. 4-week feedback-oriented workshop! Starting Wednesday, March 10! Writing is such an isolating activity! And yet writing is about community and connection. I often remind myself that one cannot be a writer without a reader–and one does not have to be a writer all alone. When we view our writing through someone else’s eyes, it takes on […]
We are currently accepting submissions for our new PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize which will recognize a promising young writer under the age of 35 for an unpublished work of nonfiction that addresses a global and/or multicultural issue. Eligible applicants will have the chance to have their work read by distinguished writers John Freeman, Roxane Gay, […]
CARRYING FORWARD THE TORCH of Tiny Lights–A Journal of Personal Narrative, The Big Brick Review is a new nonfiction journal seeking personal essays to build on the narrative of our lives, one brick at a time, finding new insight to old struggles…old insight to new struggles…and all shades-of-gray in between. For 2015, the contest theme […]
Hello LA Writers Group, Let me introduce myself. My name is Jack Swamy and I live in the San Fransisco Bay Area. I have a passion for filmmaking and always wanted to produce a feature film. I am planning to launch my production company shortly and start the production sometime this year. Since this will […]
. I’ve often sat down at my computer, willing myself to write something and it feels like nothing interesting emerges. It’s not that I don’t have ideas or something to say, it’s that I end up engaged in this internal debate about whether or not what I’m writing feels significant. Early last week, one of my […]
Midnight Lane Boutique specializes in publishing street-themed poetry of 8 lines or less. All accepted work is published on a rolling basis, with each poet receiving a feature of his or her work. As added bonuses, the boutique creates interactive bios to promote the poets it publishes, and utilizes not one, but two models for […]
Take Your Writing to the next level in paradise! Kauai Writers Conference, May 1-3, 2015 at the Courtyard Marriott, Kapaa. Beautiful oceanfront setting with an all-star faculty: – Colson Whitehead (Pulitzer prize Nominee) – Kristin Hannah (Firefly Lane) – Jill Landis (The Tiki Goddess Series) – Laura Moriarty (The Chaperone) – Vanessa Diffenbaugh (The Language […]
ARMCHAIR/SHOTGUN, a Brooklyn-based literary magazine, is currently accepting previously-unpublished short fiction, poetry, and visual arts on any topic or theme for Issue 6 consideration. All work is read anonymously and selected pieces will be printed on real honest-to-goodness paper. We pay in contributor copies and there is no fee for submitting. Please visit http://armchairshotgun.com/submit-to-as/ for […]
From Staring Problem Podcast: Submit your writing, 2,000 words or less, any genre of prose, to staringproblempodcast@gmail.com. Freewrites, short stories, personal essays–send us something we should listen to. The goal of Staring Problem Podcast is to fill the writing void with your words, to seek solace in the fact that people are listening, and to […]
Upcoming Writing Workshops Our February 2015 writing workshops are now open for registration! We will continue to hold our Sunday Creative Writing Workshops, our Tuesday/Thursday night Narrative Element Workshops, and our one-day TV Writing Workshop. We are also very happy to announce our brand new Monthly Writers Room series which a conversational cafe-style workshop designed to address specific issues that writers deal with […]