Writing4all Member, FraInnocente is delighted to announce that his first book, Notes on the Past Imperfect, is now available for purchase on Amazon.
We at Writing4all have been working on many worthwhile developments to
enhance the site for all of our members. We have been tightening our
anti-spam security, improving the writings/readings interface, and fixing
all the little bugs that have affected the site over the last few months.
During the process of 'switching on' these enhancements we unfortunately
lost data posted between the period of December 15th to January 16th.
Despite our best efforts we have not been able to recover this data and for
this we apologise sincerely to all of our members.
Writing4all Member, Paul McDermott, is delighted to tell the world that his novel, The Chapel of Her Dreams, is being published by Whimsical Publications.
A massive congratulations to Writing4all Member, JenGore, whose short story "35 Boone Street" will be published in the winter issue of WordLegs.
Congratulations are due again to our O'Henry Prize-nominee, Steve Wade. Fresh from his nomination for the PEN/O'Henry Award, Steve has a short story included in the Biscuit Publishing Winners' Anthology, and also has stories due for publication in Boyne Berries 10 and an anthology published by Indepenpress.
Well done Steve!
A massive congratulations to Claire M. O'Neill (Bernie) on reaching the longlist for the Sean O'Faolain shortlist. Bernie's story, "The Vegetable Man" is one of seventeen stories now in contention to win the €1,500 first prize.
To see who else made the list, visit: http://www.munsterlit.ie/SOF%20Page.html
From everyone at Writing4all, well done Bernie, and the best of luck with the rest of the competition!
Writing4all Member, Sue Morgan (Aine) is delighted to have published her debut collection of poetry, A Dragon's Egg as an ebook. The collection marks the culmination of Sue's hard work and publishing success in anthologies such as Static Poetry, The Poetry Map, and of course, The Writing4all Best of 2010. Read on to see the book's cover!
It's turning out to be a good year for Writing4all Member, Tommy Murray. Having won the Drogheda Grand Slam, Tommy has just published 'Famine Trilogy', a poetic study of the famine. Read on for more details...
There's wonderful news for Writing4all Member, Gerry Boland: having published in the Writing4all 2010 anthology, and winning a WOW 3 Award for his short story, 'A Moment of Clarity', Gerry last week launched his debut collection of poems, Watching Clouds, published by Doghouse Press.
In fabulous news, Writing4all Member Steven Wade has been nominated for the prestigious PEN/O'Henry Award. John Gosslee, Senior Editor with the American publication Fjords arts and literary review nominated Steven's story 'That Man's Father'. Previous winners of the award include William Trevor, Steven King, Alice Munro, Raymond Carver, Woody Allen, Flannery O'Connor, and William Faulkner, so it's safe to say that Steven's in good company!
Wonderful news - Marion Clarke (Seaview) has made the final six in the A. Vogel 'Write a story for bedtime competition', and now it's your turn to help!
Congratulations to Writing4all Member, Margaret Zheng, on making it onto the Tipperary Excel Short Story Competition shortlist. Her story, 'Murder of Crows' impressed the judges but just missed out on the top three.
Regardless, Margaret "wants everyone to know that we are all capable of getting our work recognised."
Hear, hear!
Robert O'Shea's latest story, House Hunting has been published by Indigo Magazine.
You can find the story in Issue 14 of the magazine. Be warned however, if you like poodles then maybe this story isn't for you! You can read the story at the link below:
http://www.indigorisingmagazine.com/2011/04/house-hunting-by-robert-oshea-after.html
Congratulations to Writing4all Member, Arthur Broomfield, whose poetry collection, The Poetry reading at Semple Stadium is being published by Lapwing Press this coming June. Read on for details of the launch...
Robert O' Shea has published his science fiction story 'Bella's Birthday' in Every Day Fiction.
Fresh from the success of his novel winning the abook2read manuscript competition, Steve Wade has now published "On Hikers' Hill" as an eBook.
More good news for the poets amongst us - Helen Simcox has a haiku published in issue 17 of Shamrock, the journal of the Irish Haiku Society. In addition to this, eight of Helen's poems have been accepted for publication in Static Poetry Anthology.
Congratulations to Helen on the wonderful news - we at Writing4all all look forward to seeing her work in print!
A hearty congratulations is due to Writing4all Member, Luke Morgan with the wonderful news that he is to be published in the 103rd issue of The Poetry Ireland Review.
More good news for Marion Clarke (Seaview) who has published a senryu on Alight Here, a website dedicated to poetry and images inspired by each of London’s underground stations. Marion's poem, "Covent Garden", was inspired by a visit to London last summer with her two children to see Oliver the Musical.
To read Marion's senryu - and if you fancy contributing to the site - visit http://alighthere.co.uk/.
The editor is hoping to publish a book showcasing the best entries at the end of the year, and it seems like a great opportunity for Writing4all members to see their work in print.
Once again, congratulations to Marion, and the best of luck with her writing!
Superb news: a number of Writing4all members have been accepted for publication in a poetry anthology compiled by Static Movement.
The anthology, titled Static Poetry, is available from http://www.pillhillpress.com/shoppe-static-movement.html and http://amzn.to/eqAdVt and features the work of Odilon, Kerkedijk, Stargazer, Buttercup, Bernadette, Shoshanna, Nomae, Buffalo, Seaview, Aine, Shorty, and a few others who prefer to remain anonymous.
Many of these members will also be appearing in Volume II which is currently being compiled.
A sincere congratulations to all those members who made it into print, and the best of luck with the issue!
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