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Announcing our second annual Burning the Midnight Oil Poetry Contest! Now accepting entries.
                                                                                                                                               
Amazing Story Fiction Contest is closed. Watch for results September 1, 2008.

Meet Andrew Blackman and read his winning first chapter of On the Holloway Road.

Check out the winners of our Novel Beginnings 1st Chapter Contest.

Take a writing class this fall! Building a Story From the Ground Up is open for enrollment. Classes work around your schedule.

Learn how to tell your story! Enroll in our Memoir: Writing the Story of Your Life class. We work around your schedule.

Visit our articles page and read our feature "The Problem with Self-published Books--and the Solution."

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Why Write a Short Story?
The most obvious reason is, of course, to enter our Amazing Story Contest. But beyond the obvious, writing short stories is a great way to learn the craft of writing. For the more advanced writer, the exercise of the short story keeps the writing muscle in shape. Many writers can write them in one sitting (though not this writer), and they are quite portable when attending the weekly writer's group--the perfect length for critiquing. (Try hauling several copies of your novel to the group!) The commitment level is not as high, either. More like going out on a date with your characters rather than marrying them, as is the case with a novel. Short stories are fun to write, provide a quick sense of accomplishment for the writer, and are perfect for entering contests.
 
Did I mention, I know just the right contest?  
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