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Southwest Review David Nathan Meyerson Prize for Fiction
(This news courtesy George Lies' WVWriters eNews list)A prize of $1,000 and publication in Southwest Review is given annually to a fiction writer who has not published a book. Submit a story of up to 8,000 words with a $25 entry fee by May 1. Send an SASE, or visit...
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
(This news courtesy George Lies' WV Writers eNews)A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a short story by a writer whose fiction has not appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circulation of 5,000 or more. Submit a story of up to 3,000 words with a...
West Virginia Fiction Award and Competition
(This news courtesy George Lies' WVWriters eNews list)Shepherd University's Appalachian Heritage Literary Project announces the West Virginia Fiction Competition, a literary competition to encourage writers and storytellers, whose talent and ability in creative...
National Poetry Month online offerings
Laura Treacy Bentley continues featuring poetry at her website in honor of National Poetry Month. Don't miss the fine poetry of Grace Cavalieri, Mark Defoe, Larry Jaffe, Llewellyn McKernan, Robert West, Ethan Fischer, Edwina Pendarvis, Jeff Mann, Dana Wildsmith (2009...
Flux Books Interview
(From Cynthia Sterling Market News)Author Cynthia Leitich Smith has posted a terrific interview with Brian Farrey of Flux Books. Flux is the young adult imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide and Brian has recently taken over as editor. Among the books he'd like to see come...
WV Writers Podcast
Hola Citizens,I have a fairly large announcement to make here. Beginning tomorrow, Friday, April 17, 2009, WV Writers will enter the podcasting arena with our very own podcast, hosted by me.This will be a weekly podcast leading up to our Summer Conference and will...