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Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.
Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.
Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.
Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.
Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.
Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.
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Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.
Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.
Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.
Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.#LITplease's Community Portal
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Literature Links
`LadyLincoln will be hosting a chat with =DrippingWords today, November 11th, at 7PM EST. Here: [link]- Request a Free Prize! November - Update
- Lit-Visual Alliance Allied Artwork Feature #5 and Lit-Visual Alliance Allied Artwork Feature #6
- Love this Lit!
- Happy news. Romance in Verse
- I Wish I Had Written That FEATURES
- =SilverInkblot is looking to maybe start up a Flash Fiction contest.
- The Visual Narrative Project
- Recognizing Excellence Vol. 5: Kneeling-Glory
- DDs Aren't Perfect
- “What are you up to litters?" ^Beccalicious wants to know!
- Odyssey Propulsion
- `thorns asks “Will you write the Visual Narrative Project's next film?"
- Relativity Contest Winners
- The Ladies of Lit: Listing of Lovelies
- Ch. 4 Odyssey Prompt Released
- #PowerfulWriting's Features, October 2012
- Wow, the community sure has been quiet lately!
- Avon Impulse to Accept NaNoWriMo Submissions
- #WritersInk's Weekly Round-up
- ~AGMeade is looking to revive ~Writers-Slam into a quarterly soundzine.
- Apples and Oranges
- ^NicSwaner would like you to send him DD suggestions!
Group News:
- A welcome from #Learn2Crit-Lit.
- #My-Soul-Bleeds-Ink is still looking for members to join their Secret Santa event.
- #SuperWritersHelp’s Prose Folder is Reopened.
- #Lit-Visual-Alliance reminds members to “vote for the best Allied Artwork submitted to the Feature Folder! (voting ends November 25th)".
- The group, #Poetrys-Renaissance, will no longer be accepting submissions as it is closing down.
- Please Read: Submitting To Folders an announcement from #Poets-Are.
- #The-Free-Pens starts a discussion, Fan characters less worthy than other originals?
- An update from #ThePoetryofDA.
- #Sacred-Literature’s Contest Features, a reminder for their Writer of the Month and posts a list of the NY Times Best Sellers.
- The Contest Results form #Teenage-Writers have been announced.
- #Literature-and-Stuff is looking for prize donations.
- The End of Week One, #WriMo-Writers’ NaNoWriMo blog.
- Judging has begun on #Open-Mic-Poetry’s Sonnet Contest.
- #Wordsmiths-Guild’s Inner Divinity Contest Results
- #SuperWritersHelp’s poll: “Critique Challenge and Learning to Crit Lit"
- ~QA-Lit’s Link Share #1
- Judging has begun for #InspireTheUninspired’s contest and they also post a group update.
- UpcomingShenanigans + Critic Challenge, news from #RomanceforEveryone.
- #Write-Original reveals the Group Voice Contest winner.
- News Updates and a new Bookclub Discussion - The Other Boleyn Girl from #Love-Literature.
- #Teenage-Writers posts some updates about their Secret Santa and Writer's Knitting Circle.
- The winners of #Written-Imagination's Birthdya Limerick Contest have been revealed.
- #The-Free-Writers announces the winners of their contest.
- #RawEm0tion updates their Poetry/Prose RPG: Lvl Up.
- #Story-Corner has a new gallery folder and promotes and affiliates contest; it’s the group’s 2-Month Anniversary.
- A welcome from the new group, #Elocutionists.
- #EliteLiterature’s Lit of the Week 46! Sammur-amat, wordsmith94 and PrideofPanem and their poll: "Do you ever write without any clothes on?"
- #poetry-book posts their Audition Results and has started Round 1.
- An update from #writeaway about NaNoWriMo.
- #WritersInk asks "Have you ever suggested a piece of literature for a Daily Deviation (DD)? How did it do?"
- An check-in journal from #NaNoWriM0
- #WordsLovers reminds members to take a look at the gallery.
Literature Links [in other languages!]
- The winner of #MiniSagas’ 9th Contest has been announced. for [Spanish]
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This Weeks Spotlight
No group spotlight this week since I was busy doing this:
Reasons to Love dA's Lit Community: Part 1
Reasons to Love dA's Lit Community: Part 2
Looking for more groups?
- `leoraigarath's Literature Groups List
- #Realm-of-Fantasy's list of literature groups[Fantasy, Sci-fi and General]
- My journal has a small list that I've compiled.
- League of Lit Groups: Vol. 4
If you're still not finding a group you like check out the list of all literature groups on dA: Click here!
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Inspiration (Workshops, Prompts and Challenges)
Weekly:
- #Painted-From-Words' Prompt #4 [November 16th]
- #Live-Love-Write's Weekly Writing Prompt: "Artwork" [November 11th]
- Prompt #29: "Excuses" is #Heart-of-Poetry's newest weekly prompt. [November 10th]
- 'Bloody Tears': #KnightsOfRomance's current prompt. [November 9th]
- #lit-lash's Week 3.1 [November 8th]
- #FightToWrite's Theme of the Week - Tranquility [November 5th]
- 'Spider' is #TheCritiquables' weekly word prompt. [November 3rd]
- #Unseen-Writers' Theme of the Week: Eraser
- Weekly Spontaneity: 33 from #SixWordStories
- "Carry Me" is the current weekly theme for #RawEm0tion
- "Forgotten" is #Writing-to-Live's weekly prompt.
Bi-Weekly:
- #Letters-To-Myself's Writing Prompt: Thank a Family Member. [December 1st]
- ~PoetryWeek's bi-weekly prompt is 'Superfluous'. [November 25th]
Monthly:
- "The 237th Marine Corps Birthday" is ~LiterarySanctuary's November-December monthly prompt. [December 25th]
- ScreamPrompt #30, October 2012 [December 6th]
- #APictureToA1000Words' November Theme: "The Sweetest Goodbye" [November 30th]
- 'Autumn', #LaRevolucionEscrita's monthly prompt [November 30th]
- #Wordsmiths-Guild's Prompt for November [November 29th]
- Prose and Poetry Monthly Prompts from #lacoterie. [November 25th]
- #Unseen-Writers' Challenge of the Month - October to November [November 21st]
- #LITplease's 19th Poetry Prompt - A Recipe of Words 1 [November 13th]
- 'Rebirth' is #PowerfulWriting's monthly prompt. [October 31st]
- #MidtownMagic's monthly prompt [October 31st]
- #transliterations' Prompt 13: The Beginning! [October 23rd]
- #SixWordStories' Word and Theme Prompts
- #Sacred-Literature's Monthly Prompt
Workshops and Challenges:
- #Authors-of-Fantasy and #FantasyLiterature's Feedback Pack--October Sign Up [Monthly, November 12th]
- NaNo Workshop, hosted by #TheWritingHaven.
- Challenge #5: The Cursed Moon Carnival
- FFF 11: Cinquain Refrain Challenge
Other:
- #knownames’ Exquisite Corpse [November 20th]
- #Love-Literature's weekly and monthly prompts.
- A Series of Dastardly Writing Prompts from #MadWords.
- #SixWordStories' Monthly Challenge: October
- Phrase Prompt #5: Harvest Moon from #Naturally-Written.
Ongoing Challenges[No Deadline]:
- #Teenage-Writers’ Group Story
- #Shelf-of-Friends' Collaboration Project
- #SixWordStories’ Inspiration Project Revamped-- October
- A 50 Theme Challenge from #Authors-Academy
- 100 Word Challenge hosted by #JustKeepWriting
- A List of Prompts from #FeatheredWords.
- #full-moon-poetry's 18 themes.
- #LITplease's 100 Themes Challenge
- Write 50 Reason's Why You Love Yourself Challenge
- Poetic Journey Project hosted by #Masters-of-Poetry.
- #Writers-Universal's Publicity Project
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Lit Contests Galore!
These include contests that are purely Literature based and those that have other categories as well, but still accept Literature.
New Contests:
- One-Thousand Contest [1,000 word limit] (December 7th)
- "Finding Warmth in the Cold" (January 2nd)
- Crossovers [1,500 word limit; fan-fiction; please see link for details] (January 9th)
Contests Ending This Week:
- 'Horror Love' Contest (November 15th)
- 'Science Fiction' [Short stories only; please see link for details] (November 16th)
- 25th Birthday Contest [Please see link for details] (November 18th)
- #ThePoetryofDA's Holiday Contest [Poetry Only] (November 18th)
Contest Extensions:
- #DAWritersUnite's contest deadline has been extended to November 18th.
- There is also a group dedicated to listing Literature contests around dA, #DALiteratureContests, if you're still looking for more contests!
- Or join ~WeeklyLitContests, which does exactly as their name implies and holds a contest every week, Monday through Saturday.
- #Writers-and-Editors has begun their own list of Literature contests.
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Resources
Regular Lit Articles
- The Ladies of Lit: Volume XXVI
- Writers With a Promise - Issue 15
- The Saturday Spotlight for November 10th, 2012
- Demonstrably Deviant: Issue XI
- Friday Night Features LXXII
- PoetryToTheMasses Weekly Feature 88
- DLD to DD July 27th, 2012
- 30 Writers You Should Discover: Volume XII
- The Favorites Project #174, #175, #176
- Special Sundaes- Sammur-amat's Sunday Features
- Let's Talk Writing: Issue 12
- Fantastic Feature Tuesday #18
- Fabulous Friday Feature 6: Lace
- A Symbol View with ^neurotype
- Be A Critic Volume 1
- Saturday Morning Features - 1
General Resources
- #theWrittenRevolution's Lit News Journal
- LadyLincoln's Journal
- lovetodeviate's Resource Central [Now moved to `apocathary’s journal]
- julietcaesar's List of Useful Writing Blogs
- WorldWar-Tori's Literature Resources
- #Critique-It's Resources: Writing
- #FantasyLiterature's Helpful Links
- Tips for the Messy Writer
Writing Resources [General]
- Writing Resources for Everyone
- Jump Start Your Story
- Guides and Lessons for Effective Writing
- LaMonaca's Writing Guides
- #LitResources' folder for Literature Tutorials
- How to Write Fan Fiction - P1
- How to Write Euphonically
- OokamiKasumi's Writing Tips and Tricks
- English 101 Index: A Grammar Series
Prose Resources
- ElaineRose's Writing Lessons
- Ten Tips for Writing
- 10 Tips for Novel Writers
- Back-To-Basics Screenwriting With Snappy
- Organizing Your Fantasy/Sci-Fi Novel
- Style vs. Voice - A Guide
- Grammar and Your Story
- Three Act Structure
Poetry Resources
- The Hard Work of Poetry
- Tips For Editing Poetry
- Haiku Theory Part 1
- Haiku and Eastern Poetry
- Poetic Forms
- Poetry Self-Edit Quick Start Guide and Checklist
- "Poeticks: On Imagery" 1 of 3, "Poeticks: On Imagery" 2 of 3, and "Poeticks: On Imagery" 2 of 3
Critiquing and Miscellaneous Resources
- Search Engines for Serious Writers
- The NonVerbal Thesaurus
- How to Write Without Editing
- 9 Editing Tips You (Possibly) Haven't Heard Before
- Writing Useful Critiques
- Prose Critique Basics
- Beta Reading Tutorial
- A Verbose Guide to Critiquing
- Murdering Mary Sue
- Extrasuperfabulous
- Characterization and Names
- Character Development: From Beginning to End
- Describing your Characters
- Rehab for Roleplayers
Publishing Resources
- SadisticIceCream's Publishing Resources List
- leoraigarath's Resources on the Side
- Resources for Aspiring Authors
- On-Writing - Getting Published
- Getting Published the Hard Way
- Tips on Self Publishing
- Writing Exercise-Book Proposal
- How to Get a Literary Agent
- What Makes A Good Editor?
- `apocathary has created a customised calendar for submissions to Australian journals and competitions. [It can still be useful for others as some listed accept international submissions too.]
- Current 2012 Canadian Magazine Writing Contests
- Divertir Publishing is an independent publisher and they also publish short story collections. Check out their dA: #DivertirPublishing
- An Idiot's Guide to Publishing
- An Idiot's Guide to Book Publishing
E-Zines/Magazines
- Harmless [Magazine]
- Steampunk Tales
- G.W. Review
- Fuselit
- The Missing Slate
- Second Look
- Verandah Literary Journal
- Machine of Death
- Cram Magazine
- Voiceworks
- Shimmer
- dotdotdash Magazine
- Alliterati Magazine
- Linear Literary Journal
- Grawlix Poetry E-Zine
- choodaloodaling
- Artsmiths
- Chautauqua Literary Journal
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Looking to help out the Lit Community?
- 2 Critiquers, 2 Contributors, and 1 Advertiser are the current open positions at #Penpa.
- 2 Community Liaisons and 2 Critics are needed over at #LITplease.
- #GrammarNaziCritiques is looking for some critics.
- The group, #FlashFictionLives is looking for some active members to help run the group.
- #SuperWritersHelp is in need of prose and poetry critics.
- #LOVE-Original-LIT is in need of Prose, Poetry, Critique admins, as well as a judge for group hosted contests.
- Lit Scouts are needed at #WritersInk.
- A Blogger and a Recruiter are the current open positions in the group #Love-Literature.
- #Writers--club is seeking applicants for their Critics and Commenters positions.
- Voters and weekly and monthly bloggers are wanted at #Letters-To-Myself
- One admin position is available at #TeenagedLiterature.
- #RomanceforEveryone would like Bi-Weekly Blog Feature Manager, Bi-Weekly Blog Feature Helpers, Resources Director, Critique Approvers, and some General Administrators.
- 2 Contributor positions are open at #InspireTheUninspired
- #WreckingHavocOnPaper needs someone to take over the group.
- #FictionWriters101 needs a co-founder and contributors.
- 2 assistants, prize commissioners, 1 News crew, and critics are #APictureToA1000Words’s current admin vacancies.
- General admins are needed to help with submission at #Masters-of-Poetry.
- #ItsAllAboutWriting would like a few contributors.
- Critics/Commenters are wanted in the group, #Live-Love-Write.
- A co-founder and general admins are needed to help run #lit-lash.
- A Sci-Fi Short Story Folder Manager is needed at #FantasyAuthorsGuild.
- Critics are wanted at #CritiqueForPoints.
- #WritingForEveryone still needs a few contributors.
- General Administrators are wanted at #Poetry-is-AWESOME.
- #DesperateWriters is hoping for a few new moderators and a co-founder to help out the group.
- The group, #Written-Imagination, is looking for a variety of staff members.
- #Soul-Poets is looking to fill their contributor positions.
- #YouAsTheNarrator is looking to fill the following positions: 2 Gallery Moderators, 2 Character Bio Moderators, 4 Chatroom Moderators, 4 Promotion Moderators, 2 Gallery Contributors, and Comment Contributors.
- ~WeeklyLitContests would like 1 more contributor.
- #WriMo-Writers would like some more admins to help with behind-the-scenes work.
- #Wannabe-Novelists is looking for some new admins.
- #Adopt-A-Writer is looking mentors and mentees.
- Two admin positions need to be filled at #WriterSecretSanta.
- #EditorialSquad is in need of various staff.
- #Poetry-Screams wants some administrators.
- #WA-writersblock is in need of a new founder.
- New admins are wanted at #Unconventional-Story.
- 2 Affiliates/PR Admins, 2 Pay It Forward Admins, and 4 Critics are open at #lacoterie.
- Members to host workshops and Contributors are needed at #Writers-Workshop
- Critics, admins, and people "interested in helping run and set up events and projects" are needed at #devLIT.
- 8 Critiquers, 3 Lit-Pickers, and 1 Affiliate Admin are needed at #LitResources.
- Open Positions over at #SixWordStories, they need: Project Managers and Contest Managers.
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Literature Community Relations
`thorns - thorn's DD Suggestion Guidelines
^Beccalicious - Beccalicious' DD Suggestion Guidelines
^neurotype - neurotype's DD Suggestion Guidelines
^NicSwaner - NicSwaner's DD Suggestion Guidelines
`JZLobo - J-Z-Belexes' DD Suggestion Guidelines [Only Fan Fiction.]Go on and send your literature DD suggestions to them!
#CRLiterature Community Relations Literature Chatroom
Literature CR Update - October / November 2012October's Literature Daily Deviations
Literature Forums
Literature Forum
Posting Guidelines - Literature Forum
Monthly Literature Critique Thread: November
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Contacting Me
Want your group to be spotlighted? Your Literature project? See something you don't like? That you like? Want changed or removed? Have a suggestion for the next issue? Then please send me a note! The Literature Community is huge, so I'm always going to miss something or make a mistake, don't be afraid to let me know. ♥Hugs, love and thanks to:
another #LITplease Community Liaison who helps gather even more information, all while being awesome.
recently hopped on board and became a Community Liaison, so go give her a warm welcome, she's rather amazing.
and 
for putting up with me and letting me run #LITplease’s Community Portal.
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I've always, always felt extremely pessimistic about DA's literature community. I don't submit my writing on dA anymore, nor do I read other people's submissions. I'm not really a visual artist, but I can finally understand the despondency a lot of the artists here feel about the front page: the 'literature' that makes it to dA's front page is, way too often for comfort, godawful. Back in... 07, I think, it was routine for a certain lineup of poets to consistently hit the front page, flipping out whenever anyone tried to offer advice or critique and hiding behind the all too familiar visual artist's defense of "it's mah style!". All the while, you would have dozens of insanely talented, hardworking writers having their work completely overlooked. I know this isn't a problem/situation unique to the lit community here, but the thing is, it only takes a second to glance at someone's drawing or photography. It takes an investment of time to actually read, and so many people here don't seem willing to make that investment.
But now I sort of wish I found these "Love dA Lit" posts a lot earlier. I feel like they might be raising the bar and giving some much needed direction, attention and inspiration to the once rather directionless and ignored dA literature community. So. Good work, and thank you for your dedication.
dA will always have a huge section of not so good writing and it can take a while to weed through everything to find some really great pieces, but they are there. As you said there are dozens of talented and hardworking writers out there.
Aww, well it is never too late to get involved or participate a bit more. I really am glad you feel that way.