Write to Win

The Rumpus points out that both it and HTML Giant are experimenting with ads.  I was also noticing recently that several enterprising literary magazines – including The Paris Review and Canteen have been advertising on Google.  (You can buy ads on The Millions too.)

Beginning with issue 12, Barrelhouse will start paying contributors. Prepare your submissions, everybody.

Sometimes things get a little kinky at Rock Bottom Remainders shows, the little known rock band with some big members including Amy Tan, Stephen King, and Dave Barry. Tan’s signature song is “These Boots are Made for Walking.”  “For ‘Boots’ I’m especially gifted. I wield a whip and at the end of the song, I tell the boys to bend over,” she told The Daily Beast for a “How I Write” interview.

The lineup for the 2013 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature has been announced. The festival will commence on April 29th with a reading “about the notion of bravery” from three writers – including Millions contributor A. Igoni Barrett.