Matt W Cook

writer.former fundamentalist.christianly fellow

Tag: contest

April 3, 2018

Making the CBC Short Story Longlist

My story, And a River Went Out of Eden, made the 2018 CBC Short Story Contest longlist. Cheers and mead all around! I’m super honoured to have a story make it this far, and excited to read the others on the list.

And a River Went Out of Eden is the product of more than a year of composition and rewriting and critique and rewriting. It wasn’t written in a vacuum. I’m thankful for the input of incredible writers: Robert McGill and all my peers at ENG389, where the story was born, and J. Marshall Freeman and A.M. Matte who helped nurse it to strength.

Writing can be very solitary, and it’s often like singing alone: you really can’t tell what you sound like unless you have someone to listen. If you’re serious about writing and looking for a tip to grow with, consider getting a group of writerly friends and sharing your works in progress. It helps!

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December 16, 2011

Who’s Versatile?

Me!

The talented K.L. Schengel over at My Random Muse has just awarded me with The Versatile Blogger Award. It’s a sexy little thing that’s running around the Internet, helping bloggers share their favorite blogs. Here are the rules that come with winning:

  • Thank the blogger who nominated you. Thanks!
  • Share seven bits of information about yourself.
  • Pass the award to fifteen blogs you have been enjoying lately and let them know.

My Seven Things:

  • I value love and understanding above everything else.
  • I’m a vegetarian.
  • I have stretchy skin.
  • In high school I was in a club whose only activity was watching anime during lunch in the art room.
  • My wife and I still watch anime.
  • I’ve lived in rural Pakistan, speak Urdu and have delivered a baby water buffalo.
  • On a camping trip I have tried sewing my own wound with fishing line and a safety pin. Didn’t work.

The Blogs I Like to Read:

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June 7, 2010

Almost Shameless Contest

I like books and I think people ought to read a lot of them.
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I find it hard to justify owning anything superfluous.
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I own superfluous amounts of books.
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I own a blog that gets very little traffic.
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I’d like more traffic.
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An opportunity for a contest of glory!

I have made a list of 101 books pulled off my shelf that I deem superfluous. Would you like one? I will hold a contest over the next week in which you will have a decent chance of getting the book of your choice, delivered to your house for free. Sounds like fun, eh? You bet it is. Here’s how you enter:

For one day, make this your status in your social media of choice (Twitter, Facebook, etc.):

The Illiterate Scribe is giving away free books! Check it out: http://alturl.com/d78a

After you make that your status, leave a comment on the blog itself or on the Facebook feed I’ve made for it letting me know that you’ve done it. Then I will collect your name, put it into a hat and pick a random one exactly one week from now (June 14, 2010). If you win, I’ll let you know from the blog and through e-mail and you can tell me which book you want.

Does this seem shameless? Does it feel like some sort of cyber prostitution to change your Facebook status for gain? Maybe. But we all win, don’t we?

Here is the excel spreadsheet with the 101 books. If this is successful I’ll do this every month until I run out of books. Enter early for you best chance of winning!

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