I didn’t win Gotham Writers’ Workshops YA Novel Discovery Contest. But on to bigger and better. OK, maybe just different.
The folks at Gotham were happy to tell me about a few upcoming contests and, even though I’m no poet, I’m going to give the Acrostic Contest a shot. The contest is to celebrate the release of the movie Alice in Wonderland. Seems C.S. Lewis was a big acrostic fan. Check out the prizes at The Writer.
I remember when I taught school there were a lot of these for holidays. You know:
Mother
M is for the mountains of laundry you do
O is for the oatmeal cookies you bake
T is for the times you take me to the park
H is for the hugs you give me
E is for everytime you tell me you love me
R is for running to catch the ice cream truck
If you’ve wondering about the Shady Side Review Contest I’ve entered a piece about an overheard conversation. Thank you cellphone technology for making that an everyday occurence–the things I’ve heard while standing in line at the grocery store!
I’m happy to hear about any writing contests you hear about! I’m on a writing contest kick lately!
I didn’t win Gotham Writers’ Workshop contest either. But I just keep telling myself that no one has recognized my brilliance yet.