Readers like action and so do contest judges. An easy way to add action to your story is to add dialogue. Short sentences move the action forward. Run-on sentences are to be tracked down and killed … [Read more...]

Break away from all other submission to (figuratively) stand out in the crowd of contest submissions. Give judges something they can’t put down. Reality (what is) is more interesting than most fiction … [Read more...]

Make Your Contest Judge Smell the Bread When I was judging contest entries in the past, one story still stays with me because of the impact it had upon me as a reader. The story involved a group of … [Read more...]