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Our Stories Journal in the news

Friday, April 25th, 2008

M. M. De Voe was recently promoted to Associate Editor for Our Stories Journal. What this online literary journal does is so unique it warranted a fantastic review on this excellent literary blog. Check out the blog! They actually said Our Stories might save the short story!
Now that you’ve read the […]

Shameless Shout-out

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Here’s a plug for Sarah Langan, who just won the Bram Stoker Award for best novel. Congratulations, Sarah! The Stoker is the highest honor awarded to a Horror book, but Sarah’s work is heading for a Pulitzer one day…

BURN wins grant

Monday, May 7th, 2007

The Brown Foundation has awarded BURN IN OUR HEARTS a grant! The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation gives cash awards to historical novels with gay-positive characters. Arch Brown himself called to announce the award. MMDeVoe is officially a ‘prize-winning novelist!’

Second Pushcart Nomination

Friday, December 29th, 2006

M. M. De Voe’s short story “Dulce Domum” (published Fall 2006 in the fun literary journal The First Line) has been nominated by Blue Cubicle Press LLC for a 2006 Pushcart Prize! From previous experience, this author knows that the Prize Committee notifies the Small Press only in the event of a Prize being awarded, […]

American Baby Video

Monday, December 18th, 2006

M. M. De Voe will be appearing in a video on the American Baby website along with five other new mothers–some working, some stay-at-home–in a panel discussion on modern motherhood. Click here for the American Baby Magazine website.

Writer’s Tea

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Many thanks to the College of Notre Dame for hosting a lovely Writer’s Tea on September 22, 2006 in Baltimore, MD.
M. M. De Voe enjoyed being a guest of honor as well as doing a reading for and meeting the freshmen in Bill Davis’ Writing 101 class.
Watch this website for news of […]

Pardon me while I blog…

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

Paper Coach ™ has just posted the second half of a two-part blog entry viewable here featuring candid advice for new writers from M. M. De Voe.
Paper Coach ™ is a website dedicated to creating the perfect teach-yourself-online writing course.
And when all you new writers have written a story you think is brilliant […]

RADIO INTERVIEW

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

M. M. De Voe was interviewed on CBS Radio on Sunday, September 10th! check their website to find a CBS Radio station near you. Or just listen online! For those going to the WCBS website, click on CBS News Weekend Round-up. It’s in the second segment. Enjoy!
Three interview segments downloadable as mp3:

McCormick […]

SUBMIT YOUR STORIES

Monday, May 15th, 2006

M. M. De Voe has just joined the staff of Our Stories, a new literary journal dedicated to easing the frustrations of the slush pile. It’s a rather brilliant, if unconventional business model. To wit: a writer pays a fee upfront to submit a story, and if the story is selected for publication […]

Pushcart Prize

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

“Overheard” was nominated for a 2005 Pushcart Prize!
Here is the anthology in which the story appears: Stirring up a Storm.