ONLINE WORKSHOPS:
SPONSOR: RWA® Online Chapter
TITLE: Hook ‘Em and Hold ‘Em
INSTRUCTOR: Teresa Bodwell
DESCRIPTION: Learning how to hook those readers and keep them turning your first few pages is a critical skill for every writer. Using examples from published books along with writing assignments from your work in progress, this workshop helps you learn the techniques you need to grab readers and make a sale.
DATES: November 29 – December 12, 2010
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: November 28, 2010
FMI: http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/campus.htm
SPONSOR: Hearts Through History Chapter
TITLE: Platform: Build a Solid Foundation
INSTRUCTOR: Jacquie Rogers and Ann Charles
DESCRIPTION: This hands-on workshop helps you develop or augment a solid platform which best suits your writing style and strengths to promote your work to industry professionals and/or readers. You should have a completed ms ready for submission to get the most from this class.
DATES: December 5-18, 2010
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: December 3, 2010
FMI: classes & http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/classreg.htm
SPONSOR: Hearts Through History Chapter
TITLE: A Noble’s Life in Medieval Times
INSTRUCTOR: Eliza Knight
DESCRIPTION: This workshop will teach you how people, particularly nobles, lived in medieval times, in order for you to be truer to the era you write about. Topics include: castles, clothes, entertainments, lords & ladies, medicine.
DATES: December 1- 21, 2010
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: November 29, 2010
FMI: classes & http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/classreg.htm
SPONSOR: Elements of RWA Online Chapter
TITLE: Walking the Tightrope: How to Juggle Family, Career, Writing, Life
INSTRUCTOR: Mary O’Gara
DESCRIPTION: This class teaches a flexible process to help writers juggle all elements of their lives to management their lives in the most successful & simple manner to suit their individual needs.
DATES: February 7 – 18, 2011
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: February 2, 2011
FMI: http://www.elementsofrwa.com/workshops.html
CONTESTS:
SPONSOR: Connecticut Chapter of Romance Writers of America
CONTEST: The Write Stuff
ELIGIBILITY: Entrants must be unpublished in book-length fiction, or published but not PAN-eligible.
FORMAT: Electronic entries only.
SUBMIT: First 20 pages of your ms.
DEADLINE: December 1, 2010
FMI: http://ctrwa.org/writestuff/
SPONSOR: North Texas Romance Writers of America
CONTEST: Great Expectations
ELIGIBILITY: Unpublished. Published authors not contracted in entered category or published in last 3 years.
FORMAT: Electronic entries
SUBMIT: 25 pages
DEADLINE: December 30, 2010
FMI: GECoordinator & http://ntrwa.org/
PLEA FOR PAN JUDGES:
SPONSOR: Greater Detroit RWA
CONTEST: Between the Sheets
DESCRIPTION: Electronic entries, 10 pages of love scene with one page set up which is unjudged.
FMI: Martha Warner, Contest Coordinator at marthawarner1
