The Pacific Institute for Professional Writing (PIPW) announced two educational workshops that in connection with the Second Annual Ojai WordFest March 24  – 31. PIPW will present a day of education on Saturday, March 31 at World University of Ojai. Additionally, PIPW will hold its first mentoring sessions – personalized one-on-one meetings with publishing industry professionals, to evaluate a writer’s work. Editor and author,...

announcing The 11th Annual Poetry Super Highway Great Poetry Exchange The mission of the Poetry Super Highway is to expose as many people to as many other people’s poetry as possible. What? – Send a book – Get a book In February 2012, the Poetry Super Highway will coordinate a great free exchange of poetry publications amongst poets worldwide. It’s not a contest. There are no judges, entry fees, winners, or losers. Last...

PIPW to be a sponsor of the 2nd Annual Ojai WordFest – March 24-31, 2012  The Pacific Institute for Professional Writing (PIPW) announced today it has agreed to become the nonprofit sponsor of the 2nd annual Ojai WordFest an event spanning two weekends and eight days-a nexus of 100+ literary events in Ojai, March 24-31, 2012. PIPW will present a day of education on Saturday, March 31 to be held at World University of Ojai. Part of the...

We’ve launched a competition. Not just any competition. Let me tell you why! Promoting your work is not an easy feat. You can do things online but it’s nice to have something in print, something you can put on your wall, like a postcard… So the idea is the winning poems and photographs of the competition will be turned into a beautiful postcard (we pride ourselves on our design) AND we will distribute these postcards to leading independent...

We’re seeking fresh ideas from Los Angeles area high school seniors in response to the question: What is the most powerful way to make your community stronger? We’re asking for no more than 1,000 words to be sent to essays@zocalopublicsquare.org by March 15, 2012.  Full details follow below, and at  http://zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2011/01/05/zcalos-high-school-essay-contest/community/ Eligibility Current high school seniors under...

To Whom This May Concern at Writing Contests, I’m following up on behalf of the ANA Alliance for Family Entertainment (AFE) regarding their first annual writing contest, which you covered here last October. There were so many great submissions and so the final winner did not get announced until this week. Megan Angelo, a journalist and aspiring screenwriter, took home the winning prize of $5,000 plus the opportunity to be mentored by TV icon...