April 25 issue of WritingRaw.com is now online.NEW Material Every Monday - to start your week off right.

PITTSFIELD, April 26, 2011

Writing Raw is a FREE weekly literary magazine dedicated to new and emerging writers. Our goal at Writing Raw is simple - to serve the literary community with the opportunity to have their work online and out in the world. In this world of disappearing literary magazines, Writing Raw is providing the blank pages for writers to fill. New in this issue:

Calling for all artists - If you would like your artwork showcased on WritingRaw.com - please send 5 pictures, along with a short bio (hot links and other information accepted) to Weeb at weeb@writingraw.com;

Visit the NEW WritingRaw Conferences Page: Listing upcoming conferences and workshops from all over the world. If you would like to have your conference or workshop listed, please contact Weeb at weeb@writingraw.com;

Use the Writing Raw Book Store to promote your novel or poetry collection: If you have a novel or collection that you would like to place in our store, we would be more than happy to do so - for FREE. Just send us a copy of the cover of the book (jpeg, bmp, etc. - please don't send pdf), a brief synopsis, and a link as to where the material can be purchased;

WritingRaw also supports other sites that help writers: http://www.WritingRaw.com believes in reaching out to other sites, writing groups, forums, and organizations. Contact us on how you can place a FREE banner, announcement or link on our site! Or, perhaps you would like to partner in some way with WritingRaw (column, monthly essay, writing tips, etc.). We are open to ideas...

Or, use the Writing Raw Book Store to promote your novel or poetry collection: If you have a novel or collection that you would like to place in our store, we would be more than happy to do so - for FREE. Just send us a copy of the cover of the book (jpeg, bmp, etc. - please don't send pdf), a brief synopsis, and a link as to where the material can be purchased.

We are also looking for people to write weekly columns, such as - book and publishing news, exercise and tips, or... well, we are always open to suggestions to help make the site one of the most informative and innovative out there. Let us know if you would like to help in this aspect. All columns will have your byline, your bio information (with hot links to your site), and you will retain all copyright.

really BAD Shakespeare starts with repeats this week - starting with Season 1. Two expanded episodes will appear in each issue for 12 weeks... building to the start of Season 3.

FICTION:
Deadly Mistake by Debra Elliott; Hair Die by Vicki Sala; In and Out by Jerry Guarino; Jessica by Andrew Vastag; Last Of The Singing Cowboys by Richard Lutman; My New High by Patrick Trotti; The U Turn by Chukwudum Okudarue; The Very Singular Kind of Love by Chukwudum Okudarue; The Woman [Whom They Paid to Go Away] by Christine Northern

SERIAL:
Anywhere But There: Chapter 3 by Marcella Simmons; Panes of Blue: Segment 1 by Jason P. Henry; really BAD Shakespeare Season 2, Episodes 3 and 4

POETRY:
Cellophane Blinders by Tonn Pastore; Frost's Forest by James Dye; God Bless Hysteria by George I. Anderson; In Praise Of France by Rosa Johnson; I Finished One Book by G David Schwartz; It by James Dye; Journey by Carolee Bertisch; Mirrors of Maxims by Mark John Henderson-Flood; Philadelphia High School by Kelsey Threatte; Resurrection by Una Clarke

ASSORTED:
A Grey State of Survival (Preview of upcoming novel) by Kila Tristesse; Gaijin Skin: Chapter 3 (Novel Excerpt 5) by Allen Davies; Meditations on the Road to a Post-Modern Age by Christopher Nagle; Silence with the Storm, 8 - A Life's History by Rattan Mann

INTERVIEWS:
Jael McHenry; Brenna Yovanoff

ART:
Patricia Nelson

REVIEWS:
Allbooks Review
Between the Sheets: The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok; FLASH REVIEW by Ditch - Walden by Henry David Thoreau; Rib Reads

So what are you waiting for? Stop in at WritingRaw.com and discover a new and emerging voice today.