Contest Winner & June Topic
Congratulations to Mary Ellen Walsh, who won our first monthly short-form contest at Wild Violet. Her winning entry will be viewable both from the direct link here and from the “Contest Winners” category (accessible from the sidebar). Because my due date for my first child is rapidly approaching, I’m posting the June topic early for our monthly short-form writing contests (500 words for fiction, 20 lines for poetry). Topic: “Round and Round” Deadline: midnight, Friday, June 18 To enter, post a link to your entry, which can appear on either a personal site or any...
Read MoreMay Contest Poll
It’s time to vote for the first Wild Violet monthly short-form contest. For this first contest, only two entries were received. Please get the word out to your friends, so that we can have more participants in the June contest! The May topic was “My Favorite Mistake.” The first entry is this poem by Mary Ellen Walsh, which was received over e-mail: Impact I park my car In a circle Of wind savaged trees. Branches Leap from their mothers. One babe Taps my door, But I stay inside, in uteri. I harbor my thoughts. They fold within. Pride Is a constant tiller. I will— Not...
Read MoreReview: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Love can be dreamlike. One minute, it's strong as a compass; the next it's completely transformed into doubt and confusion. One minute, lovers feel lighthearted, skipping around the room as if clutching pink balloons; the next, lovers may feel bereft and confused. In the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater's production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the company captures that ephemeral quality of love, with a pared-down performance in the round.
Read MoreMay Contest Topic
This month begins our monthly short-form writing contests (500 words for fiction, 20 lines for poetry). Topic: “My Favorite Mistake” Deadline: midnight, Friday, May 14 To enter, post a link to your entry, which can appear on either a personal site or any blog. If you must, you can e-mail it to wildvioletmagazine@yahoo.com, with the subject line: “May Contest Entry.” Please do not post your entry directly into the comments. A panel will narrow the entries down to 10 top entries, and then I’ll create a poll, allowing people to vote. The May winner will receive a...
Read MoreInterview: Tim Powers
Photo by Beth Gwinn for Locus Online Science fiction and fantasy author Tim Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his novels Last Call and Declare , and he won the Philip K. Dick Award for The Anubis Gates. Specializing in “secret histories,” Powers bases his works on historical events and biographies of famous people, with the idea that occult or supernatural factors heavily influenced those people and events. In addition to writing, Powers also teaches part-time as writer in residence for the Orange County High School of the Arts. He has frequently served...
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