YWS in Writer's Digest

Well, I just found out about this last night, but the Young Writers Society got a brief, though very prominent, mention in the latest issue of Writer's Digest. It ranked number 2 on their Top Shelf, which is "A smattering of our favorite literary goodies these days." The mention reads:

Young Writers Society
At his online peer-review community for writers ages 13-25, administrator Nathaniel Lee Caldwell says members post more than 50 pieces on the site daily, from vampire fiction to articles on the Cameron-Clegg coalition and Britain's future. Plus YWS publishes a literary journal - and has a no netspeak policy (think of it as a LOL-free zone). The future is looking bright.

So, bully! I've also attached part of the page it appeared on.

=O How fabulous! It's true, though. We're (part of) the future of the literary world, which is both exciting and terrifying.

Ohmigosh! That is actually pretty cool.

Evi wrote:=O How fabulous! It's true, though. We're (part of) the future of the literary world, which is both exciting and terrifying.

*likes*

Also, out of curiosity, what was number 3? XD

JabberHut wrote:
Also, out of curiosity, what was number 3? XD

Haha, that picture is extremely open to interpretation! But it's just some weird type of USB drive for "discerning scribes." The url is: http://bit.ly/aDrAZI

Besides this, how else is YWS promoted? We have so many members. Is it spread besides through random searches on Google and word of mouth?

Thanks,

A. S.

P.S. That USB drive thing is awesome. I have to get one of those!

Hm. I have that issue, I'll need to check it again. Quite an accomplishment Nate!

Did they contact you in advance or did you send something in to be mentioned? Didn't realize it could be without mention if it is.

Wooooo.

Thanks MMM

I did send something to them in advance; basically just a letter introducing YWS to Writer's Digest. I was worried nothing would come of it since I sent it several months ago, but it was worth the wait. I really couldn't ask for a better mention than what they wrote.


Calligraphy ->> Like most websites, YWS is spread primarily by word of mouth. There's a couple of other ways the site spreads, but it's 90% word of mouth. Which is why it's so important to tell your friends and family how great YWS is over and over and over

Nate wrote:Thanks MMM

I did send something to them in advance; basically just a letter introducing YWS to Writer's Digest. I was worried nothing would come of it since I sent it several months ago, but it was worth the wait. I really couldn't ask for a better mention than what they wrote.

Awesome. For the record, since that is the case, I wouldn't be surprised if there were some actual publishing companies keeping tabs of this site, or literary agents looking for the next big thing. No joke. That magazine is read by most of the industry, if not all (they watch anthologies and big time contest results more, but you never know). However, being a forum...it's probably purely to check it out, and if that's all, could be a question if any did (not trying to waffle, remember these people need to make $$$). Nate might be going places.

I wonder Nate, with this place around for a while, it could be advantageous with a growing reputation for your magazine to be mentioned by some members here with aspirations for a career. I wasn't sure before and you were only mentioned as having one, with no real analysis by WD, but your publication could be quite an enterprise if handled right. Just a thought. I'll stop here for your sake.

Yay, go YWS! And Nate, lol :]

(LOL!

hahaha see what did there?)

Anyway, Nate, wow wow wow that is absolutely fantastic and cool and wow! And number 2, too! Very well deserved, of course

Argh, of course. This would come in the issue after my subscription expired.

But, this is awesome.

Great! Maybe they'll have a whole article on us one of these days.

I started jumping up and down when I saw the article, then ran to my laptop to tell my Facebook/yws user friends, then came on YWS. haha. Nicely done, we'll be famous!
Tanya