Love dA Lit: Issue 66

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Published: Feb 19, 2012

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Welcome to the sixty-sixth issue of my weekly news article, Love dA Lit!

Every Sunday this 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.

LITplease's Community Portal

Literature Links

Daily Deviations Update
TenderPassion is a new group and has launched.
Breaking in to Lit!
EliteLiterature's Lit of the Week 14! williamszm, Phu-Phu-Hugs-Me, and LadyofGaerdon
Updates from WritersInk regarding their Crit Chat and the Word Wars Chat Tour.
theWrittenRevolution's Group Feature II
LadyofGaerdon's Rose-Shadow Fan Art/Fiction Contest ends the 28th!
Off dA links: DeviantLITERATURE's plans for the group [in video form] link one link two
Lit Fortnightly is Back! Do you have any feedback?
Writer-Promotion posts a few concerns regarding co-founders.
Some announcements and updates from Love-Literature.
Apocalypse-writing's 'Plan B' Competition has been extended until February 20th.
Poem of the Week - #20
The pairings for InCahootsLiterature's challenge are completed.
writeaway reminds members their contest ends on February 20th.
Updates and announcements from DeviantLITERATURE.
wordflight asks members opinions on what they'd like to see in a contest.
Less than a month until megan24601's Fan Fiction contest ends.
The contest winners of Teenage-Writers' contest are announced.
Literary-Perceptions is Reorganized and Reopened
Updates regarding submitting and re-submitting from the group, Breathing-Poetry
Interview #1: *007Balel
An apology from MagicalLiterature.
The Results of Penpa's competition have been announced.
Writers--club's Member of the Month ~ February 2012
Flash Fiction Contest Update
Greetings and updates from MidtownMagic.
First Lines
A New Beginning for the group, Critics-in-Training.
MidtownMagic asks "Would you be interested in having a regularly scheduled chat about Urban Fantasy?"
The group, Love-Literature, wants feedback from their members..
WritersInk's poll: Members - are you Watching the group's Journal to keep up to date with the latest features, events and news?"
Modernising Myths Contest: CLOSED!
"When it comes to poetry there is..." dreamsinstatic's poll.
Lit-WIP reminds members of the group rules.
Wannabe-Novelists posts some updates and current happenings with the group.
lacoterie's poll: "What do you want to see most here?"
An apology and some updates from Lyrics-Community
Publishing Opportunity
JustKeepWriting's contest has ended and has a few updates.
FeatheredWords asks members for their input: "What do you feel like our group is missing? Are there any activities you think the group should have? Send in your ideas below."
SixWordStories' contest has ended and judging has begun.
An update from PoetryMagazine
Adopt-A-Writer asks members to send in their applications again as they are starting from scratch.
The group, Write-Original, is looking for prize donations for their contest.
15-Minutes-of-Fame's The Frankenstein Project will be closing shortly.
WotM March: Reminder from SPOTLIGHTWRITERS
EliteLiterature asks "Are you happy with the format of #EliteLiterature's homepage?"
EditorialSquad has begun jthe judging for their Critique Contest.
knownames' Love Without Boundaries Contest has ended and asks members to vote.
RawEm0tion announces their RawEm0tion Laureate and updates their Poetry/Prose RPG: Lvl Up
Candy Hearts Results and Lit Haps from TheWritersMeow.
Interview with ~EnthusiasticArtist
The winners of Love-Literature's contest have been revealed and they have a few other announcements.
We-Write-To-Escape posts their Fortnightly Theme Results and announces their In Need of Critiques Folder is closed in order to get caught up.
30 Writers You Should Discover: Volume VIII
Naturally-Written updates about their contest.
JustKeepWriting's Weekly Selections is Back on Tuesday.
Memnalar's poll: "Mulling ideas for my Spring contest. Which theme provokes your thoughts?"
On Steampunk
Heart-of-Poetry announces their Valentine's Day Contest Results.
Writers-Workshop's Killing a Character: Wrap-Up
SilverInkblot has a new passage up for discussion: The Book of Merlyn.
poetry-book has filled their contributors positions and introduces them.
Writer's Knitting Circle
The group, WriterSecretSanta, asks active group members to comment.
[An outside dA] Interview with Amberlouie
WritersInk's Weekly Round-Up
xMotherMoonx asks "As an author would you prefer to be famous or would you rather have a small fan base that actually enjoys what you read rather than reading because everyone else is reading it too?"
Scribes-Are-Beckoned conducts an interview with their contest winner, Mr8att3ry.
Expected and Unexpected Changes from LITplease.
EmotionalWriting is planning their contest and features their daily poem.
The Village Bicycle Project

Literature Community Fundraiser [Yearly!]

Literature Links [in other languages!]

LiteraturaBR asks members for their opinions regarding voting. [Portuguese]
Some announcments and news regarding a new folder from LetraHispana [Spanish]

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

This Week's Group Spotlight

Apologies, but there is no group spotlight this week. Hopefully next week I'll be back on top of things. ♥

Looking for more groups?
leoraigarath's Literature Groups List
Realm-of-Fantasy's list of literature groups[Fantasy, Sci-fi and General]
My journal[recently re-vamped!] has a small list that I've compiled.
If you're still not finding a group you like check out the list of all literature groups on dA: Click here!

Inspiration (Workshops, Prompts and Challenges)

Weekly:

lacoterie's Weekly Poetry and Prose Prompts
Live-Love-Write's Weekly Writing Prompt: "In the Rain"
"Clowns", the current weekly theme for RawEm0tion
Live-Write-Now's Weekly Theme.
Unseen-Writers' Theme of the Week: Burn
Wordsmiths-Guild's various prompts.
House-of-Playwrights's second February weekly prompt is a Theme/Quote Duo.
Prompt Eight 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.
Conflict is FightToWrite's theme of the week.
Pyromania is Raininginhawaiipoems' current prompt.
"Time and Sorrow" is Morbid-Poets’ weekly prompt.

Bi-Weekly:

Inspiring-Words' Bi-Weekly Prompts - 38
Scribblers-Anonymous's prompts: Set 32!
Bi-Weekly Prompts from theWrittenRevolution.
"Chilled to the Bone", the bi-weekly prompt from Poets-N-Prose.
"Senseless words" is Love-4-Dark-Poetry's bi-weekly prompt.
Walking the Dog, Love-Literature's bi-weekly prompt.
theWrittenRevolution's prompts.
"Writing your heart out ", FeatheredWords' bi-weekly prompt.
dA-lta's current prompt.[February 29th]
'Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.' is Written-Imagination's prompt.
Letters-To-Myself's Writing Prompt: Letter to a Valentine

Monthly:

SixWordStories' Word and Theme Prompts
HammeredPoetry's Prompt #7: Reality Television
ScreamPrompt #23, February 2012
The February Monthly Theme of WriterSecretSanta has begun.
"Personal Ads" Lit-WIP's January prompt.
ThePoetryofDA's January Prompt
Horror-Stories' February Monthly Theme.
Prompt #10:The chill in my bones. The-Writing-Exchange's monthly prompt.
Unseen-Writers' Monthly Challenge: January

Workshops and Challenges:

Forum Challenge- Inanimate Characters
FFF 4: Glosa Challenge
Your OC's Story in a 6-Word Story
Exquisite Corpse Round 4
A FreeWriters Marathon
Poets-N-Prose's Workshop / Challenge: Points of View : Jan 2012
Literature Lesson 1.04
Vignettophiles' Comment Swap VII[Every 1st and 15th of the month.]

Other:

Flash Fiction Lives: Creation 3: The Compressed Epic
MagicalLiterature's Valentines Day Mini-Challenge[February 21st]
15-Minutes-of-Fame has begun a new project; Project Frankenstein.
LITplease's Poetry and Fiction Prompts
Prompt Project: Prompt One from Mythologue.
SixWordStories’ Inspiration Project
A witches market, a prompt from 15-Minutes-of-Fame.

Ongoing Challenges[No Deadline]:

Lit Contests Galore!

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

New Contests:

Dystopian Fantasy / Government Conspiracy (February 29th)
Changing History (March 12th)
#TheWritingHaven's Contest (April 1st)
Spring Contest (April 10th)

Contests Ending This Week:

Please click here for the full list of contests!
There is also a group dedicated to Literature contests around dA, DALiteratureContests, if you're still looking for more contests!

Resources

Regular Lit Articles

General Resources

theWrittenRevolution's Lit News Journal
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
WorldWar-Tori's Literature Resources
#Critique-It's Resources: Writing
#Mythologue's Literary Resources
#FantasyLiterature's Helpful Links

Writing Resources [General]

Prose Resources

Poetry Resources

Critiquing and Miscellaneous Resources

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

Looking to help out the Lit Community?

Contributors are still wanted at FightToWrite
HumanConditions is looking for Lit Staff Volunteers.
TenderPassion is in need of aCo-Founder and contributors.
Written-Imagination’s open positions are Help Desk Attendant
WA-writersblock is in need of a new founder.
Contributors are needed at We-Write-To-Escape.
New admins are wanted at Unconventional-Story.
Gallery moderators are wanted at TheWritersMeow.
Soul-Poets is looking to fill out their Creative and Networking and Public Relation admin teams.
Beta-readers are needed at Beta-Readers!
write-to-live is Submission Processors and Contest Admins.
Morbid-Poets is looking for a co-founder.
Critiquers are needed at FantasyAuthorsGuild.
Inspiring-Words is in need of a gallery moderator.
Scribblers-Anonymous is looking for an affiliates and critics admin.
LaRevolucionEscrita needs a couple of admins.
dA-Literature is looking for one admin.
Adopt-A-Writer is looking for some help.
Gallery Admin, Talent Scout, Blog Artisan, Affialiate Relations, General Enquiries, Contest, and News Article Feature Managers are writingclub's open positions.
2 Afilliates/PR Admins, 2 Pay It Forward Admins, and 4 Critics are open at lacoterie.
Poets-N-Prose is looking for Contributors, Specialists, and dA members to host Guest (Non-staff) Workshops.
1 Prose Administrators is needed at DailyLitDeviations.
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
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.
Poetry-Screams wants some administrators.
1 Prompt Admin, 1 Community Liason, 2 TFP Appraises and 3 Critics are needed over at LITplease.
Deviant-Mentor needs Literature Mentors!
SuperWritersHelp is in need of critics.
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.
A critic and an inspirationalist are needed at Wordsmiths-Guild.
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.
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.

Literature Community Relations

ikazon - lightningmonkey's DD Suggestion Guidelines

BeccaJS - Beccalicious' DD Suggestion Guidelines
Go on and send your literature DD suggestions to them!

#CRLiterature Community Relations Literature Chatroom
Literature CR Update - January 2012
Januarys's Literature Daily Deviations

Literature Forums
Literature Forum
Posting Guidelines - Literature Forum

Monthly Literature Critique Thread: February

FAQ #61: What is a Daily Deviation?

FAQ #18: Who selects the Daily Deviation and how is it chosen?

FAQ #873: What do I do when I disapprove of a Daily Deviation feature?

Contacting Me

Want your group to be spotlighted? Your Literature project? See something you don't like? That you like? Want changed or removed? Have a suggestion for the next issue? Then please send me a note! The Literature Community is huge, so I'm always going to miss something or make a mistake, don't be afraid to let me know. ♥

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