Love dA Lit: Issue 32

Welcome to the thirty-second issue of my weekly news article, Love dA Lit! Every Sunday this news article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, interviewing various members of the literature community 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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Authors-of-Fantasy's Weekly Feature--June 26th through July 3rd
The Deviant Short Fiction Project
YoungPoets updates their note from the founder and a reminder about the theme folder.
So what do you think of the revised Literature forum thus far? BeccaJS wants to know.
theWrittenRevolution's Featured Member XVI: ~Willowshine
The Raptor Rapture Contest: The Winners!
A Contest Announcement from WritersInk.
52 Week Six Word Story Challenge! - Week 25
Adopt-A-Writer's Quiz chat event recap.
The A, B, C's of Emotions - [Edition X]
On Writing, a blog by theWrittenRevolution.
Writers-Workshop's The Distorted Perception Workshop is now in the critique phase.
TFP Features #31, #32, & #33
End of the Month and Excitement from WriMo-Writers.
The A,B,C's of Lit is now at W and X
An announcement concerning a new weekly feature, from Lyrics-Community.
The Seven Sins, a new contest hosted by knownames. Contest Edit.
DailyLitDeviations updates their Group Administrators
Adopt-A-Writer announces some changes to how members are paired and are now hosting a bi-weekly chat event.
deviantLIBRARY News - Issue #1
Halatia asks A recent post over at tCR got me wondering: Is Pratchett not as wildly read as I thought?
The contest winners of VerandahClub's Polished Poetry Competition have been revealed.
Poetry-101 is now acceptong member join requests.
WordsLovers' contest is still open for submissions.
The group, PoetsandWriters, has a new admin and will now automatically accept submissions for the time being.
PaperDart has begun a Renga Tree
News & Upcoming Events from FocusOnLit.
An update about the-haiku-club's June Saijiki Contest.
Lit-WIP lets members know there is a Gallery Folder Glitch.
Critique Request
Would you be interested in participating in a little friendly competition in July? asks FocusOnLit.
YoungPoets' poll: Next week's theme should be...
Perfect Strangers Writing Contest Update
The GENTLEMEN of Lit
The group, PoetsandWriters, updates about their contest and announces the winners.
TalentedWritersGuild's Featured Deviant of the Month - June
Project: Written Madness - OC's Needed!
WritersInk's Weekly Roundup: Sci-fi
When do you write best? asks theWrittenRevolution.
30 Writers You Should Discover: Volume IV
Temporary Update from AuthorsEscape, regarding a temporary submissions update.
The Ronin of Words Strikes! [And is looking for allies!]


Literature Links [in other languages!]
LiteraturaEspanol announces the results of their Exercise 25 [Spanish]

I am still looking for non-English literature groups, I'd like to keep tabs on them too!






Weekly:
lacoterie's Weekly Poetry and Prose Prompts
Live-Love-Write's Weekly Writing Prompt: "Lyrics Are A Metaphor For..."
Literary-Perceptions' Prompt: Trust
fiftywordfiction's weekly prompts: 'the ends the means' and 'phone booths'
"Depersonalization", the current weekly theme for RawEm0tion
devLIT's Weekly Prompt: “the sun still rises"
In the Family, the weekly writing prompt for LitResources
Writing Prompt #21 from FictionFridays.
Sunset, RenderWonderland's weekly writing prompt.
Prompt 1: Button, Prosemonkeys' weekly prompt.
"Labyrinths" is WritersOfTheMoon’s weekly prompt.
"Horror", Penpa's current prompt.

Bi-Weekly:
OnlyPoetry's latest set of prompts.
Inked-Page's Bi Weekly Prompt
Inspiring-Words' Bi-Weekly Prompts - 28
Scribblers-Anonymous's prompts: Set 31!
Xpose-it's Bi-Weekly Writing Prompt: Nature
Letters to... a Future Love
theWrittenRevolution's Bi-Weekly Prompt
dA-lta's Bi-Weekly Prompts
Free Theme Week, YoungPoets' bi-weekly theme.
"My name is...", TheWritersMeow's newest prompt.

Monthly:
The June Monthly Theme of WriterSecretSanta.
WritersOfToday's Monthly Prompt
simplypoetry's March's Prompts and Submissions
simplyprose's April's prompts and submissions
DistinctPoetry's Monthly Prompts
Statue: Wordspill-Central's April prompt.
six-words's Issue 22
devLIT's Monthly Challenge: Luck
HammeredPoetry's Prompt #4: Etymoetry
Word and Theme Prompts for SixWordStories
"Green", the monthly prompt at OneWordPrompt.
WriMo-Writers's Prompt for the Month of May: Deceit

Other:
Writers-Workshop's The Distorted Perception Workshop [July 2nd]
Emotion, Genre, Music and Main Prompts from Lit-WIP.
FocusOnLit's Description Workshop
Creative Writing Course - Plot (Take II), hosted by Teenage-Writers.
the-haiku-club's June Haikuthon
ScreamPrompt #16, June 2011
Synthetic-Truth's Summer of Writing
"Random Acts of Kindness", I-Write-to-Express' current prompt.
ProjectDFC’s June Challenge [July 1st]
Fairy-Tale-Fantasy has a Story Challenge going on.
Mythologue's Dead Letters Prompt
theWrittenRevolution's prompts.
Six Word Story Challenge hosted by the groups: theWrittenRevolution, SixWordStories, Live-Love-Write and Literary-Perceptions
YouAsTheNarrator's Monthly, Bi-weekly, Bi-Weekly Music Prompt, and Crossed Adventures Prompts
deviantWRITE needs writers and editors for their challenge!
Be A Hero--Couplets
LITplease's Poetry, Fiction and Non-Fiction Prompts
Project Nine Lives





FantasyLiterature "is a group devoted to the fantasy genre", who showcases fantasy literature and strives "to help writers improve and create new and exciting tales." Click here to learn a bit more about them.


TarienCole graciously gave me some of their time and answered a few questions. [Thanks for everything!]



[Star!]How is FantasyLiterature different from the other literature groups on dA?
FantasyLiterature is the group on dA that is devoted singularly to the Fantasy genre, as classically defined. We're not a fantasy+sci-fi group, or a blanket speculative fiction group with Fantasy in our name. Our guidelines require that all submissions be literature that may clear reference to classic fantasy archetypes.

[Star!]You recently became the founder of FantasyLiterature, do you have any upcoming plans for the group?
I desire to gain SuperGroup status for it, and I also am thinking about contest ideas and beginning to feature regular contributors on a monthly basis.

[Star!]You group, as the name implies, focuses on Fantasy Literature, in your opinion what is the most challenging thing about writing fantasy literature? Why?
The most challenging aspect of Fantasy Literature, as unique from other forms, would have to be world-building. The act of creating a viable and unique setting is a challenge in itself. But then how do you explain that setting without turning it into encyclopedic info-dumps. How do you make the world look "lived in" and not just something the characters pass through?

[Star!]Anything else of note that you would like to share?
No. Thank you for the time.


Quick Links:
[Bullet; Pink] Rules
[Bullet; Pink] Submission Guidelines
[Bullet; Pink] #FantasyLiterature's Gallery
[Bullet; Pink] FAQ
[Bullet; Pink] #FantasyLiterature's Feedback Pairs



If you're looking for some more groups head over to leoraigarath's Literature Groups List or Realm-of-Fantasy's for their list of literature groups[Fantasy, Sci-fi and General], or you could always head over to LITplease's Community Portal to see the small list I've helped compile. Or if you're still not finding a group you like check out the list of all literature groups on dA: Click here!




These include contests that are purely Literature based and those that have other categories as well, but still accept Literature.

Here are the contests ending this week:


[New][Star!]"A Night to Remember" [Prose only, please see link for details] (June 30th)
[New][Star!]Aeria Contest (June 30th)
[New][Star!]Love Is Louder Contest [Visual Literature Only] (June 30th)
[New][Star!]Time for Love (June 30th)
[New][Star!]June Saijiki Contest [Please see link for details] (June 30th)
[New][Star!]Contest for All Genres of Art [7,500 prose word limit; please see link for details] (June 30th)
[New][Star!]Colours Contest (June 30th)
[New][Star!]The Seven Sins [Please see link for details] (June 30th)
[New][Star!]Skinjacker Contest (June 30th)
[New][Star!]You Teach Me Contest (June 30th)
[New][Star!]Emotional Detachment [1,000 word limit, please see link for details] (June 30th)
[New][Star!]I Once Had A Dream Contest (June 30th)
[New][Star!]Collaboration Contest (June 30th Sign-Up Date)
[New][Star!]Lit is SRS BNS [Flashlit written only in one of their events, please see link for details](July 1st)
[New][Star!]The Spectacular Cheap Thrills Romance Contest [3,000 word limit, please see link for details] (July 1st)
[New][Star!]Perfect Strangers Contest [7,000 word limit; please see link for details] (July 1st)
[New][Star!]Dialogue Contest [3,000 word limit; third person narrative; please see link for details] (July 1st)
[New][Star!]Perfect Strangers [7,000 word limit; please see link for details] (July 1st)
[New][Star!]Les  voleurs de coeurs Contests (July 2nd)
[New][Star!]OC Summer Contest (July 2nd)
[New][Star!]Private Eye in Los Diablos [No word count; 1,000-5,000 words encouraged] (July 4th)






Regular Lit News Articles
[Bullet; Pink] LitBits - vol.VII
[Bullet; Pink] The Ladies of Lit: Volume XI
[Bullet; Pink] Darkest Corners LIT 11- Scripts and Screenplays
[Bullet; Pink] Writers' Alert : Issue II
[Bullet; Pink] Useful Writing Blogs #5: Wordplay
[Bullet; Pink] The Lit-Seat: Issue 5
[Bullet; Pink] Writers With a Promise - Issue 7
[New][Bullet; Pink] Friday Night Features II


General Resources
[Bullet; Pink] LadyLincoln's Journal
[Bullet; Pink] lovetodeviate's Resource Central [Now moved to apocathary’s journal]
[Bullet; Pink] mode-de-vie's Community Update Journal
[Bullet; Pink] #SixWordStories Community Happenings
[Bullet; Pink] devLIT's Literary Happenings
[Bullet; Pink] WorldWar-Tori's Literature Resources
[Bullet; Pink] A List of Useful Writing Blogs
[Bullet; Pink] #Critique-It's Resources: Writing
[Bullet; Pink] #Mythologue's Literary Resources
[New][Bullet; Pink] #FantasyLiterature's Helpful Links

Writing Resources
[Bullet; Pink] Guides and Lessons for Effective Writing
[Bullet; Pink] LaMonaca's Writing Guides
[Bullet; Pink] LitResources' folder for Literature Tutorials
[Bullet; Pink] 10 Tips for Novel Writers
[Bullet; Pink] The Hard Work of Poetry
[Bullet; Pink] Tips For Editing Poetry
[Bullet; Pink] Style vs. Voice - A Guide
[Bullet; Pink] Three Act Structure
[Bullet; Pink] Haiku Theory Part 1
[Bullet; Pink] OokamiKasumi's Writing Tips and Tricks

Critiquing and Miscellaneous Resources
[Bullet; Pink] Search Engines for Serious Writers
[Bullet; Pink] The NonVerbal Thesaurus
[Bullet; Pink] How to Write Without Editing
[Bullet; Pink] Critiquing Fiction
[Bullet; Pink] Beta Reading Tutorial
[Bullet; Pink] A Verbose Guide to Critiquing

Publishing Resources
[Bullet; Pink] SadisticIceCream's Publishing Resources List
[Bullet; Pink] leoraigarath's Resources on the Side
[Bullet; Pink] Submitting Your Work for Publication
[Bullet; Pink] On-Writing - Getting Published
[Bullet; Pink] Getting Published the Hard Way
[Bullet; Pink]  Tips on Self Publishing
[Bullet; Pink] Writing Exercise-Book Proposal
[Bullet; Pink] How to Get a Literary Agent
[Bullet; Pink] 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.]
[Bullet; Pink] Divertir Publishing is an independent publisher and they also publish short story collections. Check out their dA: DivertirPublishing
[Bullet; Pink] An Idiot's Guide to Publishing

E-Zines/Magazines
[Bullet; Pink] Sparkbright Magazine
[Bullet; Pink] Harmless [Magazine]
[Bullet; Pink] One Million Pages Index
[Bullet; Pink] The Literati Review
[Bullet; Pink] Mimesis [Magazine]
[Bullet; Pink] The Clearfield Review
[Bullet; Pink] Barrier Islands Review
[Bullet; Pink] Queer.
[Bullet; Pink] Steampunk Tales
[Bullet; Pink] WalkingBlind [Magazine]
[Bullet; Pink] G.W. Review
[Bullet; Pink] Soundzine
[Bullet; Pink] Fuselit
[Bullet; Pink] The Missing Slate
[Bullet; Pink] SapphireTuesday
[Bullet; Pink] Bright Star (E-zine)
[Bullet; Pink] Title Goes Here
[Bullet; Pink] Second Look
[Bullet; Pink] Verandah Literary Journal
[Bullet; Pink] Chameleon Dream
[Bullet; Pink] Machine of Death





[New][Point Right] DailyLitDeviations needs 2 Prose Admins.

[New][Point Right] Poll, Monthly Resource Feature and Junior Match Maker & Feature Writer are the current vaccant position at Beta-Readers.

[New][Point Right] Poetry-101 has open admin positions.

[New][Point Right] Affiliate News admin postion is currently avaliable over at FocusOnLit.

[New][Point Right] Contributors are needed at EnchantedPoetry.

Updated:[Point Right] Deviant-Mentor needs Literature Mentors!

[Point Right] Critics and Commentors are open for applications over at Live-Love-Write.

[Point Right] Critique Moderator, WritersAreArtistsToo's current open position.

[Point Right] Soul-Poets is looking for more contributors.

[Point Right] Critics, admins, and a team to help keep members "motivated, inspired and more involved" are needed at devLIT

[Point Right] BleedingHeartsPoetry has an opening for a public relations postion.

[Point Right] A Contest admin is needed for the group Lit-WIP.

[Point Right] 2 Moderator Positions are open at HuesOfReality.

[Point Right] GrammarNaziCritiques is looking for poetry critics.

[Point Right] TFP Appraises and Admins to help with the Literature Community Portal are needed over at LITplease.

[Point Right] YouAsTheNarrator is looking to fill the following positions: 2 Gallery Moderators, 1 Character Bio Moderator, 4 Chatroom Moderators, 4 Promotion Moderators, 2 Gallery Contributors, and Comment Contributors.

[Point Right] Critiquers are needed at FantasyAuthorsGuild.

[Point Right] SuperWritersHelp is in need of more poetry critics.

[Point Right] Two Admins are wanted over at FictionFridays.

[Point Right] 2 Afilliates/PR Admins, 3 Pay It Forward Admins, and 4 Critics are open at lacoterie.

[Point Right] Editors are needed for the group, EditorialSquad.

[Point Right] Scribblers-Anonymous is still looking for a reporter.

[Point Right] 10 Critiquers, 5 Lit-Pickers, 2 Afilliate Admins, and 1 Contest Admin are needed at LitResources.

[Point Right] Literature Moderator positions available over at Realm-of-Fantasy.

[Point Right] Contributors, Moderators, and Administrators are needed over at RenderWonderland.

[Point Right] distinctpoetry is looking for one contributor.

[Point Right] Members to host workshops are wanted at Writers-Workshop

[Point Right] A founder is needed to take over the group, SongofthePoets.

[Point Right] Ideological Gallery Moderator, Twitter tech, and Literature and Visual Art gallery moderators are needed at TheControversy.

[Point Right] Various staff is needed to help with Gallery Moderation, Literature interviews, Prompt suggestions and postings, Polls, and Blog posts. over at Literary-Visions.

[Point Right] Prompts and Affiliates Admin positions are open at PennedPaper

[Point Right] Some greeters are needed for the group, RawEm0tion.

[Point Right] TheAlt-Lit has various positions open. [Widget on left-hand side.]

[Point Right] FantasyLiterature is Looking for Contributors!

[Point Right] Writers-Club is looking for "Helpers" to focus on submissions.

[Point Right] 35-prompts-challenge needs someone to take over the group.

[Point Right] simplypoetry needs a Co-Admin, 2 Commenter's/Critiquers, and a News Feature Co-ordinator

[Point Right] Open Positions over at SixWordStories, they need: Language
Moderators, Project Managers, Contest Managers, and a Prompt/Ideas Contributor.

[Point Right] A gallery, folder, member, and affiliate admin are needed at TheUnheardVoices [Widget on the right-hand side.]

[Point Right] Adopt-A-Writer is looking for Support Staff and members to adopt others.

[Point Right] A committed journalist, a committed pr representative, a Discussions Manager, and an editor are needed at GuildofWriters

[Point Right] Contributors are needed at Authors-of-Fantasy to help out with “group activities and other miscellaneous going-ons".

[Point Right] distinctprose is looking for staff!




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[Bullet; Pink] Want your group to be spotlighted? 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:
for helping out with the interviews, being my residential expert of all things publishing and also being amazing.
for helping keep a lookout for literature groups for me and being fantastic, of course.
for letting me help run LITplease's Community Portal and spamming her inbox with countless notes, all while being wonderful.