Syllabus: Notes From an Accidental Professor provides an inside look into Lynda Barry’s funny, smart, and thoughtful lesson plans for writing and creative thinking. Filled with colorful illustrations and hand lettering, Barry’s notes, tips, and exercises are a source of inspiration and encouragement to expand and explore one’s writing practice and process, and to make the most of the imagination that goes into all aspects of brainstorming.
Find details about every creative writing competition—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, grants for translators, and more—that we’ve published in the Grants & Awards section of Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it in the Writing Contests database, the most trusted resource for legitimate writing contests available anywhere.