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Happy Friday everyone! It’s time to announce our weekly contest winner! Last week, we asked writers to create a poem inspired by the word “harvest” and written in the Pantoum poetry form. This was an interesting challenge and we want to thank everyone who participated. The winning entry comes to us from Emily Sauer! Congrats Emily! Your poem is perfect
It’s Friday! And you know what that means? It’s time to announce the winner of last week’s writing challenge! We received many creative entries in response to our prompt about a witchy woman searching for love. Some stories ended rather badly for the love-sick woman while others ended rather badly for the object of her affections. Our winning entry, however, ends
Most of us are unaware of the amount of poetry that surrounds us everywhere, every day. In fact, some of us even listen to hidden poetry for hours, on purpose. Sometimes we even pay for it! Yes, this even includes those who claim to have no idea about poetry, or to have no interest in it whatsoever. Guess where you’re
When we first posted The Lake Monster story prompt, we were worried that everyone would write about the Loch Ness monster. Boy, were we wrong! The entries we received were fantastically creative! It was a tough decision, but we’re proud to announce the winner. Congrats Joshua Randolph! You’re story had a wicked twist that left us wanting more! But, we’re
One of the most well-known stories of the 20th Century, The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, is often misunderstood and mistaken for a simple children’s book. This is beginning to sound familiar, isn’t it? Most of the most meaningful stories are masked as children’s stories. Probably because the deepest messages are best delivered directly into our inner child. No matter
It’s time to announce the winner of last week’s Wild West writing contest! We had many inventive entries and we’d like to thank everyone who participated. The winning entry comes to us from Molly Neely, who’s wonderful descriptions brought the ghosts of the old west to life. Congrats Molly! Check out last week’s writing prompt and the winning entry below!
Guy de Maupassant was a popular French writer, who’s work has influenced many creatives, both in literary circles and film. Considered one of the leaders in modern short stories, he mainly captured the essence of war, more notably, the impact on it had on civilians. However, he also wrote well over 300 stories, and during his last few years, when
Recently, I had the privilege of interviewing one of our very first contest winners, G.N. Boorse, on his latest project, Void Press. This small, independent press is focused on providing high-quality, personalized publishing services for authors. And while they’re not the first independent press to hit the market, they do offer a unique pricing structure and a focus on print
Happy Friday everyone! It’s time to announce the winner of last week’s diamante poetry contest. Congratulations go to Emily Sauer for her ode to the odious nature of work! So kick off the weekend right and check out last week’s prompt and winning entry below. Prompt: Creative a diamante poem based on the following rules: 1. The poem should consist of
Since I’ve seen haikus being mentioned so many times lately on the Literative forum, I thought it might be interesting to start the poetry series by talking about them. The first impression I’ve always gotten from haikus is that of a written painting—as in the literary version of one of those Zen-like ink images. It’s hard to explain without using poetic
It’s time to announce the winner of last week’s short story contest! She’s become a regular name in our winner’s circle and for good reason! Congratulations Tammy Mack! Check out the prompt and her winning entry below. Prompt: Running. Light sweat. Three miles in and making good time. Rounding the turn to head back home for breakfast, rookie cop, Ryan
“We’re all mad here!” It all starts when we fall down the rabbit hole, doesn’t it? In 2004, a documentary called “What the (bleep) do we know?” asked the question, “How deep down the rabbit hole are you willing to go?” The film itself presented many interesting theories about our purpose, where we come from, and the nature of reality. But of