Prompted to Write

The votes have been entered and we have a winner for January.  Gabrielle will be receiving the prize below for “The Gypsy Trailer”.

You Can Write a Novel Kit – The goal of this book is to help you take the bits and pieces that are floating around in your mind and put them together to create a full-length novel.

The winner of our drawing from the email list was a user whose email address is lill**at30@***.com (stars entered for privacy).  He or she will be receiving the prize below.

Portable MFA in Creative Writing – According to the description, it gives you “the core knowledge of a prestigious $50,000 MFA program without paying tuition.”

I loved all the entries and I’m glad to see everyone joining the newsletter.  The first issue will be going out very soon, and you can expect one every 2-4 weeks in the future.  If you’re not signed up yet, I highly recommend you do so now – there’s a signup field on the right side of the screen (or click here if you’re reading this in a feed reader).  We have a drawing every month, so just by being a member, you’ll be entered for an opportunity to win a prize.

So…on to the February contest.  For the month of February, it’s the same deal, except this time the prizes will be $15 Amazon gift certificates.   In case you missed the arrangement for last month, that means:

Contest #1 – All writing prompt responses for the month of February will be automatically entered in this contest.  Just post your contribution in the comments, or let us know about it and post a link in the comments.

Contest #2 – All members of the email list are automatically entered in the second contest.

Two great ways to win – Good luck!

Okay, so I said there would be a contest after Christmas, and I meant it.  In fact, there are going to be TWO contests for the month of January.

Contest #1 –

This one is for members of my e-newsletter.  If you haven’t already signed up, you can do so on any page of this site (click here to visit the homepage if you’re reading this in a feed reader) and putting your email into the box on the right-hand side of the page.  At the end of January, I’ll be randomly selecting an email from the list and that person will receive their choice of a $15 Amazon gift certificate or…

Portable MFA in Creative Writing – According to the description, it gives you “the core knowledge of a prestigious $50,000 MFA program without paying tuition.”

Contest #2 –

This contest is for anyone who submits a piece based on a prompt here on the blog (during the month of January…including those who have already done so).  You get one entry per submission, so feel free to go crazy with the different prompts if you want.  You can submit your pieces in a couple of ways:

• Paste it into the comments for that prompt
• Post it to your blog or website and then let us know in the comments (either through a trackback or just manually saying something)

I’ll randomly pick 5 submissions and then readers can vote on their favorite from that list.  The winner will get either a $15 Amazon gift certificate or…

You Can Write a Novel Kit – The goal of this book is to help you take the bits and pieces that are floating around in your mind and put them together to create a full-length novel.