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New Discussion: New Lit New What?

Posted on April 14, 2016May 20, 2019 by Richard

The question is simple. Today millions more books are being published than in the past. Self-published books are coming online and going into print with the click of a button. Is the quality of lit getting better or worse? Are we seeing literature go in new directions or is it only being driven by one…

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Winners of the Winter 50 Word Story Contest

Posted on April 11, 2016May 8, 2019 by Richard

And the winner of our 50 Winter Word Contest is……

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Winter 50 Word Contest

Posted on March 7, 2016May 28, 2017 by Richard

Welcome to our Winter 50 Word Contest. We run one of these every once in a while. You know how they go. This is a 50 word story contest, and the story can be about anything.

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Mary Walton

Posted on January 23, 2016May 20, 2019 by Mary Walton

Mary Walton Mary Walton is a professional editor and online tutor, currently living in Santa Monica. She lived in Australia for 10 years and gained her degree in creative writing at the University of Melbourne. Her current freelance role allows her to travel around the world and take in different cultures. In her spare time,…

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24 Hours of Horror!

Posted on October 27, 2015May 8, 2019 by Richard

I love movie marathons, and horror movie marathons have to be at the top of my list for favorite things to do on Halloween. This year we got so many horror story

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Contest: The Summer of 75 Words

Posted on July 7, 2015May 29, 2017 by Richard

So the 50 word contest was so much fun we decided to run a new Summer 75 word contest. The contest will run from today, June 1st until August 31, 2015

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2015 50 Word Story Contest

Posted on March 8, 2015March 8, 2015 by Richard

Win $1000 in promotions on our site with 50 simple perfect little words…

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New Every Writer and Winner

Posted on October 30, 2014October 30, 2014 by Richard

What a great Halloween season we’ve had this year. I want to thank everyone for coming to our site and submitting your work. Our readers are no kidding, the best on the web. I checked again tonight and we had close to 600 submissions for our Horror Story Contest t

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Right Now!: Halloween Movie Night With Every Writer

Posted on October 30, 2014October 30, 2014 by Richard

Another Halloween, another awesome movie and a chat with EWR. Yes, we are doing it again. For the last 10 years we’ve watched a horror movie with other writers and chatted.

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Horror Haiku Contest

Posted on October 22, 2014May 29, 2017 by Richard

So we are running the Halloween Horror Story contest over at EWR: Short Stories. We do this every year, and it leaves a sad place in my heart for horror poetry. We always leave it out. We never worry about poetry at Halloween.

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2 Sentences of Horror Game!

Posted on October 22, 2014June 30, 2017 by Richard

This is the 2 Sentences of Horror Challenge game. You have a write a horror story using only 2 sentences. No word limit, just sentences. Please post them in the comments below.

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Every Writer on Issuu

Posted on September 23, 2014May 20, 2019 by Richard

We’ve been reviewing some of the services provided by Issuu, and we are posting a few issues of Every Writer the magazine there. Every Writer is now a quarterly. If you missed our last issue, we have our next issue coming out in October. Please look for it here. If you sign up with our…

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What do Editors Want?

Posted on September 22, 2014September 22, 2014 by Richard

We need your help for an upcoming article here on EWR. We would like to hear from you. We want to know what you look for in submissions. To kick of the process of writing this article, we are asking this poll.

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We will Build a Website for Your Book

Posted on August 13, 2014May 29, 2017 by Richard

We will build a website for your book Have you written a book and want to promote it? A website is key to being successful on the internet. Connecting to your readers, creating a mailing list, connecting your site to social networks and even just putting up a website can have a steep learning curve….

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Our Community

Posted on August 8, 2014October 28, 2017 by Richard

Here are our top 10 reasons to join our boards

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