I received an email from a Saskatoon teen recently. She wanted to know about contests and scholarships that would help her pursue her passion for writing. Her request got me thinking. And brainstorming. And digging around online for resources for teen writers. Here’s what I came up with: The thinking part: Yearbook, school newspapers and [...]
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Starting young–markets that publish young writersYes, I’m a killer
31 Oct 11
I have a confession. I’m a heartless, cold-blooded killer. It was completely premeditated. In fact, I selected my victim before I even got to know him very well. Then I used him and eliminated him without a speck of guilt. He had it coming, after all. The murder was cruel, painful, bloody. It took him [...] It’s a grant! It’s a pen! It’s SuperScribbler
23 Oct 11
What do you do with an Ontario Arts Council (OAC) grant? I have a year to find out. And so do you. Thanks to a suggestion from my writing buddies Deb and Theresa, I’m chronicling the year I finish my novel. Want to come along for the ride? Climb in and buckle up. Action–reaction I [...] TGIF
21 Oct 11
It’s Friday, and that means…yes, the weekend is here. Well, yes, it might be payday. Yes, yes–you can stay up late and sleep until noon. But Friday also means time to write. So put pen to page, or fingers to keys, with one of these Whispered Words writing prompts: The spirits walk on Samhain. And [...] Who are the people in your (writing) neighbourhood?
17 Oct 11
Promoting reading I attended the closing ceremonies for Oshawa Public Library’s Pass the Book Event on Saturday. This year, seven Durham libraries participated in the community-wide reading program, from Ajax to Clarington and north to Uxbridge. The title chosen in Oshawa for 2011 was Stuart McLean’s entertaining Stories from the Vinyl Café. At a time [...] Here Comes the Judge
13 Oct 11
The Whispered Words committee is delighted to announce that Antanas Sileika, director of the Humber School for Writers, will be the final judge for WCDR’s Whispered Words prose competition. Antanas is the author of four books of fiction, most recently Underground, a novel published by Thomas Allen in in 2011. He has contributed widely to [...]
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Pumpkin Pie a la Prompt
10 Oct 11
Thanks for popping by. I’ll bet you thought I’d be too busy cooking for a crowd today to post prompts for WCDR’s Whispered Words prose competition. Not a chance! With the contest deadline less than two months away, I knew you’d need your Monday prompts to keep you writing. You are writing, aren’t you? And [...]
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Writing prompts to tickle your pen
29 Sep 11
Here are Friday’s Whispered Words writing prompts: Bitch! I mouth and flip her the single-finger salute. “Has anything like that ever happened to you, Gran?” “I’ll tell you, if you promise never to repeat it.” She rocks the baby to sleep with a quiet lullaby. A tear drops on his head. The fireworks hiss into [...] Word count revisited
28 Sep 11
I wrote about word count on September 23, but a couple of questions have popped up today. Does my entry need to be exactly 1000 words? No. It looks like our contest tagline is misleading you. Your entry can be up to or including 1000 words, excluding the title. How have shorter stories (500-750 words) [...] Let your words, not the font, do the talking
27 Sep 11
Want to increase your chances of winning a writing contest? Don’t sabotage your entry with these common beginners’ mistakes: A wild and wacky 18-point font. Or a teeny-tiny font that can only be read with a magnifying glass Red ink, to go with the bloody theme of the story Bold print, so it really stands out [...]
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