National Day on Writing
Community and Student Resources
Vision: To celebrate and advocate writing as a critical, continuous World Class 21st Century skill.
I can:
-Engage in my writing
-Relate my choices to me and my interests
-Create using the writing process
Tweet: #WhyIWrite
Writing Contest, Publishing, and Idea Calendars
Writing Resources
-How to Write Compelling Arguments: https://twowritingteachers.org/2013/02/21/writing-compelling-arguments/
-How to Write Persuasive a Persuasive Speech, courtesy of Time Magazine: http://time.com/3664739/6-tips-for-writing-a-persuasive-speech-on-any-topic/
-Top Writing Tips from Mystery and Thriller Writers: https://killzoneblog.com/2014/07/25-tips-for-writing-winning-short-story.html
-Writing Ideas: http://nationaldaycalendar.com/
-Scholastic Writing Contests: http://www.artandwriting.org/what-we-do/the-awards/how-to-enter/
-GMU's Fall for the Book: http://fallforthebook.org/
-Teen Ink Creative Writing Contest: https://www.teenink.com/Contests
-NVCC: The Northern Virginia Writing Submissions: https://blogs.nvcc.edu/tnvr/submissions/
-NANOWRIMO: National Novel Month: http://nanowrimo.org/
-Patriot Pen: VFW Writing Contest: https://www.vfw.org/VOD/
-Poetic Power Poetry Contest: https://www.poeticpower.com/
-Adventure Write Contest: http://adventurewrite.com/blog1/contest/
-National Poetry Month: https://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/home
-National Library Week: http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek
-Penguin Classics Writing Contest: http://www.penguin.com/services-academic/essayhome/
Writing Contest and Event Links
-PWC Library Creative Arts Contest: http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/library/pages/creative_arts_contest.aspx
-Stone Soup Writing Contest: https://stonesoup.com/how-to-submit-writing-and-art-to-stone-soup/
-Canvas Literary Journal: http://canvasliteraryjournal.com/submit/
-180 Days of Poetry: http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
Opportunities for Virginia writers located on Facebook:
-Spilled Ink, John Dutton
-Write by the Rails, Jan Rayl or Garrettm Carl
-Piedmont Writers, Robert Scott
-Poet Laureate Committee of PWC Arts Council, Alice Mergler
-Northern Virginia Writng Project, Cathy Hailey, Kathy Smaltz
-Poetry Society of Virginia, Cathy Hailey
-Virginia Writers' Club, June Forte
-PWC Arts Council, Nancy Schmidt Kyme
-Virginia Screenwriters - Tom Basham
-Fredricksburg Literary and Art Review - Amy Bayne
-Poets Anonymous - Lesley Tyson
National Day of Writing
Friday, Oct 20, 2017, 07:00 AM
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