• Rumjhum Biswas’s and W.F. Lantry’s poems named finalists of Aesthetica’s Creative Works Competition

    – Rumjhum Biswas’s “Cleavage” and W.F. Lantry’s “Talavera” were named finalists of Aesthetica Magazine‘s Creative Works Competition 2010. The magazine is currently accepting submissions for its 2011 competition. Check out the information here. – Rumjhum Biswas’s poem “Bones” was published in issue…

  • Royston Tester in Grain Magazine

    – Royston Tester’s short story “Dotty”, set in England and Canada, is now published in “The Unruly Issue” of Canada’s Grain Magazine. – Read Royston Tester’s Cha profile. –

  • Jee Leong Koh in The Flea

    Image by Mark Bulwinkle Jee Leong Koh’s poem “Let This Year” is now published in the twelve issue of The Flea. Read it here. – Jee Leong Koh’s poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha. –

  • City University of Hong Kong MFA Open House Sat Jan 22

    Department of English, City University of Hong Kong WHY DO YOU NEED A CREATIVE WRITING MFA? You can’t learn writing in school, right? If you have a good story you just write it, right? Well maybe, but if so, why are…

  • Jee Leong Koh in Mixed Nerve

    – Two poems by Jee Leong Koh are published in Issue #7 of Mixed Nerve.  – Jee Leong Koh’s poetry was published in issue #6 of Cha. –

  • Kudos – for people who prize writing #86

    ‘Great to sit down with a coffee, and see what competitions and opportunities are available rather than trawl the internet, which feels too much like work’ (Lyn Fountain, Norwich Writers’ Circle) Kudos 86 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011 Runs mainly from the end of January…

  • Phill Provance’s The Day the Sun Rolled Out of the Sky

    – CGP 24: The Day the Sun Rolled Out of the Sky by Phill Provance  (28 pp. Saddle-Stitched. B&w illus. by Christopher Schmidt) $7 ppd. From the Cy Gist Press website: In his debut collection, Andalucian dog Phill Provance weds humor and pathos.…

  • Nabina Das mentioned in The Hindu

    – As mentioned previously on this blog, Nabina Das’s “Redness” (read it here) won the first prize in the poetry category in the Unisun Publication’s writing Competition 2009-2010. Read The Hindu‘s report of the prize-giving ceremony here.–Nabina Das’s poetry was…

  • Why are many pornographic novels written as if by a woman?

    Warning: the material below may disturb some. Angela Carter (1878 1978)  in The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History answers: Many pornographic novels are written in the first person as if by a woman, or use a woman as the…

  • Whoever sent me this, Thank you.

    – 0 The generous giver’s identity has been revealed. Thank you!