Saturday, May 9, 2-4 p.m. Room 2106 Participation in the Pitch-O-Rama is free and open to everyone by signing up, first come-first served, in Room 2106 on Saturday, May 9.  Writer’s Institute registrants may sign up beginning at 12:00 p.m. the day of the event.  Non-registrants may sign...

Editor’s Note: Every Monday is dedicated to young writers on www.BiscayneWriters.com. Josue Rojas is a Salvadoran-American Mission Native who travels the world, documenting the “weird and cutty” beautiful bits of life. This scoundrel may be spotted painting murals in San Francisco,...

Editor’s Note: These prompts aren’t just for writers. Replace the words “writing” or “words” with whatever it is you’re trying to do (lose weight, start a company, be a better wife or husband), and you should be able to kick your bad habit of start-up mentality. By...

Under the Sun, a new series of radio specials on WLRN 91.3/WKWM 91.5 (South Florida’s NPR station) is looking for talented, unpublished writers in South Florida to share a poem or piece of fiction. Submissions are accepted in three categories: children, college and adult. One submission in each...

By Curtis Esquibel DENVER – Every once in a while a 10 year anniversary date pops into the synapses of my brain. The writer in me remembers everything — specific conversations, clothes people wore, “detailia” that shouldn’t be recalled. But somehow I do. April 20, 1999 is...

Can’t be bothered to DIY? Check out our affordable start-up packages. Editor’s Note: Every Wednesday is dedicated to blogging for money on www.BiscayneWriters.com. by Kemila Velan You are a recently laid-off journalist. You never had to worry about production, i.e., layout, writing...

YO! Youth Outlook is an award-winning literary journal of youth life in the Bay Area. Featuring in-depth reporting pieces and first-person essays, comic strips and poetry pages, YO! is the communication outlet for youth who feel their voice and visions need to be seen and heard. YO! is a bridge...

by Sean Scott Maguire Editor’s Note: Every Wednesday is dedicated to blogging for money on www.BiscayneWriters.com. I love to write, and I often ramble on and on and on, so, I’m totally getting into this twitter thing, and in my warped thinking, I thought I was some kind of guru of twitter,...

Come listen to FIU Literary Award Winners Thursday, April 9, 2009 8 PM Biscayne Bay Campus Bookstore Wolfe University Center (WUC) Free and open to the public Winners of the Florida International University Literary Awards in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction will read from their winning works....

YOUTH ARTS DAY & MUSIC FEST Sunday, April 26, 2009 10 am – 5 pm Co-hosted by Students Offering Support and the Deering Estate at Cutler, Youth Arts Day and Music Fest is a community collaboration celebrating youth artists and creating awareness for the rich emerging resources Miami-Dade County...

Lip Service has gotten so big and so good.  Audiences are spilling into the street because people are telling their hilarious, juicy, raunchy, TRUE stories. WE WANT YOUR STORY! All stories must be true and fewer than 1,300 words.  Send your story to submissions@lipservicestories.com.  Go to...