Scarefest
Join us for three weeks of mystery challenges to test your ability to scare the pants off your readers. Learn how to keep them gripping the page all the way till the end with feedback on your submissions.
Don't be frightened if you missed our open registration period; try the challenges anyway and submit before the deadline if you dare... the judges may find the time to review your work!
Check the Scarefest page for challenge details, rules, and submissions guidelines.
Look for new challenges on the cusp of Saturdays, October 16, 23, and 30, UTC.
*To meet federal licensing regulations, we cannot accept religious or political entries. The editors will not accept entries containing erotica or pandemic fiction.
Monster Workshop
Saturday, October 23, we're hosting a Monster Workshop to help you create believable, scary monsters for your fiction. Check out the Chat page at 2pm, UTC, for an interactive workshop with Jake Reilly!
Jake's Monster Workshop is free to everyone worldwide.
Now available in print!
We're excited to announce the publication of our tenth volume of 72 Hours of Insanity: Anthology of The Games!
In this volume, you'll find 27 stories from 24 different authors around the world. These 300+ pages offer the very best display of skill in each of the five scored Events during this year's Writer's Games.
Special congratulations to this year's Judges' Choice winner,
Frances Turner!
Print: smile.amazon.com/72-Hours-Insanity-Anthology-Games/dp/B09HG1XQPR
Digital: smile.amazon.com/72-Hours-Insanity-Anthology-Games-ebook/dp/B09HHJFSJT
Open Call: WayWords
WayWords is accepting submissions for issue 5. We're looking for fiction short stories and poems with a central theme of new beginnings. You can submit up to 5,000 words or two poems for this section.
We'll also accept creative nonfiction on the subject of guides for our tribute section! You can submit up to 5,000 words.
Explore more submissions details, rights information, and even find a tip from our editors to help inspire as you explore what new beginnings means to you.
Click here to visit the WayWords page or find it under the Publications section of our menu.
Now Available
Your interpretations of connections felt so cohesive and real. It's an honor to share these exceptional pieces with you in this third issue of
WayWords, our quarterly literary journal. You'll find poetry and prose from 15 different authors and two tributes to service workers who've kept us stocked, clean, and fed in these difficult last 18 months.
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WayWords Issue 3: smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B09CRY48TQ
WayWords Issue 4 is in the editing stage.
New Merchandise!
Check out our new "I Am" line at Spring.com. You can find tees, hoodies, and mugs with three different expressions to show the world you're a writer.
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2022 Survey!
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A note from our director
Hello fellow creative,
This community is wonderfully diverse and I'm so honored to volunteer my time here. Our team is truly amazing; we put you, the writer, first and foremost in everything we do. We're here to help you succeed!
We work hard to design a plethora of incredible new challenges to broaden your writing horizons today, tomorrow, and in your writing future.
Thank you for your support, you're the reason we exist!
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Love and words,
Theresa
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