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Author: Richard

Richard Everywriter (pen name) is the founder of EveryWriter and a 25-year veteran of the publishing industry. With degrees in Writing, Journalism, Technology, and Education, Richard has dedicated two decades to teaching writing and literature while championing emerging voices through EveryWriter's platform. His work focuses on making literary analysis accessible to readers at all levels while preserving the rich heritage of American literature. Connect with Richard on Twitter  Bluesky Facebook or explore opportunities to share your own work on ourSubmissions page. For monthly insights on writing and publishing, subscribe to our Newsletter.

1000 Greatest Poems of All Time

Posted on February 21, 2019February 26, 2019 by Richard

Here is our list of the 1000 Greatest Poems of all time. We need your help to complete it and edit it. Post your suggestions please!

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Simultaneous Submissions

Posted on February 18, 2019December 7, 2019 by Richard

Why Simultaneous Submissions are Essential Writing can be an exhausting endeavor, especially if you’re a family oriented (or just busy) person. Trying to juggle your household responsibilities, a proper diet and exercise, errands, and most likely a day job, finding time to write can be tough.

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Greatest 50 Word Horror Story of All Time! (you vote)

Posted on February 10, 2019February 3, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our search for the Great 50 Word Horror Story of All Time. This is a user/reader centered contest.

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50 Word It’s really cold outside, warm me up with Horror Contest

Posted on February 10, 2019January 28, 2023 by Richard

Ok, so we’ve been out of it for a while. EWR hasn’t published a whole lot since Halloween, but we are back online now. This our our first contest of 2019. It’s one of those, oh so fun 50 word contests that everyone loves. 

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Writing Prompts

Posted on February 7, 2019February 10, 2019 by Richard

Writing Prompts are the anomaly of the writing world. A lot of writers, when first faced with the idea of a writing prompt, turn their nose up at them. The writer feels like they can make it without the gimmick,

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Best Editing Tools for Bloggers

Best Editing Tools for Bloggers

Posted on January 18, 2019February 3, 2023 by Richard

Here are some suggestions on finding the best editing tools for bloggers. After you spend hours or even days working on a single blog post and organizing your notes and references like a maniac, you finally have a great blog post ready to be posted.

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Art by Ken Meyer Jr.

Posted on January 15, 2019April 11, 2019 by Richard

Ken Meyer Jr. has worked in/on comics, books, magazines,cds, role playing games and in the fields of military training, corporate training and educational media.

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Authors who Built a Modern Christmas

Posted on December 4, 2018January 30, 2023 by Richard

Authors over the years have played a big role in creating the modern day Christmas. Some authors published and publicized Christmas, setting up traditions

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Interview with Poet David Baker

Posted on October 21, 2018May 28, 2019 by Richard

David Baker is the author 14 books of poetry and prose including Midwest Eclogue (W W Norton & Co Inc. 2007), Treatise on Touch (Arc Publications, 2007) , and Never-Ending Birds

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13 Halloween Poems: Classic and Terrifying

Posted on October 17, 2018May 20, 2019 by Richard

13 Halloween Poems: Classic and Terrifying These poems are all “classic” poems, and they written by poets who have passed away. Many are scary, but all are generally appropriate ok for children. Generally scary poems or horror poems are difficult to come by, but we’ve collected 20 below that you just have to read. The…

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Writing Prompt: Vampire’s Someone to Love

Posted on September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 by Richard

You are vampire, female or male, and while you need food, you have found that you need love more. At this point in your 500 years you have only been in love once.

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Hammer this Home to the End

Horror Prompt: Hammer it home to this end

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Richard

You come home from a night with friends. You are alone, and you go into your apartment. You are do not have a family. You hear something in the other room, and you go to investigate. When you walk into your bedroom someone

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2018 500 word horror story contest

2018 500 Word Scary Story Contest

Posted on September 9, 2018January 28, 2023 by Richard

So you want another contest, here is one with 500 words and a lot of terror….

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2018 Horror Halloween Haiku Contest!

Posted on August 23, 2018January 28, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our 2018 Horror Halloween Haiku Contest! I love writing contests, big and small, so we are doing a couple more. You guys are killing it on the other posts right now

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25 Word Halloween Horror Story Contest 2018

Posted on August 15, 2018January 28, 2023 by Richard

Welcome to our 25 Word Halloween Horror Contest 2018.  You know how much we love Halloween and horror, so this is one of our big contests. This contest is for bragging rights only. We will announce the top 3 winners on Halloween night 2018. Honestly, it just wouldn’t be Halloween without a 25 word story contest.

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