Ahh my off-key Liberaci–oops! LiteRAti! Fresh meat. Beverly Lucey from the other coast has found us, and entered our contest: You Didn’t Write That. That line must make an appearance somewhere in your story submisasion, and if you can’t take my word for it–I didn’t write that–just pull down the rules from the menu bar under […]
Category Archives: Contests
Here at A Word with You Press we have the odd contest or two. Not that these are contests to see who is in deed oddest, but you know…they are odd. These are our current, active contests.
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Literati!– don’t say I didn’t thorn you! Every now and then I take someone’s personal email that usually accompanies a story submission(aaahhhhh–there’s my favorite word again!) and decide that their confidentiality is just begging to be breached! In order to raise money for Sumatran here at the towers, usually I just do fifty shades of […]
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Literati! THE STANG is back! In this photo he can be seen editing the comments of a literary site that is NOT A Word with You Press. They said they didn’t like his shorts, and he punctuated them in a flash. (Uhh, Mike is the one standing) Thanks for this one Mike. I forgive you […]
Contest Entries, Featured, You Didn’t Write That: Entries
We didnt’ write that, and we didn’t start the fire
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But Julie Mark Cohen is hot! Here is Julie’s entry into our contest You Didn’t Write That but check this out after you read her story! http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html A Perfect Match by Julie Mark Cohen “You didn’t write that?” Annie asked. “I tell my mother everything,” Barnaby blubbered, unbuttoning his shirt. “Why […]
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played your eyes? Hello again, my literary colleagues. I am about to head up to Laguna Beach (yeah, life is tuff here) to work with one of my clients who is developing her memoirs that are morphing nicely into a novel.(It’s what I do, by the way. Send me an email to thorn@awordwithyoupress.com with your […]
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Good morning, Literati from the towers in Oceanside that will soon be beach front property if Rick Perry is wrong and Al Gore is right. Brian Howard, our most robust rabbi, has penned an entry into our contest “You Didn’t Write That!”. As the editor-in-briefs (it is still quite early here) I try to imagine […]
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My living, loving, Literati! Barbara Walker has found our rebooty site and has entered our contest You Didn’t Write That. It’s amazing how many different perspectives the contest is inspiring. Barbara’s story is poignant and…well, why should I tell you what to think or feel. It’s a good story, and a great addition to the […]
Contest Entries, Featured, You Didn’t Write That: Entries
50 Blades of Gay–You didn’t write that! contest continues
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Ooohhhh! That Kyle Katz! You can always count on her to hang out in the alphabet between the letters W and Y. And here she titillates once more, with her take on our contest You Didn’t Write That! All of you who play here can help this contest sizzle by leaving comments for all the […]
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Literati! Never underestimate the reach of A Word with You Press! Here we have an entry from Wendy Joseph, an able-bodied sea-person on a ship somewhere between Oceanside and Shanghai.Wendy is an accomplished author, and I do hope that once you read and comment on her entry, you’ll check out the link to her book–hell, […]
Contest Entries, Featured, You Didn’t Write That: Entries
Karla Onstott is unprincipal-ed…but she’s got a handle on it.
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Ahh, Literati! Seems like we are not yet ready to put out to pasture. Our core writers are returning now that Diana and Morgan and Rochelle have vanquished those bully hackers and disinfected the swing set. Once you do it with A Word with You Press you don’t EVER go back. Good to see you […]
Contest Entries, Featured, You Didn’t Write That: Entries
“Read this, Oh Caesar, that you may live!…”
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… “If not, the fates with traitors doth contrive!” Artemidorus, Orange Julius…oops! JULIUS CAESAR! Ahh, Literati! That fine Sicilian, Salvatore Buttaci, has entered our contest, probably wanting to assume his rightful throne, as Sal was one of our last winners before we had to scuttle the site and rebuild. Sal has entered You didn’t write […]
Contest Entries, Featured, You Didn’t Write That: Entries
Jaws–Just when you thought it was safe to get back in your SUV
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Good morning Literati! At least, it is morning at the towers of A Word with You Press. I have returned from the beach where I watched birds, surfers, and dolphins and wished that the woman of my dreams was sitting beside me, and of course, I caffeinated myself. Back at the towers, now, where another […]