Artsy Fartsy Newsletters By C. Hope Clark

Do you get newsletters from your state arts or humanities councils? I get fifteen of them, and they come packed with knowledge, jobs, and calls for submission, contests as well as grants. They have no need for scams and do not advertise, so the content in those pages is legitimate and genuine. Since they live to serve artists and writers, they have no need to pull the wool over your eyes. In other words, reliable.
I have found grants I never knew existed, contests for specific regions, jobs advertised on a short deadline, and publications I craved to read. I learned how much money a state had to offer writers and which states loved writers more than others. The best retreats in the world appear in these newsletters.

Word Counts In Contests

In regards to word counts for contests, are there rules for what constitutes a word such as “a”, “the,” etc? Two letters or less are not words, Or is basically everything that is typed considered a word.

No Excuse For Success By Kimberly Button

Writers can be full of excuses on why they don’t write – there’s not enough time, I don’t have the correct software, I’m not organized enough, etc. I’m proof positive that there is no valid excuse for not writing, regardless of your circumstances.