Other Stuff - Morgen Bailey's Writing Blog - Writing Competitions
http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/competitions-calendar/
And for those who may have just joined up with us recently, we've been doing this sort of thing the last few years or so over on the sister site...
Stories Space - Writing Competitions and Calls for Submissions
http://www.storiesspace.com/forum/yaf_topics16_Writing-Competitions-and-Calls-for-Submissions.aspx
And yes, my friends...people actually do win these things, and get money, and get their stories in print, and get their pictures of themselves talking with Oprah plastered on huge billboards along the highway, all across the country...
Alright...maybe not the last one, but people do win contests and get published...two come to mind off the top of my head...Maggie Rascal won a cool $50.00 and publication a few weeks ago, and Archana (not a Lush member btw), won third place in some competition, which included publication in some print journal of another...so yeah, shit does really happen sometimes...and sometimes it's good shit that happens...
Btw, here's my little lesson for today...the secret to winning contests and getting published is...(drum roll, please)...
The secret to getting published and winning contests is...you have to actually enter stuff...
Yes, I know this will shock the crap out of some here...but, believe it or not...writing a story and leaving it on your hard drive will not make you a published author...
I know, life sucks sometimes...anyway, that's the Lesson of the Day my friends...you can now go back to your normal everyday routine...and have fun while you're at it...
