Well, many things have been going on behind the scenes at Story Institute. We have been working with authors on their individual writing and concentrating on editing, designing, and publishing two new books. One will be from an author featured on Story Institute. The other book will be an anthology of the contest entries we have received over the last couple of years. We will be contacting each writer who is set to appear in the anthology. If you have entered our contests and have changed your email since entering our contests, please send us an update. If you do not hear from us by August 15th, 2010, your work may not have been selected for this book. We have tried to assemble the best work as well as keep some consistent themes and writing structures. As a reminder, per our guidelines:

Calling all self-published authors…we are in search of new and upcoming authors to feature on our upcoming podcast series. If you have published a book via CreateSpace, Lulu, or your local printer, send an email to Customer Service

OR call us at 615-431-9748 and share a little about your work. We will set up a time to talk with you about your book and feature it on one of our shows. Happy writing.

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Well, after one year of planning and procrastination, the Story Institute Short Story Contest is here…We are looking for quality short stories, between 500 and 5000 words to include in an upcoming anthology. Prizes include $100 and $50 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift certificates and books on writing. We will periodically offer giveaways and other prizes along the way to the submission deadline of April 15th…So, check our Short Story Contest Guidelines and submit your short stories on our Short Story Contest Submission page. Write and enjoy…

Writers in search of their muse need to explore The Voice of the Muse by Mark David Gerson. As you sit down to write, your inner voice may ask: Where have all the good stories gone? To where have the inspirations disappeared? When will you be given the words to share the story trapped inside? Ideas along our inner paths can be found with the pages of this book.