Tag: Creative Writing
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Flash Fiction Contest! Submissions open…
Flex those writing muscles and have a little storytelling fun! Write a piece of flash fiction (up to 1500 words) based on the following image: Contest Guidelines: Submit your story as a Word document or PDF attachment to Questions@BernetaHaynes.com for a chance to have it featured in Waking Writer. In the body of the email,…
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Privacy in Sci-Fi, Historical Fiction Surging, and more…
Science Fiction’s Preoccupation With Privacy (The Atlantic) Two recent literary science-fiction novels, Pola Oloixarac’s Dark Constellations and Namwali Serpell’s, add the increasingly radical concept of privacy to Le Guin’s list. Oloixarac is Argentine and Serpell is Zambian, and both set their novel in their country of origin, creating post-colonial futures in which surveillance poses disturbing…
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Kirby Michael Wright, author of The Queen of Moloka’i
When did you first consider yourself a writer? I didn’t think of myself as a writer until I swept the awards at San Francisco State University. I was denied admission into the MFA Program before this unprecedented achievement, with the majority of tenured professors voting against me. So, I waltzed into the Creative Writing office…
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Writing Prompt and Contest!
It’s time again to flex your writing muscles and have a little storytelling fun! Write a short story or narrative poem (no more than 500 words) based on the following prompt: Writing Prompt Contest Guidelines: Submit your story or poem as a Word document or PDF attachment no later than Friday, September 28th to Questions@BernetaHaynes.com for a chance to have…
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Literature Changing Perceptions of Africa, Creative Writing Snobs, and more…
Let’s silence the creative writing course snobs (The Guardian) Writing, like anything – from athletics to nuclear physics – depends on a basic degree of talent, which can be cultivated through training. So let’s stop pretending that devoting a year or two to studying writing in the company of others is anything other than a…
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