CNF contests are worth submitting to, even if you’re a new writer. In fact, they’re a fantastic place to start.
CRAFT: Big Writing Dreams? Here’s Why You Need to Enter CNF Contests by Nicole Breit
Category: Articles
INTERVIEW: Sabine Hossenfelder, Author of Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions
I went into physics because it struck me as the best way to understand how the universe works, and that includes some aspects of our existence.
INTERVIEW: Linda Murphy Marshall, Author of Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery
The day I spent at Ivy Lodge, sorting through my parents’ things, being bombarded by memories, jump-started the whole [writing] process.
REVIEW: Walking Him Home: Helping My Husband Die With Dignity by Joanne Tubbs Kelly
This is a memoir of helping a husband die with dignity also gives testimony to their relationship and to loving release.
REVIEW: Voice First: A Writer’s Manifesto by Sonya Huber
The craft book uses voice as an entry point for exploring content, structure and the act of writing itself.
REVIEW: Under My Bed and Other Essays by Jody Keisner
The nuances of life’s subtle and private forms of fear are masterfully explored in the essay collection.
REVIEW: Hysterical by Elissa Bassist
Women’s pain and the silencing of their voices are among the topics explored with both humor and fury in Elissa Bassist’s memoir in essays.
INTERVIEW: Jonathan Alexander, Author of Dear Queer Self: An Experiment in Memoir
Dear Queer Self is an unconventional memoir in which Jonathan Alexander addresses wry and affecting missives to a conflicted younger self.
WRITING LIFE: How to Keep Writing by Katie Bannon
…incorporate a symbolic gesture to signal it’s time to write.
CRAFT: Pedal and Prose: 3 Writing Tips from the Tour by Stephanie Hunt
In this month’s CRAFT column, Stephanie Hunt shares Tour de France-inspired writing tips.
