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The 2020 K & L Prize/ How to Submit (Prizes: 1000 New Zealand Dollars + more)

Submissions are now being received for the K & L Prize. The prize was founded and is sponsored by the New Zealand based writer, Myles Ojabo, and is worth $1000. The prize is given yearly for the best piece of unpublished short fiction by an African writer. This year, the theme for the prize is...

ON WRITING: IS (BORING) ‘SAID’ THE BEST OPTION EVERY TIME IN YOUR SPEECH TAG?

I am not with the writers who argue for said as the best choice, no matter what. I believe there are instances where the inconspicuous, boring said does not do justice to writing. And too much of it where it could be replaced with something stronger is a weakness in writing–like putting too much water...

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