


[Reading Time: 2 - 2 minutes] The contest is limited to 500 entrants and there is a small entrance fee of $5. When you purchase this, you’ll download a PDF file of the guidelines. There is also a link to them in the email receipt. Start time is April 24th , 2010 at 12:00 p.m. [...]

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§113 · March 10, 2010 · contests-submissions · 1 comment · Tags:


[Reading Time: 2 - 4 minutes] We’ve all been there. We scratch our head and stare at a blank screen [piece of paper]. Trying desperately to create. Okay, we just want to get some words down and feel like we are the writers we claim to be. You know it’s true. Don’t deny it. Yet, [...]

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§48 · January 18, 2010 · contests-submissions, other · 7 comments · Tags: ,


[Reading Time: < 1 minute] Bookrix Miss Snarks First Victim National Novel Writing Month PlotDog Press: WOOF Contest WritersWeekly

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§32 · October 14, 2009 · contests-submissions · Comments Off · Tags:


[Reading Time: 2 - 2 minutes] The contest is limited to 500 entrants and there is a small entrance fee of $5. When you purchase this, you’ll download a PDF file of the guidelines. There is also a link to them in the email receipt. Start time is January 23rd , 2010 at 12:00 p.m. [...]

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§28 · October 7, 2009 · contests-submissions · 2 comments · Tags: