Memoir of Growing Up Black in 1950s: 1st Runner-up
Toronto-based writer Lynette Dathorne’s story “Scenes from My Youth,” an excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, has been named first runner-up in the Nonfiction category of the annual OASIS Journal anthology competition in Tucson, Arizona. “Scenes from My Youth” will be Lynette’s first published story. “The year was 1953,” she says, “and the focus of my submission was [...]
Monday, September 26th, 2011
CBC’s Canada Writes Autobiography Challenge
A compelling title and back-cover blurb for a real memoir-in-progress by Mary E. McIntyre is featured as one of Today’s Picks in the entertaining CBC Canada Writes Autobiography Challenge. Read her submission here. Mary’s surprised and delighted that her entry is being highlighted. Along with other entrants, she’s in the running for the prize: an iPad2. The Canada Writes Autobiography [...]
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Tilya Gallay Helfield’s memoir “Blink” garners prize
Tilya Helfield of Toronto, Canada, recently earned first prize in the non-fiction category of the 2010 OASIS Journal competition for her short memoir “Blink.” Tilya’s story will appear in the most recent edition of OASIS Journal, an annual anthology that showcases creative writing by international writers age 50 and over. It’s published by Tucson, Arizona-based Imago [...]
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
