"This work is unlike any other, in its range of rich, conjuring imagery and its dexterity, its smart voice. Carroll-Hackett doesn’t spare us—but doesn’t save us—she draws a blueprint of power and class with her unflinching pivot: matter-of-fact and tender." —Jan Beatty

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Get-Your-Write-On Promptathon! New Workshop Offering

NEW WORKSHOP OFFERING! 🙂
 
Get-Your-Write-On Promptathon!
 
Join me this spring!
 
June 3-5, 2016
at the beautiful historic writers retreat The Porches, in Norwood VA
5 Sessions of Diverse and Intriguing Prompts
designed to inspire, incite, and ignite your creativity!
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Come write with us! Let’s make some beautiful work together!
4 Spaces available–Reserve your spot now!
This workshop will be a fun and generative weekend of inspiration focused on generating new writing in a supportive and easy environment. The weekend is open to writers of all genres – poetry, fiction, nonfiction– even to those who think they’re not writers! As a group, we’ll go through five different sessions of prompts and exercises designed to ignite creativity, inspire new ideas or reinvigorate old ones, maybe even giving ourselves the push to finish something we are currently working on!
After writing, participants will have the option to share what’s created for gentle feedback, if desired. Perfect for those who want some inspiration, and to write to generate and gather new material!
Join us for a weekend of freewheeling creativity and encouragement! And I cook for you! 🙂
 
$275 – includes described three-day workshop, one shared evening meal prepared by instructor, light breakfast fare Saturday and Sunday mornings, and the beautiful relaxing accommodations at The Porches.
Message me on Facebook, or email carrollhackettma@gmail.com
Pass this on, please, to any you think might be interested! Thanks

 

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Sometimes the Prompt Makes You Look Twice

Daily Prompt
 
Rewatching my beloved X-Files 🙂
 
Make art about seeing something new the second time you look.
illusion_1-jpeg

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Sometimes the Prompt Is Born of Sadness

Daily Prompt
 
“Call it a night. O soul. Flow on. Instead.”~CD Wright
 
Make art about the eternal flow.
cosmic flow

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Special Mid-Week Call for Submissions: Red Savina Review: Depth & Spirit

Red Savina Review

Open to Submissions for Spring

“We believe in concepts such as existential noir, depth, and spirit.”

Submissions accepted year-round.

RSR is seeking general submissions of poetry, flash fiction, and flash creative nonfiction for their upcoming Spring 2016 issue.

Guidelines: www.redsavinareview.org/submit-2/

“Surprise us: We like writing that challenges you, the writer: writing that drags you out of your comfort zone, refuses to stroke your sense of self-esteem, writing that DARES you to let it have its say. Send us polished but evocative work. We like your truth, raw, authentic, brave, witty, thought-provoking, edgy, bold and spicy. We are partial to borderland themes just as we are to the red savina habanero but do not discriminate against other hot peppers or regions. If you happen to be fond of ghost peppers and live in Maine, as long as your love of language is authentic, give us a try. It’s not who you know or where you go, it is what you write. An exploration of the meaning of authenticity is key, no matter where you live, what you look like, or where you went to school.”

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They are also seeking poetry submissions to their Denise Levertov Memorial Poetry Prize

Deadline: March 21, 2016. Fee: Only $8.00 entry.

Entries judged by RSR Poetry Editors. Prize: $250.

More info:

www.redsavinareview.org/the-denise-levertov-memorial-poetry-prize/

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Sometimes the Prompt Makes You Roll the Dice

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“One always has to be willing to lose to be able to win… in battle and in life. I wonder. Are you willing to lose?”~Christie Rich
 
Make art about taking a gamble. Or about being willing to lose.
gamble

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Sometimes You Let the Prompt Go

Daily Prompt
 
Letting em go 🙂
 
Make art about releasing expectations.
 
expectation

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Daily Prompt Catch Up! Get That Creativity On!

Away for a weekend manuscript consultation, so now we’re back to prompting! 🙂 

1/9/2016

Snuggled up in the comfort of the beautiful Porches Writers Retreat. Make art about making a retreat.

1/10/2016

After days of winter rain, the clouds have gone, revealing blue blue sky. Make art about clearing skies.

1/11/2016

“Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste.” G.K. Chesterton Make art inspired by a thrift store find.

 

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Friday Call For Submissions! Love Me Some Wildness :-)

 

WILDNESS

An Online Literary Journal

“Wildness wants work that evokes the unknown.

The lostness; the distance.

WE WANT STORIES THAT LINGER JUST OUT OF REACH.

We want to follow you into the blue that’s nestled inside your dreams.”

Guidelines

PUBLICATION CYCLE

We publish our online edition every two months. A print anthology will be released once a year.

EDITORIAL PROCESS

We aim to reply with either an acceptance or rejection within one month of submission. Please query if it has been longer.

 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

We work on a rolling submissions basis.

There is no minimum length for poetry and prose, but please keep stories under 2,500 words and each poem under 80 lines. Please send us a short bio (written in third person) with your name and a little bit about you.

You can send your work in .doc or .pdf files.

OTHER DETAILS

Submissions must be original work and you must own all rights. The owner of the work retains all copyright. We currently only accept unpublished works; this includes website and personal blogs.

Submit via email to: submissions@readwildness.com

Wildness website: http://readwildness.com/

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Sometimes the Prompt Is Suddenly Revealing

Daily Prompt
“The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany.” ~Rebecca Solnit
Make art about an epiphany.
Epiphany image

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Sometimes The Prompt Stops You Cold

Daily Prompt
 
“I fear and hope. I burn and freeze like ice.”~Sir Thomas Wyatt
 
Make art about the first freeze, about the big freeze, about freezing, or being frozen.
 
‪ice sculpture 2-1

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