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• "A Day at the Fleamarket" by tina_dc_hayes was published in Page Forty-Seven, an online anthololgy.
• "The Dry Spell" by Cadfael was selected as the editor's choice by Mezzo Magazine in its September issue.
• "THE FRENCH CHAIR" by RLVS will be published by Bewildering Stories.
• "Trespassers" by s_thatcher was a runner-up in the Faulkner Short Story Competition.
• "Giving Up the Dream", a short story by Wordsmith was published in Bookends.
• "Gentleman from Khartoum" by Chloe Jon Paul won the October competition at

September 2009 Successes

• The Bum Magnet by Karla B. is now available for pre-sale on Amazon and in Kindle e-book format.
• Of Course I Won't Leave You Behind by Marilyn Johnson will be published in the book Chicken Soup for the Soul - All in the Family edition.
• "The Harvester" by Jeanne M. Bannon has been accepted for publication by Ex Cethedra Literary Magazine.
• "Death to iPhone" by Michelle Willms has just been accepted by The Writer's Block.
• "Return of the Iceman" by Mike Davis workshopped on TheNextBigWriter as "Growing Old With Grace" was published in the anthology Patchwork Path - Dad's Bowtie.
• "The Worm Bed" and "Remebering Camelot" by RLVS will be published in Bewildering Stories.
• Alligator Gold, a Cracker Western by jschrade52 was published by Pineapple Press and is now available from Amazon.com
• "The Man Who Was Too Many" by Rhiannon will be published.
• "Giving Up the Dream", a short story by Wordsmith was published in Bookends.
• Two short stories, "Everyday Disasters" and "A Small Star Awaits Your Visit" by Eileen Elkinson will be published by Bewildering Stories.

July 2009 Successes

• Annie's novel Fallen, the 2007 Strongest Start Novel Competition Winner is being published by Lyrical Press with a release date of December 31, 2009. She also signed a contract for three other books.
• Rhiannon's World by Rachel Parsons is scheduled to be published by Bewildering Press.
• The Love Thing by Cecil Roebuck has been published and is now for sale on Amazon.
• Stephanie French-Mischo (steph F.) originially titled "Redhead" but now titled "Shelf Life" recieved an Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train’s May 2009 Short Story Award for New Writers. That means it made the top 5% of over a thousand entires.
• Michelle Willms Times are Tough drouble entry, "Amerika", has been accepted for publication and will appear in QUARTERFLASH’s first issue in the fall.

June 2009 Successes

• Nancy Aldersmith's collection of short stories Crocheted Gestures has been published and is now available on Amazon.
• AKUsher's Science Fiction novel Book of Books was published by AKW books.
• Erica Miner’s suspense novel, Murder In The Pit, which was workshopped with Next Big Writer, has been picked up for publication by mid-sized traditional publisher Twilight Times Books. Anticipated publication date is May of 2010.
• "Conditional Surrender" by Wordsmith was published in the literary pages of the Jamaica's Sunday Observer.
• "My Writing Life Story" by DCP62 has been published in Alive Magazine - June/July 2009 issue. This story was written as part of TheNextBigWriter's My Writing Life competition.

May 2009 Successes

• Big Shoes for a Big Girl" (a Rupert adventure) "The Ice Box," :"To the Penny" and "Back of the Bus", all by RLVS will be published by Bewildering Stories. "The Sea Shell" will also be published by Fictionville.
• Jeni Decker’s book Far From Happy was one of the top 100 semi-finalists in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.
• Brosna11 continues to rack up the publishing credits. Writer's Eye Magazine accepted "Haiku for Nora" and Boston Literary accepted a short, as of yet untitled piece of fiction. GreenSilkJournal just accepted "The Altar" for the spring or fall issue. Her painting of Nora is the front page feature on Writer's Eye Magazine this month. A haiku accompanies it. Her poem "Angiogram" was accepted today by Boston Literary for the summer issue. Wolf Moon Journal accepted "Hyperactive Heart Failure" for their next issue.
• Marilyn Johnson is also on a publishing roll. "Ma Kitty To The Rescue" was published in the Jan. '09 in Country Extra Magazine. "Everything's Hunky-Dory was published in the May, '09 edition of Country Magazine. 'Everything's Hunky-Dory' was also featured in April's The Brayer Magazine.
• "Giving Up the Dream", a short story by Wordsmith was published in Bookends.

April 2009 Successes

• Jeni Decker's book Far From Happy made it into the top 100 semi-finals in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest. The contest received over 8,000 entries.
• Brosna11 continues to rack up the publishing credits. Writer's Eye Magazine accepted "Haiku for Nora" and Boston Literary accepted a short, as of yet untitled piece of fiction.
• Marilyn Johnson is on a publishing roll. "Ma Kitty To The Rescue" was published in the Jan. '09 in Country Extra Magazine. "Everything's Hunky-Dory was published in the May, '09 edition of Country Magazine. 'Everything's Hunky-Dory' was also featured in April's The Brayer Magazine.
• "Giving Up the Dream", a short story by Wordsmith was published in Bookends.

Past Successes

»Mar '09 : Brosna11 has had a productive couple of months. In February, BostonLiterary accepted her poem "Honeymoon in Maine" and Wolf Moon Journal's Spring Issue will feature her essay and photos on John Townsend's Newport furniture. Her haiku "No Sex for Fat Panda" will be included in Robin Stratton's "Best of Boston" chapbook.

»Mar '09 : Aldersmith's new story, "A Patch of Black Ice," was published in The Writer's Eye Magazine.

»Mar '09 : Three writers from TheNextBigWriter made it to the semi-finals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award - Chris Delyani (TNBW name Cecil Roebuck) for The Love Thing; Jeni Decker for Far From Happy ; Sabrina Dalton for The Girl in the Box

»Jan '09 : Lisa's debut novel, DOUBLE OUT AND BACK will be published by Red Rose Publishing in their mainstream fiction line. It is expected to pre-release in e-book format in August 2009, with print publication to follow. Early drafts of DOUBLE OUT AND BACK were workshopped on TheNextBigWriter.

»Jan '09 : "I Believe" by Lesley C. Weston was published as the Narrative Story of the Week.

»Jan '09 : "Mind Mapping for Writers," "A Push In The Right Direction" and "Excess Baggage" by Wordsmith were published in the literary pages of the Jamaica Observer.

»Jan '09 : "Circles" by Aldersmith was published by The Writer's Eye Magainze.

»Dec '08 : "A Day at the Flea Market" by tina_cd_hayes won one of the 4th place prizes in the "Steal from the Best" contest from Hazel Street Productions. There were over 200 submissions.

»Dec '08 : "Infinity" by Lesley C. Weston was published in MiPoesias and has been nomiated for a Pushcart award.

»Dec '08 : "Roy in the Underworld " by Brosna11 will be published in the Green Silk Journal. Wolf Moon Journal will also feaure two other pieces by the author in their winter and spring editions.

»Dec '08 : "Crap World " by Kat Nove was the grand prize winner in a work related rant contest on Poor Mojo's Almanac.

»Dec '08 : "The Sting" by Aldersmith was published by The Shine Journal.

»Nov '08 : "Open Book Test" a poem by aldersmith will be published in the Dead Mule. Aldersmith's story "To the Ocean and Back" was also published by The Writer's Eye Magazine.

»Oct '08 : Thanksgiving at the Inn a novel by Able Anders will be published in the fall of 2009.

»Oct '08 : "Acceptance" by Mishmont (Michelle Montgomery) was published in the October issue of Greensilk Journal.

»Oct '08 : "A Box of Silk Thread" by Brosna11 (Nadine Gallo) was published in the October issue of Greensilk Journal.

»Aug '08 : "A Push In The Right Direction" by Wordsmith was published yesterday in Bookends, the literary pages of The Sunday Observer.

»Sep '08 : "Big Mac Rant" by Aldersmith was accepted for publication in Poor Mojo's Almanac.

»Sep '08 : "Before I Killed Her" by CatWrites22 received an honorable mention in WOW’s Spring Contest.

»Sep '08 : "The Last Austin" by Cadfael was published in the UK Austin Montego print edition.

»Sep '08 : "Epiphany" by aldersmith was published by The Writer's Eye.

»Aug '08 : "Infinity" by Lesley C Westin was published by MiPOesias as both a free download PDF and in print.

»Aug '08 : "Lessons From a Squirrel" by Lisa was accepted by the Pisgah Review.

»Jun '08 : Brosna11's spinning essay will appear in Wolf Moon Journal's fall issue while her Chuck Close story will appear in the winter issue.

»Apr '08 : "HAPPY GIRL" a short story by Modobenny will appear in the April edition of Greensilk Journal.

»Mar '08 : A short story Wordsmith was purchased and published in the Literary Pages (Bookends) of the Jamaica Observer.

»Mar '08 : Eternal Press will publish Kirk's novella VERNE GEROW P.I. (The Case of the Cashmere Blonde) as an e-book. The story came to life as a TheNextBigWriter parody originally called THE PARODY-TECTIVE.  

»Mar '08 : "Before the Tsunami Hit" by Brosna11 will be published along with one of her paintings "Estuary" in the May/June issue of The Writer's Eye.

»Mar '08 : Sweet_release's short erotica story "Honey" has been accepted for publication by Oysters and Chocolate.

»Feb '08 : Wild Rose Press offered Lemonlye (Molly Ringle) a contract for novel The Ghost Downstairs.

»Mar '08 : "Slouching Toward Jerusalem" by alice in wonderlandzz placed as a finalist at Glimmer Train for best new writer in November -

»Mar '08 : Sweet_release's short erotica story Honey has been accepted for publication by Oysters and Chocolate.

»Feb '08 : Wild Rose Press offered Lemonlye (Molly Ringle) a contract for novel The Ghost Downstairs.

»Feb '08 : The Soyonara Heart by Bob Stanton has been published and is available on Amazon.com.

»Feb '08 : “KATE DARLING - THE BUXOM BUCCANEER” by Kirk has been accepted for publication by Ruthie’s Club

»Feb '08 : Wolf Moon Journal will publish “Spinning Your Own” by Brosna11 in their summer issue

»Feb '08 : Michelle Willms short story “Twenty, Four, and Seven” will be featured in Issue 9 of Dance to Death by Sorrowland Press.

»Feb '08 : Aldersmith’s short stories will be featured for the next six months at the Writer’s Eye Magazine. “The Hazards of Gardening” will be featured in the March/April issue and “The Fisherman” is scheduled for May/June.

»Jan '08 : The World in Her Arms by Josi Santos was accepted for publication by Whiskey Creek Press.

»Jan '08 : Payge Turner's novel Voices On The Waves has been accepted for publication by Flicking Lizard, an up and coming publisher in the UK.

»Jan '08 : "A Radical Cure" by Sonny was accepted for publication in Ars Medica.

»Jan '08 : "Time to Fly" a short story by Ron Van Sweringen was accepted for publication in the January - April 2008 edition of Miranda Literary Magazine.

»Dec '07: SAVAGE GRACE by Gale Martin was named to the longlist in the 2007 UKA Opening Pages Competition.

»Dec '07 : Melissa Rachel was included in Names in a Jar: A Collection of Poetry by 100 Contemporary American Poets (Paperback) compiled by Hood Press Books.

»Dec '07 : "Sons of Their Fathers" by Jim Harrington was selected to appear in the Bewildering Stories 2007 Fall Quarterly Review. Jim's flash story "The Good Samaritan" appears in the January issue of Bent Pin Quarterly.

»Dec '07: "Little Deaths" by Sarah_Scotti has been accepted for publication by Conte: A Journal of Narrative Writing.

»Dec '07: "Acceptance" by mishmont will be published in the Cup of Comfort anthology.

»Dec '07: Nadine Gallo had two of her shorts published on the NPR website.

»Dec '07: "On the Beaches of New Fairy," and "On the Bower of Madness" by Rhiannon have been published.

»Dec '07: "Yellow 24" by aldersmith, a story that was workshopped on this site, has been accepted for publication by The Writer's Eye Magazine.

»Oct '07: "The Sweeper" by Willam Murrow is now in print in Withersin issue 2.

»Oct '07: Devils, a sci fi novel by John Klawitter workshopped on TheNextBigWriter was Podiobooks #1 best seller in September. The ebook and trade paperback versions will be published by Double Dragin in the Spring of 2008.

»Sep '07: "Red-tailed Hawk" and "The Apple Tree", by mishmont both posted on TheNextBigWriter, have been published on the site Haiku Wall.

»Sep '07: Melissa Rachel author of Silent Dreams, was recently featured on ABC News.

»Sep '07: John Klawitter has published Tinsel Wilderness: Lessons in Survival As A Professional Creative Person in Hollywood and Other Extreme Locations.

»Aug '07: "Schrage's Return" by Dan Dittmar was published in the September issue of Skive Quarterly.

»Aug '07: "The Lamb Misused" by Lesley Weston was accepted and published by Night Train.

»Jul '07: Two pieces of flash by Gale Martin, "A Fortunate Reveral" and "Cutting Too Deep" will be published by Brilliant.

»Jul '07: "The Night the Wagon Got Away" by Cadfael was published in Australian magazine Honestly Woman.

»Jul '07 : "Facing the Twilight," "The Beaches of New Fairy," and On the Bower of Madness" by rhiannaon will be published by Bewildering Stories.

»Jul'07 : "Color Me Beautiful" by Gale Martin was published in the Friends and Lovers section of Sirens Magazine.

»June: "Happiness Runs" by Lesley Weston was published in the June issue of Per Contra.

»May '07: "The Price" by mdodson will be published in the June issue of Inscribed.

»May '07: Two flash pieces, "IED" and "The Start of Something" by Dan Dittmar will both appear in the June print edition of Brilliant Quarterly.

»May '07: Christian Science Monitor accepted Gale Martin's humorous essay, "THE ICE CREAM MAN COMETH," for publication.

»May '07: "How I Boinked John Cusack" by Gale Martin was chosen as the Eidtor's Pick for the Spring issue of the Greensilk Journal .

»May '07: The first chapter of SAVAGE, GRACE by Gale Martin won the Firstchapter writing competition at WritersBillboard.net for May.

»April '07: "Whale Song" by Lesley Weston published by UR Paranormal.

March 28, 2007 Update

»Mar '07: "He Said, She Said" column by Kirk Ort and Gale Martin picked up by Sirens Magazine.

»Mar '07: "Morning Birth" by Jodiya is featured in the April issue of Essence Magazine (page 187).

»Mar '07: Brosna11's "Geology Runs Amuk" will be published by JIR and "Bamboo Flute" will be published by the Green Silk Journal.

»Mar '07: "She Would Become" and "Do Toads Love Rain?" by Fil will be published by The Cynic Online Magazine.

»Mar '07: "Binding Bond" by sweet_release was accepted by Oysters & Chocolate ezine.

»Mar '07: "Closure" by Michele Cozzens will be included in an anthology called, The Story That Must Be Told: True Tales of Transformation by Loving Healing Press.

»Mar '07: "Second Thoughts" by back44 was accepted by The Rambler.

»Mar '07: "The Concom can Handle it" by mike b has been published in the progress report for NORWESCON 30.

»Mar '07: "Howled," by Moondragon3 will be published in Upstreet Magazine and will be out by the end of June.

»Mar '07: "Happiness Runs" and "Breakfront" by Lesley C Weston made it into two of the ten winner's spots for the Per Contra Short Story Competition and both will be published in Per Contra during 2007.

»Mar '07: "HOW I BOINKED JOHN CUSACK" by Gale Martin has been accepted for the Spring issue of Green Silk Journal.

»Mar '07: Christine's Odyssey a novel by Wordsmith has been accepted for publication by NF Publishing.

»Feb '07: "Erie Spring" an essay by bach44 was published in the February issue of Bend of the River magazine.

»Feb '07: "Reflections from an Outdoor Dunny" by Cadfael was published on billabongvalley.com. "The Take" was also accepted for publication by the online flash fiction site Foliate Oak.

»Feb '07: "Unnatural History " by Lesley C Weston was accepted Duck and Herring's Warm Weather Field Guide.

February 6, 2007 Update

»Feb '07: Lesley C. Weston, Michael Kent, and Dillidge Carver all had their flash pieces accepted as part of the 50 Bean contest sponsored by StarWood hotels. Their writing was published on the site and will be featured in hotels across the world.

»Feb '07: The Year of the Dead Rose by Rhiannon is scheduled is scheduled for publication as a serial, starting either this month, or maybe in April on bewilderingstories.com.

»Feb '07: "The History of Mathematics" by Sherman Bierce has been accepted for publication by The Journal of Irreproducible Results, a print magazine of science humor.

»Feb '07: "A new magazine, Brilliant!, just accepted Gale Martin's reprint of her short-short story "THE LAST COLOR GAME" for their March issue.

»Jan '06: "Surgical Bed Surprises" by Elle Lockwood was accepted by MedSurg Matters, the official newsletter for the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses.

»Jan '06: Gale Martin had three pieces of flash accepted for publication by Flash Flooding: "A Message for Michael," "Cutting Too Deep," and "Because They Bugged Me."

»Jan '06: "Reading the Obits!!" by Lesley C Weston was accepted by The Green Muse and "Clive's Fortune" was accepted by the Pisgah Review. Her piece "Unatural History" was also accepted by Duck and Herring's Warm Weather Field Guide.

»Jan '06: "In Love's Wake" by Joey C was published in FIRSTWRITER.

»Jan '06: "Dog Story" by Kirk was Today, it was accepted for publication by Espresso Fiction.

»Jan '06: Sarah Scotti's short story "Fearsome Beauty" will appear in Fringe Magazine's first anniversary edition!

December 29, 2006 Update

»Dec '06 - Jodiya's book of poetry, entitled WRAPPING THOUGHTS BENEATH EMOTIVE RAIN is now available on Amazon.com.

»Dec '06: December was a good month for Lesley C. Weston. Her Flash, "Brain Talk" will appear in the Winter 2006 issue of Ars Medica. UR Paranormal accepted her short story "Paparazzi", and "Phantom Limbs" was accepted by Pisgah Review under a yet to be determined title.

»Dec '06: Daria Stone's poem "Unlocked, Not Free" was chosen as a finalist in Poetry Soup's quarterly contest ending in November.

November 28, 2006 Update

»Nov 28: Mike Davis' Flash Fiction piece, "Stepping Off”, workshopped on TheNextBigWriter has been selected for inclusion in an anthology entitled Love and Sacrifice, a companion paperback to the award winning movie, London Voodoo. The movie and anthology are the work of a UK Film Production company, Zen films. The anthology is slated for publication in paperback early next year and “Stepping Off” will also be recorded as a downloadable MP3, read by Doug Bradley, who played the part of Pinhead in the movie Hellraiser.

»Nov 28: Bewildering Press is publishing a collection of Rhiannon stories, entitled Rhiannon's World, which will be a sort of loosely knit novel, like The Fall and Rise of Rhiannon of New Fairy, and will contain stories published online at www.bewilderingstories.com as well as possibly a new story, "The Great Coffee Blight." Many of the stories were workshopped on TheNextBigWriter.

»Nov 27: Lesley Weston's story "Palmistry", workshopped on TheNextBigWriter, was published by UR Paranormal. Also, "Not in the Yellow Pages" will appear in Issue 1 of GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator.

»Nov 26: J. Lawless received notice that her story "Never Too Old" was accepted by Publisher of Cycle Canada when a check arrived in the mail. In addition, her stories "Memories of Sweeter Times" that is posted on this site, has been accepted by The County Connection Magazine and will appear in the December issue. Another short story about (motor)biking in the Peterborough area, has been accepted and will be published in an issue of Canadian Biker in the near future.

»Nov 20: MOUNTIN' MAN by Kirk will be published late November on Ruthie's Club and on January 1, THE CASE OF THE CASHMERE BLONDE begins a four part serialization. Cashmere is posted here as My Last Case.

»Nov 16: All three peices submitted to www.cynicmag.com by Barry Davidson have been published. They list includes: "Being A Drag for Your Future Wife" 10/15/06; "Too Many Choices published as Choices" 11/01/06; "The Quest for the Makeup Bag" 11/15/06.

»Nov 11: Michele Cozzens novel A Line Between Friends, which was workshopped on TheNextBigWriter, was the winner of the McKenna Publishing Group's Fiction Contest and is now available on Amazon.com.

»Nov 12: Several members of TheNextBigWriter have joined together to launch Treehouse Entertainment, a network of video shows that will be broadcast on Youtube.com and via full definition downloads on their website early next year.

»Oct 29: "Pimp My Sneakers," a short story by Gale Martin that was workshopped on TheNextBigWriter in June, earned an Honorable Mention in HumorPress.com's "America's Funniest Humor!" Writing Contest for August/September 2006. It will also appear in an upcoming print edition of "America's Funniest Humor!" published by HumorPress.com.

October 13, 2006 Update

»Oct 12: "Extinction," a short story/short script by John Klawitter that was originally posted on TheNextBigWriter site, has finished post-production and is currently being submitted to film festivals, starting with Sundance.

Extinction is the story of an ecology-minded schoolteacher who teams up with a desert tortoise in an attempt to save a pristine corner of the Mojave Desert from being developed into condos.

October 4, 2006 Update

Site member and Star Reviewer Aury Wallington's novel POP! will be released on Oct 10 by Razorbill/Penguin. You can read the first chapter at Aury's site.

»Oct 4: "A Woman of Edges" by L.P. Thomas is scheduled to be published in Cynic Online Magazine on Feb. 15th.

»Oct 3: A condensed version of the short story "Miracle for Maria" by Michael Kent will be published in Flash me Magazine in the October PDF issue.

»Oct 3: Rhiannon's short story "I Am Not the Goddaughter of the Goblin King" was selected as an Editor's Choice for vol. 202-214 in Bewildering Stories Third Quarterly Review.

»Oct 2: Xxena's poem "The Fireweed Fairies" has been accepted to be published in the Nov/Dec joint issue of the Writers Post Journal.

September 27, 2006 Update

»Sep 26: "Defiling Glory" by Angelinity was accepted for publication by Ruthie's Club. "Full Moon in Scorpio" is scheduled to appear in the October 2 edition.

»Sep 19: Gale Martin's blog L'ESPIRIT DE L'ESCALIER was selected as the Bestest Blog of the day on September 19 by Bestestblog.com.

»Sep 6: Cadfael's poem "Water" and her short story "Piggy McDuff Bites the Dust" were recognized in a recent Shire (County) literary competition. She received a "hefty check" for "Water" which will be published with other winners.

»Sep 5: Site member IveyBanks, winner of the first TheNextBigWriter Novel Competition was interviewed by The Capital Online. Articles about her and her winning novel Out of the Dark (Armageddon Lost I) have appeared in The Book Standard, The Advocate, and other online and offline publications. In addition, she has received several requests from magazines and newspapers to review her novel when it is published.

»Sep 5: "The Last Color Game" by Gale Martin has been accepted for publication in the October issue of The Giggle Water Review.

»Sep 5: The poems "Tiny Hope", "The Soul Cliched", and "Fade to Black" by m_e_s will be published by Cynic Magazine under the pen name of Emma Weylin.

August 11, 2006 Update

»July 28: "Too Many Choices" (to be published as "Choices") and "The Quest for the Makeup Bag" by Barry Davidson will be published in Cynic Magazine in November

»July 21: "When in Rome" by Paniolo will appear in Defenestration's August 20th issue.

»July 19: "Pink and Silver" by Roisin Moriarty will appear in the September issue of FourVolts.com.

»July 16: Moses was recently interviewed by representative of the Field Museum/Lake Park Crescent Newsletter regarding his poem "May 14, 1974."

July 16, 2006 Update

»July 15: "The Rosano Job" by Dan Dittmar will appear in the September issue of Skive Magazine (Quarterly Print Mag).

»July 13: "Honoring The Other Dog's Point" by Selah Cooper-Holl, the winner of TheNextBigWriter's Bow -Wow Short Story Competition was accepted for publication in the fall issue of Field Trial Magazine.

»July 14: CRIMSON ICE by member Joey C (a mystery under her pen name A. J. Alise ) is being published by DigitalPulpPublishers and is already available in digital format for download. It will also be available in audio format next year. In addition, Joey C was chosen as Author of the Month by DPP Store for July. Joey C's short story "Gourmet Buffet" will be pulished by a new UK magazine called Cloud Nine in its first issue this Sept.

»July 7: CUTTING TOO DEEP by Gem won a flash contest sponsored by the Writer's Den. It will be published in the September issue of Wet Ink Press.

June 27, 2006 Update

»June 23: "One Beast That Cannot Be Tamed" by Rhiannon won the Editor's Choice in the novella category at www.bewilderingstories.com along with another author.

»June 21: "Dinner With the In-Laws" by Work in Progress will appear in fourvolts.co.uk e-magazine.

»June 21: "Reminiscence" by Linda James has been accepted for publication on Soulmatequeen.com.

»June 20: "Full Moon in Scorpio" by Angelinity was accepted for publication.

» June 20: Moses read his poem "Hate Me Now/Love Me Not" at his first paid spoken word performance.

»June 19: Kirk's short story "Prairie Girl" was selected as the winner of the 'Pitwit Short Story Competition May 2006' on pitwit.com.

 

June 12, 2006 Update

» June 12: "A Man Like Me" by Gem, a winner in the TheNextBigWriter Short Story Competition will also be published in the July edition of Sirens, an online magazine. Gem states that having her story place in the Competition "seemed to make a strong impression on the editor" and "gave my story more desirability to them, not less."

» June 10: Rhiannon's short story "One Beast That Cannot Be Tamed" has been published at www.bewilderingstories.com.

» June 10: J Lawless will have a non-fiction story published in the July issue of the Canadian magazine The Country Connection.

» May 26: Dan Dittmar's short story "Wendy" is being published in the June issue of Skive Magazine (print mag).

May 23, 2006 Update

Xxena's poem "You, Me & the 10,000" will be published in the next edition of Events Quarterly on June 1st.

Ben Duiverman's short story "Fade Away" was purchased by The Dark Krypt, one of the Net's finest (and paying) horror mags.

Gem's recent flash piece, "FINDING SHELTER", was chosen to be showcased on the Writer's Den site as one of the best of the week.

Moses' poem "May 14, 1974" has just been published in the Lake Pake Crescent/Field Museum newsletter in Chicago, IL

May 9, 2006 Update

"As I See The Snow Melting" a story by Rhiannon that first posted on TheNextBigWriter, was selected as an editor's choice in the First Quarterly Review of 2006 onwww.bewilderingstories.com

May 4, 2006 Update

"Frolics in the Paddock" by Cadfael has made it into The Highlander quarterly magazine

"A Very Serious Matter at the Bottom of the Hill" by Cadfael was accepted by a Brisbane City (Queensland Aussie) magazine !

April 21, 2006 Update

Dalpal's short story "My First Bra" was selected to appear on Nuvein.com in July.

Site member Xxena was invited to read her poetry and discuss what makes her write at KMXT's public radio station broadcast on Thursday, the 4th of May at 6pm Alaska time. They are having a public broadcasting funding drive and asked her to read her poems "Whale Migration" and "Along My Way."

April 19, 2006 Update

"LOVE AT THE WAWA" by Gem has been accepted for the summer issue of the Duck and Herring Company's Pocket Field Guide. The editor in chief said it was, "funny and sexy."

Terry Angelo received two acceptances. The "The Rape of Venus" will be published in Cynic Online Magazine, August issue and "Second Hand Breath" will be published in Neiderngasse and translated into Italian and German.

March 30, 2006 Update

This is our innaugural update and represents just some of the recent accomplishments of members of theNextBigWriter.

What could possibly bring together a 450 pound vampire slayer, a drunken, acid-tongued detective, a good natured carpenter, bureaucratic vampires, giant anacondas, mutant vampire bats, Ho Ho’s, Twinkies and ‘more one-liners than a night at the comedy club’? Try site member Greg Crites (HavePenWillScribble) newest novel Dunkin The Vampire Slayer: Something Porcine This Way Comes. It is a former Top 10 Novel on theNextBigWriter. Preview and buy it here.

Rhiannon's short story, posted on theNextBigWriter as "The Day the World Froze," won third place in Contest 2 on www.bewilderingstories.com  It was published under the title "A Time Line Regression," and may see print in their Time Travel Anthology.

Hannah Holborn received a $3,000 grant from Canada Council for the Arts- Grants to Professional Writers-Creative Writing to help finish her collection of short stories.