Upcoming 2006 Contests
Wednesday November 29, 2006
There are a number of contest deadlines coming up in the next few days...For the end of November, check out the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Short Fiction Competition, the ... Read More
Interview with Heather O'Neill
Monday November 27, 2006
Heather O'Neill's debut novel "Lullabies for Little Criminals" (HarperCollins 2006) tells the story of Baby, a twelve-year-old girl living in Montreal's red light district with her
father, a junky named Jules. ... Read More
Mystery Writer Kate Atkinson on "Weekend Edition"
Monday November 20, 2006
If you missed prize-winning detective novelist Kate Atkinson, author of "One Good Turn," on NPR's "Weekend Edition," it's worth checking out online, particularly for her thoughts on starting a writing ... Read More
Miami Book Fair International
Monday November 13, 2006
Frank McCourt, Thomas Cahill, Edward P. Jones, Richard Ford, and a host of other authors will be in Miami this week for the 23rd Miami Book Fair International. In addition ... Read More
Smink Works Books 2006 Short Story Competition
Sunday November 12, 2006
The publisher of Smink Works Books wrote recently to let me know that they are offering a prize of $100 to a work of short fiction written in accordance with ... Read More
Study Abroad through the University of New Orleans
Saturday November 11, 2006
Looking ahead, for those interested in attending writing seminars in Europe next summer, the University of New Orleans just sent me notice of their annual writing contest. Each year, the ... Read More
Thinking about MFA Programs
Tuesday November 7, 2006
The current issue of Poets & Writers reminded me that deadlines for MFA programs are right around the corner. While MFA programs can offer writers time, community, and increased expertise, ... Read More
Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" on Weekend Edition
Sunday November 5, 2006
At the risk of giving the impression that I spent the entire weekend listening to public radio, I also want to blog a Weekend Edition story that ran this morning ... Read More
Richard Ford on Weekend Edition
Sunday November 5, 2006
If you missed Caitlin Shetterly's interview with Richard Ford that ran this Saturday on NPR's Weekend Edition, check it out online. Shetterly began the interview in 2002 as Ford was ... Read More
Author William Styron Dies at 81
Saturday November 4, 2006
Last Wednesday the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Styron died of pneumonia in a hospital in Martha's Vineyard, where he owned a home. Styron won the Pulitzer for his novel "The ... Read More
National Novel Writing Month Begins
Wednesday November 1, 2006
Today kicks off National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), a yearly event that encourages writers to write an entire novel (50,000 words) during November. Founded in Oakland, CA, NaNoWriMo not only ... Read More