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Elora Writers' Festival invites entries for their 6th annual writing competition. Prizes: $100, $75, $50 (Adults). Age categories: adult, teen (13-19), junior (12 and under). Submit: Short story/personal essay (2000 words), poetry (75 lines max), or one-act plays. Entry fee: $10. Open theme. Deadline: May 8, 2009. More details...

Mere Literary Festival (UK) is accepting fiction entries for their 2008 Competition. First prize: £300. Submit stories 2500 words max. Junior competitions: 11 and under and 12-16. Entry fee: £5; £1.50 for Juniors. Deadline: July 7, 2008. More details...

ON SPEC Magazine seeks stories and poetry from young Canadian writers aged 15-23. Accepts speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Open to Canadian writers between the ages of 15-23 years of age. Payment: up to $180 plus contributor copies. Deadline: May 31, 2008 More details...

Elora Writers' Festival invites entries for their 5th annual writing competition. Prizes: $100, $75, $50 (Adults) and $75, $50, $25 (Teen and Junior). Age categories:adult, teen (13-19), junior (12 and under). Submit: Short story/personal essay (2000 words) or poetry (75 lines max). Entry fee: $10. Theme: A Harvest of Words. Deadline: May 2, 2008. More details...

What If? Canada's Creative Magazine for Teens invites poetry entries from young writers for their next Penguin Books Poetry Contest. First prize: Penguin Books prize pack (valued at $50) plus publication in Summer 2008 issue.Theme: Teachers. Open to Canadian writers under 19. Deadline: March 15, 2008. No entry fee. More details...

What If? Canada's Creative Magazine for Teens invites fiction entries from young writers for their next Stone Road Mall Fiction Contest. Prizes: First prize: $100 Stone Road Mall Gift Certificate (winner can arrange to receive gift certificates for stores in their area) plus publication in Summer 2008 issue. Theme: What If? Open to Canadian writers under 19. Deadline: March 15, 2008. More details...

ON SPEC Magazine seeks stories and poetry from young Canadian writers aged 15-23. Accepts speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Open to Canadian writers between the ages of 15-23 years of age. Payment: up to $180 plus contributor copies. Deadline: May 31, 2008 More details...

And off we go, into the new year.

I've been thinking about goals, and found a few other people blogging about them with some good thoughts.
These are all 'bead' people, but if you're any kind of artist you can apply them to your own 'thing'.

Lori Greenberg (the Bead Nerd)
Heather Powers (Humblebeads)
Art Bead Scene

I had such a nice day today going for one of our loooong weekend walks. We went to look at some bike shops for Bradley, and I got to visit Arton Beads, Romni Wool, Fresh Collective and Red Pegasus. I found a notebook with a vintage bird illustration on the cover at Red Pegasus (and covetted some silver acorn earrings). I also bought a beautiful skirt at Fresh Collective and lots of beading supplies at Arton. Starting last night, I've been making jewellery once again and I've been putting new things in the shop.This time I also did the photography outside, which of course is much better light and the colours are truer. On the way home I collected stray leaves and twigs to use as backdrops.I go through weeks where I just don't feel like creating, then suddenly I'll get inspired and I can't stop! Lately it's been busy in a good way, because I've also been working on my Scholastic book and I really like how it's turning out. I wish I could share my pictures, but I have to wait until the book is published in the fall.