Open Submissions, No Excuses

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then you are missing out on opportunity!

Here are just a few of the writing contests and markets from the October edition:

Deadline: 10/5/11, Esquire Short Short Story Contest, No Fee, 78 Words (total), Top Prize Package worth $8000

Deadline: 10/14/11, The Observer Graphic Short Story Prize, No Fee, 4 pages max, £1000 and publication

Paying Market, Boulevard Magazine, word count varies, Fiction, Nonfiction, Interviews, Reviews, Poems, $50-$500 for fiction/non-fiction; $25-$250/poem
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And for all of you novel-ers out there…

Are you ready for November?

Now is the time to brainstorm ideas, outline your writing, and develop your characters.

Looking for something better to write your novel with this year? Check out the special offers over at the NaNoWriMo site. I highly recommend Scrivener (it’s now available for PC, too). And while you are there, don’t forget to add me as your writing buddy!

Story Texting: Conference Call

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[Reading Time: < 1 minute] Voices from a plastic box are like bees buzzing, buzzing. Meanwhile the soul saddens as the light is snuffed out ever slowly. Droning, on and on, conversation without purpose; conversation just to talk. Meeting, meeting, meeting with no forward motion just stillness. Bookmark It

Story Texting: Peace

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[Reading Time: < 1 minute] She searched and searched for the word. It was a feeling she had not felt before, yet knew it had a name. As the world slipped away, she would hold on tight. Closing her eyes, a sigh would escape. “What is the word?” she thought, but not too long as…

A Moment in Time

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[Reading Time: 1 - 2 minutes] Her breath caught as her heart picked up speed. Gently brushing her hair to the side, he lightly pressed his lips to her neck. A mere whisper of a touch and the world slipped away. She became like the ocean. A ripple of a wave building, building. Rolling out…

Falling

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[Reading Time: < 1 minute] He reached out to her She hesitated His hand caressed her She shivered His arms wrapped around her She melted She fell into him He stepped away image credit Bookmark It

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