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Calling all fiction writers! The @TexasObserver Short Story Contest is now open, with @NataliaSylv as judge: texasobserver.org/2018-short…
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Kinda like the way we use mentor texts in high school English classes, hey @KielyBrendan? Cool! #HAWKSwrite #dowhattheprofessionalsdo teapawt.net/YAReviewNet/status/999…
@KielyBrendan on writer's block: "I try to find a book I love, and I copy the words from a random section in the book. I literally copy the scene word for word...." Read the rest of his interview here:
yareview.net/2018/05/intervi…
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Pacific Islander Poetry and Culture poem sampler!
#YPPLaureate #Poetryfoundation #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth teapawt.net/poetryfound/status/997…
Find a new favorite poet or reconnect with one whose work you already love during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with our Pacific Islander Poetry and Culture poem sampler. #APAHM poet.ly/SWUG30k14x1
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: @girlswritenow is accepting applications for their 2018-2019 mentorship programs: Writing & Mentoring Program and Digital Media Mentoring Program. Applications for mentors AND mentees welcome! Deadline: FRI, 6/1. bit.ly/2IEy0QV
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In honor of the last day of #NationalPoetryMonth, @YAReviewNet is hosting a classroom size #giveaway of #Skyscraping along with one copy of my new books ##EveryShinyThing and #TheWaytheLightBends! Plus they interviewed me! More deets here: yareview.net/2018/04/nationa… … #nctevillage
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Check out this interview with @cordeliajensen on verse novels over at @YAReviewNet (plus there are giveaways!): yareview.net/2018/04/nationa… #Skyscraping #TheWaytheLightBends
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In fact, here's a handy thread of all our member spotlights! Come for the books, stay for the awkward pictures of our authors as teens 😎
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If you read the book, you know what scene this is. teapawt.net/George_Tillman/status/…
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.@MerriamWebster's new Time Traveler etymology feature has essentially reorded the entire dictionary in chronological form (😲), @PeterSokolowski announced at #ACES2018 . Try it out here: merriam-webster.com/time-tra…
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Six months ago, my bff/fellow writer @BethGrosart said, "You should write YA poetry for this contest!" Then, me: "YA? Poetry? No." And now those poems are up at @YAReviewNet. 😍
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The difference between reading a novel and following hashtags, summed up by C.S. Lewis: “Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege, of individuality. There are mass emotions which heal the wound; but they destroy the privilege.”
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The #YALLWEST TEEN WRITING CONTEST is here which means it's time to cancel your weekend plans and get started on your submissions! ❤️✍️
Brought to you by the YALLWEST Teen Ambassadors and @GetUnderlined! getunderlined.com/perks/ente…
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Dysfunctional title-switching to echo the mood of our panel on family feuding in fiction. @SOKYBookFest @JessicaBurkhart @BrigidKemmerer @BrendaKRufener
@ASmithAuthor
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poetry is almost everything: that is everything, less
what it really is
—Emilio Villa
#NationalPoetryMonth
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Today's #mentortext - the opening line of MONSTER, by the incredible Walter Dean Myers. The student imitations are pretty awesome, too.
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For those loving THE POET X by @AcevedoWrites make sure to check out @YAReviewNet for an outtake yareview.net/2018/03/outtake… teapawt.net/AuthorVillage/status/9…
Wow!! Congratulations to @AcevedoWrites. Her debut novel, THE POET X, is a New York Times Bestseller! Amazing, amazing, amazing!
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4/18-- @NationalSlam Champion, @AcevedoWrites will read from her debut novel, The Poet X, accompanied by readings from @PENamerican Open Book Award nominee @jadersharma, and 2017 @TheSchooner Prize Winner @batkvetch!
Sponsored by @AdelphiU MFA in Creative Writing.
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Sci-fi gives women, nonbinary people, and PoC a chance to make themselves the center of their stories! (Pictured: Binti @nnedi, Shadowshaper @djolder, Children of Blood and Bone @tomi_adeyemi, Mind of My Mind #octaviabutler)
bit.ly/octaviaproject2018 #WomensHistoryMonth2018
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Fuse Literary is hosting an online auction benefitting WNDB's Internship Grant Program! Their literary agents are offering a range of critiques for writers. Thank you so much, Fuse Literary! 32auctions.com/organizations…
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I'm stunned and grateful! Thank you to USBBY and the Astrid Lindgren Award Committee for nominating me and Christopher Myers. teapawt.net/usbby/status/969639435…