First Prize: $5,000.00 - Plus, the tuition fee for The Humber School for Writers Correspondence Program in Creative Writing Second Prize: $2,000.00 Third Prize: $1,000.00 The feeling of submitting: PRICELESS! DEADLINE: Sunday, February 26, 2012 Here's the article in the Star about the contest this year: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1111985--announcing-the-star-s-short-story-contest Here are the details for the contest:… Continue reading Toronto Star Short Story Contest! Check out the info!
Author: Vanessa Shields
Writer. Mother. Lover.
My Sentiments Exactly – Writing is Working!
I follow Miss Snark (aka 'authoress) with a kind vengence. She's so kind and giving when it comes to writing and helping writers abroad work hard(er), get connected, get agented, and keep our balls full of bravery to do the best writing we can do. Here is her blog on working vs writing..er, writing as… Continue reading My Sentiments Exactly – Writing is Working!
2012 – A Writer’s New Year
It's a new year, but what does that mean for a writer? For me, that means clean, purge, clear and go. Clean my office. Good grief, Charlie Brown. It took me all day to clean this place. I cleaned everything. The desktop, the drawers, the baskets, the books. I threw out so much stuff. I… Continue reading 2012 – A Writer’s New Year
VANESSA SHIELDS 