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The 17th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest is now closed! Thank you to those of you who sent in your wonderful submissions. Keep an eye out for updates or sign up for our newsletter to get them delivered straight to your inbox! https://www.geist.com/newsletter

Friendly Reminder: The deadline to submit to the #GeistPostcardContest is tomorrow, April 30! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to receive publication in #GeistMagazine and win literary fame and fortune! https://www.geist.com/contests/postcard-contest/ #WritingContest #WritingCommunity

They say grief makes you gorge yourself non-stop but I don’t think I’ve eaten in two weeksmust be all the tears blocked up inside have swollen me up. Or the vino (kidding). Get inspiration from this winning #GeistPostcardContest entry and submit today! https://www.geist.com//postcard-story-conte/heaven-at-last

The DOXAFestival runs next week, from May 6-16! Geist is sponsoring the Family In Focus: Shorts Program. Check out the trailer in the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rloxx5twzs8&feature=youtu.be #DOXA2021

Two weeks left to submit to the #GeistPostcardContest! This long weekend is the perfect time to sit down and hammer out a story to submit. Submissions are due April 15 and include a free one-year subscription to Geist. Enter your story now! #WritingContest #WritingCommunity #CanLit https://www.geist.com/contests/postcard-contest/

Jason M from Winnipeg asks: Is it cricket for a book publisher to assign a full-book copy-edit to an editor who has no knowledge of the book? Okay, it’s my book, and I want someone who cares. Is that bad? Read our answer in the latest #LitLorn here: https://www.geist.com/writers/lit-lorn/which-editor/

#LitLorn advice for new writers: ...you should start small. So you might write something shortsay 250 words. ...try a short story, perhaps about a strange person or an intriguing news photo." Start small and submit to the #GeistPostcardContest! https://www.geist.com/writers/lit-lorn/starting-to-commence/

We spent the night sitting on a crooked dock by a pond talking...while others rattled screaming through fields on golf carts, and tried to lose or keep their virginities. Read Common Sense About Smoking, 1st prize in a #GeistPostcardContest and get inspired to submit now! https://www.geist.com//postcar/common-sense-about-smoking/

One week left to submit to the #GeistPostcardContest! Stay home, find a weird and wonderful postcard on Wikimedia Commons and write a 500 word story for Geist. Due April 30, submit today! #WritingContest #WritingCommunity https://www.geist.com/contests/postcard-contest/

Lexicographers are the people who ask the questions and keep track of the answers: Is this word in use? Has this word’s meaning changed over time? Has some hybrid overtaken a word...? In our latest #LitLorn, we discuss the origins of newor even oldwords. Read more here: https://www.geist.com/writers/lit-lorn/words-all-over/

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The quiet days of the New Year wait just around the cornera perfect time for beginning new reading and writing projects. And Geist makes the perfect companion for the readers and writers in your life. Sign up your loved ones for a subscription today: https://www.geist.com/subscribe-online/gift/give-geist

In our recent Lit-Lorn, we learn about the Nubber, scrabble people and the invention of words. Read more here: https://www.geist.com/writers/lit-lorn/nubber/

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Ferries lit like Christmas trees plow the harbour, and snow-carved mountains encircle a stained-glass-at-night sky. Read more of David Mitchell’s Imaginary City here: https://www.geist.com/fact/dispatches/imaginary-city/

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