WORKSHOPS
CAMEO Chapter 123 of RWA is proud to present Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Grammar & Style But Didn’t Think Really Mattered. Cost for the Online class is $15.00 for CAMEO members. For RWA members the cost is $25.00. For non-RWA members the cost is $35.00. Payments may be sent via Paypal to cameowriterstwo. If you have questions you may email them to Lpatrice9. Subject line: CAMEO class.
Florida Romance Writers Presents…Workshop: The Easiest Ways to Get More for Your Time Online
Date: September 13-17th, 2010. Presenter: Terry Kate . Fee: $10 FRW Members/ $15 Non Members
For more information visit FRW: http://www.frwriters.org/workshops.html
“Creating that Fatal (or Not So Fatal) Flaw” with Laurie Schnebly Campbell. September 6 – October 2, 2010. Enrollment Information at http://www.occrwa.org/onlineclassSept10.html. COST: $20 for OCC members, $30 for non-members.
Mauled Men, Drowned Dames and Crispy Critters; a Body Disposal Primer for Writers with Jeanne Adams. October 11 – November 6, 2010. FMI: http://www.occrwa.org/onlineclasses.html
THE JOY OF INDEPENDENCE: SEVEN MINUTES TO A FULLTIME WRITING BUSINESS. INSTRUCTOR: Virginia McCullough. DATES: September 2nd – 29th, 2010. COST: $15 – Members, $25 – Non Members. REGISTRATION DEADLINE: August 31st, 2010. FMI: http://www.oirw.net/campus/currentcourselist.htm.
Dates: September 1 – September 30th. Class: How to Make Money with Your Writer’s Blog. Instructor: Erica Barton. For more information please click on the link http://lararwa.com/eclassshedule.html.
Secrets of World Building: Every novelist, no matter the genre, needs to build a world that they invite the reader to experience. Building a compelling, evocative world that your reader can relate to on a visceral level will make your reader’s experience come to life! Deadline to Register: August 27, 2010. FMI: http://pasic.net/class_lyons_092010.html.
Bringing Pirates to Life. Instructor: Cindy Vallar. When: September 1-30, 2010. Cost: $20 for HCRW and CRW Members, $25 for All Others. FMI: www.heartofcarolina.org.
WORKSHOP: Fat-Free Writing or How to Eliminate Wordiness in the Editing Stage. DATE: September 6th to 19th, 2010. Mini Workshop (2-week long), consisting of 2-3 lessons per week. CRW and HCRW members $10, all others $15. Registration Deadline: August 25th. Register at http://www.carolinaromancewriters.com/september10.htm.
Central Florida Romance Writers is pleased to announce our upcoming online class: Medical Speak for Writers. Instructors: Joanie White and Dara Edmondson. Dates: September 13 – 16, 2010. Cost: $15 CFRW members – $20 non-members. Registration deadline: September 1, 2010. FMI: For registration info, visit www.cfrwa.org.
CONFERENCES
The Muse Cruise is setting sail this January! Florida Romance Writers Fun In the Sun 2011 registration deadline is almost here. Join us and Cruise with your Muse. January 20th-24, 2011 on-board the Carnival Destiny. Departs from Miami, Fl. Ports-of-Call: Key West, Fl. & Cozumel, Mexico. For more information visit our website at http://frwfuninthesunmain.blogspot.com/
2010 Heart of the West Writers Conference and Book Signing* Out, Out Damned Plot, A Conference in five acts.* October 8 & 9, 2010 * PARK CITY, UT -* The Grand Summit at The Canyons, Park City, Utah. For more information on the conference, booksigning and/or lodging visit http://www.utahrwa.com.
On behalf of the 2011 NEC RWA Conference Committee… Let Your Imagination Take Flight Conference – Accepting Workshop Proposals. Deadline for submissions 1 October 2010. FMI: See the conference page at www.necrwa.org.
Central Ohio Fiction Writers’ Write from the Heart Conference. October 1-2, 2010. Holiday Inn Worthington, Columbus, OH. FMI: www.COFW.org.
CONTESTS
Heartland Romance Authors Annual Show Me the Spark! Contest. We invite you to show us the “Spark of Interest” your first chapter generates. Our contest puts the top FIVE entries in each category in front of an industry professional for review. We don’t have one winner, we have SEVEN! Show Me the Spark is open to both RWA and non-RWA members. Entrants may be published or unpublished authors. We accept electronic submissions only and no entrant may submit a manuscript that is currently under contract by any publisher. See our website www.heartlandromanceauthors.com for official rules and to enter.
Published authors: There’s still time to enter the Laurel Wreath contest (sponsored by Volusia County Romance Writers) this year. All entries are judged by booksellers and librarians, and we have a lot of judges who are waiting to read and fall in love with your book! Books copyright in 2009 are eligible for entry; enter as many books as you like. Electronic books appearing for the first time in print in 2009 are also eligible for entry. For more information visit http://www.vcrw.net/index.php/contests for complete contest rules and entry form. The deadline for receipt of entries is August 31.
Mid-America Romance Authors (MARA) is delighted is still accepting entries for our 2010 Fiction From the Heartland Contest. This year entries are being accepted in both print and electronic format. Deadline: September 10th, 2010. Entry Fee: $30.00. Eligibility: unpublished in book-length fiction in the past five years of deadline. Entry: Prologue/First Chapter/Synopsis (max. 35 pages). FMI: www.mararwa.com.
DUNES & DREAMS RWA. PICTURE PERFECT COVER CONTEST! Proud of your beautiful cover and book blurb? Let everyone know by entering Dunes & Dreams RWA’s First Annual Picture Perfect Cover Contest! All covers and blurbs will be reviewed by a panel of experienced judges with five lucky finalists in each category: contemporary, historical, and paranormal/science-fiction. Final judge is esteemed cover artist, Elaine Duillo. For additional info, official rules and entry forms, please visit the Dunes & Dreams website at http://dunesanddreams.org/picture-perfect/.
Announcing the 2010 Suzannah Contest! This unique contest sponsored by the NOLA STARS is for PUBLISHED and UNPUBLISHED writers and mimics an editor’s desk pitting genre against genre for six finaling spots. For more information, visit http://www.nolastars.com.
