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  • How to Find Publications That Fit Your Writing

    When I am hunting down writing contests, I'll tag on the month and the year, but if I am looking for Please note that I'm not referring to writing contests with fees. If you'd like to start hunting for writing contests as well, most of this article will apply, but I do have an article specifically covering hunting for writing contests . Happy Writing!

  • Is Baking Cookies Usually So Hard?

    Back in January, I entered a unique sort of writing contest—one judged by kids in the 8-12 year old age this silly, engaging, honourable-mention-winning bit of flash fiction that I've had hiding away in my writing

  • 2024 Year of Writing In Review

    contests, and online publications for about two years, and I'd slowly been increasing the number of Kailei Pew's 3rd Annual Kid's Choice KidLit Writing Contest Back in January, I sent Is Baking Cookies to Kailei Pew's 3rd Annual Kid's Choice KidLit Writing Contest, and it was chosen as an Honourable Mention The neat thing about this contest is that the coordinator, Kailei Pew, gathers up a bunch of kids to judge the contest entries, so it's a neat way to get your children's story in front of real kids.

  • Keeping Good Records of Your Writing: Why It Matters & How to Keep Them

    You've written one story, and sent it to one contest. You know the story's title. You know when you should hear who won the contest. You have all the details memorized. Or when you start winning contests or selling your writing? They will send it through the mail directly, and they hope that I will enter their contest again next This way, you get the most out of each of your writing projects. Happy Writing!

  • What I Learned While Writing My First Ten-Minute Play (& tips on how you can write one too)

    Because 2025 is the only year I am eligible to enter this ten minute play contest , and because writing - To give you a rough idea of how many pages your ten-minute play ought to be, the play contest I wish My ten minute play is going to this ten minute play contest . It's solely for 11th graders, though. Searching for Writing Contests will give you a quick summary of some details to watch for. things that I touch on in Searching for Writing Contests . *** P.S.

  • Write Away (a pantoum)

    Write Away Written by Lilyana Page Write away. I put together a guide so that you can write your own pantoums too! You can find my guide here .

  • I'm Still Writing A Novel (BtB update)

    But then I decided to write a play. You see, I found this writing contest looking for ten-minute long plays. I'd never written a play before, and this contest closes at the end of the month, but I went for it anyway Umm...there's also a  poetry contest  that has a deadline at the end of the month. Hey, if it makes you feel better, I am also trying to get together an entry to a contest that has to

  • How To Write An ABC Story

    Sometimes, as writers, it can be fun to write something completely nonsensical, just for the joy of Then you begin writing your story! If stories aren't really your thing, but poetry is, try writing an ABC poem instead! Regardless of what format you choose, have fun while you write!

  • A Few Basic Writing Terms Defined

    Maybe, like me, you enjoy hunting for new places to submit your writing, and while combing through submission Simultaneous Submission: Sending the same piece to more than one publisher (or contest) at the same time

  • 4 Tips To Help You Focus and Write More Productively (Optimizing Your Writing Space)

    Writing can be hard sometimes. optimizing my writing time . I hate breaking my writing flow to go eat something. will help you slip back into writing more easily. for writing, and writing only.

  • I Participated in Crazy Writing Week For the First Time!

    To write and learn a lot over a short period of time. Through a series of fun writing challenges, lessons on writing, and a welcoming community, CWW can provide I see some new blog content to add somewhere in 2025. Write at least 1,000 words by the end of the competition. I had so much fun writing and learning alongside 2,000+ other young writers.

  • Discussing Stories (13 Writing Terms Defined)

    As I dive deeper into writing longer works, I thought it might be helpful for some of you if I took the WIP: Work In Progress, a.k.a. a novel or other piece of writing that is in an unfinished state, or in Draft: Writing that is still in the editing stage, a.k.a. a partially finished manuscript. past life before the beginning of a story I have written (or am in the process of writing). They just write and see where the story takes them.

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