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Kurt Vonnegut: 8 Essential Tips For Short Story Writing (VIDEO)

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 11:49:58 +0100

Kurt Vonnegut: 8 Essential Tips For Short Story Writing (VIDEO)

Write World: Clichés

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:41:15 +0100

seedy-street asks: Hi! I’ve always seen people say not to use clichés in your writing, but I’m not really really sure sometimes what qualifies as cliché. Do you know, or could provide a link, for a list of clichés that should be avoided? Please & Thank you :)

Alright, here we go:

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Writing Competition: Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize (June 30, 2012 deadline)

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:53:40 +0100

Writing Competition: Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize (June 30, 2012 deadline)

Writing Competition (UK & IR only): Royal Society of Literature (June 29, 2012 deadline)

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:42:14 +0100

Writing Competition (UK & IR only): Royal Society of Literature (June 29, 2012 deadline)

Writing Competition: New Millennium Writings (June 17, 2012 deadline)

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:57:21 +0100

Writing Competition: New Millennium Writings (June 17, 2012 deadline)

Writing Competition: Chelsea Award for Short Fiction(June 15, 2012 Deadline)

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:48:27 +0100

Writing Competition: Chelsea Award for Short Fiction(June 15, 2012 Deadline)

Writing Competition: Tony Hillerman Prize(June 1, 2012 deadline)

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:43:26 +0100

Writing Competition: Tony Hillerman Prize(June 1, 2012 deadline):

For full length Novels!!!!

Stories must be MYSTERY

Writing Competition: Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction (June 1, 2012 deadline)

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:53:00 +0100

Writing Competition: Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction (June 1, 2012 deadline)

Writing Competition: Stringybark Short Stories (june 10, deadline)

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:49:49 +0100

Writing Competition: Stringybark Short Stories (june 10, deadline):

The Stringybark Seven Deadly Sins Short Fiction Award 2012 is awarded for a short story that relates to one (or more) of the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony; greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride/vanity.

Writing Competition (N America only): Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction (June 1, 2012 deadline)

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:59:02 +0100

Writing Competition (N America only): Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction (June 1, 2012 deadline)

Writing Competition: Glimmer Train (May 31, 2012 deadline)

Wed, 30 May 2012 11:58:10 +0100

Writing Competition: Glimmer Train (May 31, 2012 deadline):

We are interested in reading your original, unpublished stories!

Writing Competition: Spilling Ink (May 31, 2012 deadline)

Tue, 29 May 2012 11:59:47 +0100

Writing Competition: Spilling Ink (May 31, 2012 deadline):

All genres welcome

Writing Competition: Writer's Forum (May 31, 2012 deadline)

Mon, 28 May 2012 11:43:30 +0100

Writing Competition: Writer's Forum (May 31, 2012 deadline):

All types of story are welcome, be it crime, comedy, romance, thriller, literary, twist in the tail, horror, SF etc

Writing Competition: Frome Festival (May 31, 2012 deadline)

Sun, 27 May 2012 11:51:00 +0100

Writing Competition: Frome Festival (May 31, 2012 deadline):

It doesn’t say what they are looking for so i guess its anything

Writer's Relief Blog: "Eleven Deadly Sins Of Online Promotion For Writers"

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:47:00 +0100

Writer's Relief Blog: "Eleven Deadly Sins Of Online Promotion For Writers":

writersrelief:

Most of us who aspire to be career writers are active promoters (or at least, we’re thinking about promoting). Even if you’re not in the “giving book signings” phase, you may be in the “attracting an agent” phase.

It’s only natural that we want people to notice our writing. Adults aren’t much different than children when we’re proud of our work (“Hey Mom! Look at me!”). Lucky for us, social networks like Twitter and Facebook can be a great way to help people get to know our writing.

But here’s the thing: There’s a right way and a wrong way to promote your writing on interactive websites (like social networks, forums, and blogs). And we’ve seen writers do some pretty embarrassing and desperate things to get attention.

Not all writers are annoying. But those who are make the rest of us look bad.

So here are eleven things you should never-ever-in-a-million-years do when you’re promoting your writing online.

the days are broken just like the skies and when the heavens open so will my eyes

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:57:26 +0100

the days are broken

just like the skies

and when the heavens open

so will my eyes

9 words the english language desperately needs

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:01:17 +0100

9 words the english language desperately needs

farewell-kingdom: Motohiko Odani

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:03:01 +0100

farewell-kingdom:

Motohiko Odani

earth-song: “Longing for love” by Caras Ionut

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:01:29 +0100

earth-song:

“Longing for love” by Caras Ionut

DFTBA Short Story Contest!

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:56:16 +0100

DFTBA Short Story Contest!:

tumblrfiction:

What is this?

This is the DFTBA (Don’t Forget To Be Awesome) short story contest. It’s being run out of the Nerdfighter community, a group that started with Hank and John Green of the Vlogbrothers and now is made up of over 200,000 people worldwide.

What’s it about?

The stories all have to be on the subject of “An Act of Charity”

What’s it for?

It’s for charity. We’re donating money to the “Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck” a fund that is set up every year around the time of the “Project for Awesome”. In this project, Nerdfighters come together to make YouTube videos about charities and charitable projects . These videos all have the same thumbnail, and swamp YouTube’s most commented/liked listings. The community then votes on the best videos, and the top five charities in those videos get equal portions of the total money donated to the “Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck”.

How does it work?

You buy a ticket from Eventbrite.com for $6.12 (using paypal), send it and your story (of between 1000-3500 words) to

DFTBA(dot)Short(dot)Story(dot)contest(AT)inbox(dot)com

Where?

Dftbashortstorycontest.tumblr.com is the contest’s base of operations.

When?

The deadline is 2^nd October 2012

I have more questions!

Go to Dftbashortstorycontest.tumblr.com for more information!