Writing contests really do work to get your name and your work out into the creative community. I finished my M.F.A courses in January at Wilkes University, which now leaves me plenty of time to create. I sit myself down at the computer several times a week, revising my Thesis/Memoir My Two Mothers, writing query letters, getting my work out in the mail, but I save time to write new and different stories for contests.
While on vacation in Florida this week, I received an email from Phyllis Scott Publishing announcing that I took third place in a short story contest, that my fiction piece called All in the Game would be published in print, and that I would also receive a small percentage of royalties from the book, which I believe Phyllis Scott is titling All in the Game and Other Short Stories. I was so excited! How could I not be?
I've been writing for a long time, almost twelve years, and while I've published in newspapers under commentaries and travel and did speciality profile pieces, coming in third in this contest was the most terrific news I'd received in a long time.
I recommend contests to emerging writers, writers who are already published, brave writers, scared writers, and writers of every sort to take a look at our contest guidelines. There's definitely something there for you. If it's for you, give it a shot. You have nothing to lose. We are looking to publish writers who are passionate about their work. This is a print review and your passion will come through on the page with the help of our very artistic crew to lend design to your words.
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