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5 Tips on Holding Attention in a Short-Story { Step by Step Guide + Examples}

Many budding short story writers struggle with holding-attention in a short-story. Writing a short story seems like an easier form of prose than writing a full-length novel. Writers who do not have the passion to write full-length novels may find ways to express their creativity through short stories. However, just as novel writing has its...

How To Write A Story Like A Literary Great (Story Writing Tips + Examples)

Budding writers often wonder how to write a story. Not just a story, but a good story that everyone remembers and recommends. The world is full of stories, so you have to work hard at yours to make it outstanding. So if you often wonder how to create a story, you have come to the...

The Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize is Open for Submissions (Prize: £5,000)

The Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize 2024 is open for fiction, non-fiction and non-academic essays.   Alpine Fellowship is a charitable foundation that supports, commissions and showcases artists, writers, academics and playwrights. They are committed to discovering emerging talent, to disseminating new ideas and to sharing thoughts about art, literature and philosophy. Through their five prizes,...

F(r)iction 2023 Writing Contest / Call for Submission ($1600 + Publication)

  F(r)iction Writing Contest is for a literary anthology carefully curated to evaluate an important cultural topic from vastly different perspectives. From historical origins and nonfiction essays to the wildest reaches of fiction, poetry, comics, and art, each issue inspires this literary site to think differently. For its 2023 Writing contest, F(r)iction encourages all form...

Longreads Pitch Submission (Payment $500, $350)

Longreads is currently accepting submissions of drafts and pitches for reported and personal essays. Longreads is dedicated to publishing and sharing the best longform nonfiction storytelling on the web. This Longreads Pitch Submission is only for original nonfiction works. You need to be an eloquent writer to submit to Longreads. Guidelines for Longreads Pitch Submission They...