Social media is a term that can conjure up images of faceless spam artists, and creepy Big Brother spying on one’s personal life. And it's confusing too: it seems... read more
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I remember the shaking leading up to when I delivered. The sign, my nurse said, that things were happening, changing. That it was normal. But I’m shaking now, all... read more
Writing contests are like speed-dating events: nervous writers with only minutes to make a lasting first impression, and judges hoping... read more
So what of now, in this age of abbreviated e-mails and text messages? I pondered this question when I shared my father’s letters with my son . . . ... read more
Coming up in my next post is an interview with Natalia Darie, first-prize winner in the 2013 Aspiring Canadian Poets Contest. Here's poet and mentor Shannon Bramer with thoughts on her role as judge... read more
by Allison Howard, Barbara Lambert, Cheryl Andrews, Carin Makuz, Elizabeth Yeoman, and Allyson Latta (Click above links for their Christmas Wordless Wednesday photos.) Photo by Elizabeth... read more