A lot of folks in my novel CONSIDER THE SUNFLOWERS are Mennonites. But what's a Mennonite? I just made a series of seven short YouTube videos about them & their history. Click one of these links if you'd like to look: tinyurl.com/5jvhty4z OR https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk26aWeuoDpwUlxwg2zzVk-WIdkzMKwA0
-Cockroach races & character development. Interesting article: https://tinyurl.com/4mdhsjr3
-How can you end your chapters in ways that keep readers reading? Good article here ending with practical exercises you may want to try. https://thejohnfox.com/2018/07/12-ways-to-end-a-chapter/
-How can you make your main character likeable? Ideas here: https://mystorydoctor.com/creating-likeable-protagonists/
-100 famous passages from literature. Try your hand at identifying them, & get your score out of 100. Or just read them for enjoyment. tinyurl.com/5cyb8jwv
-CELEBRATE LIFE is a major magazine focusing on pro-life initiatives & related topics. They're open to submissions from writers. Here are the guidelines: https://www.clmagazine.org/submission-guidelines/
-What's the core question of the science fiction & fantasy genres? Good article here: https://mystorydoctor.com/what-is-the-core-for-your-genre/
-Orca Books is open to submissions of kid lit, board books to middle grade, plus reluctant readers, nonfiction, and graphic novels. Submissions guidelines here: https://www.orcabook.com/AuthorGuidelines.aspx
-Our Canada magazine wants your stories, whether they're about your grandma's famous apple pie or the oopsie-daisy adventure you and your friend took on one fateful winter afternoon.
"We want to hear about your Hometown and all its quirks and about that Favourite Vacation at home or abroad. Do you have a rickety old car story for our Wheels section? Or are you a Collector of unusual things now cluttering your shelves? Maybe you or someone you know is particularly Crafty or has a talent to be Showcased?
"We love to get stories about The Way it Was and Funny tales of mishaps and misadventures. Finally, because Canada is such a fantastic mosaic, we want to hear from different Cultural viewpoints and about those exciting and/or difficult journeys of Coming to Canada."
Always accepting submissions. Guidelines https://tinyurl.com/uhrfsz82.
-The Dr. Robert and Elma Schemenauer Awards are open for submissions. There are TWO CATEGORIES OF AWARDS
1. Writing with a Kamloops Theme
2. Writing Showing an Appreciation of Nature
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER
Each award is issued annually to a member in good standing of the Interior Authors Group (IAG) based in Kamloops, BC. There is no fee to enter. If there's more than one author and/or contributor to a piece of writing, all must be IAG members. To join the IAG, please visit https://interiorauthorsgroup.wordpress.com/join/ .
SUBMISSIONS MUST BE
- sent before midnight 21 March
- a short story, poem, article, essay, or other form of writing where an understanding and appreciation of the category's topic is clearly incorporated and expressed (either Kamloops-Themed or Nature-Themed).
E-MAIL SUBMISSIONS TO
fogquest [at symbol] shaw [dot] ca
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT https://elmams.wixsite.com/awards
