Todays story is ‘That Home-Town Feeling by Edna Ferber wh was born in 1885 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to a Hungarian-born Jewish storekeeper and his Milwaukee, Wisconsin-born wife, Jacob Charles and Julia (Neumann) Ferber.
She gained national attention for her series of “Emma McChesney” stories, tales of a traveling underskirt saleswoman that were published in national [...]
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – 1914 was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist and satirist. Today, he is best known for his short story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and his satirical lexicon, The Devil’s Dictionary.
The sardonic view of human nature that informed his work — along with his vehemence [...]
During last week, which was National Library Week, I got to thinking about a book I had read recently about libraries and librarians. It was Marilyn Johnson’s This Book Is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All.
Witty and Provocative. Who would have thought that a book about libraries could be both thought-provoking [...]
This is a contest for all my female writers. Room invites you to participate in our 2010 Annual Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest.
Deadline: Entries must be postmarked no later than June 15, 2010.
Entry Fee: $27 per entry (includes a complimentary one-year subscription to Room). Payment by cheque or money order made out to [...]
The competition is open to any poet who writes in English. Previously published poems with proper acknowledgment are acceptable. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible and with a prize fund of $1000 it is not to be sneezed at. This years Judge is Pauline Uchmanowicz
There is a $25 reading fee [...]
Here’s an article I picked up recently from Holly Robinson author of The Gerbil Farmer’s Daughter: A Memoir. It’s all about why we writers need access to book clubs
As a working mother, I have to pursue my literary pleasures with tunnel-vision passion and 007 stealth. I sneak reading time in the bathtub, at lunch, [...]
The poet Christopher Reid has been awarded the Costa Book of the Year for a tribute to his late wife.
In a surprise decision, his collection A Scattering was voted the winning book by the panel of judges.
Colm Tóibín, the Irish author, had been widely tipped [...]
The 2010 Bristol Short Story Prize is now open. The competition is open to all, whether UK or non-UK based.
Stories can be on any theme or subject and must be previously unpublished or broadcast. The entry fee is £7 per story. Maximum word count is 3,000, there is no minimum. Please read the competition [...]
