The Scary Story Challenge is a creative writing competition open to writers worldwide. When the competition begins on October 31, writers are placed in groups where they will be judged against other writers within their same group. Each group will receive three prompts: a scare, a character, and an action. The writers then have 48…
Here’s part two of the writers’ updates for September. This one includes a couple of book festivals (we have a lot of them here in Connecticut), where to buy tickets for BookCon (New York) and a lot of places to submit. BookCon is officially returning to the Javits Center in New York City on April 18-19,…
Here, as promised, is part two of the update – with a ton of events coming up to see you through the fall! On the first Wednesday of every month, starting on September 3, Poets & Writers Nights will be happening at The Spread in Norwalk, CT, from 6-8pm. These events will include a social hour,…
We enjoyed a great get-together yesterday, with reports of new publications by member authors (see list below) and a number of events, contests, etc. Here’s part 1… Celebrate the publication of the 2024 CT Lit Anthology this month on Sunday, October 27, from 2-4pm at An Afternoon With Nutmeg Writers at the Stratford Public Library. The library…
June’s Rendezvous produced several new members, who brought several questions to the table. Some were answered in person, and some have responses in the update. I’m thrilled to be moderating a live event hosted by my favorite indie bookstore, Byrd’s Books, at the Bethel (CT) Library on June 26 at 7pm. I’ll be talking to the two wonderful…
November features a couple of open mics (in addition to the WritersMic on November 21), and I’ve listed them here, with some places to submit your shorter work, and a link to a list of fifty publishers that accept direct submissions. MoCa, the gallery and performance space located in Westport, CT, is planning an open…
