Nov
9
Submissions opportunities
November 9, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Harpur Palate Award: The Harpur Palate Award for creative nonfiction’s deadline for submissions swiftly approaches. The deadline for this award is Nov. 15 and the winner receives $500. There is a $15 entry fee and you are also more than welcome to submit work to their regular fall submissions period, which also ends Nov. 15. […]
Nov
9
Award-Winning Literary Journalist Visits Ivy Hall
November 9, 2015 | Leave a Comment
How does someone go from graduating with a degree in communication arts—with no connections in the industry—to writing for Atlanta Magazine, the Washington Post, Sports Illustrated (SI) and now CNN? For Thomas Lake, it was perseverance and the willingness to start out working for a small newspaper in Jesup, GA, where he had to “do […]
Nov
5
Short Flights conversation on aphorisms at SCAD MOA
November 5, 2015 | Leave a Comment
In celebration of their new book, “Short Flights: Thirty-Two Modern Writers Share Aphorisms of Insight, Inspiration, and Wit,” Professor James Lough and Alex Stein along with contributing writer and poet, Eric Nelson, conversed and answered questions about aphorisms at the SCAD Museum of Art on Nov. 4 at 5:00 PM. Aphorisms, of course, are just short […]
Nov
4
Found Polaroids: visual writing prompt
November 4, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Found Polaroids is a project that attempts to create stories from old pictures. These photographs have been found, but everything about them has been forgotten. They have no family, no story, no history. Writers can submit stories to go along with these found images and should be flash fiction (250-350 words) about what’s happening in […]
Nov
4
Dickinson House fellowship
November 4, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Dickinson House is a Belgian residence that offers one to six week stays with full room and board. During a person’s stay, they are able to take short workshops about art and writing. They have recently opened their applications for their 2016 season and have two writing fellowships and one art fellowship available to applicants. They […]