Love dA Lit: Issue 57

Welcome to the fifty-seventh issue of my weekly news article, Love dA Lit! Every Sunday this news article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, interviewing various members of the literature community and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.

Note: Thanksgiving Note Project: Deviants Are Thankful For Part I, Deviants Are Thankful For Part II, Deviants Are Thankful For Part III

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• Congratulations to zebrazebrazebra, thorns, HaveTales-WillTell, kamy-ska and dy-dx on their seniority. Seniority Announcement - December 2011
• Kick Ass Kick Off Contest Update
• Lit Up: Vol. I
• EliteLiterature's Lit of the Week 7! Featuring adalaine, neuroticmnemonic and RestlessSands!
• Soul-Poets' Poem Portfolio Project: UnicornSaysNomNom's Poem Portfolio of 2011, checkyeschloe's Portfolio of 2011, Rosalyn's Poetry Portfolio of 2011, eggshells-and-paint's Poetry Portfolio
• Poem of the Week - #11
• Poets-and-Warriors gives a welcome back to RiseandBe as a contributor.
• Discussion:Favorite form of literature?, Live-Write-Now's newest discussion.
• A few updates and a possible upcoming contest from EmotionalWriting
• OriginalFictions' Second Official Contest- The end of times
• theWrittenRevolution's Featured Member LI: ~Rieal-Dragonsbane
• 52 Week Six Word Story Challenge! - Week 50
• 15-Minutes-of-Fame lets members know the group will be a bit quiet until after the holidays
• Catku Contest Winner
• ThePoetryofDA updates their contest.
• EliteLiterature posts an informative journal about How to Nominate for their Lit of the Week
• thelifeofwords' Winter Contest has started.
• knownames' Exquisite Corpse Poem is now complete.
• Interview: Euxiom
• Love-Literature a new group, has launched.
• RawEm0tion updates their General Info
• Inspiring-Words announces their Contest Winners
• RawEm0tion updates their Poetry/Prose
• Stephen King talking about writing UTD
• WritersInk wants to know "How will the Christmas holiday affect your writing?"
• Writing Community Announcements from Lit-WIP
• Which medium do you choose to write? Or does it really not matter at all? asks writers-in-progress
• Penpa's competition is cancelled due to lack of participation.
• The-Writers-Review is back
• An Odyssey through Art and Literature
• Raininginhawaiipoems updates on their Contests and a possible group deletion
• We-Write-To-Escape's Group Icon Contest Winner Announced
• ODYSSEYPROJECT blogs about How to Submit to the group.
• Writers-Retreat asks "where do you think we can improve at as a group?"
• JustKeepWriting's Weekly Selections #5
• ODYSSEYPROJECT's New Deadline! (UPDATE)
• LiteratureforPoints lists some group activities
• Some updates from YouAsTheNarrator
• ThePlotBunnyCageClub's Rules and Adoption Form
• Project Comment Interviews, Issue 39
• An Apology from SongofthePoets
• 30 Writers You Should Discover: Volume VII
• Do you have a publishing-related question I might be able to answer? asks SadisticIceCream
• BlueMoonBird's sijo exquisite corpse renga has begun.
• thePromptPalace is a new group to gather and come up with writing prompts to inspire writers.
• Authors-of-Fantasy's Feature--December 1st-December 31st
• Weekly Announcements from Lit-WIP.
• NaNoWriMo: The Editing Phase
• TheControversy'sSanta's Sack is back.
• thorns' poll: "You're intimidated by Literature Community Volunteers because..."
• LiteratureforPoints now has a chatroom.
• My-Soul-Bleeds-Ink has a small update to their contest.
• How Can I Get A Bigger Audience?
• angelStained asks :If you're invited to be a Literature CV, would you accept?"
• WrittenLegacy announces the Waiting for Winter Contest Winners
• Dear Lit Community, Some Solutions
• 100ThemeWriters issues a Congrats and 100 Writers Update
• Advertise yourself, Soul-Poets' new project showcasing members portfolios.
• More updates and welcomes from We-Write-To-Escape
• That Opening Chapter
• Odyssey Into 2012
• TFP Features #84, #85 and #86
• ODYSSEYPROJECT's Frequently Asked Questions
• #SixWordStories Showcase: November 28-December 12
• Publish a Journal to Multiple Places
• theWrittenRevolution's Featured Admin I: ~Wyvern709
• Live-Love-Write updates on their super group donations.
• You know you're a writer when...
• #We-Write-Fantasy Wrap Up - Chat Tour
• Letters-To-Myself asks "What would you tell your younger self...in two words only".
• theWrittenRevolution's 52 Week Challenge (week 49) Features
• WritersInk's Weekly Roundup
• A Long-Overdue Update from ChainLitter
• To the new...and the old...Welcome, a welcome message from Letters-To-Myself.
• LITplease's poll: "I want the next LITplease contest to be:"
• Winners of the NaNoWriMo Synopsis Contest
• An update concerning the contest hosted by Unconventional-Story
• Art History: Overview of Canadian Art and Artists
• Chat Tour Schedule
• TheAlt-Lit is back! They are in need of admins to help bring back the magazine.
• Lit Community: To Whom it May Concern
• Ladies of Lit Chat on December 26th at 7:00 pm EST

Literature Links [in other languages!]

• MiniSagas is holding a contest to Re-tell the story of Red Riding Hood [Spanish]
• Sunday, the 18th, is the last day to enterElClubdelaPalabra's project [Spanish]
• ArteScritta's contest now runs until December 31st. [Italian]

I am still looking for non-English literature groups, I'd like to keep tabs on them too!






Weekly:

• lacoterie's Weekly Poetry and Prose Prompts
• Live-Love-Write's Weekly Writing Prompt: "Happy Holiday Memories"
• "All You Need Is Love", the current weekly theme for RawEm0tion
• devLIT's Weekly Prompt: “Cold"
• In the Family, the weekly writing prompt for LitResources
• Live-Write-Now's Weekly Theme.
• Unseen-Writers' Theme of the Week: Regret
• Wordsmiths-Guild's various prompts.
• Allusion Confusion, EliteLiterature's weekly theme.
• House-of-Playwrights's second December weekly prompt is a Theme/Quote Combo.
• Prompt Five of lit-lash's weekly prompts has begun.
• "Why do you think people find it necessary to lie to one another?" is Escape-Of-A-Writer's current prompt.
• Snow is FightToWrite's theme of the week.
• Deranged Aquarium Lit-News' weekly prompt.
• Love is Raininginhawaiipoems' current prompt.

Bi-Weekly:

• Inspiring-Words' Bi-Weekly Prompts - 35
• Scribblers-Anonymous's prompts: Set 31!
• Xpose-it's Bi-Weekly Writing Prompt: "the golden hour".
• Letters To...Parents
• Bi-Weekly Prompts from theWrittenRevolution.
• New Beginnings, YoungPoets' bi-weekly theme.
• "3:00 AM", TheWritersMeow's newest prompt.
• "Curiosity", the bi-weekly prompt from Poets-N-Prose.
• Literary-Perceptions' Prompt: The truth is out there.
• "Lightning Eyes", We-Write-To-Escape's fortnightly theme.
• Blackened Heart, Whithered Soul is Love-4-Dark-Poetry's bi-weekly prompt.

Monthly:

• LaRevolucionEscrita's Monthly Theme: Generic
• ScreamPrompt #21, December 2011
• Horror-Stories' December Monthly Theme.
• Prompt #10:The chill in my bones. The-Writing-Exchange's monthly prompt.
• Unseen-Writers' Monthly Challenge: November
• The November Monthly Theme of WriterSecretSanta.
• WritersOfToday's Monthly Prompt
• SixWordStories' Word and Theme Prompts
• "Safe", the monthly prompt at OneWordPrompt.

Other:

• Apocalypse-writing's Prompt[January 3rd]
• 100 Word Challenge hosted by JustKeepWriting
• Flash Fiction Lives: Creation 1
• Sijo Exquisite Corpse Renga
• Know What You Write Writers-Workshop's current workshop.
• 100 Words Writing Challenge from JustKeepWriting
• Vignettophiles' Comment Swap VII[Every 1st and 15th of the month.]
• full-moon-poetry's 18 themes
• Writers--club's Writing Tournament 2011: First Round [December 15th]
• LITplease's 100 Themes Challenge
• theWrittenRevolution's prompts.
• Six Word Story Challenge hosted by the groups: theWrittenRevolution, SixWordStories, Live-Love-Write and Literary-Perceptions
• LITplease's Poetry and Fiction Prompts
• Project Nine Lives

Word-Smiths is a group showcasing deviant's best literary work. With an extensive team covering many different literature forms Word-Smiths scours dA's literature to find amazing works to place in their gallery. Learn more about this group by clicking here!

The ever brilliant Poetrymann took some time to answer a few questions ragarding his group, Word-Smiths.


How is Word-Smiths different from the other literature groups on dA?
I don’t know that we are, really. Those that are different tend to focus on particular themes or styles, or foster critique and/or collaboration. I think that is great and very much needed. We are just a group that wants to foster the best in writers and try to promote their quality works to a larger audience. I think the “staff” at Wordsmiths is extremely talented and I have the utmost respect for all of them. I also applaud them because I feel that they do an excellent job of seeing past their personal tastes and preferences when it comes to selecting the works for our galleries.

You founded the group over a year ago and have maintained it's firm but fair stance on the quality work submitted. Has Word-Smiths exceeded your initial expectations from when you first began the group? How so?
Yes, it has. It has made me even more aware of how many wonderful writers are here at DA. It also has made me aware of how many of them do not realize or recognize their abilities, or seem hesitant to actively promote themselves as if worried about appearing vain or arrogant. I think a lot of writers are afraid to submit work because of that very natural dislike of “rejection”. We all view that very personally, as if it negates our talents or even ourselves. I look at it as simply meaning the piece just was not what the group wanted.

Word-Smiths has branched out and even has it's own wordpress account, can you tell me a bit more about this?
Yes, it has. It has made me even more aware of how many wonderful writers are here at DA. It also has made me aware of how many of them do not realize or recognize their abilities, or seem hesitant to actively promote themselves as if worried about appearing vain or arrogant. I think a lot of writers are afraid to submit work because of that very natural dislike of “rejection”. We all view that very personally, as if it negates our talents or even ourselves. I look at it as simply meaning the piece just was not what the group wanted.


Quick Links:

• Rules [Under 'Group Info', on the left-hand side]
• Gallery
• Twitter
• #Word-Smiths' WordPress

If you're looking for some more groups head over to leoraigarath's Literature Groups List or Realm-of-Fantasy's for their list of literature groups[Fantasy, Sci-fi and General], or you could always head over to my journal to see the small list I've compiled. Or if you're still not finding a group you like check out the list of all literature groups on dA: Click here!




These include contests that are purely Literature based and those that have other categories as well, but still accept Literature.

Here are the contests ending this week:



Triple Prize Challenge (December 18th)
#Prosepoetry-Elegance's Collaboration Contest [Please see link for details] (December 20th)
Your True Meaning of Christmas [Poetry only; please see link for details] (December 20th)
Christmas Competition [500 word minimum; please see link for details] (December 24th)
The Magic of Winter (December 24th)
Write Me A Christmas Story [500 word minimum; prose only; please see link for details] (December 25th)
December Short Story Contest [Short stories only; please see link for details] (December 25th)
#TheWritersMeow's Christmas Contest (December 25th)
Odyssey Into 2012 (12:00 NOON on each Wednesday and Saturday until December 31st)







Regular Lit News Articles

• The The Ladies of Lit: Volume XVI
• Darkest Corners LIT 15 - Horror Literature
• Writers With a Promise - Issue 11
• Friday Night Features XXVII
• Deviant Dossier: IrrevocableFate
• PoetryToTheMasses Weekly Feature 42
• Saturday Spotlight for December 10th, 2011
• DLD to DD, December 16th, 2011
• Novel Tease Newsletter - Issue 4
• Wonderful critics, wonderful writers 5

General Resources

• LadyLincoln's Journal
• lovetodeviate's Resource Central [Now moved to apocathary’s journal]
• julietcaesar's List of Useful Writing Blogs
• mode-de-vie's Community Update Journal
• #SixWordStories Community Happenings
• devLIT's Literary Happenings
• WorldWar-Tori's Literature Resources
• #Critique-It's Resources: Writing
• #Mythologue's Literary Resources
• #FantasyLiterature's Helpful Links

Writing Resources

• Writing Resources for Everyone
• Guides and Lessons for Effective Writing
• LaMonaca's Writing Guides
• LitResources' folder for Literature Tutorials
• How to Write Euphonically
• OokamiKasumi's Writing Tips and Tricks
• Ten Tips for Writing
• ElaineRose's Writing Lessons
• 10 Tips for Novel Writers
• Three Act Structure
• Style vs. Voice - A Guide
• The Hard Work of Poetry
• Tips For Editing Poetry
• Haiku Theory Part 1
• Poetic Forms
• Poetry Self-Edit Quick Start Guide and Checklist
• "Poeticks: On Imagery" 1 of 3, "Poeticks: On Imagery" 2 of 3, and "Poeticks: On Imagery" 2 of 3

Critiquing and Miscellaneous Resources

• Search Engines for Serious Writers
• The NonVerbal Thesaurus
• How to Write Without Editing
• Critiquing Fiction
• Prose Critique Basics
• Beta Reading Tutorial
• A Verbose Guide to Critiquing
• Murdering Mary Sue
• Extrasuperfabulous
• Characterization and Names
• Character Development: From Beginning to End
• Rehab for Roleplayers

Publishing Resources

• SadisticIceCream's Publishing Resources List
• leoraigarath's Resources on the Side
• Resources for Aspiring Authors
• On-Writing - Getting Published
• Getting Published the Hard Way
•   Tips on Self Publishing
• Writing Exercise-Book Proposal
• How to Get a Literary Agent
• apocathary has created a customised calendar for submissions to Australian journals and competitions. [It can still be useful for others as some listed accept international submissions too.]
• Divertir Publishing is an independent publisher and they also publish short story collections. Check out their dA: DivertirPublishing
• An Idiot's Guide to Publishing

E-Zines/Magazines

• Harmless [Magazine]
• Queer.
• Steampunk Tales
• G.W. Review
• Soundzine
• Fuselit
• The Missing Slate
• SapphireTuesday
• Second Look
• Verandah Literary Journal
• Machine of Death
• Cram Magazine
• Voiceworks
• Shimmer

Updated: 2 Prose Administrators is needed at DailyLitDeviations.

TheAlt-Lit needs a Co-Founder, General Assistant, Gallery Moderator, 2 Collectors, an Interviewer, Eastern Styles Poetry Collector, LGBT Columnist, and a Reviewer..

  6 Contributors are the avaliable positions at TheScribblists

  LiteratureforPoints is in need of a chat moderator and contributors.

Members to host workshops and Contributors are needed at Writers-Workshop

2 Temporary Freelancer positions are open at EliteLiterature.

Critics, admins, and people "interested in helping run and set up events and projects" are needed at devLIT.

Moderator and Contributor positions are open at TheControversy.

A new literature group, Poetry-Screams wants some administrators.

Admins, Critics, and Commentors are open for applications over at Live-Love-Write.

Two Moderators, Critiquers are needed at FantasyAuthorsGuild.

PowerfulWriting is in need of contributors.

1 Prompt Admin, 1 Community Liason, 2 TFP Appraises and 3 Critics are needed over at LITplease.

Deviant-Mentor needs Literature Mentors!

Poets-N-Prose is looking for some admins.

SuperWritersHelp is in need of critics.

2 Afilliates/PR Admins, 2 Pay It Forward Admins, and 4 Critics are open at lacoterie.

Literature Moderator positions available over at Realm-of-Fantasy.

8 Critiquers, 3 Lit-Pickers, and 1 Affiliate Admin are needed at LitResources.

35-prompts-challenge is still in need of a founder.

100ThemeWriters is in need of admins

A critic and an inspirationalist are needed at Wordsmiths-Guild.

Beta-readers are needed at Beta-Readers!

Two Contributors are wanted at Written-Love.

The group, Lit-Community's current founder is stepping down and is looking for someone to fill the position.

Mythologue is in need of 5 Language moderators[French, Italian, Spanish, German, and English] and critic admins.

Open Positions over at SixWordStories, they need: Project Managers and Contest Managers.

YouAsTheNarrator is looking to fill the following positions: 2 Gallery Moderators, 1 Character Bio Moderator, 4 Chatroom Moderators, 4 Promotion Moderators, 2 Gallery Contributors, and Comment Contributors.

Scribblers-Anonymous is still looking for a reporter.

Various staff is needed to help with Gallery Moderation, Literature interviews, Prompt suggestions and postings, Polls, and Blog posts. over at Literary-Visions.

Some greeters are needed for the group, RawEm0tion.






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