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In this episode, we are joined by Barbara Kellyn, winner of the Kobo Originals Holiday Rom-Com Writing Contest for her novella, Polar Opposites! Barbara is the author of five novels and two novellas, and has been dubbed by her readers as “the queen of banter.” This was Barbara's first foray into writing contests – and she was delighted to have won! There was so much excitement this episode for the release of Polar Opposites, which is out now – exclusively from Kobo Originals! We spoke to Barbara about starting her writing career in her late thirties, her inspiration for entering the contest, and her writing process behind Polar Opposites We also hear about how she crafts her characters, and learn more about the polar bear capital of the world, the setting of Polar Opposites, and much more! We also hear from Jessica Khadoo, whose recent live Q&A with us illuminated our audience to all things Kobo Originals! Jess is the manager of Kobo Originals, Kobo's in-house publisher of original content. We had a great conversation with Jess about all things Originals, so if you're interested in learning more (and perhaps working with the team), don't miss out. For more, check out Barbara's website and follow Barbara on Instagram and Threads.

Entries are now open for the Newfoundland and Labrador Creative Non-Fiction Writing Contest, a collaboration between the Newfoundland Quarterly literary magazine and Writers NL. We spoke with Joan Sullivan, editor of the Newfoundland Quarterly.

In this episode, we're discussing book awards and how authors can earn their accolades. As an awards judge for three book award programs, Jennia D'Lima will share her behind-the-scenes knowledge of how winners are selected and how to stand out to judges. Show notes and transcript Check out Tanya's book, Ideas, Influence, and Income Submit your book or book idea to Greenleaf

A Western Newfoundland girl continues to be remembered for her creativity more than twenty years after she passed away. Heather Huxter died in a car accident in the fall of 2000, at the age of 9. Huxter was a French Immersion student, and she LOVED to write stories. In 2001, the Canadian Parents for French organization in this province started what has become a province-wide contest in memory of Heather. Elaine Huxter is her mother, and Gaston Letourneau is programs and development manager with Canadian Parents for French NL.

Insider tips from a writing contest organiser and judge. We talk about what judges look out for, entry red flags, and common cliches judges are used to seeing in manuscripts. November Brown of @writesofnovember joins me for a lovely, productive chat!Enter November's writing contest here: https://www.writesofnovember.com/first-page-frenzyGet the Character Workbook here: https://schoolofplot.com/collections/workbooks

Our Times Opinion colleagues recently launched a new podcast called “The Opinions.” It's basically the Opinion page in audio form, so you can hear your favorite Times Opinion columnists and contributing writers in one place, in their own voices.It's an eclectic and surprising mix of perspectives, as you'll see with these two segments we've selected for you to enjoy. The first is with the Times Opinion columnist (and friend of the pod) David French, a lifelong conservative who's staunchly pro-life, on why he's voting for Kamala Harris this November, and the second is with the novelist Curtis Sittenfeld, who enters into a writing competition of sorts against a new writer on the block — ChatGPT.Mentioned:“David French on the Pro-Life Case for Kamala Harris”“Can You Tell Which Short Story ChatGPT Wrote?”You can subscribe to “The Opinions” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio — or wherever you listen to podcasts.

L. Ron Hubbard created the Writers of the Future Writing Contest in 1983 to provide "a means for new and budding writers to have a chance for their creative efforts to be seen and acknowledged." The 559 winners and published finalists of the Writing Contest have published over 8,000 novels and short stories, created 36 New York Times bestselling novels, and their works have sold over 60 million copies. Selected from a field of thousands of entrants from 180 countries, Volume 40 features winners from eight countries: Canada, China, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK, and the USA, and from Dunedin, New Zealand, illustrator winner Connor Chamberlain, with his illustration of the fantasy story "Da-Ko-Ta."In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to the president of Galaxy Press about the 40th Anniversary volume of Writers of the Future, along with science fiction author Sean Williams and illustrator Connor Chamberlain, about their experiences as winners of the Writers of the Future and Illustrators of the Future contest.

L. Ron Hubbard created the Writers of the Future Writing Contest in 1983 to provide "a means for new and budding writers to have a chance for their creative efforts to be seen and acknowledged." The 559 winners and published finalists of the Writing Contest have published over 8,000 novels and short stories, created 36 New York Times bestselling novels, and their works have sold over 60 million copies. Selected from a field of thousands of entrants from 180 countries, Volume 40 features winners from eight countries: Canada, China, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK, and the USA, and from Dunedin, New Zealand, illustrator winner Connor Chamberlain, with his illustration of the fantasy story "Da-Ko-Ta." In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to the president of Galaxy Press about the 40th Anniversary volume of Writers of the Future, along with science fiction author Sean Williams and illustrator Connor Chamberlain, about their experiences as winners of the Writers of the Future and Illustrators of the Future contest.

Dans cet épisode, je vous propose de découvrir avec moi le parcours de Laureen, 18 ans et originaire du Burundi, qui a gagné le concours d'écritrue Utopia/Dystopia Writing Contest. Elle nous raconte comment elle a découvert le concours, rédigé son texte et ses sensations lorsqu'elle a appris qu'elle avait gagné. Elle nous parle aussi de ses différents projets d'écriture et de son parcours d'autrice.Le lien de l'instagram de Laureen : juste ici.Le lien pour lire les textes gagnants : juste ici.Pour commander mon roman La Vie En Turquoise sur le site de la maison d'édition : juste ici.Lien pour le noter et laisser son avis : BabelioBooknodeVous retrouverez le prochain épisode de Micro Ecriture la semaine prochaine. A chaque épisode, une expérience d'auteurice sera racontée ou bien un sujet qui peut poser problème pour terminer son manuscrit ou bloquer dans l'écriture sera abordé, avec liberté d'expression et bienveillance. N'hésitez pas à soutenir le podcast en laissant 5 étoiles et un avis sur la plateforme où vous l'écoutez.Retrouvez-moi sur instagram  (@gd_elise) ou sur mon site-web.A bientôt !Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Several people have opted in for this new Writing Contest and so I will now reveal to them their assigned story titles based on a Journey song and their AI-generated image which they must use as inspiration for their story. The images are shown below, but will also be emailed to each participant. See detailed Submission Guidelines at the bottom.To download, right-click here and then click SaveJoin the Journey Into Patreon to get extra episodes and personal addresses, plus other extras and rewards.Assigned Images:Sweet and SimpleWhere Were YouDead or AliveKeep On Runnin'Lay It DownOpen ArmsFaithfullyPrecious TimeOpened the DoorSeparate Ways (Worlds Apart)DaydreamI'm Cryin'2024 JOURNEY INTO JOURNEY: ILLUSTRATED EDITION WRITING CONTEST SUBMISSION GUIDELINESCONTEST TIMELINE:You will be assigned a story title and AI-generated image based upon a song title from the band Journey. This will be the basis and inspiration for your story. You will receive this assignment via email, and on a podcast episode on August 9th.You must submit your new original story by 12:00:00 AM Mountain Time on December 1, 2024Winners will be announced on the show and by email before January 1, 2025The 1st place story will be produced for audio publication on the podcast in 2025.WORD COUNT: No word limit, but judges may tire while reading an overlong story.STORY REQUIREMENTS AND PREFERENCES:The story must be titled as assigned and be based on the AI-generated image you are given.Please write an original story based on inspiration from the assigned title and image. There is no way for me to enforce this, but the spirit of this contest is to provide a prompt for a new story.Preference for speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and various combinations and sub-genre.Remember the 1st place winning story (possibly more) will be produced for the podcast, so we will be looking for stories that "work well in audio."CONTEST RESTRICTIONS: Please no splatter horror, grimdark, or explicit sexual content. Also please avoid coarse profanity.WHO WILL DECIDE THE WINNERS: A panel of volunteer judges.PRIZES: 1st Prize: $20, 2nd Prize: $15, 3rd Prize: $5.  1st place story will be produced as a full cast audio production for the podcast.WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS: Email submissions to journeyintopodcast@gmail.comSUBMISSION FORMAT:  The subject line must contain the prefix of "2024 CONTEST:" followed by the title of your story.  The body of the email should be the text of your story.

Comme ça s'organise, un concours d'écriture ? Dans cet épisode, je vous propose de découvrir avec moi le parcours de Jeanne et Lisa, deux étudiantes qui ont organisé un concours d'écriture, en anglais, avec des thèmes forts et impactants. Elles reviennent avec moi sur l'origine du concours, les thèmes, la communication autour, les lots et le choix des gagnant.e.s.On les encourage pour refaire une édition en 2025 ? Le lien de l'instagram du concours : juste ici.Le lien pour lire les textes gagnants : juste ici.Pour commander mon roman La Vie En Turquoise sur le site de ma maison d'édition : juste ici.Lien pour le noter et laisser son avis : BabelioBooknodeVous retrouverez le prochain épisode de Micro Ecriture la semaine prochaine. A chaque épisode, une expérience d'auteurice sera racontée ou bien un sujet qui peut poser problème pour terminer son manuscrit ou bloquer dans l'écriture sera abordé, avec liberté d'expression et bienveillance. N'hésitez pas à soutenir le podcast en laissant 5 étoiles et un avis sur la plateforme où vous l'écoutez.Retrouvez-moi sur instagram  (@gd_elise) ou sur mon site-web.A bientôt !Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Let me know if you would like to enter the Journey Into Journey: Illustrated Edition Writing Contest, where you will be assigned a Journey song title to use as your story title, AND an AI-generated image upon which to base your story on.  There will be small cash prizes for the top three winners. Also the 1st place winner will be guaranteed to have their story produced for the show.  More details below...To download, right-click here and then click SaveJoin the Journey Into Patreon to get extra episodes and personal addresses, plus other extras and rewards.2024 JOURNEY INTO JOURNEY: ILLUSTRATED EDITION WRITING CONTEST SUBMISSION GUIDELINESCONTEST TIMELINE:You will be assigned a story title and AI-generated image based upon a song title from the band Journey. This will be the basis and inspiration for your story. You will receive this assignment via email, and on a podcast episode on August 9th.You must submit your new original story by 12:00:00 AM Mountain Time on December 1, 2024Winners will be announced on the show and by email before January 1, 2025The 1st place story will be produced for audio publication on the podcast in 2025.WORD COUNT: No word limit, but judges may tire while reading an overlong story.STORY REQUIREMENTS AND PREFERENCES:The story must contain the title as assigned and be based on the AI-generated image you are given.Please write an original story based on inspiration from the assigned title and image. There is no way for me to enforce this, but the spirit of this contest is to provide a prompt for a new story.Preference for speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and various combinations and sub-genre.Remember the 1st place winning story (possibly more) will be produced for the podcast, so we will be looking for stories that "work well in audio."CONTEST RESTRICTIONS: Please no splatter horror, grimdark, or explicit sexual content. Also please avoid coarse profanity.WHO WILL DECIDE THE WINNERS: A panel of volunteer judges.PRIZES: 1st Prize: $20, 2nd Prize: $15, 3rd Prize: $5.  1st place story will be produced as a full cast audio production for the podcast.WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS: Email submissions to journeyintopodcast@gmail.comSUBMISSION FORMAT:  The subject line must contain the prefix of "2024 CONTEST:" followed by the title of your story.  The body of the email should be the text of your story.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes; author and Writers of the Future winner, Mr. Lazarus Black! Lazarus Black is an American author of genre fiction living under the shadow of a Pacific Northwest volcano with three Goddesses, his wife and two daughters. “Psychic Poker” is Lazarus's first sale, but hardly his last. It juxtaposes poker, the synthesis of probability and human behavior, with psychic powers, the solution to both probability and the chaos of free will. What if every player is psychic? What if no player has an advantage? What if their lives are at stake? But the strength of the story is in the reluctant main character: Tyson Young, a middle-aged Aussie with an acute wit.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Director of the  Writers of the Future Contest; Joni Labaqui! Joni Labaqui has been the Director of the Writers of the Future Contest since 1995 and is also proud to have been present at Author Services when L. Ron Hubbard launched the Contest in the early 1980s, working with every Coordinating Judge - of both Contests ever since.   

On episode 6 of Season 3 of our podcast Talk in the Town, we spoke to R. Gyaneshwar Singh and H S Dharmendra, core members of the Ramsons Kala Pratishtana (RKP), Mysuru. RKP is a non-profit organization which supports the conservation of indigenous craft traditions such as paintings, dolls, and indoor games in and around Karnataka.H S Dharmendra is an art historian and curator. He is the Head of Research at RKP, where he designs artifacts, dolls, traditional game boards, and leads research on traditional crafts of Mysuru.R G Singh is a prominent art collector and cultural revivalist. He is the Honorary Secretary of RKP, and has been instrumental in reviving traditional Indian arts, organizing iconic exhibitions like Bombe Mane and Kreedaa Kaushalya.Since 2000, Mr. Singh and Mr. Dharmendra, along with Dr. Dileep K.C.R. Gowda, together have researched traditional Indian board games, teaching them to thousands through workshops.

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Rosanna Staffa is an Italian-born playwright and author.  Her debut novel, The War Ends At Four, is a beautifully rendered tale about an Italian acupuncturist in Minneapolis who returns home to Milan and rediscovers all that she left behind, who she is, and what her life is really about. I've read The War Ends at Four and found it to be a moving and poignant personal story about a woman trying to find herself.  I highly recommend it to you. Rosanna's work has been featured in Gargoyle Magazine, the Brevity Nonfiction Blog, The Sun Magazine, The Examined Life Journal, and JuxtaProse. Her essay, Holy, is a prize winner in the TSR Review and nominated for the 2022 Notable in Best American Essays. Other writing can be found in the Best Small Fictions Anthology 2021. She received an Honorable Mention for The Tiferet Journal's 2019 Writing Contest. She's also a Short Story Finalist for The Masters Review Anthology, the 47th New Millennium Writing Awards, and a Pushcart Prize nominee. Rosanna's plays, which have been seen on stages in Tokyo, New York, Seattle, and other cities, include: The Biggest Little House and The Innocence of Ghosts which was staged Off-Broadway in New York and filmed for inclusion in the Lincoln Center Theatre on Film Library. Rosanna also happens to be a licensed Acupuncturist from the California Acupuncture College in L.A. and The Zhejiang College of Acupuncture in Hangzhou, China. www.rosannastaffa.comRosanna's plays are published by Heinemann and Smith & Kraus. 

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Algernon invites Brother Michael to come help debunk a séance that his widowed mother insists will help her reach beyond the veil of death. To download, right-click here and then click SaveJoin the Journey Into Patreon to get extra episodes and personal addresses, plus other extras and rewards.Barry Haworth works as a data scientist with the Australian Taxation Office, which is more interesting than you might think.  Barry lives in Brisbane, Australia with his wife Sylvia, his three unmarried children, their five cats and one dog.  Barry's married daughter has just made him a grandfather.  Outside of work and family, Barry's hobby is community theatre, where he has performed a variety of roles over the years, including some Shakespeare (Malvolio in Twelfth Night and Prospero in The Tempest), Marley's Ghost and Ebenezer Scrooge in two different version of A Christmas Carol, a few musicals, a murder mystery or two, and a lot of children's theatre with his daughters when they were younger.  Barry is currently rehearsing for a production of Frankenstein, his first ever science fiction play.  Barry has listened to Journey Into for many years and has meant to enter several past writing competitions but only managed to complete something for this latest one.Rish Outfield is a writer, voice actor, and imitator of the late Sean Connery.  He's a fan of the Star Wars Trilogy, Eighties music, and those horror movies your mother insisted you not watch for fear of what they'd do to you (turns out she was right about that one).  He's the former co-host of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine podcast, and his own show, the Rish Outcast.  Story Music: "The Chamber", "Symmetry", and " SCP-x2x" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Theme music: Liberator by Man In SpaceTo comment on this or any episode:Send comments and/or recordings to journeyintopodcat@gmail.comTweet us us TwitterPost a comment on Facebook here

Langer is trying to start over  after getting out of Silicon Valley, but accidently gets pulled into a terrorist conspiracy while trying to develop his next web product. To download, right-click here and then click SaveJoin the Journey Into Patreon to get extra episodes and personal addresses, plus other extras and rewards.Cast of characters:Bria Burton as Lee-AnnRish Outfield as ZoltanJosh Roseman as Armin PlutoMarshal Latham as Langer, and the narrator.R.C. Anderson is an amateur writer who would much rather write something original and good, than cliché and great. Although his attempts at “Original & Great” have sometimes yielded success.  While he wishes he could focus on writing more, (‘focus' being the key word), his day job at a microchip fab provides for such luxuries as food, shelter, a backyard tomato garden, and the ability to have writing as a hobby, even if he's too tired to want to do it most days.  He lives in Oregon with two cats (Katie and Bobbie), is considering his alternatives to this, (on states of which to live in, not the cats).More stories by R.C.:BacktalkJourney Into IFCStory Music: "Mesmerizing Galaxy" (and others) by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Theme music: Liberator by Man In SpaceTo comment on this or any episode:Send comments and/or recordings to journeyintopodcat@gmail.comTweet us us TwitterPost a comment on Facebook here 

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Word of the week: SpuriousIn this episode the hosts discuss  writing contests (or writing competitions, depending on which synonym you prefer). From the different types of contests and whether submitting something is worth it, to the red flags that may indicate a poorly conducted contest or even a scam, if you have ever considered entering a writing contest for short stories, poetry, or any other form of fiction, this episode is for you. Join Ash and Karissa for this very non-spurious discussion of writing contests and their value!Don't forget to visit the Scripturient Society WRITING GROUP on Discord to talk about what you've been working on! (https://discord.gg/YAzqwsHH)Skippers jump to 26:58Find us on social media @thescripturientsocietySupport the show

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DRAPER WRITER CAPTURES GRAND PRIZE IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEST, HONORED AT HOLLYWOOD AWARDS EVENT Draper, Utah resident, Barbara Lund, was honored at the L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards Event in Hollywood as the grand winner in the Writers of the Future Contest earning her the Golden Pen Award trophy and a cash prize of $5,000 in addition to having her story, "Sixers," published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 37. The awards event at the Taglyan Complex on October 22nd was a black-tie gala honoring all the winners of Volume 36 and Volume 37 as well as announcing the grand prize writer and illustrator winner from each volume. Barbara's gratitude was expressed in her short but emotional acceptance speech, "Thank you. Thank you to the judges and thank you to my family and thank you to everyone here. I did not expect this because I'm in such a great, great company of amazing writers. So thank you very much!" Ms. Lund's novel Speaker for the People won second place in the science fiction/fantasy category of the 2015 Zebulon contest sponsored by Pikes Peak Writers. (The novel has since been renamed and published as Space, Lies, Syndicate). Since then, she has won three Silver Honorable Mentions and two Honorable Mentions in the Writers of the Future Contest. She has five indie-published novels and dozens of short stories and has been traditionally published in Daily Science Fiction. Add a husband, two kids, a dog, and a martial arts obsession, and she keeps pretty busy. The Contest, one of the most prestigious writing competitions in the world, is currently in its 39th year and is judged by some of the premier names in speculative fiction. The Writers of the Future Contest judges include, Tim Powers (author of On Stranger Tides), Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert (Dune prequel series), Robert J. Sawyer (Quantum Night), Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn series, Stormlight Archive), Larry Niven (Ringworld), Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game), Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death), David Farland (Runelords), and Katherine Kurtz (Deryni series) to name a few. Illustrators of the Future Contest judges include, Bob Eggleton (11 Chesley Awards and 7 Hugo Awards), Larry Elmore (Dungeons & Dragons book covers), Echo Chernik (graphic designs for major corporations including Celestial Seasons tea packaging), Rob Prior (art for Spawn, Heavy Metal comics and Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Ciruelo (Eragon Coloring Book) Following the 1982 release of his internationally acclaimed bestselling science fiction novel, Battlefield Earth, written in celebration of 50 years as a professional writer, L. Ron Hubbard created the Writers of the Future (writersofthefuture.com) in 1983 to provide a means for aspiring writers of speculative fiction to get that much-needed break. Due to the success of the Writers of the Future Contest, the companion Illustrators of the Future Contest was inaugurated five years later. The intensive mentoring process has proven very successful. The 440 past winners of the Writing Contest have published 1,150 novels and nearly 4,500 short stories. They have produced 32 New York Times bestsellers and their works have sold over 60 million copies. The 370 past winners of the Illustrating Contest have produced over 6,000 illustrations, 360 comic books, graced 624 books and albums with their art and visually contributed to 68 TV shows and 40 major movies.

DRAPER WRITER CAPTURES GRAND PRIZE IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEST, HONORED AT HOLLYWOOD AWARDS EVENT Draper, Utah resident, Barbara Lund, was honored at the L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards Event in Hollywood as the grand winner in the Writers of the Future Contest earning her the Golden Pen Award trophy and a cash prize of $5,000 in addition to having her story, "Sixers," published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 37. The awards event at the Taglyan Complex on October 22nd was a black-tie gala honoring all the winners of Volume 36 and Volume 37 as well as announcing the grand prize writer and illustrator winner from each volume. Barbara's gratitude was expressed in her short but emotional acceptance speech, "Thank you. Thank you to the judges and thank you to my family and thank you to everyone here. I did not expect this because I'm in such a great, great company of amazing writers. So thank you very much!" Ms. Lund's novel Speaker for the People won second place in the science fiction/fantasy category of the 2015 Zebulon contest sponsored by Pikes Peak Writers. (The novel has since been renamed and published as Space, Lies, Syndicate). Since then, she has won three Silver Honorable Mentions and two Honorable Mentions in the Writers of the Future Contest. She has five indie-published novels and dozens of short stories and has been traditionally published in Daily Science Fiction. Add a husband, two kids, a dog, and a martial arts obsession, and she keeps pretty busy. The Contest, one of the most prestigious writing competitions in the world, is currently in its 39th year and is judged by some of the premier names in speculative fiction. The Writers of the Future Contest judges include, Tim Powers (author of On Stranger Tides), Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert (Dune prequel series), Robert J. Sawyer (Quantum Night), Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn series, Stormlight Archive), Larry Niven (Ringworld), Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game), Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death), David Farland (Runelords), and Katherine Kurtz (Deryni series) to name a few. Illustrators of the Future Contest judges include, Bob Eggleton (11 Chesley Awards and 7 Hugo Awards), Larry Elmore (Dungeons & Dragons book covers), Echo Chernik (graphic designs for major corporations including Celestial Seasons tea packaging), Rob Prior (art for Spawn, Heavy Metal comics and Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Ciruelo (Eragon Coloring Book) Following the 1982 release of his internationally acclaimed bestselling science fiction novel, Battlefield Earth, written in celebration of 50 years as a professional writer, L. Ron Hubbard created the Writers of the Future (writersofthefuture.com) in 1983 to provide a means for aspiring writers of speculative fiction to get that much-needed break. Due to the success of the Writers of the Future Contest, the companion Illustrators of the Future Contest was inaugurated five years later. The intensive mentoring process has proven very successful. The 440 past winners of the Writing Contest have published 1,150 novels and nearly 4,500 short stories. They have produced 32 New York Times bestsellers and their works have sold over 60 million copies. The 370 past winners of the Illustrating Contest have produced over 6,000 illustrations, 360 comic books, graced 624 books and albums with their art and visually contributed to 68 TV shows and 40 major movies.

Garrett McClaren picks up an old banjo in an alley after watching the murder of who he thinks was its previous owner.  Despite that, he feels compelled to learn how to play it and discovers not is all as it seems. To download, right-click here and then click SaveJoin the Journey Into Patreon to get extra episodes and personal addresses, plus other extras and rewards.Cast of characters:Dave Thompson as Garret McClarenRish Outfield as Kyvin GrandineKeith Teklits as Brad KramerRenee Chambliss as Belva StoneBria Burton as LaTonya ErinsenBig Anklevich as Cal HicksonGino Morretto as the Columbia Records executiveMarshal Latham as the narrator, and assorted voicesRish Outfield is a writer, voice actor, and imitator of the late Sean Connery.  He's a fan of the Star Wars Trilogy, Eighties music, and those horror movies your mother insisted you not watch for fear of what they'd do to you (turns out she was right about that one).  He's the former co-host of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine podcast, and his own show, the Rish Outcast.  Born with an oddly-shaped birthmark and a lack of the vital section of the brain that produces ambition, he could still live a somewhat-full life, if only he'd get up and do something once in a w--oh no, he's gone to sleep again.More stories by Rish:Rish's other Journeys and Delusions Rish on Amazon Rish on Audible Theme music: Liberator by Man In SpaceTo comment on this or any episode:Leave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to journeyintopodcat@gmail.comTweet us us TwitterPost a comment on Facebook here

Today on One Life Radio, we welcomed Diane Gottlieb on the air for the first time to hear about her inspiration and the importance of Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness. Diane is an MSW, or Master of Social Work, MEd, Master of Education and a MFA, Master of Fine Arts and is the editor of the book Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness. Her writing appears in 2023 Best Microfiction, River Teeth, HuffPost, SmokeLong Quarterly, Hippocampus Magazine, The Rumpus, Chicago Review of Books, About Place Journal, and 100 Word Stories among many other journals and anthologies. She is the winner of Tiferet Journal's 2021 Writing Contest in the nonfiction category and on the 2023 Wigleaf Top 50 longlist. Diane is the Prose/CNF Editor of Emerge Literary Journal and the founder and author of WomanPause, a newsletter dedicated to lifting the voices of women over 50. To get more information about Diane Gottlieb and her work on Awakenings please visit dianegottlieb.com!Thank you to our sponsors!Enviromedica – Rewild your gut with spore-based probiotics and wild-harvested prebiotics designed to support a healthy and diverse microbiome.Cardio Miracle - A comprehensive heart and health supplement utilizing over 50 ingredients. Visit cardiomiracle.com today for an automatic 15% OFF your order! Children's Health Defense - Listen every Monday as we cover the top stories from the CHD‘s Defender NewsletterSunwarrior - Use the code OLR for 20% off your purchase!Well Being Journal - For nutritional, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health.Thorne - Get 20% off your order and free shipping!

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: AI Fables Writing Contest Winners!, published by Daystar Eld on November 6, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Hello everyone! The submissions have all been read, and it's time to announce the winners of the recent AI Fables Writing Contest ! Depending on how you count things, we had between 33-40 submissions over the course of about two months, which was a happy surprise. More than just the count, we also got submissions from a range of authors, from people new to writing fiction to those who do so regularly, new to writing about AI or very familiar with it, and every mix of both. The writing retreat in September was also quite productive, with about 21 more short stories and scripts written by the participants, many of which will hopefully be publicly available at some point. We plan to work on creating an anthology of some selected stories from it, and with permission, others we've been impressed by. With all that said, onto the contest winners! Prize Winners $1,500 First Place: The King and the Golem by Richard Ngo This story explores the notion of "trust," whether in people, tools, or beliefs, and how fundamentally difficult it is to make "trustworthiness" something we can feel justified about or verify. It also subtly highlights the way in which, at the end of the day, there are also consequences to not trusting anything at all. $1,000 Second Place: The Oracle and the Agent by Alexander Wales We really appreciated how this story showed the way better-than-human decision making can be so easy to defer to, and how despite those decisions individually still being reasonable and net-positive, small mistakes and inconsistencies in policy can lead to calamitous ends. (This story is not yet publicly available, but it will be linked to if it becomes so) $500 Third Place: The Tale of the Lion and the Boy + Mirror, Mirror by dr_s These two roughly tied for third place, which made it convenient that they were written by the same person! The first is an eloquent analogy for the gap between intelligence capabilities and illusion of transparency by reexamining traditional human-raised-by-animals tales. The second was a fun twist on a classic via exploration of interpretability errors. As a bonus, we particularly enjoyed the way both were new takes on old and identifiable fables. Honorable Mentions There were a lot more stories that I'd like to mention here for being either close to a winner, or just presenting things in an interesting way. I've decided to pick just three of them: The Lion, The Dove, The Monkey, and the Bees by Jérémy Andréoletti A fun poem about the way various strategies can scale in exponentially different ways despite ineffectual first appearances. A Tale of the Four Ns (Neural Networks, Nature, and Nurture) by Anoushka Sharp An illustrated, rhyming fable about Artificial Intelligence that demonstrates a number of the fundamental parts of AI, as well as the difficulties inherent to interpretability. This is What Kills Us by Jamie Wahls and Arthur Frost A series of short, witty scripts about a number of ways AI in the near future might go from charming and useful tools to accidentally ending the world. Not publicly available yet, though they have since reached out to Rational Animations to turn them into videos ! There are many more stories we enjoyed, from the amusing The Curious Incident Aboard the Calibrius by Ron Fein, to the creepy Lir by Arjun Singh, and we'd like to thank everyone who participated. We hope everyone continues to write and engage with complex, meaningful ideas in their fiction. To everyone else, we hope you enjoyed reading, and would love to hear about any new stories you might write that fits these themes. Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org

Getting in the mood for a night of ghosts, ghouls and goblins. Writers NL has been running a Halloween horror story contest, and tonight the best of those spooky stories hit the floor at the Black Sheep. We spoke with Jen Winsor, Executive Director at Writers NL.

Jeannie brings homeschool pioneer, author, and curriculum producer, Susan Marlow onto the show to discuss creating a love for learning in your children. Susan homeschooled her children back in the early days of the modern homeschool movement, when it was illegal in many states. She now helps her daughter homeschool her grandchildren. She also continues to write delightful historical fiction novels that homeschoolers of all ages love. Jeannie and Susan discuss using historical fiction as a means to teach language arts, culture, and history, how to make learning a joy, and what it was like being a homeschool pioneer, blazing the trail for homeschooling in the 1980s. Susan also shares about her fiction writing course and videos, as well as the writing contests she hosts each year.  About Susan Susan Marlow is a former homeschool mom and the author of the Circle C and Goldtown historical adventures series (36 books). She loves to connect with readers at homeschool conventions and on her Andi Carter's Blog. She enjoys helping young writers learn to improve their writing with her Writing Workshop. In her spare time she is a freelance editor and also helps homeschool her grandchildren. She and her husband, Roger, live on fourteen acres of ponderosa pine at 3,500 feet in north-central Washington state. About Jeannie Jeannie Fulbright, a 24-year veteran homeschooler, is the author of the #1 best-selling, multi award-winning Apologia Young Explorer science series: Exploring Creation with Astronomy, Chemistry and Physics, Botany, Zoology, and Anatomy & Physiology. She is also the author of the action-packed historical time travel book series Rumble Tumbles Through Time, as well as preschool science books and activity kits, the Charlotte Mason Heirloom Planner, and many high-quality Charlotte Mason based products. Jeannie and her husband Jeff became empty nesters in 2019. All four of their children all went to the University of Georgia on scholarship (homeschooling works!). For more than 20 years Jeannie has traveled around the country speaking to homeschoolers at conventions, covering a plethora of topics from Charlotte Mason to marriage and prayer.  Resources Circle C Books Free Resources from Circle C Books Goldtown Books Free Resources from Goldtown Books Andi Carter's Blog Circle C Writing Course Andi Carter's Writing Contest  Circle C Adventures Facebook Group Connect Jeannie Fulbright | Instagram | Facebook | Facebook Group | TikTok | Pinterest | Website Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website Thank you to our sponsors! Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance Tuttle Twins: children's books to help you teach your kids how the world really works Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Homeschool Solutions Show. View full show notes on the blog.

Monsters. Vampires. Ghouls. Spirits. 'Tis the season for the spooktacular. Celebrate by entering our 500 word flash fiction contest. For more information check out www.semisagesofthepages.com or join us on Discord.

It helps to be pretty thick-skinned if you're going to enter contests. But anyone who writes for more than pure personal satisfaction knows that rejection is part of the deal. - Amy Cook The post S46E7 – A Look at Writing Contest Judging appeared first on Writing Roots.

It's important to note that guidelines may vary a little based on who you talk to or what you read, but by following the ones stated… you will make sure your manuscript looks clean, easy to read, and won't get rejected because of sloppy formatting. - Brian A Klems The post S46E5 – Formatting for a Writing Contest appeared first on Writing Roots.

The results are out! Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Stars Are Right one-page scenario-writing contest! The response has been overwhelming and the decision so very hard, but our judges made it. With big thanks again to our patron and sponsor, Drue! We were astounded by the creativity of this great community, and everyone should be super proud of their submissions!   Without further ado, here are the winners:   First place: For King and Country by Michał Pietrzak Second place: Ballad of the Lost Danava by Kevin Kreiner Third place: A Long Day's Night by Sabrina Haenze   Finally, an honourable mention for an outline that didn't quite make the cut but had such a great, creative idea behind it: Extragalactic Tea Time by Michael Fryda.   Thank you all again so much! We hope you all had as much fun writing the scenario outlines as we did reading them! We've contacted the winners to pass on their prizes, and if you want to be kept in the loop when we next do fun things like this, don't forget to follow us on social media or sign up to our email newsletter.     Website | Review us | Buy merch! Discord | Twitter | Mastodon | Facebook | Instagram | Reddit

I always try to use my medium, and if I get into a normal sitcom-writing contest with normal sitcom writers, I'm going to lose. - Dan Harmon The post S46E2 – Finding the Right Writing Contest appeared first on Writing Roots.

Diane Gottlieb champions midlife women while telling her own provocative, riveting stories for publications like River Teeth, HuffPost, and SmokeLong Quarterly. Winner of the Tiferet 2021 Writing Contest and a finalist in SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2022, Diane has three master's degrees and serves as editor of Awakenings: Stories of Body and Consciousness and prose/creative nonfiction editor of Emerge Literary Journal. In this episode of the Make Meaning Podcast, host Lynne Golodner chats with Diane about her passion for writing, her dedication to empowering the voices of midlife women and her journey to becoming known in the literary community.   In this episode, Lynne and Diane discuss:  Creating community Winning writing awards How editing helps your own writing Curating content How writing styles change over time Diane's book projects The power of revision How to know when a piece is finished Social Media Marketing   Links and Resources:  Woman Pause Author Brand Marketing Mastermind ​​Lunch Ticket Literary Journal Christopher P. Locke Scotia Road Books Writing Coaching   Find Diane Gottlieb: Website Facebook  Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Blog   If you enjoyed this episode, you'll like these other Make Meaning Podcast episodes: Episode 137 - Christopher P. Locke - Breathtaking Stories & Essays Episode 127 - Ly Tran - Writing Unapologetically Episode 117 - Steve Wingate - How to Find Your Voice Again and Again Episode 107 - The Hon. Jan Tinetti - How to Eliminate Period Poverty Episode 73 - Jim Reese - Why Teaching Writing in Prisons Helps Everybody  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning writer; Spencer Sekulin! When Spencer Sekulin isn't on the road as a paramedic or studying medicine, he is most likely writing. Born and raised in Ontario, Canada, Spencer fell in love with books at a young age, with authors like Terry Brooks and Eoin Colfer giving him an appetite for speculative fiction. Though he didn't begin writing until university, he quickly discovered that it was just as fun as reading—and the rest is history. His passions include emergency medicine, homemade coffee, travel obscura, and of course, writing.  Writers of the Future is Spencer's first professional sale. “The Children of Desolation” started as a story title with no story, and sat for several years before he stumbled across it again, whereupon several separate ideas happened to click together. “Sometimes stories take us by surprise, and then drag us on rides we didn't expect. In my case, this one started running right away, leaving me to catch up in its dust.” Most of it was written on a covered porch during a torrential downpour. Regarding the story itself, Spencer felt drawn to its protagonist, Tumelo Laska. His burden of heritage, and his moral struggle between doing what is right and putting family before all else, lends well to the sense of desperation of the post-apocalyptic setting. Though the world may end, humans have always loved, lost, and sought redemption—and always will.  Spencer hopes it is a story that conveys the importance of family, the indomitableness of the human spirit, and power of forgiveness. He hopes you enjoy reading it.    Spencer Sekulin. and his winning story will be published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39  which has been on bestseller lists numerous times in recent years.  

We're celebrating so many milestones this month! ​The Stars Are Right podcast's 2 year anniversary! The climactic Cults of Cthulhu finale! Our 100th episode! In celebration, our friend and Avatar patron Drue has generously offered to fund a contest! Write your own 1-page Call of Cthulhu scenario outline for a chance to win our lovely prizes: ​ 3rd place: $10 DrivethruRPG gift card 2nd place: $20 DrivethruRPG gift card 1st place: $25 DrivethruRPG gift card Sponsored publication of the winning scenario!   Find the full rules, prize details and story prompts on our website! https://www.starsareright.com/contest

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Announcing the AI Fables Writing Contest!, published by Daystar Eld on July 12, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. TL;DR: Writing Contest for AI Fables Deadline: Sept 1 Prizes: $1500/1000/500, consideration for writing retreat Word length:

AMHERST AUTHOR WINS INTERNATIONAL WRITERS CONTEST Featured in New Release Amherst, Massachusetts author Marianne Xenos is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest and was honored, via remote video, along with eleven other winning writers and twelve winning artists at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, California on April 28th. Her story, "Moonlight and Funk," is illustrated by April Solomon of Laguna Beach, California who is herself a winner of the Illustrators of the Future Contest. The story and illustration along with the other writers' and illustrators' stories and art are published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39 which was officially released on May 16th. Marianne Xenos is a writer and visual artist living in western Massachusetts. She works with mixed-media, photography, and fiction. She's a member of an artist-run gallery and creates artwork with a strong sense of fantasy and narrative. Although she's been writing since she first learned to read, Marianne only began sending out her stories for publication in the past year and a half. Marianne grew up in a blue-collar family outside of Boston. Her childhood was full of immigrants, builders, and working-class heroes-people who inspire the characters in her stories. Her father was a heavy-equipment operator who moved to Key West to look for gold, with only moderate success. He introduced her to treasure hunters, conchs, and deep-sea fishing. Marianne's mother, who never left New England if she could help it, taught her to dance as soon as she could walk--everything from Greek line dances to the cha-cha. In 2021, Marianne published her first short story, and was a finalist for Writers of the Future. The current winning submission which will be published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39 is her first professional sale and the title and story are not revealed at this point in time since they are in contention for the grand prize, the Golden Pen Award and a $5,000 cash prize. The Contest, one of the most prestigious writing and illustrating competitions in the world, is currently in its 40th year and is judged by some of the premier names in speculative fiction. The Writers of the Future Contest judges include, Tim Powers (author of On Stranger Tides), Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert (Dune prequel series), Robert J. Sawyer (Quantum Night), Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn series, The Stormlight Archive), Larry Niven (Ringworld), Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game), Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death), David Farland (Runelords), and Katherine Kurtz (Deryni series) to name a few. The Illustrators of the Future Contest judges include, Bob Eggleton (11 Chesley Awards and 7 Hugo Awards), Larry Elmore (Dungeons & Dragons book covers), Echo Chernik (graphic designs for major corporations including Celestial Following the 1982 release of his internationally acclaimed bestselling science fiction novel, Battlefield Earth, written in celebration of 50 years as a professional writer, L. Ron Hubbard created the Writers of the Future (writersofthefuture.com) in 1983 to provide a means for aspiring writers of speculative fiction to get that much-needed break. Due to the success of the Writers of the Future Contest, the companion Illustrators of the Future Contest was inaugurated five years later. In the 39 years of the Writers of the Future Contest, there have been 547 winners and published finalists. The past winners of the Writing Contest have published 2,000 novels and nearly 6,300 short stories. They have produced 36 New York Times bestsellers, and their works have sold over 60 million copies. In the 34 years of the Illustrators of the Future Contest, there have been 394 winners. The past winners of the Illustrating Contest have produced over 6,800 illustrations, 390 comic books, graced 700 books and albums with their art, and visually contributed to 68 television shows and 40 major movies. The Writers of the Future Award is the genre's most prestigious award of its kind and has now become the largest, most successful, and demonstrably most influential vehicle for budding creative talent in the world of speculative fiction. Since its inception, the Writers and Illustrators of the Future contests have produced 39 anthology volumes (with this event) and awarded upwards of $1 million in cash prizes and royalties. For more information about the Contests, go to www.WritersoftheFuture.com. Democrats are Hiding Joe Biden's Biggest Scandal Ever Here Are the First Photos of the Recovered Titanic Tourist Submersible China created COVID-19 as a 'bioweapon,' Wuhan researcher claims Harvard Astrophysicist's Search For UFO Crash Debris Makes Unique Discovery ‘Steven, I'm Moving On!' Biden Spox Blows Off Reporter Who Asks If Obama Told Biden To Hang It Up At Lunch

News On The Flipside Guest Writers of the Future winner, Jason Palmatier & John Goodwin is here for the podcast awards STATE COLLEGE AUTHOR HONORED AT HOLLYWOOD AWARDS GALA Featured in New Release State College, Pennsylvania author Jason Palmatier is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest and was honored along with eleven other winning writers and twelve winning artists at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, California on April 28th. His story, "Under My Cypresses," is illustrated by Helen Yi of Sarasota, Florida who is herself a winner of the Illustrators of the Future Contest. The story and illustration along with the other writers' and illustrators' stories and art are published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39 which was officially released on May 16th. Jason Palmatier is a stay at home dad who lives in central Pennsylvania with his wife and three sons. A former software developer, he now writes speculative fiction and has been fortunate enough to work on screenplays (the short film “The Hunter”), independent comics (Lords of the Cosmos, Ugli Studios), graphic novels (Plague, Markosia Enterprises Ltd.), short story anthologies (from Zombies Need Brains, LLC.) and full length books. When not writing he enjoys introducing his kids to 1980s culture, encouraging his kids to be creative and watching his kids ignore his advice. The Contest, one of the most prestigious writing and illustrating competitions in the world, is currently in its 40th year and is judged by some of the premier names in speculative fiction. The Writers of the Future Contest judges include, Tim Powers (author of On Stranger Tides), Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert (Dune prequel series), Robert J. Sawyer (Quantum Night), Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn series, The Stormlight Archive), Larry Niven (Ringworld), Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game), Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death), David Farland (Runelords), and Katherine Kurtz (Deryni series) to name a few. The Illustrators of the Future Contest judges include, Bob Eggleton (11 Chesley Awards and 7 Hugo Awards), Larry Elmore (Dungeons & Dragons book covers), Echo Chernik (graphic designs for major corporations including Celestial Seasonings tea packaging), Rob Prior (art for Spawn, Heavy Metal comics and Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Ciruelo (Eragon Coloring Book). Following the 1982 release of his internationally acclaimed bestselling science fiction novel, Battlefield Earth, written in celebration of 50 years as a professional writer, L. Ron Hubbard created the Writers of the Future (writersofthefuture.com) in 1983 to provide a means for aspiring writers of speculative fiction to get that much-needed break. Due to the success of the Writers of the Future Contest, the companion Illustrators of the Future Contest was inaugurated five years later. In the 39 years of the Writers of the Future Contest, there have been 547 winners and published finalists. The past winners of the Writing Contest have published 2,000 novels and nearly 6,300 short stories. They have produced 36 New York Times bestsellers, and their works have sold over 60 million copies. In the 34 years of the Illustrators of the Future Contest, there have been 394 winners. The past winners of the Illustrating Contest have produced over 6,800 illustrations, 390 comic books, graced 700 books and albums with their art, and visually contributed to 68 television shows and 40 major movies. The Writers of the Future Award is the genre's most prestigious award of its kind and has now become the largest, most successful, and demonstrably most influential vehicle for budding creative talent in the world of speculative fiction. Since its inception, the Writers and Illustrators of the Future contests have produced 39 anthology volumes (with this event) and awarded upwards of $1 million in cash prizes and royalties. For more information about the Contests, go to www.WritersoftheFuture.com. Media runs cover for censured Adam Schiff after top Dem used news outlets to promote Russiagate The reason why human remains were never found at the Titanic wreckage Intel community releases declassified info on COVID origins and Wuhan lab Reporters Won't Drop It When Jean-Pierre Won't Talk About Hunter Biden: ‘It's Not Up To You How I Answer'

The results are in!  Who are the winners if the Journey Into 2023 Quordle Quell Writing Contest?To download, right-click here and then click SaveTo comment on this or any episode:Leave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to journeyintopodcat@gmail.comTweet us us TwitterPost a comment on Facebook here

Susan Mackay Smith a.k.a. Mackay Wood, a.k.a. Conan the Grammarian — she has been RMFW's contest chair, critique chair, anthology editor for Broken Links, Mended Lives (with Jeanne C. Stein and Janet Lane), and president. For a decade, she wrote Conan the Grammarian for the Rocky Mountain Writer, the-then monthly newsletter. She won the Jasmine Award in 2009 and was honored as a Guiding Member in 2019.  On the podcast, one of a series of interviews marking the 40th anniversary of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, we talk about Susan's reflections on the long history of the Colorado Gold contest and much, much more. For video versions of this podcast, subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBP81nfbKnDRjs-Nar9LNe20138AiPyP8 Mark Stevens' website: https://www.writermarkstevens.com/ Intro Music by Moby Gratis: https://mobygratis.com/   Outro Music by Dan-o-Songs: https://danosongs.com/

For the 10 and 11 hours great stuff in US News and world news Thousands of Chinese spy balloons are hovering over American universities Earth has warmed in recent decades, but trends over past 4,000 years unclear | Fact check Hundreds of Mystery Structures Found at The Heart of The Milky Way Minnesota Resident Catches Sight of Long 'Cigar' UFO Over House Unearthed Hunter Biden emails with Obama White House slammed by GOP: 'Worse than Watergate' AWARD-WINNING BLACKFOOT WRITER FEATURED IN NEW BOOK RELEASE Honored at Hollywood Award Event HOLLYWOOD - Blackfoot, Idaho writer Brittany Rainsdon was a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest and was honored at the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards Gala in Hollywood, California on April 28th. Her story, "The Last Dying Season," is published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 38. Brittany's story was released last year in Volume 38 but she was unable to attend the awards event due to giving birth to her 5th child. More recently, Volume 38 was awarded the Ben Franklin Award for Best Science Fiction & Fantasy this year by the Independent Book Publishers Association at their conference which was held in San Diego, California on May 5th. Brittany grew up as the only girl in a family with four brothers. She's reversing that trend with her own children—three girls and one boy. In 2009, Brittany graduated with her RN from Brigham Young University-Idaho. She received her BSN in 2010. Brittany has worked in both medical/surgical and rehabilitation specialties, but she currently enjoys work as a stay-at-home-mom. Brittany started writing at a young age, penning poems and stories, and filling an overstuffed nightstand with spiral notebooks, pens, and floppy disks (yes, those were still a thing in 2007). But after entering college, Brittany lost touch with her writing and didn't come back to it for several years. After having her third child in 2015 and needing a creative outlet, her passion for writing reignited. Once she found the Writers of the Future Contest, Brittany has not missed a quarter and has been a Writers of the Future finalist three times. She was a Published Finalist last year entering in the contest her story, “Half-Breed,” appearing in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 37. As a winner this year, her story, "The Last Dying Season," is published in Volume 38. Brittany lives with her husband and children near the Snake River in Idaho, where she swears it looks like a wintered Narnia for nearly half the year. She has many pairs of fuzzy socks. The Contest, one of the most prestigious illustrating competitions in the world, is currently in its 40th year and is judged by some of the premier names in speculative fiction. The Writers of the Future Contest judges include, Tim Powers (author of On Stranger Tides), Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert (Dune prequel series), Robert J. Sawyer (Quantum Night), Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn series, The Stormlight Archive), Larry Niven (Ringworld), Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game), Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death), David Farland (Runelords), and Katherine Kurtz (Deryni series) to name a few. The Illustrators of the Future Contest judges include, Bob Eggleton (11 Chesley Awards and 7 Hugo Awards), Larry Elmore (Dungeons & Dragons book covers), Echo Chernik (graphic designs for major corporations including Celestial Seasonings tea packaging), Rob Prior (art for Spawn, Heavy Metal comics and Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Ciruelo (Eragon Coloring Book). Following the 1982 release of his internationally acclaimed bestselling science fiction novel, Battlefield Earth, written in celebration of 50 years as a professional writer, L. Ron Hubbard created the Writers of the Future (writersofthefuture.com) in 1983 to provide a means for aspiring writers of speculative fiction to get that much-needed break. Due to the success of the Writers of the Future Contest, the companion Illustrators of the Future Contest was inaugurated five years later. In the 39 years of the Writers of the Future Contest, there have been 547 winners and published finalists. The past winners of the Writing Contest have published 2,000 novels and nearly 6,300 short stories. They have produced 36 New York Times bestsellers, and their works have sold over 60 million copies. In the 34 years of the Illustrators of the Future Contest, there have been 394 winners. The past winners of the Illustrating Contest have produced over 6,800 illustrations, 390 comic books, graced 700 books and albums with their art, and visually contributed to 68 television shows and 40 major movies. royalties. For more information about the Contests, go to www.WritersoftheFuture.com

In this episode, Shawn is joined by Stephen James, winner of our post-apocalyptic short story contest from earlier this year. Shawn and Stephen talk about media influences like Fallout and The Road, the writing process itself, Stephen's other works, the upcoming anthology Through the Remains, and yes... even AI. If you're interested in writing for us, check out this post for more info! Be sure to check us out on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PostApocalypticTrendingNewsTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/postapocalyptInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/postapocalypticmedia/Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/postapocalypticmediaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@postapocalypticmedia Want to chat with our community? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/7r7sgweckx Intro by VerticalSprite: http://www.twitch.tv/VerticalSprite Audio and video post-production by Valerie Anne at Morning Owl Media: https://www.morningowlmedia.com/

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Chatting With Sherri welcomes WOTF Published Finalist writer; Rebecca Treasure! Rebecca grew up reading science fiction and fantasy in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. After grad school and two children, she began writing fiction. Rebecca has lived many places, including the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Tokyo, Japan. She currently resides in Texas Hill Country with her husband, where she juggles two children, two corgis, a violin studio, and writing. She only drops the children occasionally. Rebecca discovered Writers of the Future shortly after she began writing fiction. She has entered every quarter since, making lifelong friends as a result. Rebecca's short fiction has been published by or is forthcoming from WordFire Press, Air and Nothingness Press, Flame Tree Publishing, The Dread Machine, and others. She is an associate editor at Apex Book Company and Magazine. “Tsuu, Tsuu, Kasva Suuremasse” came about, as many of Rebecca's stories have, from a synthesis of ideas. Research for her sixth novel, a historical fantasy about Napoleonic magic users, combined with a fascination with the idea of animal magic and beloved memories of an “adopted” grandmother from her childhood. The real Emily lived in a cozy apartment across from Rebecca's family and collected dolls. Rebecca was a Published Finalist in the Writers of the Future contest with her story, "Tsuu, Tsuu, Kasva Suuremasse," and her story is published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 38.   

Literary agent Amanda Luedeke entered a writing contest. Hear about what happened. Amanda Luedeke is literary agent and Vice President at MacGregor & Luedeke, where she has agented since 2009.  Charis Crowe is a marketer and freelancer who spent nearly ten years at the gates of publishing before deciding to launch her own self-publishing career.

Today on our show, we bring you a story by one of Allison's 7th grade students. She spent two months teaching English to 7th and 8th graders at a private school in Miami, and because she's her, she assigned personal essay after personal essay. She learned about their parents, what they eat for dinner, their nannies, grandparents, and favorite sport. They resisted getting personal, the same way Allison did when she started writing.Most people seem to struggle with writing about themselves, getting vulnerable, telling a story that might get them made fun of. But, not Webber. Webber is a kid who draws in class to stay focused. He pays attention and asks questions. When he speaks, his words matter. By the end of the first week of school, Allison had an inkling Webber was brilliant and unique. The Hispanic Heritage Month's Essay Contest was optional for the school but a graded class assignment for Allison's class. The students worked on the 500-word essay in class and those who weren't Hispanic were stumped. Allison told them to write about being stumped. On the day the essay was due, Webber handed in an incredibly mature and well-written essay. A week later, at the culmination of the week's Hispanic heritage celebration, Webber won the competition. Today, we bring you Webber's essay, completely written on his own. Allison did no editing. What's cool about this essay and many essays that are created from a writing prompt, is that Webber played the piano and let his mind wander. On this episode we talk about ways to relax our minds so we can write--either through being quiet, playing a sport, or using another art form. Webber is a 12-year-old student at Ransom Everglades Middle School in Coconut Grove, Florida. His story is called The Bossa Nova.Writing Class Radio is hosted and produced by Allison Langer, Andrea Askowitz, and Zorina Frey. Audio production by Matt Cundill, Evan Surminski, and Aidan Glassey at the Sound Off Media Company. Theme music by Justina Shandler.There's more writing class on our website www.writingclassradio.com including essays to study, editing resources, video classes, writing retreats, and live online classes. Join our writing community.Follow us on Patreon to join our First Draft weekly writers groups. You have the option to join me on Tuesdays 12-1 ET and Zorina Wednesdays 6-7pm ET. You'll write to a prompt and share what you wrote. If you're looking to take your writing to the next level, we have two Second Draft writing groups. Each week, three people bring a finished draft for feedback. Join the community that comes together for instruction, an excuse to write, and most importantly, the support from other writers. To learn more, go to www.Patreon.com/writingclassradio. Or email andrea@writingclassradio.com for a Zoom link. First session is FREE.A new episode will drop every other WEDNESDAY. There's no better way to understand ourselves and each other, than by writing and sharing our stories. Everyone has a story. What's yours?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today on our show we share a story by our own Allison Langer. Her essay is called Writing Class Helped Me Break Down My Fascade. You will hear about the fight hosts Allison and Andrea had that prompted this episode. We'll talk about trying to make money as a writer, revisiting the same theme, and how to win a writing contest. If you think you are the only one writing about the same thing over and over, this episode is for you. See how themes can change over time and how you can win a contest when you least expect it. Writing class is more than just writing and trying to get published. It is about growth, connection, healing and everything in between. Allison Langer is a Miami native, University of Miami MBA, writer, and single mom to three children, ages 12, 15 and 17. She is a podcast producer and host, a private writing coach, taught memoir writing in prison and has been published in The Washington Post, Mutha Magazine, Scary Mommy, Modern Loss, and NextTribe. Allison wrote a novel about wrongful conviction and is actively looking for an agent. Currently, she is teaching middle school English and working on a memoir with her friend and inside student Clifton Jones (2-Tall). Writing Class Radio is hosted and produced by Allison Langer and Andrea Askowitz. Audio production by Matt Cundill, Evan Surminski and Aidan Glassey at the Sound Off Media Company. Theme music by Justina Shandler.There's more writing class on our website including essays to study, editing resources, video classes, writing retreats, and live online classes. Join our writing community by following us on Patreon. For $25/month you can join our First Draft weekly writers groups. (Tuesdays 12-1 ET and/or Wednesdays 6-7pm ET). Write to a prompt and share what you wrote. For $125/mth, you'll get 1st draft and 2nd Draft. Each week three people bring a second draft for feedback and brainstorming. Join the community that comes together for instruction, an excuse to write, and most importantly, the support from other writers. To learn more, go to www.Patreon.com/writingclassradio.A new episode will drop every other Wednesday.There's no better way to understand ourselves and each other, than by writing and sharing our stories. Everyone has a story. What's yours?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.