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... on a recent message board post, not nearly as skilled as the writers he/she is judging. Some feel that writing contests are too subjective and don't serve any purpose at all, except to promote pride or dejection.
I, on the other hand, am a proponent for writing contests. This may be partly because I love the feeling I get when I win! (Does anyone NOT?) But really, it's more than that ...
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... Would you do that?" It doesn't mean the exec will
meet with the writers... it doesn't mean they'll produce the scripts... hell, it doesn' ... and DOES launch a career.
I just think that if you're going to enter a contest, you should be aware of what
contests do/don't do for your career... and temper your expectations (and motivations
for applying) accordingly. ...
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... don't require books or covers entered in our contests to be from conglomerates or even from royalty-paying press. Also, we are not a writers'association "of America& ... preclude Harlequin from joining EPIC or even from competing their books and covers in the EPIC contests, even those from Horizons and Carina, but it would preclude them from being listed as a code of ethics publisher.
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National Novel Writing Month began yesterday, as thousands of writers struggle to pound out 50,000 words in a single month. Last year 119,301 writers participated, and 21,683 actually completed the writing marathon. This year, writers have a number of freebies and discounts to make the writing process more exciting.
CreateSpace is offering successful NaNoWriMo winner a a ...
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The Writers League of Texas Book Awards (formerly the Violet Crown and Teddy Awards) of 2009 area announced at: Some are Texana:
Nonfiction Winner
A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Big Horn, the Last Great Battle of the American West
James Donovan, Dallas, TX (Little, Brown, March 2008)
Finalists
The Texas Rangers, Mike Cox, Austin, TX
The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder, ...
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The Columbia Journal is calling writers in fiction, nonfiction and poetry!
Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art has launched its annual literary contest in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. First-place winners in each genre will win $500, plus publication in the print journal (Spring 2010). The top works in fiction will be judged by Joshua Ferris
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