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Why Your Writing Isn’t YouContributor Blogs

Why Your Writing Isn’t You

Lance JencksSeptember 13, 2021

Q: Would you categorize poetry as fiction or nonfiction? My own opinion would be nonfiction because it speaks or alludes to universal truths no…

Calls for Submissions | Publication Announcements: Literary & Visual ArtsBlog

Calls for Submissions | Publication Announcements: Literary & Visual Arts

Open Arts ForumJuly 21, 2021

For those of you on Facebook, we've started a group so that publishers can post calls for submissions and writers and artists can post…

“While You Wait” AnthologyContributor Blogs

“While You Wait” Anthology

Eliot JacobsonMay 25, 2021

Just out and soon available on Amazon (w/ 2 of my poems), the "While You Wait" anthology. This was commissioned by our local poet…

Winners of the Poetry Contest, Lockdown Prayers, 2021Contributor Blogs

Winners of the Poetry Contest, Lockdown Prayers, 2021

Soodabeh SaeidniaMay 18, 2021

https://soodabehpoems.wordpress.com...mOS23IMdQKutp0ONzSycm4PuLhto9bFN7XkBuN8DNpZGo The book is available on amazon:

Totally DisconnectedContributor Blogs

Totally Disconnected

Eliot JacobsonMay 12, 2021

So, I finally did it ... published a "book" of my poetry. Please stop by and have a look, and maybe even read a…

Letter From the Nephew of a NaziContributor Blogs, Performance Art, Video

Letter From the Nephew of a Nazi

Lance JencksApril 29, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8m6HUU-70A

tv appearance…Contributor Blogs, Video

tv appearance…

April 10, 2021

i was on the tv show PAN Connection...for 1 hour...which is probably 56 minutes more than necessary...but it is what it is. anyway, i…

Jefferson’s ZOOM, Jan. 11 – Join MeContributor Blogs

Jefferson’s ZOOM, Jan. 11 – Join Me

Jefferson CarterJanuary 1, 2021

OAF friends, if you ZOOM, I'll be one of three poets featured on Flying Out Loud, a Zoom series out of Kentucky, Jan. 11,…

Why publishing a book is importantContributor Blogs

Why publishing a book is important

Miya KoNovember 27, 2020

Publishing a book is important, whether self-published (without imprint) or cooperatively published (with imprint). Yeah, you won't get rich or earn a lot of…

Line Breaks and Commas and Colons, Oh My!
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Line Breaks and Commas and Colons, Oh My!

Kaci Skiles LawsAugust 2, 2020

"Write drunk; edit sober." –Ernest Hemingway Punctuation is a personal struggle. It begins that way for anyone who wants to be a memorable writer. Who…

How to Edit Your Writing
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How to Edit Your Writing

Kaci Skiles LawsJuly 12, 2020

"There is an old saying: 'No piece of writing is ever finished, it's just abandoned.' But my own rule is: No piece of work…

Curated list of e-zines, publishers, and online communities for writers, artists, and photographersBlog

Curated list of e-zines, publishers, and online communities for writers, artists, and photographers

Open Arts ForumFebruary 6, 2020

Here's a list of links to other interesting outlets for writers, artists, and photographers. Feel free to suggest additions to the list by responding…