Remember those article and short-story queries you promised yourself you would submit this year? Now, you have an extra reason to sit down and work on them: The Write On! September Challenge: Short Fiction & Non-Fiction/Essay Query Contest. A query is the letter sent to a publication, used to sell an article, short story, or [...]
Thanks to everyone who entered the Write On! Online June Challenge: Query Contest – Screenplays & Teleplays. Special thanks to screenplay-query judge Tracey Jackson (Lucky Ducks) and teleplay-query judge Jeanne Veillette Bowerman (co-founder of Scriptchat), who selected the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners from the finalists! And to literary agent David Boxerbaum, who will [...]
THE SUMMER CHALLENGE Here’s a fun, creative challenge for the Write On! Summer Contest, which runs from July 1 to August 31, 2010. Write 200 to 400 words on the subject, “How I Spent My Summer Vacation.” Here’s the catch: Your story must be fiction. Travel writer John E. DiScala (a.k.a. Johnny Jet) will select [...]
Thanks to everyone who entered the Write On! Online May Challenge: Query Contest – “Books!” We received some excellent entries. Special thanks to authors Amy Friedman (Syndicated Columnist, “Tell Me A Story“) and Dennis Danziger (A Short History of a Tall Jew), who selected the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners from the finalists! And [...]
Screenwriters, it’s your turn! In our continuing effort to help writers jump-start their careers, we are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Write On! Query Contest, Part 2: Screenplays. The winner in each category—Screenplay and Teleplay—will have their query letter read by Los Angeles literary agent David Boxerbaum of APA. They will also receive a [...]
Thanks to everyone who entered the Write On! Online April Challenge – Write a Limerick! And the winners are … 1st Place: Paula Bradley (Prize: A medium-length (or 21,000 word) one-reader iScript) Here is Paula’s Winning Limerick: There was a wee man, name of Evans Whose lottery card was all sevens. On the night of the [...]
In our continuing effort to help writers jump-start their careers, we are pleased to launch the 2nd Annual Write On! Query Contest. The winner in each category—Fiction and Non-Fiction—will have their query letter read by Los Angeles-based literary agent Betsy Amster. They will also receive a gift certificate from iScript. Authors Amy Friedman (Syndicated Columnist, [...]
Thanks to everyone who entered the Write On! Online March Challenge – Green! We received some excellent entries. Here are the winners: 1st Place: Linda Lichtman – “Birthday Bogeyman” (Prize: A medium-length (or 21,000 word) one-reader iScript; the 1st Place Story is posted below) 2nd Place: Belinda McDonald-Paez – “Greenville, Louisianna – A Childhood Memory” [...]
Thanks to everyone who entered the Write On! Online February Challenge – Have a Heart! Here are the winners: 1st Place: PJ Kaiser – “Waiting for Spring” (Prize: A medium-length (or 21,000 word) one-reader iScript; the 1st Place Story is posted below) 2nd Place: Dylan Kenin – “Heart” (Prize: Writing the Romantic Comedy by Billy [...]
THE MARCH CHALLENGE: GREEN Time for another Writing Prompt contest. The March Challenge is to write a story or essay, based on the writing prompt: “Green.” There are numerous ways a writer can go with this: Green is a color, name, and emotion, as well as a representation of money and the environment. And that’s [...]
Debra Eckerling is a professional writer and coach with expertise in feature articles, corporate communications, and public speaking, as well as social media and live networking.
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The leader of Write On!, Debra has been a professional writer for more than 10 years. She has expertise in feature articles, corporate communications, and public speaking. Write On! is a virtual - and live - writers support group, which helps writers of all abilities, mediums, and specialties take their projects to the next level.
