Writing Contest Information

You're a good man, John. My output is so slight that I'm not worthy of any sort of competition at the moment, but I'll check it out anyhow. Thanks.

Congratulations on that great news! And thanks for the link :)

Congrats, and thanks for sharing.

You're welcome April and Joanne.

J.K., some of the contests are for short pieces and free.

was that a double-dog-dare? ..... lol ...
thanks for the word .... and congrats on winning the contest that you entered ....

Yep, I keep a track of Ernie's info on these.
He even found one down my neck of the woods a little while ago.

If you want it to be, K.S.

Yes, Pat, he's got quite a range of opportunities from time to time.

I'm interested in the Memoir magazine. Glad you mentioned it.

Okay, I found the magazine http://memoirjournal.squarespace.com/general-submissions/

Now I'm wondering if chances are better with a general submission or through the contest? What do you think?

John, any chance you'd let me see at least part of that memoir so that I can get an idea of what sort of writing they like? I'd just as soon make a general submission, but since they only pay in copies and the contest pays in cash, there's that incentive to submit to the contest.

Thanks for sharing the news.

John, glad you liked it.

You're welcome, Michelle.

Susan, I have no idea which is the better way to submit. I had the piece posted on Gather but deleted it when I entered the contest. They told me I'd won and sent me a contract that talked about "not published before." I told them about Gather and that seemed OK.

The memoir was supposed to be in the fall issue, but they delayed that issue until spring because they got a great national distributor who need a few months to ramp up his system for them.

I met with the editors and they said they are interested in all styles of writing. Mine used a device where essentially it was three long paragraphs with clauses separated by commas. It was about my wife dying of brain cancer and started with "After..., after ..., after, ..." for a page or so.

The next part was "Despite ..., despite ... etc. and the final part was "Because..., because...

It seemed like a good device to tell about a whole lot of things in a short space because each item was only a clause. The piece was about 1400 words.

If anyone deserves 500 big ones and another paying publication, it you John.

Even Ashes thinks so. Thanks to you and Ernie.

And thanks to you, Pat.

Good for you, John. And congratulations! A contest win always feels good and remuneration never hurts.

Thanks, Jackie.

John, congrats on the win! And the cash! Always nice.

Nice of you to share the link - but I won't be entering :)

Sorry - You gotta Double Dog Dare me before i feel pressured ;)

And congrats on the win!

P.S. How do I get a copy of that magazine. Please provide a "heads up" when it is published, please?

Jane, I double-dare you.

I'll mention the magazine again and post the memoir on Gatehr in the Spring.

Judi, Ernie has news on various contest periodically. A good spot to check every once in a while.

cool stuff.

Thanks, Heart.

Congrats on the win and thanks for the info

You're welcome, Amy.

You don't have to worry about me...

OK, Bundy.

Congrats on winning a competition.

Thanks, Kim.

congrats on winning the competition and THANKS for sharing the information :)

Thank you, Jan.