What is writing voice?

Last week, we invited our readers to share their description of their writing voice to enter our July book giveaway. Click here to learn how you can win a copy of Bree Despain’s The Dark Divine, chocolates and an interview! Simply put, your writing voice is the extra flavor your lend your words to make [...]

July Book Giveaway

Welcome to our July book giveaway! This month, one Inky Fresh reader will win a signed copy of Bree Despain’s The Dark Divine, a few of the best Seattle chocolates, their very own interview on Inky Fresh Press and the option of doing a guest blog post. Inky Fresh Press is undergoing some restructuring and [...]

Contest: Glamour’s ‘My Real-Life Story’

I have a problem. I’m hopelessly addicted to magazines. hopelessly. addicted. I realize they are a huge waste of money compared to buying a real book, and that most are 99% advertisements anyway. I can’t help it. My drugs, er… magazines of choice are as follows: For the pretty, Martha Stewart Weddings. (I started buying [...]

Bananagrams-inspired short story & poetry contest

If you haven’t played Bananagrams, then you are missing out! I was introduced to this Scrabble-like game by a friend, and loved it. So fun! Click here for a description. Some brilliant folks at The Newport Review were inspired by Bananagrams, and decided to create a writing contest that incorporates seven words from a Bananagrams [...]

Giveaway, giveaway, giveaway — who doesn’t love free books?

Since I know that I am no where near as exciting as winning delicious novels, gorgeous posters, and tasty chocolates — I’ll skip right to the important part. The winner of our final giveaway, the person who will take home signed copies of Julia Quinn’s WHAT HAPPENS IN LONDON and Margaret Mallory’s KNIGHT OF PLEASURE [...]

Contest: 3-Day Novel

Can you produce a masterwork of fiction in a mere 72 hours? The International 3-Day Novel Contest is your chance to find out. The contest has run every Labour Day Weekend since 1977 and now attracts writers from all over the world. It’s a thrill, a grind, and an awesome creative experience. How many crazed [...]

Contest: Poetry International

April is National Poetry Month, so this month we’ll be featuring some poetry contests for all of you prose writers out there.    Our first is from Poetry International, a “world class literary magazine based on the campus of San Diego State University which caters to an international community of poets.” Their annual contest awards publication [...]

Contest: The Baltimore Review Creative Nonfiction Competition

Baltimore is the home of great literature and classic writers from Edgar Allan Poe to Frederick Douglass to H.L. Mencken. The Baltimore Review , Charm City’s premier literary journal, seeks to collect the voices of the great writers of today, from Baltimore and beyond. The Baltimore Review is a publication based out of, you guessed [...]

Call for Submission + Contest: Narrative

  Narrative is the leading online publisher of first-rank fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. A nonprofit organization, Narrative is dedicated to advancing the literary arts in the digital age by supporting the finest writing talent and encouraging readership around the world and across generations. Our online library of new literature by celebrated authors and by the [...]

Contest: Arts & Letters Competition

Arts & Letters is a journal produced biannually by the Georgia College and State University MFA program.   The Journal includes short story fiction, poetry, drama and creative non-fiction, as well as a creative mentor interview series and a world translation series.    The Arts & Letters Prizescompetition offers publication and a $1000 (U.S.) Prize for [...]

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