Posted on July 9, 2009 by Elizabeth
The Online Writer: a Two-Part Seminar on Website Design, Blogging, and Web-based Work for Writers
WriterHouse, 508 Dale Avenue, Charlottesville, 434-296-1922.
2 Saturdays, August 15, and September 12, 9 am – 4:30 pm
In Part 1, copywriter and communications consultant Kristen King will give a soup-to-nuts picture of what it means to be a writer in the [...]
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Posted on June 11, 2009 by Elizabeth
A couple of reminders, plus two new events to add to your calendar:
WRITERHOUSE PUBLIC EVENTS
»An Evening of Student Readings—Monday, June 15, 7:30 pm. WriterHouse Spring Session students from all classes will present brief samples of their work. So far, readers include Mary Ashton Burgh, Sharon Harrigan, Gary Johnson, Matt Jordan, Polly Lazaron, Linda Levokove, Heather [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2009 by Elizabeth
»Judy Longley’s poetry class was mentioned in an article on poetry in the current issue of Cville Weekly.
»Unveiling Iranian Women Writers in America with UVA Professor Farzaneh Milani, Friday June 5, 7:00 pm. UVA Professor Farzaneh Milani discusses the recent flowering of Iranian women’s memoirs in English in the context of modern Iranian literature and [...]
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Posted on February 28, 2009 by Elizabeth
I won an e-book from Editor Unleashed: Get an Agent (regularly $15). It looks great — here’s a little information about it from the website:
GET AN AGENT
It’s no secret that getting a literary agent can be just as difficult as writing a book. And of course, you’d rather be writing than spending your time on [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2009 by Elizabeth
A couple of years ago I posted about the Big List of Literary Magazines. Well, according to a comment left on that post by Scott, who I’m guessing is the Content Editor at Every Writer’s Resource, home of the Big List, they’re giving the list a makeover. Check it out — it looks even more [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2008 by Elizabeth
Submissions Temporarily Closed for Poetry & Nonfiction
By The Editors
December 17th, 2008
Because of a backlog in accepted work in poetry and nonfiction, VQR will be closing submissions temporarily, beginning on January 2, 2009. We’ve accepted a year’s worth of poems and essays, and it’s just not fair to writers for us to continue soliciting work in [...]
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Posted on November 8, 2008 by Elizabeth
Inside the Editing Process
Stephanie Wilkinson and Jennifer Niesslein, co-founders of the award-winning Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers, gave the inside scoop on magazine publishing during a presentation at WriterHouse on October 30, 2008.
Stephanie Wilkinson is editor and publisher of Brain, Child. She lives in Lexington, Virginia, where she and a partner recently [...]
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Posted on October 23, 2008 by Elizabeth
…grunt and squeak and squawk with the editors — at WriterHouse:
Inside the Editing Process
with the Editors of Brain, Child Magazine
Thursday, October 30, 7pm at 508 Dale Avenue
So you’ve submitted your writing for publication. What happens next? Stephanie Wilkinson and Jennifer Niesslein, co-founders of the award-winning Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers, give the [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2008 by Elizabeth
Amy Mercer at The Writer Mama calls attention today to an article from Bitch Magazine that calls for women to own their ambition for their writing careers, to stop apologizing for their writing or for being writers, and to stop accepting dismissive excuses for being overlooked. The author of the article, Anna Clark, cites an [...]
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Posted on September 10, 2008 by Elizabeth
The Delmarva Review
Seeks New Prose and Poetry Submissions
Now Through Dec. 31, 2008
The Delmarva Review, a regional literary review open to all writers, is now calling for submissions of new poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction through Dec. 31, 2008, for the second issue. The editors will consider writers’ “best unpublished work.”
The Review is seeking unpublished “evocative” [...]
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Posted on July 5, 2008 by Elizabeth
STORYGLOSSIA has re-opened to submissions with new guidelines. Reading during July and August for the September issue. Submission deadline is August 31st.
After much consideration I have decided to no longer provide feedback when rejecting stories (although there will surely will be some rare exceptions). Simply put, there are only two reasons a story gets rejected: [...]
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Posted on May 18, 2008 by Elizabeth
1) Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are important — not just for the author, for you, too.
2) Here in the 21st century, web sites are no longer “under construction,” or “coming soon.” They either exist or they don’t. They either contain information, or they don’t. It is a poor reflection on the author if his or [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by Elizabeth
From ReadingWritingLiving:
The Literary Reflections department of Literary Mama is seeking personal essays about writing as a mother, reading as a mother, or developing a career as a professional mother-writer. If any of you have such an essay in your portfolio or an idea brewing along these lines, we welcome your participation. Also, pass along this [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2008 by Elizabeth
The hardest part of any career seems to be “breaking in.” We’ve all said it at the start of our job search: “I can’t get a job without experience, but how am I supposed to get experience without a job?” Christina Katz turns the usual advice to writers to “Aim high” on its head, and [...]
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Posted on February 28, 2008 by Elizabeth
Registration is open for the second annual Conversations and Connections Conference:
Join us on April 5, 2008 in Washington, DC for a different kind of writer’s conference.
The Second Annual Conversations and Connections will help you get the connections and information you need to take your writing — and publishing — to the next level.
This year’s [...]
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