Tag: Book Fairs

Oops, I Did It Again: Creative Nonfiction Wants Essays About Mistakes

Creative Nonfiction wants essays featuring, yes, mistakes. Unfortunate or fortuitous, funny or painful, this magazine wants compelling, well-crafted, true and factually accurate stories that delve into human fallibility in all of its facets.

Prizes:
Best essay: $1000.00
Runner up: $ 500.00

Entry Fee: $20 per entry

Deadline: November 1, 2013

For more information, visit their website.

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Getting It Right: The Sport of Kings

The classiest tennis player ever.

“The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.”

Mitch Hedberg

What do sweat, heaving bosoms, and short skirts have in common? No, not that — Indies unlimited is a safe for work site. The quote above should have clued you in to my topic this month for Getting It Right. Tennis is a wonderful sport requiring skill, speed, mental fortitude, and often, the patience of a saint. A character that plays tennis, no matter the skill level, will give the reader clues to their personality. As a pro once told me, “How you are on the court is how you are in life.” Although I don’t agree 100% with that assessment, I’ll accept it for the purpose of this post. Continue reading “Getting It Right: The Sport of Kings”

Favicon, Schmavicon

I damaged my little toe last week. Tiny and insignificant it may be but oh boy does it hurt. Small things are like that, you may not notice them when they’re working fine but when they’re not they can cause all manner of mayhem. Take favicons for example, short for Favourites Icon. You probably hardly notice the effect they have on your browsing behaviour but they’re powerful little chaps.

Take this for example…

or this…

…instant recognition?

You probably know that favicons are to be found in the tabs of your browsing windows. Lin Robinson introduced us to them here. Continue reading “Favicon, Schmavicon”

2013 Rogue Writing Contest

Assent Publishing wants submissions for their 2013 Rogue Writing Contest. All subgenres of horror, suspense, thriller, and apocalyptic fiction accepted. Complete manuscripts only, at novella (40,000 – 50,000) or full-length (70,000-100,000) word counts. All submissions will be judged by Assent Publishing’s acquisitions and imprint editors.

 

Prizes: Grand price receives Assent Publishing contract and assorted goodies.

Entry Fee: None

Deadline: Submissions accepted through October 31, 2013

For more information, visit their website.

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Indies Unlimited is pleased to provide this conference/contest information for the convenience of our readers. We do not, however, endorse this or any contest/competition/conference. Participants should always research a conference/contest prior to attending/submitting.