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 Hey AWers! Welcome to November—and writers everywhere know that November means NaNoWriMo. Do you NaNo? If you are, swing by the NaNoWriMo and Beyond room on the AW Forums, and say howdy to all the other masochists. I’ll confess that I’m already seven days behind. I’m currently putting [...] We’re back online over at the AW Forums – welcome back, AWers! The AW forums are down right now, folks, and will be down for a few more hours. We’ll update you when we have some news! Thanks for your patience. Happy Monday, AWers – got this press release over the weekend, with a request that I share it with all of you: These are difficult times for writers – and for the media, which employs them. Magazines, especially, fight for mindshare and to stand out on crowded newsstands in order to survive. Writers, who [...] Alternative Title: Why Aren’t You Reading Query Shark? Query writing is hard – that’s why our SYW forum for queries is lovingly titled “Query Letter Hell.” But I think writers (myself included) get so wrapped up in writing 1 to 3 perfect paragraphs that capture our novels in the prettiest nutshell possible that we [...] Hadley Rille Books: A Quiet Shelter There is an upcoming anthology of speculative fiction about service or companion animals. The deadline is August 31, and the pay is $10 for a story or $5 for a poem, all USD. The minimum word count for fiction is 1000 words; the maximum is 4000. That makes [...] We’re looking for a few great (short) stories from AWers: We really can’t include stories longer than 10,000 words Stories should have strong SpecFic elements (science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, horror, paranormal, etc.) Stories must be written within the last year No reprints, please. We want to showcase fresh new material We will pay [...] Redstone Science Fiction’s “Identity Crisis” contest is accepting submissions until August 15. There’s no entry fee, and winners get 5 cents per word (4,000 word maximum). The contest’s prompt is an essay titled “Identity Crisis: Who Are We, If We Can Choose Who We Are?” which, along with the publication’s submission guidelines, can be [...] We’ve lost some data, and some new member registrations. Feel free to contact me if you’re having problems with your registration. And welcome back! It’s looking like the AW forums are going to be down overnight, at least, folks. Sorry about the inconvenience — we’ve got some fairly crunched up database stuff to sort out — but don’t panic. Better yet – go write something! We can all compare notes as soon as we’re up and running again. [...] |
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