Non-RWA Writing Workshop News
Workshop for Greater Vancouver RWA. Saturday, November 21, 2009 – Vancouver, BC, Canada. This is a full-day event, all about bringing your characters to life and creating a book map for your novel. You won’t believe how much fun this is.
RWA Chapters Contest News
Chick Lit Writers of the World is very excited to announce the winners of our 2009 Get Your Stiletto in the Door contest. We’d like to send an extra-special thanks to all our volunteer first-round judges, and especially to our fabulous category coordinators! Without them, this contest would never have gotten off the ground.
The GOTCHA contest needs new, experienced, and a few published judges for most categories. Most people will get five entries of the first 15 pages of a manuscript, there is nothing else to judge, and you have until January to finish. Our scoresheet is easy to fill out. And yes, we pay in chocolate! What could be better? So please contact us: gotcha.
Announcing the 2010 Between the Sheets Contest! Greater Detroit RWA’s annual love scene contest for unpublished writers. Enter your best 10-page love scene (anywhere from erotic to sweet).
Final Round Judges: Leah Hultenschmidt, Dorchester; Patience Smith, Harlequin/Silhouette; Melissa Jeglinski, The Knight Agency. Deadline: February 14, 2010. Fee: $25. This year we are once again electronic! All entries to be submitted via email. For more information, entry rules and submission form, please visit www.gdrwa.org.
The Write Stuff Contest is now open. Our committee has gone to great lengths to find acquiring editors and agents who have all made recent offers to unpublished authors to serve as our final judges. In addition, the top prize in each category is $100! Your chances are great.the contest is limited to the first 85 entries to ensure thoughtful and helpful comments. The Write Stuff is open to unpublished and non-PAN writers (those who earned less than $1000 in royalties or advances).To register, enter or for more information: Go to www.ctrwa.org and click on The Write Stuff. Questions? E-mail writestuffctrwa.
RWA Chapters Workshops News
The Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Special Interest Chapter of RWA Presents: “Building Blocks of Fiction: Entwining Characterization and Plotting” Led by Author Tambra Kendall. Dates: November 9, 2009 through November 23, 2009. Go to http://www.romance-ffp.com/event.cfm?EventID=68 for more information.
Register Now for the December Celtic Hearts Romance Writers Online Workshop which begins November 25th!Scottish Castles of the 12th and 13th Centuries by Sharron Gunn. For More Details & to Register, visit the Workshops Page: www.celtichearts.org. For Additional Assistance, contact the Education Coordinator: celtickerri@ yahoo.com
FORENSIC EXPERT VISITS WITH SARA: Join San Antonio Romance Authors Wednesday, November 18th , 2009 for our monthly meeting featuring Forensic Expert, Meghan Ryan. Meghan will lecture about, “The ABC’s of the ME’s.” Meeting place is Ming Court Restaurant @ The Vineyard, 1205 N Loop 1604 W #230. SARA business meeting starts @ 6:30 p.m., presentation will began @ 7pm. Visit www.sararwa.net for more details.
The Passionate Ink Chapter of RWA Presents: The 15 Minute Synopsis – Last Chance to Register this Week. Date: November 16-20, 2009. Presented by: Sharon Page. Write a synopsis in 15 minutes? Impossible? No, author Sharon Page has written a quick “blurb” synopsis for a story in 15 minutes, and sold it! Sharon’s tips will help everyone build a synopsis just as efficiently, and she will reveal the most important secret to writing one quickly.
