Last December we asked you which features you wanted us to add to our writing group. The majority voted for writing lessons and analysis. We recently added writing lessons. You can see the current writing lesson on your My Account page or you can view the writing lesson archive. We are currently adding one lesson per month so the archive will continue to grow.

What do you think about these writing lessons? Do you like or hate how we have done the lessons? Why?

Jacob

Right now we are working on version 2 of the private writing groups. Our changes will make it easier to interact with the different groups you belong to. We are planning on building the automated writing analysis after we revamp the private writing groups.

*See all of our writing contests

Purpose: Have fun, enjoy the competition, and become a better author by participating in our peer critique process for this contest.

Who Can Enter: This contest is open to all authors. All submissions must be posted and assigned critiques completed by March 31, 2009. Stories must be 3000 words or fewer. You may post additional stories to this site for critique, but only one story  will be eligible for the contest.

Subject Matter: You choose. The short story should adhere to our content policy.

Prizes: The winner of this contest will receive $50.

How to Enter: It’s pretty easy

1. Create a free account or sign in for existing members.
2. Upload your story; make sure you select “March Short Story Contest” as the category.
3. Submit your story for peer critique.
4. Complete your assigned reviews, this is discussed more below.

Decisions: There will be 2 rounds of judging.

1. Authors from the Review Fuse staff will select the 3 best stories for Round 2.
2. Of these 3 stories selected, Review Fuse management will select the winning authors based on who gave the most detailed and well thought out critiques to their peer’s.

Entry Fee: There are no entry fees or purchases of any kind required to enter and win the contest. After you submit your story to the contest you will be required to complete assigned critiques of other authors (4 for free members and 3 for premium members). You will receive 3 critiques of your story in return. Those who do not complete their critiques will not be eligible to win the contest.

Rights: All stories remain the sole property of the author. After we have selected the winner we will seek permission from the author to publish the winning story on our blog. The author is under no obligation to allow this.

Notification: The prize winner will be notified by email on April 4, 2009. We will announce the prize winner on our blog on April 6, 2009.

*See all of our writing contests

Purpose: Have fun, enjoy the competition, and become a better poet by participating in our peer critique process for this contest.

Who Can Enter: This contest is open to all poets. All submissions must be posted and assigned critiques completed by March 15, 2009. Poems must be 50 lines or fewer. You may post additional poems to this site for critique, but only one poem will be eligible for this contest.

Subject Matter: You choose. The poem should adhere to our content policy.

Prizes: The winner of this contest will receive $50.

How to Enter: It’s pretty easy

1. Create a free account or sign in for existing members.
2. Upload your poem; make sure you select “March Poetry Contest” as the category.
3. Submit your poem for peer critique.
4. Complete your assigned reviews, this is discussed more below.

Decisions: There will be 3 rounds of judging.

1. Authors from the Review Fuse staff will select the 10 best poems for Round 2.
2. Of these 10 poems, Review Fuse management will select the 5 authors who gave the most detailed and well thought out critiques of their peer’s poetry for Round 3.
3. The winner will then be selected by 3 creative writing and poetry professors.

• Find out more about what our judges think great poetry is.

Entry Fee: There are no entry fees or purchases of any kind required to enter and win the contest. After you submit your poem to the contest you will be required to complete assigned critiques of other poets (4 for free members and 3 for premium members). You will receive 3 critiques of your poem in return. Those who do not complete their critiques will not be eligible to win the contest.

Rights: All poems remain the sole property of the author. After we have selected the winner we will seek permission from the author to publish the winning poem on our blog. The author is under no obligation to allow this.

Notification: The prize winner will be notified by email on March 21, 2009. We will announce the prize winner on our blog on March 23, 2009.