Tag: writing contest
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July 02, 2007 10:24 AM EDT --
So... this morning, I saw one of Ernie's excellent articles about writing markets and I decided to get brave and enter one of my short stories. If you would consider being so kind as to drop by and . . .
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May 20, 2008 11:16 AM EDT --
No, this isn't like the FCR many of us suffered through, this is a contest for all romance writers hoping to get their work in front of an agent or editor.
The Northwest Houston Chapter of RWA . . .
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February 22, 2007 03:33 AM EST --
Like many newcomers to Gather, I joined because of the "First Chapters" contest. I'm not new to the online world; I blog regularly and participate in a number of online communities. But I'd . . .
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May 09, 2007 02:44 AM EDT --
I've commented plenty on articles about the continuing drama that is the First Chapters contest but had decided to forgo posting another article about it.
I felt like everything I had to say had been . . .
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June 27, 2007 07:31 PM EDT --
Life started out simply enough for a child born in 1918.
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August 23, 2007 09:23 PM EDT --
The First Chapters Romance contest is only a few days away! It begins on August 27 and will continue to three weeks. I was a participant in the original First Chapters contest with my . . .
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October 16, 2007 12:49 PM EDT --
Periodically, Ernie Johnson posts information on writing contests. One of his sources is “Funds for Writers.” Ernie has some current information and a link to these contests at CONTESTS from . . .
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November 26, 2008 09:12 AM EST --
The young black man was singing a spiritual. The words and melody rhythmically kept time with his shovel as he plunged . . .
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December 01, 2008 09:30 PM EST --
Want to be published in a romance anthology along with a number of other published authors? Want to create a new . . .
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March 19, 2006 03:52 PM EST --
"David, me lad, I don't know who this Connor is you've been calling for, I'm afraid you must have the wrong number."
Though spoken in a lyrical brogue, this sentence hit me hard. . . .
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January 26, 2007 04:46 PM EST --
Heritage
Prologue
Gabriel Gairden's tall frame tensed as he crept through the halls of the Ivory Palace. The dark marble floors were slick with grime and gore, as were the . . .
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April 17, 2006 11:29 PM EDT --
Backpacking in Monterey County ~ A trail of many tales
By Jan Hersh
Memories that span three decades are tied to a hiking trail in the Los Padres National Forest. I was in my . . .
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March 06, 2008 12:18 PM EST --
****EDIT****
Be sure to read the comments below before making any decisions!!
****END EDIT****
Stefan K. told me about . . .
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March 27, 2006 03:20 PM EST --
By AstroGirl
It could be our last trip up this stretch of Highway 1. We both knew it, RF and me. Could be the last time to travel up this road through Eden, to a place called home.
That . . .
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April 17, 2006 03:28 AM EDT --
(I'm re-publishing this to my new Cajun groups.)
Minutes before I left for my sister's wake, the mailman delivered a copy of my first published story, carried in The Long Islander . . .
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January 17, 2007 08:55 PM EST --
I know that Gather is having another contest to bring in more writers, and I'm seeing an awful lot of these 'First Chapters", in the lists of articles.
What I am NOT seeing are . . .
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January 19, 2007 11:08 AM EST --
The response from writers to the First Chapters Competition has been overwhelming. Hundreds of great manuscripts have already been posted to the First Chapters group, and aspiring novelists are currently . . .
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February 13, 2007 11:21 AM EST --
It's all Amy's fault. Her bad poetry contest is such a GOOD IDEA that I decided to hold my own contest. The best Valentine rhyme submitted in comment to this article between now and . . .
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January 26, 2008 09:35 PM EST --
Shortly after submitting the first chapter of my novel in the Next Great Crime Writer Contest, I wondered just how good (or not so good) a former Gather.com . . .
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May 08, 2006 04:19 PM EDT --
We are delighted to announce P.A. Moed the winner of our 2006 Travel Writing Contest for her wonderful tale Unlocking the Mysteries of Sicily. The Gather editorial team read over 200 stories about trips, . . .
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