Autumn Writing Contests

With a nip in the air, many of us are spending more time inside. That makes for a perfect time to polish up your poetry and prose for some Fall writing contests. Which ones will you be entering? Autumn Writing Contests Writer's Digest Short Story Contest Deadline: early bird - Nov 16th, 2015, final deadline…

London’s Festival of Trees

Last Friday I was invited to participate in a school field trip. It was one I had been looking forward to for the better part of a year. I attended London Ontario's inaugural event last year, so there was no way I wanted to miss this year's Festival of Trees. Who can resist a full-day literary…

Spring Submissions

It must be spring. Writing contests seem to be sprouting up everywhere! That's almost as good as sunshine for inspiration in my books, so I thought I would share a few that have caught my eye. Spring Submissions FREEFALL - Literary magazine based out of Calgary, ON. Looking for prose, poetry, photos and art for open…

Spotlight on Canadian Author: Heather Grace Stewart

Have you met Heather Grace Stewart? She is a Canadian poet, speaker, and author of the newly released novel Strangely, Incredibly Good. I have had the pleasure of getting to know her on Facebook and Twitter, and was recently delighted to win a copy of her new book. Yeah for me! It was a lovely…

Winter Writing Contests

It isn't exactly a brand-spanking new year, but it is still early enough that you writerly types might still be keen in your writing. As much as we write for ourselves, there is another piece of most writers that also want to see their name up in lights. Am I right? Of course I am! So…