Hi Writer, are you ready for the holidays? Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, maybe you can enjoy some peace and quiet over the next two weeks. It’s a great time to take stock and reflect on the year. Which makes me wonder, what are you most proud of writing this year? Tell me your 2019 proudest writing moment.
I’ll share everyone’s answers in the next issue of Notes for Writers. Which, by the way, will be in your inbox on Jan. 3, 2020. There will be no email next week. So Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and I’ll see you in the new year!
Thanks for reading,
Nick
This Week I…
Loved this interview with Circe author Madeline Miller.
Wrote about urban fiction novelist and hip-hop influencer Donald Goines.
Interviewed poet Emily K. Michael.
Shared my appreciation for new Christmas traditions.
Shout Outs
Thank you, Dascha Paylor, for sharing last week’s Notes for Writers on Twitter!
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Writing Calls and Contests
2019 Crosswinds Poetry Contest (Deadline: Dec. 31, 2019)
2020 Poetry Translation Competition (Deadline: Dec. 31, 2019)
2020 High School Poetry Competition (Deadline: Dec. 31, 2019)
Serena McDonald Kennedy Award for Fiction (Deadline: Dec. 31, 2019)
Violet Reed Haas Prize for Poetry (Deadline: Dec. 31, 2019)