{"id":1522,"date":"2009-09-29T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:31:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:31:39","slug":"contests-galore-intriging-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1522","title":{"rendered":"Contests Galore, An Intriging Interview & More Wise Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

Genre Wars. I love it. Via Yat Yee<\/a> we discover that the Literary Lab is throwing a contest, and you’re invited. Submit your 1 – 2,000-word short story in any genre to the wizards at the lab, and win a chance to be included in their anthology (Oooh, magic word), and be republished on their blog. Rules and Details here<\/a>. And you’ll love the Genre Wars button. It made me laugh. Especially that bit about vampires…<\/p>\n

Another fun contest comes from our friendly bloggers and writers of speculative fiction. Every year the Bulwer-Lytton<\/a> challenges wretched writers to reproduce that thrillingly horrible first line, It was a dark and stormy night<\/i> (which wouldn’t have been half so bad without the rest of the paragraph. Yikes). This year, The Spectacle<\/a> is giving you a chance to do it up right for a chance at a free book and a book card to Powell’s. A opening scene — spooky, suspenseful, succinct. Wordy writers need not apply, ’til they’ve tighten things up a bit.<\/p>\n

Finally, ALICE MCDERMOTT, for those of you in the know<\/a>, is judging the Inkwell 12TH Annual Short Fiction Contest, with a deadline of October 31st. Big prize, small reading fee… and I can think of a short story or two I’ve read recently (BROAD HINT, WRITING GROUP) which would qualify. Check it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Challenges abound!<\/p>\n

One of the best things about the Write Against Racism project at Bowllan’s Blog<\/a> at the School Library Journal is meeting new authors. Just One More Book interviews the indomitable Rukhsana Khan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally, my thought du jour:<\/p>\n

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