Which Contests are Fair?

This is a great little article on how to research the contest you are about to enter. It's always good to check into it. Don't get overwhelmed, though, because you don't want to research your way into never submitting to a single contest!

Contest Tips - Helpful Hints to Successful Entries

The Cassell Network of Writers (CNW) came up with this handy-dandy list of clear and simple contest guidelines.

Choka On It

Contribute to the worlds largest Choka:

Choka On It: "Choka is a Japanese form of poetry, related to, but pre-dating haiku. It starts with three non-rhyming lines of 5-7-5 syllables, then repeats with 7-5, 7-5, 7-5. That's where you come in ..."

Writers, Editors Say Adios to SASE's

An interesting article on Poets&Writers, Inc. about whether or not snail mail submissions are a thing of the past. LAwritersgroup.com sure hopes so.

"Last August, the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) unveiled Submission Manager, an online software system that makes submitting manuscripts a cheaper, less protracted process for writers, while offering greater efficiency to literary journal staffs. "

Net contest hopes to be 'American Idol' of books

Patrick B. points us to this interesting contest:

Net contest hopes to be 'American Idol' of books: "As part of the 'First Chapters' contest, aspiring first-time authors and members of Gather.com can post manuscripts on that social-networking Web site, organizers from publisher Touchstone Fireside and Gather.com said Thursday.

Touchstone Fireside is an imprint of Simon & Schuster, a division of Viacom.

If online readers like the manuscript's first chapter, the author is voted through to the next round. Two more chapters are posted and the public narrows the field in the same fashion."