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Writer’s Digest Writing Competition Open
(This news courtesy of Fay Thompson)The 77th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition is now open for submissions. Top prize is $3000 and a trip to New York to meet with four editors or agents. There are ten categories for both fiction and nonfiction. The entry fee...
7th Annual War Poetry Contest
Seventh year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,000. Top prize $2,000.Submit 1-3 unpublished poems on the theme of war, up to 500 lines in all. Winning entries published online. Sponsored by Winning Writers. $15 entry fee, payable to Winning Writers.Postmark deadline:...
2008 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition
(This info courtesy WV Writers' own Stan Higley)The 2008 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition is open for entries. Entries must be previously unpublished (including online) or published since January 1, 2007. There is a 450-word limit and two categories -- Humor and Human...
Hearts for the Arts
(WV Writers member Tammy Whisman sends this one along)To all authors or artists:I would like to invite all published authors and artists to attend the "Hearts for the Arts" event being held at the Martinsburg Mall on February 9-10th from 10-6. This is the third event...
WVW’s own Chris Kuell breaks big at Amazon
FROM WVWRITERS MEMBER CHRIS KUELL:Hello,Last November, I entered my novel, Disconnected, into the amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award contest. On January 15, the top 20% (as judged by Publishers Weekly reviewers) moved on to the semi-finals, and Disconnected was among...
MountainWord accepts poetry submissions via phone
Vic Burkhammer at MountainWord is accepting poetry submissions over the phone, where he plans to post the audio of them online. What a cool idea! A notice was also posted in The Gazz this morning.From his blog:"If you'd like to recommend a book of poems or read one of...