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Dear Writers, Crafters, and #WritingCommunity -
Here are some writing contests and creativity challenges to help you end May with a bang. Do some research and see if any of these opportunities fit in with your interests. As always, it's important to be creative.
Here are some writing contests and creativity challenges to help you end May with a bang. Do some research and see if any of these opportunities fit in with your interests. As always, it's important to be creative.
#PitMad takes place on June 4th! If you have a completed, polished, unpublished manuscript this is your kind of party. Join in from 8am-8pm EDT and pitch your manuscript in 280 characters or less. For more details, see https://pitchwars.org/pitmad/
Are you ready to party?
Are you ready to party?
Own Voices Chapbook Prize by @RadixMedia : seeks "timely, urgent, and interrogative chapbook-length poetry collections from debut poets of color"; due by May 31; $10 entry fee; prize of $500/author copies/pub/more; for more details, see https://radixmedia.org/own-voices-chapbook-prize/
#OwnVoices
#OwnVoices
The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction is given annually for a short story collection; submissions due by May 31; $30 entry fee; prize of $1,000 and publication of book; for more details, see https://ugapress.org/series/flannery-oconnor-award-for-short-fiction/
Associate Editor @pushthepanorama has been talking about the types of writing projects she'd like to see. (See the retweet below this thread.) For more details, go to her twitter account.
For those seeking a creative outlet, @KickCreatives has 4 creative challenges for June. They involve creating cartoons, replicating art, working with textiles, and more. For more information, see the retweet below this thread and explore the site https://kickinthecreatives.com/june-creative-challenges/
The Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest accepts sonnet styles like Shakespearean, Spenserian, Petrarchan, and Non-Traditional Rhyme Schemes; 1-3 sonnets; due by June 1; $5 entry fee; prize unspecified; for more details, see https://sonnetcontest.org/
Senior Editor @liz_adventures has been talking about the types of writing projects she'd like to see. See the retweet below this thread.) For more details, go to her twitter account.
Omnidawn Poetry Contest: @Omnidawn is holding this contest for previously unpublished manuscripts of 20-40 pages; due by June 15; $18 entry fee; prize of $1,000 and publication; for more details, see http://omnidawn.com/contest/poetry-contests.htm
Hopefully, some of the contests and challenges on this thread will inspire and motivate. Do some research on these opportunities.
Then, let's write something, create something, do something in pursuit of our passions.
The time is now!
#WritingCommunity
Then, let's write something, create something, do something in pursuit of our passions.
The time is now!
#WritingCommunity
