Workshops
Bob Mayer is teaching his Warrior Writer workshop online for RWNZ, October 11-31. The workshop, which will run in a Yahoo group, is open to writers everywhere, cost is US$20. Harnessing your strengths deal with your weaknesses to become a better writer and “achieve more than you thought possible” (Bob’s words!). For more info about the workshop: http://romancewriters.co.nz/authors/workshop.php
Romancing Nonfiction: How to Pay the Bills While Your Fiction Career is Taking Off. Dates: October 3-16, 2010. Instructor: Barb Webb. Cost: FREE to FTHRW members; $15.00 for all others. Registration Deadline: September 29, 2010. FMI: http://fthrw.com/workshops/classes.php
ONE MORE WEEK TO REGISTER- The Carolina Romance Writers Chapter of RWA is pleased to announce our October Online Workshop: WORKSHOP: Get Real – Or How to Make Your YA Rock! INSTRUCTOR: Linda Gerber. DATE: October 4th- October 29th 2010 CRW and HCRW members is $15, all others $25. Registration Deadline: September 25th Register at http://www.carolinaromancewriters.com/october10.htm
Workshop title: Plotting From Theme. Date: 10/04/10 To 10/29/2010. Instructor: Lori Wilde. Fee: $20 YWR members; $25 non-members. RWA Membership isn’t required, anyone can take our courses. You may register online at our website, http://www.yosemiteromancewriters.com/6.html. Deadline to register: 10/03/2010.
Screenwriting Structure for Authors: More and more, publishers are looking for books that have the pacing, emotional impact, and big, unique, “high concept” premises of Hollywood movies (and the potential for that movie or TV sale!). Perfect for anyone who contemplates NaNoWriMo, or who needs that extra boost in structuring a complex story. DEADLINE TO REGISTER: October 27th. To register: http://pasic.net/class_registration.php.
The Connecticut Chapter of Romance Writers of America invites you to an all day Master Class: EMPOWERING CHARACTERS’ EMOTIONS with MARGIE LAWSON. Saturday, November 20, 2010. 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM. Holiday Inn Conference Center. 201 Washington Avenue, North Haven, Connecticut. Register now.
Workshop title: Editing. Date: 10/04/10 To 10/29/2010. Instructor: Barri Bryan. Deadline to register: 10/03/2010. Fee: $20 YWR members; $25 non-members. RWA Membership isn’t required; Anyone can take our courses. You may register online at our website.
Online Class: Call of the Wild: Wolf Lore, truths and myths every writer should know about wolves . Instructor: Eva Gordon. Dates: October 18–30, 2010. Registration Deadline: October 17, 2010
Fee: $10/HHRW members, $20/others To register for this class: http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/classreg.htm.
Yellow Rose Romance Writers is pleased to announce our October 2010 workshop! All workshops are $15 for Yellow Rose members and $25 for non-Yellow Rose members. Kelsey Browning presents Texas: A Whole ‘Nother Country. This is a 2-week course and begins October 4, 2010. To register, go to http://www.yellowroserwa.com/workshops.php.
Nov. 1-12 2010. Series Business – Is Writing A Series Right For You? By Misty Evans. REGISTRATION ENDS Oct. 29. Elements Member $9, Non-member $15. To register for this workshop click here.
November 8 – 12, 2010. The 5 P’s of Self-Promotions: Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance
by John Foxjohn REGISTRATION ENDS Nov. 4. Elements Member $6, Non-member $10
To register for this workshop click here.
“Mauled Men, Drowned Dames and Crispy Critters: A Body Disposal Primer for Writers” with Jeanne P. Adams. October 11 – November 6, 2010. Enrollment Information at http://www.occrwa.org/onlineclassOct10.html
COST: $20 for OCC members, $30 for non-members.
“The Tiny Art of Elevator Pitches: How to Craft Them & How to Use Them” with Carrie Lofty. November 15 – December 11, 2010. COST: $20 for OCC members, $30 for non-members. Check out our full list of 2010 workshops at http://www.occrwa.org/onlineclasses.html.
Contests
Southern Magic’s 2011 Linda Howard Award of Excellence: No synopsis needed for first round judging. Discounts for entering early and/or for judging other categories. Early bird deadline October 1, 2010 – $20-$30. Entry deadline October 11, 2010 – $25-$35. Finalists can revised their entry before going to final judge. We are now taking entries! For rules and entry form, check it out at http://www.southernmagic.org/lindahowardcontest.html
Get Your Stiletto in the Door contest: http://chicklitwriters.com/home/get-your-stiletto-in-the-door/. Red Hot and Women’s Fiction are new categories, joining Single Title, Thrill,
Paranormal, Inspirational, and Young Adult. Get Your Stiletto in the Door by polishing the first 5,000 words of your unpublished manuscript and submitting it electronically by Oct. 1. Member entry fee, $15; non-member, $25. Published novelists must submit four printed and bound books by Oct. 15. Entry fee, $25.
Entries are now being accepted for CTRWA’s “The Write Stuff” Contest. Eligibility: Entries must be from unpublished works. Entrants must be unpublished in book-length fiction, or published but not PAN-eligible (have not earned $1000 for a single work of fiction)
Final Round Judges: Editors and agents who have been recently, actively acquiring in the category they are judging. We’ve made a special effort to invite judges who are not often seen on the contest circuit, so they’ll be seeing your work for the first time. Entries: This is an all-electronic contest, consisting of the first 20 pages of your manuscript. For more information, or to enter, go to http://ctrwa.org/writestuff/
NECRWA First Kiss Deadline Extended to OCTOBER 15, 2010. FMI (entry form, rules, score sheet, contact, Web site info): http://necrwa.org.
THE GOTCHA! CONTEST: IT’S ALL ABOUT THE HOOK! Silicon Valley RWA presents the 13th Annual GOTCHA! Contest. Opens for entries October 1st. All Electronic. Entry details, contestant agreement form, rules and
sample score sheet available at: http://www.svrwa.com/gotcha .
2011 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. The contest is judged by avid readers of romance, booksellers, and/or librarians. Eligibility: Participation is open to all published authors of novel-length or novella-length romance fiction. The earliest publication of the entry—regardless of format—must have an original copyright date or a first printing date (North American or otherwise) of 2010. Entries must be received by January 15, 2011. Electronic books may be entered provided they are printed and bound with a copyright page produced by the publisher. Entry fee: $30 first book; $25 subsequent books. Questions?
E-mail: GWContest AT southernmagic DOT org.
Golden Quill 2011: Published. Sponsor: Phoenix Desert Rose RWA. Fee: $30. Deadline: Received by Monday, January 10th, 2011. Eligibility: Romance novels authored by RWA members in good standing. Titles must have a copyright date, first North American printing/release date, OR electronic print release date between January and December 2010. FMI..
Exactly one week left to enter the 11th Annual MERWA Synopsis Contest. Deadline is Friday, Oct 8. FMI, entry form, and rules, visit http://www.mainerwa.com/
