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…

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…

#140memoir

Congrats to @KatherineKrige on winning round 3 of our twitter contest! Please select 2 books from here http://t.co/skr52g4rtW @CNFCollective — The Malahat Review (@malahatreview) February 25, 2015 How is that for a nice thing to happen on a Wednesday. Wondering what I had to do to win? I have been tweeting in the Malahat Review's…

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…

Getting to Goals

Last year I set some goals for myself. Not quite New Year's resolutions, but things to work on if you will. So... Happy New Year!  Now that 2015 has rolled around, it is time to get working on those projects. Darned if I haven't even got a start on them. Look at me go! At…