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• Looking for Group

  Interested in joining a writing group? Check in here.

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  Eager to join a group within the Grand River Writing Tribe?

  Visit our online application page and fill out the relevant information. We’ll review your information to slot you in the best possible group. It’s possible that it’ll take some time (months, potentially) for an appropriate slot to open. Until then, we encourage you to participate in this forum and to join our Discord server as a guest.

• Looking for Praise

  Share your successes — new books, new recognition, new milestones.

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  We all want to celebrate a literary success, so here’s the place to do it. If you’ve got a new book out, or you’ve been published in a literary journal or anthology, or you’ve won an award – here’s the place to brag.

  Please keep posts brief, and avoid “too much” bragging – for example, you don’t need to send a press release every time you write a poem that you post to your blog. But if you’ve been published by a curated market, in print or online or both, please let us know. Tell us a bit about the market, and your contribution to it, and were we might acquire a copy.

  And … congrats!

• Looking for Feedback

  Share a piece for constructive criticism among all the members of the Tribe.

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  From time to time, we all need a little extra support as we lift a major literary project over the finish line.

  Post here if you need help with:

  A story you’re planning to submit somewhere Evaluation of an advance review copy of a forthcoming book Questions about the craft or business of writing

  Need some pointers about critiquing or being critiqued? Check out the Critique Framework developed by Caffeinated Press. It includes tips for critiquing others and receiving critiques, as well as a checklist for the attributes worth looking at.

• Looking for Opportunities

  Pass along ideas for new markets, contests, awards and other writing-related opportunities.

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  The submission deadline for The 3288 Review has now advanced to Dec. 31, for the spring 2020 issue (volume 6, issue 1). That means you have 5.5 months to craft a great personal essay, short story or poem(s)!

  This lit journal, which appears semiannually, is the only print journal that focuses exclusively on West Michigan talent. No reading fees, no reading windows, and contributors are paid for their work.

  See the journal’s website for details.

• Looking for Cats and Martinis

  Open discussion.

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  A great story from The Grey Lady profiles James Daunt, the guy who’s tapped to “fix” Barnes and Noble.

  His history in the UK suggests good things.