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✨CHALLENGE REMINDER✨
Red Hen Press NANOWRIMO Challenge #2: Start your story at the beginning, middle, or end!
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All writers vary when it comes to where they start their stories. There is no right or wrong way to start a story, sometimes inspiration comes naturally and we have to start at a specific point. Feel free to share in the comments what is your preferred starting point!
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✨AUTHOR SIGNING✨
Francisco Aragón, author of AFTER RUBÉN, will be signing at the Miami Book Fair November 21 at 1:00 PM. Stop by the Red Hen booth to say hello and grab a copy or copies of Aragón’s book(s)!
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View the link here to learn more about the fair: miamibookfair.com/
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What’s not to love about submitting your hard work for a literary award or multiple awards? Especially Red Hen’s literary awards! We currently have four awards that are active for writers to submit their pieces.
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❇️Quill Prose Award (DEADLINE: November 30, 2026)
❇️Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award (DEADLINE: December 31, 2026)
❇️Cai Emmons Fiction Award (DEADLINE: January 15, 2027)
❇️Ann Petry Award (DEADLINE: March 31, 2027)
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Click the link down below to view our Awards and submit: redhen.org/awards/
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✨EVENT ALERT✨
Head on over to Village Well Books & Coffee in Culver City, for not only a glass of wine and delicious food, but also to celebrate the release of Florencia Ramirez’s new book THE KITCHEN ACTIVIST!
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~Details~
Date: Sunday, December 6th
Time: 4:30 PM
Ticket Price: $30
Location: Village Well Books & Coffee
9900 Culver Blvd. #1B
Culver City, CA 90232
Click on the link here to view the event for more info and tickets: villagewell.com/events/66997…
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Lets gather some fragments of wisdom and pieces of hope between covers to inspire us along the way.
Releasing on November 17th. Preorder your copy today:indiepubs.com/products/uncer…
✨BOOK FAIR ANNOUNCEMENT✨
Another book fair…
Another Red Hen Press appearance!!
We will appear and vend at the 2026 Miami Book Fair, located at Miami Dade College in Florida. Stay tuned for where we’ll specifically be located at the fair!
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Details:
Dates of our appearance 🐓: November 20-22
Time(s): All day
Address of Location: Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus
300 NE Second Ave.
Miami, FL 33132
View the link here to learn more about the fair: miamibookfair.com/
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🍂❄️ Cozy season is officially upon us, and there's nothing we love more than curling up with a good story!
Our submissions portal is open! Send your work our way!
Submit here: redhenpress.submittable.com/…
Celebrating The Los Angeles Review 2025 Flash Fiction Award Winner and Runner Up
FLASH FICTION
“Laugh Your Beak Off” by Jennifer Lewis
""Manual for Using the Phrase “Saving Our Children” as a Default" by Tyler Stallings
Congrats everyone!
More info losangelesreview.org/submiss…
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Celebrating The Los Angeles Review 2025 Short Fiction Award Winner and Runner Up 🥳
SHORT FICTION
“When the Metal Prays” by Priyanka Kumra
“Tigerlily” by Ellie Prusko
Congratulations everyone!
For more info on the LAR submissions, visit the webpage here losangelesreview.org/submiss…
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✨CHALLENGE REMINDER✨
Red Hen Press NANOWRIMO Challenge #1: Brainstorm your character’s personality types and backgrounds!
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Give your character or characters a personality type, discover what their true selves would be, and how they would act with others. Give them backgrounds, where they came from, how they got to a certain point in their life, or even what species they are.
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Feel free to share some snippets of your work/ideas down below in the comments!
Tune in next week for the reveal of the second NANOWRIMO challenge!
#redhenpress #fyp #NANOWRIMO
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