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TW Takes a Vacation—But There's Plenty to Read
Talking Writing goes on its annual publishing hiatus in July and August, returning in September with our next issue. In the meantime, take a look at our earliest issues, displayed on TW's home page. Just a few examples of the treasures in our archives:
- Poetry: Jessica Greenbaum: Three Poems (September 2010)
- Kid Stuff: Boys and Books in Lockup: It's Magic (December 2010)
- Is Print Dead?: I Do Believe in Literature (March 2011)
- Images: Portraits of Vietnamese Adoptees (April 2011)
Don't Miss These Spring 2013 Features
- Image Essays: All Creatures and 36 Views at the Seawall
- Natural History: I Hear the Woods Beating
- The Last Bookstore on Earth: Memories Matter More Than Bookstores
- Talking Indie: Why Bookstores Aren't Helping Indie Authors—Yet
Coming Soon: Talk Floats!
Fall 2013 at TW will be a dynamite issue about...what was that? The phone? A Google alert? Oh, right: Distraction.
We'll also unveil a new website design for Talking Writing, an Indiegogo campaign with creative perks—and many more wonderful articles about why online literary culture matters. Talk floats, indeed.
TW's 2013 Contests
Attention, all writers! TW's annual contests are now open. This year, the two prize categories are flash fiction on any subject and creative nonfiction about family life.
Deadline: October 1, 2013.
Judges: Joanne Avallon (fiction) and Lorraine Berry (CNF).
Prizes: The winner in each category will receive a prize of $250 and publication of the winning piece in Talking Writing.
For more information and guidelines, see the TW Contests page.
Submissions Update
We're currently soliciting essays for the last 2013 issue. Please note that we still read unsolicited submissions over the summer, although our response time will be slower.
Holiday 2013: Writing and Faith
How do you tackle life's Big Questions?
During the holiday season, TW will examine why writing is such a powerful tool for soul searching, creating meaning, and defining one's spiritual beliefs. Feel free to query us first about a theme essay.
Submission deadline: September 9, 2013
For more information, go to the TW Submissions page.
Welcome, Melissa Silvia!
A warm welcome to Melissa Silvia, TW's new administrative editor. She'll be the person who responds to your inquiries, handles contracts with writers and artists, and oversees general administrative processes such as submissions.
Melissa is an artist and writer who has worn many professional hats over the years, including working as a picture framer, serving as a clinical data manager for pharmaceutical companies, and running two small businesses. Now at home with her two young children, she looks forward to lending her many skills to Talking Writing.
Melissa is taking over from Sheila Walsh, who not only admirably handled these responsibilities for the past two years but also developed most of our back-end procedures. As you can glean from Sheila's bio on our masthead, she delayed her retirement plans to help us set up the administrative and financial components of TW. We're not letting her go completely, though. She's agreed to stay on through the fall to take care of bookkeeping and other financial matters.
TW Internships Available
Talking Writing has several unpaid internship openings for student writers and others interested in learning about online literary magazines.
We're presently looking for social media and marketing interns. Experience with tweeting and a knowledge of the current literary industry is helpful but not required. A passion for reading and words is.
To apply for a TW internship, please contact us by email at editor[at]talkingwriting.com and include a resume.
Featured Comment
Trina Gaynon's essay, The Art of Relocation, garnered thoughtful comments from our readers, including the following from Sarah Williams:
'With each move, I have to write myself home.' These words comfort me as I consider leaving a home after 23 years, the home where I vowed I would never uproot my children as I had been uprooted from a beloved town in my youth. Twenty-three years of possessions and memories, gardens planted, pets consigned to small graves. My new home will be small, but it has the one thing I require: a broad desk, under a skylight, where I can write. It will be up to my pen and imagination to lead the way, rather than ambition or obligations. How powerful is that?"
