Recent Posts Tagged With 'contests'

• Writing Announcements

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 04:45 in contests, books, writing

  25 Best Writing BlogsMaria Schneider at Editor Unleashed collected nominations and votes for the best blogs on writing! Here are the final results for different categories! All of these blogs on writing are helpful no matter your experience and pursu...

• My First Interview, Winners, and The Mom Egg

  Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 04:00 in contests

  Check out WOW! Women on Writing's blog The Muffin for yesterday's interview with me! It's about a story I wrote, titled Elements, that won 3rd place in their Winter writing contest! This is the first time I have been interviewed about my writing, so ...

• June Bug Photo Writing Contest Winner

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 04:00 in contests

  Congratulations Karrie McAllister! You are the first place winner of the third photo-writing June Bug contest for your entry!Please send me your snail mail address and I will send you your prize, a $15 gift card to Starbucks! Thank you for participat...

• June Bug Contest: Day Three

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 04:00 in contests

  This is the final day of the June Bug Contest on my blog! Thank you to everyone who has participated so far.If you are new to this contest, please click here for the introduction. Anyone is welcome to enter the contest!June Bug Contest: Picture This...

• June Bug Contest Winner from Day 1

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 04:00 in contests

  Congratulations Mary Jo (Writers Inspired) and Judy (International Mom)! You are the first winners of the June Bug Contest! It was a tie, so I decided to give you each a gift card from Starbucks!Please look for your $15 Starbucks gift card in the ma...

• June Bug Contest: Day Two

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 04:00 in contests

  Welcome back to Day Two of the June Bug Contest! If you're new to this contest, please click here for the introduction and guidelines.Today's theme: If a Picture Paints a 1,000 words (or maybe just 300) Contest guidelines: View the photo below and w...

• June Bug Contest: Day One

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 04:00 in contests

  IntroductionIt didn't take long for me to learn my daughter's face and its infinite array of emotional displays. In my mind, I may be able to pull up Lincoln's face on the 5 dollar bill or Washington's profile on the quarter just as quickly, but only...

• Toot Toot

  Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 04:00 in contests

  It's time to toot my horn! I've only done this once before in July 2008 for my contest entry titled "A Slip of the Spoon" in Mom Writer's Literary Magazine, but I thought I should do it again since this time it's about WOW! Women on Writing. (MWLM a...

• Announcing Zook Book Nook's June Bug Contest

  Posted on Sunday May 24th, 2009 at 21:35 in contests

  Summer is almost here and nothing sounds better to me than an icy cold mint chocolate chip frappuccino from Starbucks! Or maybe a snow cone with red, white, and raspberry blue stripes.We as bloggers may only be able to share our desires with one ano...

• Hook Up to Hook Us #18

  Posted on Tuesday May 12th, 2009 at 04:00 in contests, writing

  Thank you for stopping by my blog today! Edited to add: It appears my entry will be up tomorrow, so if you'd like to add comments to it please go there Wednesday! Thanks!Would you mind hopping over to The Five Randoms to help me out with a contest I ...

• Upcoming Writing Contests

  Posted on Saturday May 9th, 2009 at 04:28 in contests, literature

  1. The Mom Writer's Literary Magazine recently announced the prompt of their Spring/Summer 2009 First-Line Writing Contest:When I finally had what I'd wanted for so long, my first emotion was . . .To enter this contest, your story must be 700 - 1,200...

• WINNER of VIOLET RAINES ALMOST GOT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

  Posted on Wednesday May 6th, 2009 at 04:40 in contests

  Congratulations Rachel Dillon (RAD - Dot Painter)!The random number generator at RANDOM.ORG selected you as the winner of a free copy of Danette Haworth's book Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning! I sent you an email this morning asking for ...

• Upcoming Writing Contests

  Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 04:12 in contests, writing

  Writing contests can be small or big, simple or challenging, free or expensive, open or prompted, but hopefully they are always an opportunity for a writer to share a story. There are so many contests available to writers that it can be overwhelming ...