Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words @visual_verse
VV ran 2013 - 2023. One compelling image a month, global responses of 50-500 words. Now archived for all @NCLA_tweets.
https://t.co/AkTGXg9qitvisualverse.org Planet EarthJoined November 2013
Writers! Please TAG @NCLA_tweets in your responses to our archive! And let us know if you continue to use the site to inspire your work. You can search by writer/ artist/ Vol/ Chapter... Enjoy! and Thank You x VV Team.
Good night to @visual_verse - thank you for a decade of brilliant prompts, wonderful curation, inspiring images and all your tenderness and care. You’ve been a beacon of light 😍
Good night to @visual_verse - thank you for a decade of brilliant prompts, wonderful curation, inspiring images and all your tenderness and care. You’ve been a beacon of light 😍
This 10 year project celebrating ekphrasis, the process of writing + building a world writing community is now closed. Glad to end w/a moving piece by frequent VV'er @hazelmason10. It's been a huge part of my life, now archiving it @NCLA_tweets for all. Sharpen your pencils...
This 10 year project celebrating ekphrasis, the process of writing + building a world writing community is now closed. Glad to end w/a moving piece by frequent VV'er @hazelmason10. It's been a huge part of my life, now archiving it @NCLA_tweets for all. Sharpen your pencils...
75 pieces published & 25 spots left in our final issue. We still have 80+ pieces from which to choose. It is tough! We are taking some extra time and will publish more tomorrow. Stay tuned. And THANK YOU for all this brilliant writing - 'tis bitter sweet!
visualverse.org
Submissions close at midnight tonight (UK time) for our final issue of Visual Verse. Get scribbling if you haven't already submitted. And enjoy a bumper crop of pieces just published at visualverse.org. Congrats and thanks to all these writers.
After 10 amazing years 1000s of subs, a world of writing , publishing across time zones, cities, lifetimes…. @visual_verse is closing. But this is not goodbye! The site will be archived and available to all @NCLA_tweets soon. The image is the starting point…
After 10 amazing years 1000s of subs, a world of writing , publishing across time zones, cities, lifetimes…. @visual_verse is closing. But this is not goodbye! The site will be archived and available to all @NCLA_tweets soon. The image is the starting point…
@visual_verse Thank you so much for your dedication over the years and for the opportunity you have provided us all with to share our words and thoughts . You have helped us to widen our creative horizons and to enjoy the work inspirational writers. Visual Verse will be greatly missed.
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