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Once you start into creative writing and novel publishing, you may have to send many many typescripts to various publishers or literary agents. You need to track these submissions somehow. Keeping a list, spreadsheet, or a notepad of submissions will soon tire you out. Here is a better way. A software program, made just for this task: Sonar Submission Tracker . The important thing to note is this software is completely free. May it be short stories, novels, or novellas, or even articles to article directories or freelancing websites, Sonar can track their progress pretty well. Here is a screenshot of Sonar: Using this program, creating list of submissions and tracking their details is pretty easy. Go ahead and download the app free. If you like it, try more applications from Spacejock, which are all free, and give a tiny donation to the website. You can read my other review about Spacejock writing software, yWriter here .

[Contributed by Natalie Raben from NYC Midnight (www.nycmidnight.com)] NYC Midnight's ( www.nycmidnight.com ) Short Story Challenge 2009 is a creative competition that challenges writers to think outside of their comfort zones. In 2002, two New Yorker's founded NYC Midnight as an LLC to play host to several different yearly writing and screenwriting challenges. For the Short Story Challenge 2009, the cloak of anonymity will be removed for writers on January 16, 2009 when the mystery genres and subjects are revealed to each participant or group. Writers, who have the option of working in teams, will then be given seven full days and nights to burn the midnight oil and crank out a 2,500 word-count original short story. The published authors and professors that compose this year's panel of judges will then select up to 100 winners to advance on to the final heat, which takes place in March. During this, writers will compete for a chance to win thousands in cash and prizes by w...