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New Literary Awards From EWR
We have finally decided to formalize our short and minute fiction awards. Here is a new schedule of these awards. If you want to enter our contests, it’s free.
Christmas Poem Contest
Welcome to our Christmas Poem Haiku contest. We are looking for the best Haiku about Christmas. It can snowmen in it too, but it must be Christmasy. So you know the Haiku form. 5, 7, 5 is what we are looking for, it doesn’t have to get anymore completed than than. Winner of this contest…
Poetry Discussion: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Ok, I really enjoyed discussion on poetry here at EWR. I’m always looking to talk about poetry anyway. You probably know, if you talk about poems at all, not a lot of people are crazy about having this discussion.
We will build you a website!
We Will Build your author platform A author’s platform on the web is simply a base of electronic operations for an author where they can build an audience and a following even before their book goes on sale. I have seen a ton of sites out there telling you how to build an author platform….
The 50 Word O’Henry Contest
Announcing James Dillingham Young Award: We love the 50 Word Horror Contest because the stories always turn out so wonderful. They have great plots, creepy character, monsters, things that make you want to read them.
Interview with Kris Kringle
Last week, a few days before Thanksgiving, I was able to sit down in a clean well lighted cafe with Mr. Kris Kringle. We met in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Kringle was kind enough to take time away from his busy schedule
Simple New Ways for Writers to Make Money!
So I’ve been having conversations with writers in the real world and on twitter about the difficulties of making money from literary writing.
Interview with Stephen Dunn
Stephen Dunn is the author of 14 collections of poetry and the winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for his work Different Hours. He is the recipient of many awards including the James Wright Prize
Walt Whitman on the Significance of Edgar Allan Poe
n diagnosing this disease called humanity—to assume for the nonce what seems a chief mood of the personality and writings of my subject
Interview with Mark Twain
This interview is from Hartford Daily Courant from May 30th 1888. Twain would have been 53 years old. He had just finished a new book. SHERIDAN’S MEMOIRS. Mark Twain Has the Book in the Works – The General Completed the Story Two Weeks Ago. AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW. A reporter for THE COURANT found Mark Twain…
Winners of the Horror Contest 2016
The winners of our 50 Word Horror Story Contest were as follows. We had a lot of great entries, but these stood out to us. These winners will be contacted this week. We had a lot of fun this year with all our contests and just want to say thank you for taking part! 1st…
50 Word Horror Story Contest 2016
The only thing that comes close to winning our Horror Story contest, or the EWR: Horror Story Award is winning our 50 Word Horror Contest. Winner takes home $1000
2016 Horror Story Contest (1000 words)!
First place gets the full promo package. Second and third place get lesser but still valuable promotions. No entry fee. We will publish stories along the way.
