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First Lines wanted
Send us your first lines!
Send us your first lines! This is a call for suggested "first lines" we can use for the CCF Online Writing Contest. The contest changes themes, and first lines, on a monthly basis. We often associate first lines to a monthly theme but not always.

Good books on writing
Send your suggested titles!
Over time we've compiled a list of suggested resources we share with writers and writing contest participants. We count these books as main resources in our “how to write” library.

10th Annual Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition
02.12.08
Deadline for this competition is past. The Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition, was founded in 1998, and has generated heat, publicity and a reputation that demands respect. Deadline to submit to the 10th Annual Scriptalooza Screenplay Competition was March 5, 2008. This article lists the details on this competion.

Highlights for Children Current Needs
02.12.08
Highlights CatalogHighlights for Children is quite a prestigious venue to be published. Editors from HIGHLIGHTS have some specific requests for material. Current needs in both fiction and nonfiction categorieslist are listed on their website and updated regularly. We've taken their current needs list as of February 2008 and copied it below but please check the Highlights website itself for up-to-date submissions information and guidelines.

POCKETS Fiction Writing Contest
02.05.08
I grew up in Cuba reading "El Aposento Alto" (The Upper Room). This was a wonderful devotional I read from cover to cover. The stories in it inspired and strenghtened me, especially after Castro took over the country and communism was established.

CCF Writer: Online Contest Entries
Current & Past Contest Winners
Click the article title to view the page with winning contest entries. Check out the RULES and submit your entry using the entry form.

CCF Writer: An Online Writing Contest
Online Writing Contest
bird typing at a computerAn online writing contest for both published and yet-to-be-published writers of all ages. You must use the "first line" we provide to write your story. Check out the RULES and submit your entry. Visit the CCF Contest Entries page to read past winning entries.

Books4Children
Contact b4c using the "contact us" link above
b4c (books4children) is an online discussion group for children's writers and illustrators in the Rocky Mountain region, though we also have members from other parts of the country. The listserve is moderated by Julie Anne Peters and Olgy Gary. Anyone interested may join by sending a note using the CCF contact form.

2007 Winning Contest Entries
12.31.07
Click the title of the article to view the 2007 winning contest entries. Check out the RULES and submit your entry using the current entry form.

CCF Writers' Group Guidelines
New members welcomed!
There are as many ways to run a critique group as there are members who participate in them. These are guidelines used in the Critique/Writers groups CCF sponsors.


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