The weekly batch of no-fee, paying competitions, contests, and calls for submissions—plus jobs for those of us who write (especially those of us who write fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction). These posts are intended to complement/supplement monthly issues of The Practicing Writer newsletter, where you’ll always find more listings.
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Blogs
I maintain two blogs: Practicing Writing and My Machberet. Posts for both blogs show up on this page, but you can visit each blog by clicking on the appropriate link. It's also possible to subscribe to each feed.
Practicing Writing: Here you'll find updates on writing and publishing opportunities (especially handy between issues of our popular monthly newsletter). You'll discover ONLY opportunities that charge no fees, and ONLY publications/contests that will pay for your writing. The blog also shares writing-related news, resources, and quotations; book reviews; and occasional updates regarding this practicing writer's own work.
My Machberet: "Machberet" is the Hebrew word for notebook. Since it's also (appropriately) one of the very first words I learned in my first Hebrew school in Brooklyn (and, I confess, one of the few conversational Hebrew words I still remember), I've chosen it to title this blog, where I offer write-ups on Jewish news (especially of the literary sort) and occasional commentary.
Monday Markets and Jobs for Writers
Sunday Sentence
In which I participate in David Abrams’s “Sunday Sentence” project, sharing the best sentence I’ve read during the past week, “out of context and without commentary.”
Wherever you look, the portents
bear the same burden: the lawns
will mold under the deep drifts,
the greens will thirst to death
in their dry dirt—are brown
already with a chill foresight;
look at the puffy, bundled spruce.
Source: “Endsong” by Robley Wilson (1930-2018), published on the inside cover of the November 2018 issue of Poetry magazine; previously published in the magazine in October 1981.
Friday Finds for Writers
Description: closed trunk and text label announcing, “Finds for Writers.”
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to peruse over the weekend. Continue reading ›
Pre-Shabbat Jewish Literary Links
On what appears to be a segment of an open Torah scroll, the words “Jewish Lit Links” appear.
Every Friday, My Machberet presents an array of Jewish-interest links, primarily of the literary variety. Continue reading ›
Friday Finds for Writers
Description: closed trunk and text label announcing, “Finds for Writers.”
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to peruse over the weekend. Continue reading ›
Pre-Shabbat Jewish Literary Links
On what appears to be a segment of an open Torah scroll, the words “Jewish Lit Links” appear.
Every Friday, My Machberet presents an array of Jewish-interest links, primarily of the literary variety. Continue reading ›
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