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Ben Royce 🇺🇦

an interesting connection:

it was #LordByron who proposed the #ghostStory #writingContest that led to #MaryShelley writing "#Frankenstein", and he was the father of another #womensHistoryMonth notable: #AdaLovelace

her story is well known, but less well known is that she predicted #AI

she rejected it

her rejection was not without teeth, because the first non-#scienceFiction champion of AI, #AlanTuring, spent an inordinate amount of time refuting her critique

nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/

NIST · Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer Who Predicted Artificial IntelligenceDuring Women’s History Month, I am remembering Ada Lovelace’s contributions and thinking about the impact she had on me as a scientist and mathematician
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦

#womensHistoryMonth

What do many consider the 1st #scienceFiction?

One of the first works of #horror (certainly #bodyHorror)?

#MaryShelley's "#Frankenstein"

Written as a *teenager*

A teenager who had recently lost a baby

I think that's key

Horror not from taking life

But creating life

She went to Switzerland with her lover Percy Shelley who was fleeing creditors in Britain

The summer was cold and rainy so #LordByron (yes him) proposed a #ghostStory #writingContest

I think she won

1/x

May Shelley
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Shantell Powell

Are you a Canadian writer with no full-length books and who isn't under contract for a full-length book? Have you had work published in magazines or anthologies? Check out the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. It has categories for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. It's free to enter, and the prizes are mighty. writerstrust.com/awards/rbc-br #WritingCommunity #CanLit #WritingContest

RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers | Writers' Trust of CanadaRBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging WritersThe Writers' Trust of Canada annually awards three $10,000 prizes to outstanding emerging writers of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. The award, sponsored by RBC, has a storied track record of discovering Canada’s brightest writers at the outset of their careers.
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Shantell Powell

Opening February 1: African Diaspora Award. Afro descendants wanted for the African Diaspora Award 2024. Participants submit an original, unpublished work in English, including short stories, flash fiction, nonfiction essays, poetry, onstage scripts or visual art. Prizes up to $1000 USD for top winners along with publication in the upcoming anthology, "Black Butterfly: Voices of the African Diaspora" and Kinsman Quarterly's literary journal. kinsmanquarterly.org/african-d #BlackWriters #BlackAuthors #WritingCommunity #WritingContest

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Kinsman QuarterlyAfrican Diaspora Award 2024 | Kinsman QuarterlyAfrican-themed prose and poetry wanted for Kinsman Quarterly's 2024 African Diaspora Award. Prizes up to $1000. Winners published in our literary journal and annual anthology. Deadline: June 30, 2024
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👏 So much to love about this collaboration from New York Public Library, #TeenVogue, and #826National:

"Why is the freedom to read important to you?”

"The teen writing contest...in partnership w/ 826 National, is part of the Library’s banned book initiative, which highlights the vital role public #libraries play in our democracy... campaign also features a new “Books for All: Teen Banned Book Club" 📝 📚 🔓

nypl.org/spotlight/books-for-a

screenshot of a linkedin post from 826 National. it shows an aerial photograph of the new york public library and this text: "Writing changes the course of lives. Research indicates so and 826 students bring life to that data every day. Writing is an intimate and powerful tool that can change your relationship to yourself and to others, and can also change the course of your life, your community, and the nation. 826 National is incredibly excited to partner with The New York Public Library and Teen Vogue on their teen National Writing Contest - Freedom to Read. Activating, inspiring, and celebrating the power of youth voice is deeply embedded in our mission to provide quality writing education to young people everywhere, so are pleased to be a part of this project in which teens across the country galvanize around writing their power and raising their voices on the issue of book bans. Learn more about the project here or about 826 National and the power, joy, and brilliance of youth writing."
#BannedBooks#Democracy#FreedomToRead
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Shantell Powell

kinsmanquarterly.org/iridescen Submissions are open for short stories and poetry by BIPOC authors for Kinsman Quarterly’s Iridescence Award. Themes should include the supernatural, extraterrestrial, or the paranormal. Prizes include publication in the Iridescence anthology with cash awards up to $500 USD. No fee required. Deadline is December 31st. #WritingContest #BIPOCWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Supernatural #Paranormal #extraterrestrial

Kinsman QuarterlyIridescence Award | Kinsman QuarterlyOpen submission for short stories and poetry by BIPOC authors. Speculative fiction wanted, including themes of the supernatural, extraterrestrial, or paranormal. Prizes include publication in the Iridescence anthology with cash awards up to $500 USD. No fee required. Deadline is December 31st.
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Shantell Powell

kinsmanquarterly.org/presence Submissions are open for novellas, highlighting ghosts and/or spiritual entities imposing on the natural world. We specifically want unique stories incorporating the cultures, traditions, and/or histories of BIPOC and underrepresented communities. Submissions portal closes March 31, 2024.

Novellas should be between 15,000 - 25,000 words (roughly 50-100 pages). Selected submissions will each receive $1000 and publication within the Presence collection and the Kinsman Quarterly literary journal. $25 submission fee required. #WritingContest #BIPOCWriters #BIPOCAuthors #Novella #GhostStories #SpeculativeFiction

Kinsman QuarterlyPresence | Kinsman QuarterlySubmissions are open for novellas highlighting ghosts and/or spiritual entities imposing on the natural world. We distinctively want unique stories incorporating the cultures, traditions, and/or histories of BIPOC and underrepresented communities. Submissions portal closes March 31, 2024.
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