Fiction 2010 Short Story Contest: Deadline Extended
Announcement: The Deadline for the 2010 Fiction Contest has been extended until December 15, 2010. Contest Type: Fiction Short Stories (500-3000 words) Prizes: $50 first place prize and publication; First, Second and Third place winners all receive a free Critique by the Editors of Literary Magic. Entry Fee: $5 per story. Deadline: December 15, 2010 Are you an aspiring novelist? Do you have a story to tell but can't break into publishing markets? Then enter the Literary Magic Writing Competition. Write. Get paid. Get critiqued. And get published. Announcing Literary Magic's first ever cash-prize contest. Enter our writing competition for the chance to win $50--and to have your story featured on the LiteraryMagic.com Home ...
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August 16, 2010Poetry 2010 Contest: Deadline Extended
Announcement: The Deadline for the 2010 Poetry Contest has been extended until December 15, 2010. Contest Type: Poetry (5-30 lines) Prizes: $30 first place prize and publication; First, Second and Third place winners all receive a free Critique by the Editors of Literary Magic. Entry Fee: $3 per poem. Deadline: December 15, 2010 Write. Get paid. Get critiqued. And get published. Announcing Literary Magic's first ever cash-prize contest. Enter our writing competition for the chance to win $30--and to have your poem featured on the LiteraryMagic.com Home page. Literary Magic magazine is currently accepting poetry submissions for its 2010 Poetry Contest. Please read the Guidelines below to enter. When you're ready, fill out ...
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August 15, 2010The Enemy
The Enemy By Joan Kaplan Forgive me for not keeping in touch. I know they told you I was wounded in action; did they tell you that I was missing, too, for two days, and then was found, barely breathing but alive? Perhaps it’s best if they didn’t; why worry you needlessly. I was found, although two others in my unit have not been. It’s been weeks and they are still missing and, we all fear, lost to the enemy – not the Iraqis, but the war, the real enemy. ...
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June 23, 2010From Written Word to Moving Image
Literary Magic Editor-in-Chief Rocky Reichman also had the opportunity to interview the co-producers of Patricia Cornwell's The Front, Emmy award-winning Stan Brooks and his partner, Jim Head. The two producers have experience working with successful authors. In one-on-one interviews with each producer, they each gave their advice on what it takes to succeed in the business of film production. Stan Brooks emphasized the importance of a Liberal Arts education, saying that you need an appreciation of music and how that music works in a movie in order to succeed in his business. Indeed, when this author watched The Front for the first time just an hour after these words were ...
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June 23, 2010A Story of Bee
A Story of Bee By Robert Cleversy Her name was Beetrice, Beetrice Rose Macintosh. First, before you correct me, her name is spelled Beetrice but is pronounced Beatrice. Her mother liked bees and decided to name her that way. Beetrice will be the first to tell you that her mother was a loon. That’s the second thing I need to tell you, Beetrice can be pretty assertive when it comes to speaking her mind. I first met Bee in the summer of 2006. I was having a tough year. My wife left me after six years of marriage. One day I ...
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January 21, 2010Bubbles
BUBBLES A short story of 1,499 words by Heidi Hirner BYLINE: Bubbles - a cheerful blonde secretary - figures out a way to cheer up her Stock-broker boss who is super-grumpy due to the Economic Recession. In spite of the fact that she was seated in front of a Work computer, Bubbles Buzansky often spent her time attending to non-work related emails, the kind of personal emails that the company - in its procedures and policies document - officially frowned upon. Bubbles did feel a minor amount of guilt about these transgressions, and would occasionally furtively scan the office, ...
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January 21, 2010The Love of My Life
The Love of My Life By FR Jameson In life she only came to me once, in death she visits every single night. She touches me, holds me, kisses me – and I dread every second of it. ...
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January 21, 2010Serious Addicts Only
Serious Addicts Only By Timothy A. Boling "Hi, I'm Nick and I'm an addict." "Welcome, Nick!" the group said in unison. I took a deep breath and began. "This's my first time attending Narcotics Anonymous, and I'm not real sure what to say." I looked around the table. There were twelve of us, myself and my wife Laurie included. Each person at the table took turns talking about how drugs took control of their lives, and how they recovered from hitting rock-bottom. Now it was my turn. "I've been clean ...
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January 21, 2010The Dinner Party
The Dinner Party By Joan Kaplan Tonight’s gathering would be the ninth in a series of twelve Saturday night dinner parties spanning the three-month holiday summer season. Invitations to these dinners, which began promptly at seven-thirty and concluded just as promptly at ten-thirty, were treasured, envied, guarded jealously. Women orchestrated clever but transparent opportunities to ingratiate themselves with the host or hostess in an effort to qualify as potential guests. Men feigned indifference, but worried that important business deals could be born, nurtured or consummated in their absence. Receiving the rare raised-gilt-edged note card with the invented family crest requesting their presence ...
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January 21, 2010The Painter’s Mantle
The Painter’s Mantle By Nayanathara Whenever I get time, I do pen a few lines of poetry or don the painter’s mantle, Not a mere hobby or an idle woman’s pastime – But an exploration of my long-lost identity, an honest expression of my thoughts, an aesthetic unravelling of my past, present and future. Quite often, I do spend a considerable time pondering over my life’s incorrigible patterns – Its sudden undulations, its sloppy curves, mountainous terrains, gargantuan crevices and gorges, its stupendous waterfalls… After having thought long and hard, I finally wield my long, broad brush and palette of cool, placid colours. In a span of few hours, a painting ...
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January 21, 2010