This writing contest is all about book blurbs. The twist? The organizers want blurbs about completely made-up, nonexistent books. So, get creative and enter for a chance to win $500 for your original blurb. Prize: $500 Deadline: September 15, 2020 Word count: 100 words or fewer The Award prize will be given to the best […]
Writing Contest: Can you write a blurb for a hypothetical book?
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Social Distancing: 4 Tips To Keep It Together This Period
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As a writer, your routine probably already includes a lot of distancing from the general public for you to really get into your element and birth art. This means the major difference for you, now, is that staying at home is not fully your choice. And you don’t like being told what to do. Here […]
Get Ready, SprinNg Women Author’s Prize (SWAPng) is coming!
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SprinNG is a Literary movement and Society for the Promotion, Revitalization, and Improvement of New Nigerian Generations in Writing and Literature. … and they are looking for YOU. SprinNG intends to encourage and equip developing Nigerian writers. However, in doing so, through submissions for publications and contests, as well as participation in their writing fellowship, […]
7 Easy Tips For Those Who Want To Write Better
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Properly written content is a regular sales tool. Product descriptions and accompanying texts, letters, posts on social networks … Every entrepreneur every day is faced with the need to use the text. Nevertheless, a good text on a website or a high-quality description of a product is an exception rather than a rule. In this […]
2020 International Booker Prize Longlist Announced
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Today, the judges of the 2020 International Booker Prize revealed the ‘International Booker Dozen’, the 13 novels longlisted for the prestigious award celebrating the finest translated work of fiction from around the world. The prize is awarded every year for a single book that is translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. […]
Call For Submissions For The 2020 Nigeria Prize For Literature, Literary Criticism, and Science
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Entries are hereby invited for The Nigeria Prizes for Literature, Literary Criticism, and Science. The yearly prizes, all sponsored by the Nigeria LNG (NLNG), are renowned for honoring individuals who have made meaningful contributions in the advancement of Literature, Literary Criticism, and Science, respectively, in Nigeria. The Prize for Literature seeks to honor the author […]
Five Things That’ll Spice-up Your Writing
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You’ve finally taken our advice and written something down. Now, you have your complete body of work, but it’s time to edit and you’re feeling all jittery. Don’t be afraid, even long-time writers feel this way, it’s perfectly normal and is one of the burdens of having this godlike power to will things into existence. […]