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2019 Gotham Writers’ 10-Word Short Story Contest—Apply

If you can craft an engaging and compelling micro-fiction in ten words, then you should definitely apply for this free-to-enter writing contest. Here’s a snippet from the press release: It may be apocryphal, but the story goes that Ernest Hemingway won a bet by writing a short story that ran fewer than ten words. One...

Two Scholarships Post ions  Available At The New York Writers Workshop—Apply

Every writer needs the occasional awakening. This awakening can come as an award, a prize or a scholarship. If you are looking to sharpen your writing skills, then you will be interested in applying for the few scholarships being offered at the New York Writers Workshop. What is the New York Writers Workshop About? The...

22 Writers Selected For The Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop

Writers all over the world have been waiting with bated breaths to see the results of the Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop 2018. Well, the time is here. Can we get the drum rolls please? Just kidding. First, I’d like to say congratulations to all the successful applicants. If you’re a writer who didn’t get...

The University Of Iowa’s IWP is Offering Another Free Online Creative Non-Fiction Course—Enroll

The International Writing Program (the IWP) at the University of Iowa is inviting writers from all over the world to enroll for its latest creative writing course “Stories of Place: Writing and the Natural World”. The last free MOOC was about writing fiction. This time around, participants will learn about the different ways and many...

6 Easy Ways To Teach Creative Writing in Public Charter Schools

Are you a teacher in a public charter school, looking for ways to teach creative writing? This article is about some easy ways ways to teach creative writing in public charter schools. If there is one thing every creative writing teacher agrees on, it is this: there aren’t really any rules for writing. Yes, we...