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Scrap Paper: A Creative Writing Newsletter Feb. 24 Issue
Read our latest issue of Scrap Paper: A Creative Writing Newsletter to learn about the upcoming UM-Flint Poetry Award and read the first place piece of our Love Stinks Writing Contest. We hope you enjoy!
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“Playmates” by Sarah Boyd (2024 Love Stinks Writing Contest: 3rd Place)
Your ego loves my insecurities. My insecurity craves your attention.
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“Stars” by Joel Zuehlke (2024 Love Stinks Writing Contest: 2nd Place)
Lover of nature, soft beam of moonlight turned to lightning…
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“Love Stinks – and so does this Poem” by Echo C. Truly (2024 Love Stinks Writing Contest: 1st Place)
My adoration is like hot trash The gunk you find in your kitchen grease trap Mine affection is milk, forgotten in the sun Sourdough starter way overdone
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Scrap Paper: A Creative Writing Newsletter Jan. 24 Issue
Interested in upcoming creative writing activities? Read our latest issue of Scrap Paper to learn all about them!
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Scrap Paper: A Creative Writing Newsletter Nov. 23 Issue
In this issue of Scrap Paper: A Creative Writing Newsletter, we are focusing on submission opportunities and tips. This includes our Spooktacular Writing Contest results, the upcoming Hopwood Writing Contests, and an interview with a…
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Graveyard Girl by Christina Feldermann (2023 Spooktacular Writing Contest: 3rd Place)
Your love, a sweet veneer, concealed poison’s blade, An insidious elixir, familiar yet ominous shade, A weapon cloaked as affection, it did cascade, Turning my world into a sinister masquerade.
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The Man Without Wedding Clothes by Ronan Streby (2023 Spooktacular Writing Contest: 2nd Place)
When my future father-in-law asked how much I loved his daughter, I said more than the world, and he half-smiled. He told me to remember that when I saw “him” at the reception tomorrow.…
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The Thing About Jane by V. Maethorne (2023 Spooktacular Writing Contest: 1st Place)
At the foot of the bed There hangs a mirror The space on the wall that yet was clear:
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Scrap Paper: A Creative Writing Newsletter Oct. 23 Issue
Read our October issue of Scrap Paper to learn about upcoming submission deadlines as well as November activities like National Novel Writing Month and a virtual open mic. If you’re undecided on whether to…