Pitch-O-Rama
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 up as of 1:00 p.m.
A tight, effective verbal [...]
Josue Rojas
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, at a local calamity with a news camera on his shoulder or somewhere in Latin [...]
7 Writing Prompts for ADD writers
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 Melanie Feliciano
Start-up mentality begins with New Year’s Day. Everyone [...]
We want to hear your voice, South Florida!
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the Sun, a new series of radio specials on WLRN 91.3/WKWM 91.5 (South Florida’s NPR station) is looking for talented, unpublished writers in South Florida to share a poem or piece of fiction.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 category will be recorded in the writer’s [...]
Remembering Columbine
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 somewhat one of those days — but not so hard [...]
How to Start Up a Blog: A Primer for Laid-Off Journalists
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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 headlines, graphics. And you certainly never had to worry about distribution. If you have, well, [...]
Youth Outlook: Fighting for the Future
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 to the world of youth [...]
Twitterheads, Twitterberrys, Twitter Thumbs, Twittledeedee, Twittledeedum…
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, just because I had [...]
The Barnes & Noble Writers on the Bay Reading Series
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. The winners are [...]
Youth Arts Day and Music Fest Now Accepting Submissions
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 has to offer.
“We want to invite youth artists [...]
WE WANT YOUR STORY!
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 lipservicestories.com for submission tips and guidelines. You can also hear past [...]
