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Writer’s Guidelines

Writer Advice Contests for 2019-2020

 

In every contest you are guaranteed feedback from an award winning writer, and you have the opportunity to earn a cash prize.

We’re accepting submissions to the Flash Memoir Contest from January 2 through March 2, 2020.

We’re accepting submissions to the Flash Fiction Contest from April 1 through June 1, 2020.

A flash contest for both memoir and fiction, focusing responding to a topic I will post in late June, will run from July 1, 2020 through September 1, 2020.

We’re currently accepting submissions to our increasingly popular Scintillating Starts Contest from October 2 through December 1, 2019.

Click on Latest Contest Guidelines on the home page for prizes, fees, and other details.

Please direct all questions, but not submissions, to Lgood67334 at Comcast dot net. Submissions come through Submittable and the link is in the tan box on the home page. We look forward to reading your work.
 

QUALITY, CLARITY, ORIGINALITY, EPIPHANY

BOOK REVIEWERS:

Query first. 

Only review books you recommend.

  • While balance is good in a review, the ones for Writer Advice should be at least 80% positive.
  • Honor the thought, effort, and creativity of authors.
  • Write about what makes the book appealing, different, unique, and worth the time it takes to read it.
  • Use plot points to illustrate what you say, but do not summarize the plot.
  • Reviews should run only 200-300 words since it is 25% harder to read online.
 
The editor reserves the right to cut your work or ask you to cut it if it is longer.
 
Thank you for sharing your reviews with Writer Advice. You earn a credit for your writing resume, good karma, and a boost to your ego when your work appears in WriterAdvice. 
 
 
What would you like to contribute to Writer Advice? We’d love to hear your ideas.
Please query us. Thanks!

 

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Writer Advice, is a resource for writers. Since 1997, it has grown from an e-mailed research newsletter for writers into an e-zine that invites reader participation. Our quality fiction, memoirs, interviews, reviews, and articles reach readers around the globe.

The primary focus has always been author interviews, and editor B. Lynn Goodwin has had the privilege of corresponding with over 100 well-known and debut authors who have shared their experiences, insights, and inspiration with readers.

We also publish the work of contest winners and volunteer reviewers.
Click on Guidelines to learn more about both. Please contact us if you would like to contribute.

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