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April 25, 2014
Call for Submissions! Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors
Deadline: June 1, 2014 (postmarked) No fee 5 categories for the writing contest, $250 prize in each: Shortfiction Poetry Interview with a warrior Essay Photography Theme: Created by the Missouri Humanities Council, the Warrior Arts Alliance, and Southeast Missouri State University Press, this series of anthologies preserves and shares the military service perspectives of our…
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April 18, 2014
What You Would Have Learned if You Were at the Missouri Writers Guild Conference
By Margo L. Dill The 2014 Missouri Writers Guild Conference was full of acquiring agents, exquisite editors, wise writers, and fabulous fun. Anyone who attended is sure to tell you he or she learned something about the writing craft, constructing a query, or pitching to an agent. If you weren’t able to attend, here’s a…
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April 3, 2014
April Writing Contests
Compass Flower Press Crab Orchard Review E.M. Koeppel Glimmer Train Press The Ledge Magazine Sonora Review Spoon River Poetry Review Writer’s Digest 83rd Annual Writing Competition Compass Flower Press—Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Only Entry fee: $18 (US) for electronic submission (paid on the website) or $15 for mailed submission (paid by check or on website.)…
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April 2, 2014
Jennifer Adele Releases Third Novel – The Bone Gatherer
“Tobias set himself to checking the herb stocks he kept in mason jars and the additional items needed, too. Everything was full to brimming. Tobias never let supplies get too low anyway. He then went back to arranging the bottles as they had been prior to his visit, in the order he preferred to keep…
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March 28, 2014
A True Professional: Chatting with Picture Book Author, Jeanie Franz Ransom
by Margo Dill Jeanie Franz Ransom is a successful picture book writer, workshop leader, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) member, and former elementary school counselor. She also persevered through the murky waters of submissions and rejections for ten years, before she joined SCBWI and decided to get serious. Now, she is the author…
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March 25, 2014
Free Guild Workshop Helps Writers get the most from Conferences
Discover how to “Get the Most from Writing Conferences” at the St. Louis Writers Guild’s free, public workshop from 10 a.m. to noon, April 5, at the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 S. Geyer Rd. in Kirkwood. Local publishers Lisa Miller, Kristina Blank Makansi, and Brad R. Cook will talk about what writers need to do…
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March 21, 2014
Jody Feldman: St. Louis’ Own Game Maker
by Margo L. Dill Jody Feldman, the St. Louis award-winning children’s author of The Gollywhopper Games series and The Seventh Level, may have enjoyed working as a treasure hunter, a codebreaker, a movie director, an artist, and an inventor. But the most exciting part about writing is she can explore all those occupations and adventures…
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March 12, 2014
Gravity Box and Other Spaces! Talking with Mark Tiedemann
Gravity Box and Other Spaces will be in bookstores this summer. Click here to order your copy in advance! Walrus: It’s pretty exciting to have another book coming out. What can you tell us about Gravity Box? What’s in it? What makes it special? Mark: When I began to select stories for this collection, I…
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Gravity Box and Other Places! Talking with Mark Tiedemann
Gravity Box and Other Places will be in bookstores this summer. Click here to order your copy in advance! Walrus: It’s pretty exciting to have another book coming out. What can you tell us about Gravity Box? What’s in it? What makes it special? Mark: When I began to select stories for this collection, I…
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March 11, 2014
March Writing Contests
Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture Florida Review Editor’s Awards Gemini Magazine Glimmer Train Press Missouri Writers’ Guild 2014 Chapter Contests (Conference) Missouri Writers’ Guild 2014 Sponsor Contests (Conference) Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture—Poetry, Diction, Creative Nonfiction Arts & Letters Prizes Entry fee: $15 / $17 for online submissions - payable in US dollars,…
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