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2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Open for Entry

Commonwealth Short Story Prize

The 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now Open for Entry. Its a great platform to showcase your talents and is a fantastic opportunity for writers across the Commonwealth. Plus, there is no entry fee. Writers have until 15 November 2014…

‘Where Love Lies’ (Book Excerpt) by Julie Cohen

Where Love Lies book cover

Julie Cohen studied at Brown University, earning a summa cum laude degree with honours in English. She followed it up with a postgraduate degree in English literature from the University of Reading. She has penned twenty books to date, published under…

NAW Interview with Julie Cohen

Where Love Lies

Julie Cohen studied at Brown University, earning a summa cum laude degree with honours in English. She followed it up with a postgraduate degree in English literature from the University of Reading. She has penned twenty books to date, published…

NAW Interview with Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar is a medical officer with the government of Jharkhand. His stories and articles have been published in Indian Literature, The Statesman, The Asian Age, Good Housekeeping, Northeast Review, The Four Quarters Magazine, Earthen Lamp Journal, Alchemy: The…

‘Taken With You’ (Book Excerpt) by Shannon Stacey

takenwithyou_book cover

Shannon Stacey is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author. She lives with her husband and two sons in New England, where her two favorite activities are writing stories of happily ever after and riding her four-wheeler. She prefers writing to laundry, however, and…

NAW Interview with Shannon Stacey

Shannon Stacey

Shannon Stacey is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author. She lives with her husband and two sons in New England, where her two favorite activities are writing stories of happily ever after and riding her four-wheeler. She prefers writing to laundry, however, and…

NAW Interview with Peter Swanson

Peter Swanson

Peter Swanson has won awards in poetry from The Lyric and Yankee Magazine, and is currently completing a sonnet sequence on all 53 of Alfred Hitchcock’s films. His poems, stories and reviews have appeared in such journals as The Atlantic,…

NAW Interview with Maud Casey

Maud Casey

Maud Casey is an Associate Professor of English and teaches in the MFA Creative Writing Program at the University of Maryland. She has received international fellowships from the Fundacion Valparaiso and the Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers, and is the recipient…

NAW Interview with Courtney Miller Santo

Courtney Miller Santo

Courtney Miller Santo has dual degrees in Journalism and Russian Studies at Washington and Lee University. She teaches creative writing at the University of Memphis. Her debut novel THE ROOTS OF THE OLIVE TREE was published by William Morrow. Visit her here. …

NAW Interview with Heather Marie

Heather Marie

Heather Marie worked as a hairstylist and makeup artist for several years before turning to her passion, writing. Her debut, THE GATEWAY THROUGH WHICH THEY CAME, was published by Curiosity Quills. Visit her here. NAW- Tell us about your book, The…

NAW Interview with Lynne Raimondo

Lynne Raimondo

Lynne Raimondo is the author of  two novels, Dante’s Wood (Seventh Street Books, 2013) a Library Journal Mystery Debut of the Month, and Dante’s Poison (Seventh Street Books 2014), both featuring Mark Angelotti, a blind, psychologically troubled forensic psychiatrist.   Before…