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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. 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.
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
Critmas is here! (Last Day!) [January 6th]- What Event are you participating in?
- Literary Compass Guidelines + FAQ
- One Sentence At a Time: The Results!
- Establishing Your Self-Publishing Business
- Forum Discussion: People who confine themselves to one thing
- "Have you donated to the prize pool for the Literature Scavenger Hunt?" asks ^NicSwaner
- Forum Discussion: NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR OC!
- JanNoWriMo
- DEAR TEEN ME CONTEST: The Results are IN!
- Forum Discussion: what gives anyone the right to shit on published authors?
- TWG's Featured Deviant of the Month - January 2013: ~winterkate
- Forum Discussion: Art for art's sake...
- Forum Discussion: HOW PUBLISHING WORKS: Your questions answered by folks in the industry.
- `KathrynODriscoll has "reopened [her] old chatroom #LitLove and want[s] to have a launch event... "
- Results: The War Story Contest
- Forum Discussion: This is the last thing I'm gonna leave you with for a year
- Mariah Grey - Shadow of the Reapers
- This guy started his own publishing company using Lulu, Amazon, and public domain books.
- Saturnalia: The Results
- ITU Feature 10 - January 1st, 2013
- Forum Discussion: Trust your feelings
- Light Up Their Eyes: LadyofGaerdon
- ^neurotype posts some new things in her A Smattering of Lit News article!
Group News
- Need a critic? Want to be one?, #Writers-and-Editors updates their blog.
- Updates from :devauthors-academy.
- Poetry Feast a feature of #Word-Smiths' previous contest winners.
- Some updates from #StoriesAndPoemsClub
- #Wordsmiths-Guild needs your input.
- The Apocalyptic Contest Winners[contest hosted by #full-moon-poetry] have been announced.
- #EliteLiterature's Lit of the Week 54! =Rainyhawaii, *CaptivationRequired and *emilyericson
- The poetry folder at #xWritersUtopiax is open again.
- The winners of #Short-Stories' December contest have been revealed. Also the group picks a new featured artist of the week.
- #TheCritiquables updates their News Blog, posts a poll: "How often do you give critiques on average (and discuss why)?", and announces there is a new founder.
- #Learn2Crit-Lit gives a welcome to all members.
- An apology and update from #Crowns-of-Sonnets
- " Our contest ends on the 15th January! Did you get your submission in yet?" asks #theWrittenRevolution. They also post their Affiliates Feature (January).
- #Self-Publishing lists a new self-publishing freebie and a little publishing and writing inspiration.
- #Love-Literature posts an Interview With A Member and a new Meet the Group.
- Happy 2013 and some updates from #Writers-Workshop.
- Second Secret Santa Roundup and Secret Santa over! ...but not from #Teenage-Writers
- #IntrinsicallyInked updates their submission guidelines
- Glory Be! Project Begins, hosted by #Glory-Be-Project, and updates on Day 3 and Day 4.
- #Writers-At-Heart posts a few journals to kick start the year: Thought for the month of January, Improvement Blog for the month of December, Discussion Blog for the month of December and Get-To-Know Blog #4
- Some information from #GrammarNaziCritiques.
- The group, #Literary-Limits announces some upcoming changes.
- The winners for #My-Soul-Bleeds-Ink's Christmas/Winter Contest have been announced.
- #write-to-live's featured folder is now open.
Literature Links [in other languages!]
None this week.
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This Week's Group Spotlight
No group spotlight this week!
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:
- #TheWritersMeow has a new weekly prompt,"New Beginnings". [January 11th]
- Prompt #35: "Snow" is #Heart-of-Poetry's newest weekly prompt. [December 31st]
- #Live-Love-Write's Weekly Writing Prompt is a Music Prompt [December 23rd]
- "Confession" is #Writing-to-Live's weekly writing prompt. [December 10th]
- #lit-lash's Week 3.3 [December 9th]
- #WritingForEveryone's Weekly Prompt [December 4th]
- #Writers-Extrodinaire has a new prompt for this week.
- #Unseen-Writers' Theme of the Week: Weekends
- Weekly Spontaneity: 39 from #SixWordStories
- "Misfortune" is #Poem-forthe-poemless' third weekly prompt.
- Theme Of The Week #4 from #KnightsOfRomance.
Bi-Weekly:
- #theWrittenRevolution's Prompt: November 26, 2012[January 6th]
- ~PoetryWeek's bi-weekly prompt is "Serendipity". [January 16th]
- ITU Prompt 3 [January 18th]
- The Bi-Monthly prompt for #PoeticalCondition is "Escalators"
Monthly:
- #Letters-To-Myself's January Prompt: Letters to A New You. [February 1st]
- ScreamPrompt #31, January 2013 [January 31st]
- #My-Soul-Bleeds-Ink's January Forms Challenge: Alliterisen [January 22nd
- #SixWordStories' Word and Theme Prompts [January 14th]
- #Wordsmiths-Guild's Prompt for December [December 29th]
- Prose and Poetry Monthly Prompts from #lacoterie.
- #Sacred-Literature's Monthly Prompt
Workshops and Challenges:
- Four Word Christmas Challenge, hosted by ~FourLinePoems [December 31st]
- Challenge #6: Winter Woes
Other:
- Sharing Presents During The New Year hosted by #Fiction-Writers [February 10th]
- 'Snow' is #Your-Soul-In-Writing's prompt. [January 20th]
- #Writers-Of-Our-Time's prompt: "Until the very end."
- #Love-Literature's weekly and monthly prompts.
Ongoing Challenges[No Deadline]:
- #Shelf-of-Friends' Collaboration Project
- 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:
- New Year Resolutions [200 word minimum; 1,500 word maximum] (January 31st)
- #Shelf-of-Friends' January Prompt Contest [Must write in second person point of view] (February 1st)
- Complaint Challenge Contest [Please see link for details] (February 9th)
- The Unexpected Contest [4,000 word limit for Poetry and Prose; please see link for details] (February 14th)
Contests Ending This Week:
- Crossovers [1,500 word limit; fan-fiction; please see link for details] (January 9th)
- A Hunt For Literature [Please see link for details] (January 11th)
- #writingmadefun's Contest(January 11th)
- "The Magic of Memories" [500 word limit for prose and poetry] (January 12th)
Contest Extensions:
- January 15th is the new deadline for *MeganLawler94's contest.
- =Sammur-amat has extended the deadline of her 2013 and a Time Achine Contest to January 21st!
- There is also a group dedicated to listing Literature contests around dA, #DALiteratureContests, if you're still looking for more contests!
- #Writers-and-Editors has their own list of Literature contests.
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Resources
Regular Lit Articles
- The Ladies of Lit: Volume XXVII
- A Symbol View with ^NicSwaner
- Fantastic Feature Tuesday #25
- Friday Night Features LXXX
- Fabulous Friday Feature 14: Adoration
- Saturday Morning Features - 9
- The Saturday Spotlight for January 5th, 2013
- PoetryToTheMasses Weekly Feature 96
- 30 Writers You Should Discover: Volume XIII
- The Favorites Project #180, #181, #182
- Be A Critic Volume 5
- Literary Compass - Vol. 3
- Writing Without Publishing: Exillior speaks
- DLD to DD January 6, 2013
- The Hidden Artist: Writer Feature 2
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
- Murdering Mary Sue
- Extrasuperfabulous
- Characterization and Names
- 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.]
- 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
- Pocket Thoughts
- Quantum Fairy Tales
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Looking to help out the Lit Community?
- A new founder is wanted to take over the group, #Penpa.
- The group, #Writing-My-Soul, would like to add one contributor to help with submissions.
- #devLIT is looking for some extra help around the group.
- Moderators are wanted at #OnlyPoetry..
- #TheseWordsaremyheart is looking for a founder to take over the group.
- #PowerfulWriting would like a few more contributors.
- Contributors are needed at #TheScribblists.
- General Administrators are wanted at #Poetry-is-AWESOME.
- The group, #Your-Soul-In-Writing is looking for someone to take over the group.
- #DelveMag issues a Call for Participation in the form of contributors.
- #SuperWritersHelp is in need of prose and poetry critics.
- Two Match Makers are #Beta-Readers' current open positions.
- #Calling-All-Poetry would like 2 general admins.
- #GrammarNaziCritiques is looking for some critics.
- #Kakikotoba would like a few contributors to help out with the group.
- 1 Feature Writer and 2 Recruiters are the current open positions at #Love-Literature.
- #SimplyGoodPoetry is looking for new Contributors
- 2 Community Liaisons and 2 Critics are needed over at #LITplease.
- The group, #FlashFictionLives is looking for some active members to help run the group.
- #LOVE-Original-LIT is in need of Prose, Poetry, Critique admins, as well as a judge for group hosted contests.
- 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
- #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.
- 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.
- #WritingForEveryone still needs a few contributors.
- #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.
- #Adopt-A-Writer is looking mentors and mentees.
- #EditorialSquad is in need of various staff.
- 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
- 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 - JZLobo's DD Suggestion Guidelines [Only Fan Fiction.]Go on and send your literature DD suggestions to them!
#CRLiterature Community Relations Literature Chatroom
Literature CR Update - December 2012 / January 2013December's Literature Daily DeviationsLiterature Forums
Literature Forum
Posting Guidelines - Literature Forum
Monthly Literature Critique Thread: January
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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:
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, my favoritest #LITplease Community Liaisons.
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