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How to
Win at Writing Competitions,
Even When You Don't Place
Kory recently
presented the topic "How to Win at
Writing Competitions, Even When You Don't Place" at
The MTSU Writer's Loft.
She's also written a related article, "Contest: Another Word for Opportunity,"
appearing in the Winter 2009 Tennessee Writer newsletter
from the
Tennessee Writers Alliance.
Participate
in Kory's survey on writing competitions:
Part of Kory's lecture
included the results of a recent survey she conducted on writing
competitions. Since she plan to do future lectures and write
an article on this topic, she's keeping the survey open. If
you can take a few minutes and answer ANY or ALL of the
questions - even if you don't usually participate in writing
contests - she'd be very appreciative.
Take the survey now |
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View the presentation slides
(click to open, or right-click to download and save to your computer)
Sample submission kit. Kory based these samples on Percy Shelley's
work because she's always liked "Ozymandias," since studying it in high
school, and because
"Ozymandias"
won a poetry competition back in 1817. Really!
Links you should know:
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Kory's favorite way of
keeping up with contest and publication opportunities is the
Creative Writers Opportunities List at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CRWROPPS-B/
Subscription options are
available so that new postings arrive in your inbox.
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A good article about
identifying quality contests and avoiding scams is the
“Contests and Vanity Anthologies” article at the Science
Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America site at
http://www.sfwa.org/Beware/contests.html
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Wow!
Thank you for conducting that excellent
seminar/workshop. I know much more than I did before,
and my confidence shot up!
- Denis' Ann Thomas, Tennessee
see the website that Denis'
built
after taking a web workshop for writers class from Kory
Check out Kory's
workshop page to learn more
about the lectures and workshops she conducts. |
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