Cosmic Shifts as I Age Editor’s Be aware: This can be a Memoir piece written within the First Individual. This type of writing was made well-known by Truman Capote’s true crime novel, In Chilly Blood written in 1966. In keeping with Lee Gutkind, the American creator generally known as the “guru” of this style (“Artistic…
The Miles Morland Basis Writing Scholarship is now receiving functions for its annual scholarship program. The Miles Morland Basis’s goals to help entities in Africa which allow Africans to get their voices heard. They’re notably all for supporting African writing and African literature. Right here’s all you have to know earlier than making use of:…
It’s that point of the 12 months once more! Now in its thirteenth 12 months, The Aké Arts and Guide Competition requires submissions for the 2025 version of the AKÉ Overview. They’re inviting writers and artists to discover the theme, Reclaiming Reality. What AKÉ is on the lookout for: They settle for poetry, fiction, reflections,…
Apply for the 2025–2026 Breakthrough Writing Residency by Literary Cleveland Functions at the moment are open for Literary Cleveland’s 2025–2026 Breakthrough Writing Residency, a year-long, absolutely supported mentorship {and professional} improvement program for rising writers in Better Cleveland/Northeast Ohio. This distinctive residency is good for writers engaged on their first book-length manuscript in fiction,…
Apply Now: 2025 JIAS Artistic Writing Workshop for Rising African Writers The Johannesburg Institute for Superior Research (JIAS) is now accepting functions for its 2025 Artistic Writing Workshop. This six-week, absolutely funded residency is designed for rising African writers working in poetry or brief fiction who’re able to develop new work in a supportive,…
Fast Ideas for Writing Your Character’s Identification – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 159 *** “Get to know the individuals, learn the historical past, speak to the individuals as individuals. However not as topics. You’re not a scientist, you’re a novelist. And being a novelist means entering into the guts and thoughts of…
It was autumn in Sydney, her favorite season when the blue was at its bluest and wrapped the sky in a shiny bundle like a Christmas current ready beneath the tree. She’d at all times wanted to expertise issues relatively than know them. Hannah’s was not a cognitive awakening just like the one she had…
Departmental Lecturer Barney Norris shares a few of his present studying and analysis focuses. I learn a few hundred books a yr; within the final week, Michael Kaiser’s The Artwork of the Turnaround, a memoir that’s additionally a how-to information for revitalising struggling arts organisations, has impressed me; Damian Hannan’s Rural Exodus and Michael McCarthy’s…
Writing Science Fiction for Social Affect – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 158 *** “What would it not seem like if we did care for everybody?” – Beth Barany On this episode of “How To Write the Future” podcast, authors and writing academics, Beth Barany and her husband Ezra Barany, discover how speculative…
Let’s welcome again Iman Llompart as she shares with us “A Novice Author’s Battle: Why Writing Isn’t Meant to Be Straightforward” Get pleasure from! *** Drowning in Data, But Nonetheless Anxious I’ve attended and watched numerous writing workshops and courses: Present vs. Inform, The best way to Get Out of Your Personal Method, 5 Steps…