Writer's Digest Fiction Contest!

The 7th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition is accepting entries! We're looking for fiction that's bold, brilliant ... but brief. Send us your best in 1,500 words or less. But don't be too long about it—the deadline is December 1, 2006.

The Grand-Prize winner will receive $3,000 (that's $2—or more—per word). For guidelines, prizes and to enter online, click here.
http://www.writersdigest.com/contests/shortshort/

I entered this contest last month. Can't wait to find out the results.

I'm working on submitting a story...my first...gosh, this is exciting and uh...confusing.

Good luck Dee ! Welcome to the fingernail biting, hair twining, jaw grinding writing contestant world.
Hey it's fun!

Hannelore,
Thanks! It's exciting really...I'm half finished with my story...I've learned writing isn't something you force...it has to come naturally. Some days I'm into writing, others I'm not. I hope the final half comes before the contest deadline...LOL.

Has anyone ordered the Writer's Digest? Is it worth subscribing to?

I get two writing magazines. The Writer's Digest http://www.writersdigest.com/ and The Writer http://www.writermag.com/wrt/

I enjoy both of them.

If I were going to subscribe to one, it would be Writer's Digest. I use to get it, but found I never had the time to read it from cover to cover and that was frustrating. So ...

I have a stack of Writers Digest magazines a mile high since 1995. I still haven't read them cover to cover. Hey JJ they can clone sheep and cows and heaven knows what else, how about us so we have someone to read these magazines we get??? HUMMMM, just thought of something off the subject, clone, yea clone us each our own Sam Elliott...oh be still my heart!

When you write I feel your joy,pain,and happiness.
Sister Dee this is sister Debra.....write, write, write....
When you write from your heart even when your afraid to put down your thoughts... that's some of the best writing.....I love you....I must go.. wow ms "confused" has to answer to some might fine folks....wow! I saw this and had to respond cause you my sis...

I'm working on something to enter into the contest. Halfway there...now waiting for the rest to strike me while I'm awake at 2 a.m. I love you, too, Debra. Thanks for the sweet words...you're just trying to make up for when you pestered the life out of me when we were little kids...LOL. Actually, I think it was the other way around...I pestered the lift out of you.

who me?

I don't know where this should go but here is a poem...yeaps here goes....

PORCHLIGHT
by
Debra Vowell

She waited
for his return
sometimes... hours
in a place they called home
I had a home...
like that...
once...

MY SOMEPLACE
by
Debra Vowell

I never wanted to be
someplace else
when I was with you
You were
my someplace....

A WISH
by
Debra Vowell

If I had
one wish...
It would be
to be the me...
I'm afraid
to be...

Discipline
by
Debra Vowell

These are things I must do
Exercise...
Eat right...
Get plenty of sleep...
And never go down the street
where I use to live...

ooops I think I posted my poems in the wrong forum.....

No problem Debra, they are worth reading in any thread. You could however put them all in one posting if you want to and it might be easier. I said it before and will again, "deep, very deep."

Debra, thanks for posting your poems. You say so much in just a few words.
Hannelore

She does say a lot in few words...I love her poems...

I can see why...they do speak to one...don't they? Very well done, Debra!

Debra, you should see the topics in the Our Voices section of BWS, then submit.

okay...thank you for your advice...I'm in the middle of "The Gift Of Love" my birthday was the second of november and my sister Dee sent me pictures of our lives when we were babies our homes.....oh I'm in such shock...filled with love for our lifes we now have "together".....I'll try and write more and say thank you for your help...my sister Dee has completely kept me in tears of joy...oh I love her!