Writers' Forum

I am please to announce that WordSith has agreed to become a Moderator of Zeugma.

I can no longer see many of the avatars on the board. I'm on a Mac, but I don't recall having this problem until more recently. Perhaps since our little blackout? I can see Agnes, but not Alan, for example. I can see River, and Ravi, but not Olson. Any suggestions on how I can fix this? I do not kn...

NOTE: The deadlines have changed PRISM's 2012 Fiction & Poetry contest deadlines are approaching, so getcher entries in!! Entry fees for all contests are $28 if entering by snail mail, $30 if entering online. Additional entries can be added for $7 each. Every participant receives a one-year sub...

As a teacher, editor and critic of writing, and as a writer, I have found that a knowledge of literary devices and terms was useful (just as a knowledge of rhetorical devices is useful) for the reader of poetry and the writer as well, because it could enrich the reading and writing; however, I have ...

Here is the text of an email I received today: PRISM's 2011/2012 contests are now open, so getcher entries in!! Entry fees for all contests are $28, and additional entries can be added for $7 each. Every participant receives a one-year subscription to PRISM international. Works of translation are el...

Ottawa is showing up as a major player in poetry readings. Apparently more than 1000 people participate in 14 different poetry reading series in Ottawa each month. Versefest is an attempt to amalgamate "page" poets and "stage" poets. The festival features world poetry slam winner...

Were you clicking on "Save Draft" instead of "Submit"? If so, you can retrieve your draft as follows: open the thread in question, click on "POST REPLY", and you will note that there is an extra button, "Load Draft". After you click on that, you will note that...

Hello, I just wrote a long, thoughtful, positive critique of your poem and when I hit submit the webpage had expired. I have tried to get it back but can't. The Save Draft option was on,I'll keep trying. Can anyone help me? This is unfortunate, but it is a limitation of the software. A year or so a...

Duotrope is an interesting resource for writers. Although it is designed as an online resource to help writers keep track of submissions, it seems to me that I have seen contests mentioned there among the descriptions of various publishers. Wild Poetry Forum is another poetry forum that is quite in...

The deadline for PRISM international's Short Fiction and Poetry Contests is fast-approaching! The entry fee for each contest is $28 (additional entries can be added for $7 each). Every participant receives a one-year subscription to PRISM international. The Short Fiction Contest deadline is January ...

Agnes, thanks for pushing me into this. I thought about starting off with a little biographical tour of me, but until your "you first," thought I should wait and see if we had any takers here. But, there is fair, so here goes. In my almost three quarters of a century, I have been a teenage...

Any members (but particularly new members) are encouraged to reply to this post, by way of introduction. You might tell us your general location on the planet, and perhaps why you write poetry. It might also be useful if you give us a general idea about whether you are new to writing poetry or have ...

Here is a link to a page on Erin Bow's site, where she discusses Agents and writers.

I cheated a bit in the title of this, but although this is mainly about novel writing, a lot of it grips on the glacial face of writing poetry very well.

Ten Rules for Writing Fiction

Thanks, Agnes, but remember, just between you and me (and if you tell anybody, I never said it) I'm a single-minded (but double brained of course) poet/fanatic.