Writing News January 2010

New:

Happy New Year, everyone. Finally I have had time to put together the first Writing News of the year. www.be-a-better-writer.com has seen many changes since the last newsletter in November.

One of the most important changes is the welcome addition of an assistant editor to help manage the submissions pouring into Page Forty-Seven online anthology.

I'd like to welcome Katherine Barrett to that position. She has a PhD in biology and science ethics, and her creative writing explores the ways in which we interact with nature--primarily by attempting to ignore or control it. One of her stories will appear in Page Forty-Seven later this spring.

The site has also seen the following additions:

1. More original images to highlight the short stories published in Page Forty-Seven
2. Several new short stories
3. A Question & Answer page
4. New Writing Quotations
5. A discussion of Passive Verbs:

I published five new original short stories:

• 'Thief Among Thieves'
by Rita Ashley
• 'love (lower case)'
by Dallas Woodburn
• 'Only Five Minutes'
by John Geddes
• 'Why Not A Duck'
by Laurie Boris
• 'To Be Longing For'
by Mark Vossen

Click on Page Forty-Seven online anthology to read them.

Notable Tweets on Twitter:

Amazon's $15,000 breakthrough novel award. Publication with Penguin. Entries Jan 25 to Feb 7: click here

Download Seth Godin's new book, What Matters Now, FREE from Here or read it online at Scribd Here

View Mike Stilkey book art: Here

News Articles of Interest to Writers:

• New BISG Survey Tracks Book Consumers' Behavior Toward and Preferences for E-Books Here
• Michael Hyatt lists Top Ten U.S. Book Publishers for 2009 Here
• The Death of the Slush Pile Here
• Digital pirates illegally downloading millions of popular books Here
• Trends, triumphs of the 2009 book year Here

Writing Contests:

News: Novel Immersion Workshop participant wins third prize in novel excerpt contest announced this week.

• DEADLINE JANUARY 29, 2010:
  RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers Prize: $5000
  
  
• DEADLINE JANUARY 29, 2010:
  Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize Prize: $1000
  
  
• DEADLINE JANUARY 31, 2010:
  Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Contest Prize: $1200
  
  
• DEADLINE JANUARY 31, 2010:
  New Millenium Award for Fiction & Short Short Fiction Prize: $1000
  
  
• DEADLINE JANUARY 31, 2010:
  Iowa Review Fiction Contest Prize: $1000
  
  
• DEADLINE FEBRUARY 1, 2010:
  The Malahat Review Novella Prize Prize: $500 plus $40/page
  
  
• DEADLINE FEBRUARY 7, 2010:
  Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Prize: $15,000 advance plus and publications with Penguin
  
  
• DEADLINE FEBRUARY 28, 2010:
  Summer Literary Seminars Writing Contest Prize: Publication, Airfare, Housing
  
  
• DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2010:
  Gulf CoastFiction Prize Prize: $1000
  
  
• DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2010:
  Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize Prize: $1200
  
  
• DEADLINE MARCH 15, 2010:
  Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction Prize: $1000
  
  
• DEADLINE MARCH 16, 2010:
  Prairie Schooner Manuscript Contest Prize: $3000 plus publication with University of Nebraska Press
  
  
• DEADLINE MARCH 20, 2010:
  International Fish Flash Fiction Contest Prize: €1000
  
  
• DEADLINE MARCH 31, 2010:
  Bristol Short Story Prize Prize: £500
  
  

View more creative writing contests HERE

Emergency Money for Writers:

If you or someone you know is struggling to finish a book but are unable to because of financial need, the Writers’ Trust of Canada can help. The Woodcock Fund was established in 1989 to provide emergency financial assistance to professional Canadian writers. Grants are normally in the $5000 to $10000 range and are administered quickly and efficiently by the Writers’ Trust of Canada. Often recipients will receive the grant money within two weeks of applying for it. See PDF guidelines at the bottom of this page.

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