CONTESTS:
SPONSOR: San Francisco Area Romance Writers
CONTEST: 2010 Heart To Heart Contest (Unpublished)
DEADLINE: Midnight on July 15, 2010
SPONSOR: The Golden Network
CONTEST: The Golden Pen (Gets you ready for GH)
DEADLINE: August 15, 2010
FMI: Golden Pen pages at www.thegoldennetwork.com or email to Contest.
SPONSOR: Florida Romance Writers
CONTEST: Golden Palm Contest (Unpublished)
DEADLINE: Midnight, August 15, 2010
FMI: www.frwriters.org
SPONSOR: Ancient City Romance Authors
CONTEST: Heart of Excellence Readers’ Choice Award (Published authors)
DEADLINE: Postmarked by July 5, 2010
SPONSOR: Utah Romance Writers of America
CONTEST: Utah Heart of the West Contest (Unpublished)
DEADLINE: Midnight July 1, 2010
FMI: www.utahrwa.com
SPONSOR: From The Heart Romance Writers (FTHRW)
CONTEST: GOLDEN GATEWAY (Unpublished)
DEADLINE: July 12, 2010
FMI: http://www.fthrw.com/contest/goldengateway/
WORKSHOPS:
SPONSOR: Mid-Willamette Valley RWA
TITLE: Plot Fixer: the 15 Most Common Plot Problems and How to Fix Them
INSTRUCTOR: Kara Lennox/Karen Leabo
DESCRIPTION: This workshop covers the fifteen most common plot problems, recognizing them, and fixing them.
DATES: July 5-25, 2010
FMI: http://www.midwillamettevalleyrwa.com/online.classes.htm
SPONSOR: Yosemite Romance Writers
TITLE: Celtic Knotwork: Weaving Together Characterization and Plotting
INSTRUCTOR: Pollyanna Williamson
DESCRIPTION: Learn how characterization and plotting weave together to make your story come alive. Review elements such as GMC, character development and plotting, sagging middles.
DATES: 07/05/2010 – 07/30/2010
FMI: www.yosemiteromancewriters.com
SPONSOR: The Rainbow Romance Writers, Chapter 217 of RWA
TITLE: Medical 101 For Writers
INSTRUCTOR: Ally Blue
DESCRIPTION: This course gets down to basics to explain how to make your own medical scenes more realistic. Covers medical terminology, some anatomy, common medical, surgical & traumatic conditions of what health professionals try to do about them, creation of a realistic hospital setting, popular misconceptions, & where to research facts you need.
DATES: July 5-18, 2010
FMI: http://www.rainbowromancewriters.com/2009/03/medical-101-for-writers/ or workshop coordinator at: workshop
ALL-DAY WORKSHOP
SPONSOR: Ancient City Romance Authors
TITLE: All Day Fiction Writers’ Boot Camp
LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Jacksonville, Florida
DATE: September 25, 2010
PRESENTERS: Author, Patricia Potter; Agent, Joyce Holland
WORKSHOP TOPICS: Building a Successful Novel (10 Steps to a Saleable Book), The Union Between
Characterization and Conflict, and The Art of Dramatic Pitching.
