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2023 Writing Contests You Should Consider Entering

Freelance Writing Jobs

Deadline: January 31, 2023 Storytwigs Microfiction This is a fun, relaxed, free competition for extremely short pieces of prose (storytwigs). The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. hosts a (quarterly) writing contest every three months, and has done so since 2006.

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2023 Writing Contests You Should Consider Entering

Freelance Writing Jobs

Deadline: January 31, 2023 Storytwigs Microfiction This is a fun, relaxed, free competition for extremely short pieces of prose (storytwigs). The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. hosts a (quarterly) writing contest every three months, and has done so since 2006.

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The Bastardization of Writing (and How I Learned to Live with It)

Men With Pens

And to be fair, there is still a lot of crap out there, passing itself off as legitimate copy. You can write a 100,000-word novel and keep the reader’s attention, if the copy is clean. Copywriting taught me to make each phrase count, and my prose is better for it. Here’s what I learned…. Clarity wins.

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How to Win Your Spot in the DFW Writing Course

Men With Pens

You see, many people tell me they wish they could register for Damn Fine Words, because they know that if they could just get in the course… …they could set their business firmly on the path of success, because they’d finally have the skills to write engaging website copy that pulls in much-needed clients. That’s all.

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How to Write a Winning Post for the DFW Writing Course

Men With Pens

You see, many people tell me they wish they could register for Damn Fine Words, and that if they could just get in… …they could finally start that online business, because they’d have the skills to write website copy that pulls in clients. That’s all. There are no points given for correct grammar or spelling.

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Are You Trying to Be Too Smart?

Men With Pens

Does your website copy look like you’re trying to impress that professor who won’t give out an A unless you blind him with such stunning prose that he rocks back in his leather-upholstered chair, glassy-eyed, pipe askew, groping blindly with his grading pen? Who could make their website copy better (and simpler).

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10 Paid Poetry Contests (And How to Enter Your Poem to Win!)

Make a Living Writing

Authors or publishers may submit three copies of a book published in 2022, and any poetry collections must be at least 42 pages. #6 Deadline: 28th February 2023 Prize: The winner will be awarded $3,000 plus 20 author copies are given annually for a first or second poetry collection. #8 A $35 entry fee is required.

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