ABC Writers Network

Another year of rejection, meager words of consolation and, for a lucky few, elation.

Chandigarh, May 03 As a part of its campaign against female foeticide, the Rotary Club of Chandigarh announced the results of a poster-making and slogan-writing competition held last week in the city here today.

It was written in the galaxy that Marie-Caroline Moir would never be a number cruncher or a desk jockey.

Congratulations to Robert Brandt, grand-prize winner of this year’s Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition. His story, “The Procedure.”

A THURSO writer who has sold over 1000 copies of his self-published novels has been named a winner in a BBC short-story writing competition.

Here’s one from IOTA Poetry. If you’re a subscriber it’s free to enter for non subscribers it just cost £2 per poem

Here’s an invitation for anyone in the Cheshire area of England to join Words from Wordsmiths, a live literary evening which will take place next Monday, on April 7th at West Kirby Library in The Concourse. The event starts at 7pm, and free tickets are available on the night from the library.

Loren Niemi is a contemporary American writer, whose work has been called “post-modern,” and “with the dark beauty of language that is not ashamed of poetry”. He is the author of “The Book of Plots” (Llumina Press) on narrative forms.

Here’s an article I found by George Kagame of The New Times (Kigali) thought my readers might like to see it.

Starting 18 March, Penguin is launching its most ambitious digital writing project to date.