A writing prompt for a rainy day
little bit of this, little bit of that
this week’s prompt:
A single word prompt this week: LONGING
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musings
I was sick last week and ended up burrowing under a blanket for several days to recover. But on the upside, I did watch a bunch of movies! My major reading slump seems to be over, too. It’s the first year (maybe ever??) where I haven’t finished a book yet. I’m usually at least 15 books deep by now!
I think it’s my chaotic schedule right now. Random late nights because my writing workshop goes past midnight. Early mornings for long weekend runs. It’s a mess. And I’m someone who typically has great sleep habits, and when my routine is thrown off, I struggle.
This week, my mind has been stuck on some sad stuff, but I don’t want to be a bummer, so I won’t go into it. Maybe another time.
Let’s all go into this weekend ready to enjoy the little moments that bring joy.
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things that caught my eye
Recent watch: The Deepest Breath (2023) (it made me cry, so automatic 5-stars on Letterboxd!)
⏰✏️ CRAFT 2025 Dialogue Challenge — deadline this Sunday!! (This is a really fun contest. I didn’t win last time I submitted, but I ended up using the dialogue for a CNF piece that I’m really happy with)
🙄Authors Slammed After AI Prompts Show Up In Published Books — via Daily Dot.
😂A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine — via McSweeney’s.
🥼 Got a Reading Problem? Ask the Book Doctor! — new series from Defector.
📱This Bestselling Author Revealed She Writes All Her Books on Her Phone — via People. (This is simply unhinged)
deadlined stuff from previous weeks
✏️ Burlington Public Library Annual Writing Contest — open until May 31st. Theme is “Whisper.” You need to live, work, or go to school in Burlington to enter!
✏️CBC Poetry Prize — open for submissions until June 1st, 2025.
✏️ Applications Open for 2025 Writers-in-Exile Humber Scholarship (applicants must be members of PEN Canada’s Writers in Exile program) — Deadline June 2, 2025.
✏️ Banff Writing Residency for new writers of YA and Children’s Books — Application deadline June 4, 2025.
✏️ Fractured Lit Flash Fiction Open — open for submissions until July 13, 2025 ($3,500 award + publication).
open submission calls
✏️ Seize the Press is looking to publish dark speculative fiction, strict 7,500 word limit.
✏️ Okay Donkey is open to poetry and flash fic submissions, no deadline but there’s a monthly cap on free submissions.
happy writing
artwork by Angela Miklos Creative