Posted on December 23, 2022
by Catherine Austen
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Updated February 2023 (with links to a new children’s story, “Balloon Party,” a fresh take on “Stone Soup” published on the Blue Met website). Back to the 2022 post….I’m resurrecting my old list of Canadian litmags because it’s just so handy for short story… Continue Reading “Stories and Litmags”
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Category: featured, short stories, writers' marketsTags: alloprof, balloon party, blue met, canadian literary magazines, children's literature, children's stories, fables, featured, literary journals, litmags, noah ruscica, readaloud, short fiction, short fiction markets, short stories, short story markets, stone soup, stories read aloud, writers markets
Posted on January 15, 2021
by Catherine Austen
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MAY 2021 Update: The Library has just announced the winners of the this year’s Awesome Authors contest! Check out the announcements on YouTube. You can watch right here (below) or visit the OPL’s YouTube channel and view the Ages 9-12 results or the Ages… Continue Reading “Awesome Authors is on!”
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Category: author talks, contests, What's New, writing workshops, young writersTags: amelinda berube, Apollo the Child, awesome authors, Eric Peladeau, FOPLA, karine Perron, OPL, ottawa, ottawa events, Ottawa Public Library, ottawa writers, pot pourri, short stories, writers markets, writing contests, writing workshops, young writers, youth poetry, youth writing, youth writing contest
Posted on January 23, 2017
by Catherine Austen
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Continuing on last week’s blog, here are another 10+ excellent Canadian literary journals that short story writers can submit to. The Feathertale Revew (Ottawa, Ontario) A humour magazine that publishes hip literary and entertaining work from Canadian writers. 2 issues/year (print and online). Since… Continue Reading “Canadian Literary Short Fiction Markets (F-M)”
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Category: monday markets, short stories, writers' marketsTags: Canadian writers, canlit, lit mags, literary journals, short stories, short story markets, submissions, writers, writers guidelines, writers markets, writing
Posted on September 14, 2015
by Catherine Austen
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Looking for somewhere to submit your work? Fishing for a topic for your next story? Here are a few suggestions and opportunities coming up in September and October 2015. For Teachers and Students: The Ocean Trash Write-Away Short Fiction Contest: Writers under 25 are… Continue Reading “Monday Markets: Upcoming Writing Contests and Calls for Submission”
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Category: contests, monday markets, writers' markets, writing, young writersTags: ayn rand essay contest, Contests, new voices award, ocean trash write-away contest, those who make us, writers markets, writing contests
I am back after a 2-month blogging break, and I’m bringing the best intentions of posting weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, or whenever I remember from this point onward. (To those who wonder, “If I lay off blogging and Facebook for 2 months, will I free up enough… Continue Reading “Spring Contests for Writers”
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