RWA Chapter Contests
NTRWA’s Great Expectation Contest has an earlybird registration date of December 11, contest closes December 30. Categories and judges: Contemporary Series – Victoria Curran, Harlequin Books; Erotic Romance – Katherine Pelz, Berkley Heat; Historical – Megan Records, Kensington Books; Inspirational – Natalie Hanemann, Thomas Nelson; Mainstream with Romantic Elements – Emilia Pisani, Pocket/Gallery Books; Romantic Suspense – Elizabeth Bistrow, New American Library; Single Title – Holly Blanck, St. Martin’s Press; Talia Platz, New American Library; Young Adult – Meredith Giordan, Berkley Books. For more info
Yellow Rose Romance Writers announces the opening of the 2011 Winter Rose contest for writers not published in book-length fiction in the last 5 years. Deadline: January 22, 2011, enter the prologue/first chapter (25 pages max), electronic entries only. Categories and judges: Contemporary Single Title, Margo Lipschultz, HQN; Historical (Includes Regency), Deb Werksman, Sourcebooks; Mainstream with Romantic Elements, Scott Eagan, Greyhaus Literary Agency; Paranormal, Tara Gavin, Harlequin Nocturne; Romantic Suspense, Tera Kleinfelter, Samhain Publishing; Series Contemporary, Joanne Grant, Mills & Boon; Young Adult, Elaine Spencer, Knight Agency. For more information, entry form, and rules
OCCRWA’s published author contest, The Book Buyer’s Best, is open for submissions. Preliminary round judges are readers, librarians and bookstore managers. The contest has new categories this year, welcomes e-books, and the finalists are read by Sue Grimshaw, book buyer for Borders, who chooses the Top Pick. More info
The Greater Detroit RWA’s 2011 Between the Sheets has the following final round judges: Charles Griemsman, Harlequin Enterprises; Amanda Bergeron, Harper Collins; Sara Megibow, Nelson Literary Agency. Submit a 10-page love scene. Deadline is February 14, 2011. Rules and forms
GDRWA’s Booksellers’ Best Award for published authors now has a novella category. Other categories are Traditional / Sweet Romance, Short Contemporary, Long Contemporary, Single Title / Mainstream, Romantic Suspense, Young Adult, Erotic Romance, Short Historical, Long Historical, Paranormal / Time Travel / Futuristic, Inspirational (contemporary or historical). Judged by booksellers and librarians across the country. Deadline is January 15, 2011. Rules and forms
The Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, sponsored by RWA Southern Magic is open to all published authors of novel-length or novella-length romance fiction. 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. Categories: Contemporary (Single Title and Series), Romantic Suspense (Single Title and Series), Inspirational (Single Title and Series), Paranormal/Fantasy/ Futuristic/Time Travel, Historical, Young Adult, Novella. Questions? E-mail: GWContest
RWA Chapter Conferences and Workshops
Dunes & Dreams RWA (from Eastern Long Island) presents a January 2011 Online Workshop. January 3 – 29, This Is The Year You Write That Book!, with Susan Meier. Join Susan Meier and discover not only the 7 steps of goal setting, but also some quick ways to get to the heart of what you really want to accomplish in the next 12 months! Registration form and more information
Enter the 2010 judge a book by its cover contest now. Winning cover will be featured in a full-page ad on the inside front cover of romance writers report. Entries must be received by January 15, 2011. Enter the cover of your book or novella published by a traditional house, ePublisher, POD or self-published during 2010. Categories: Contemporary Series, Single Title/Mainstream, Historical, Romantic Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Paranormal, Sexiest Cover. Judges: Booksellers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. FMI, entry form and rules
Southern Tier Authors of Romance (STAR) announce their January workshops. January 3 – 28, 2011: Completing Your Mystery, instructor: Jacqueline Corcoran. The writer will be taken step-by-step through the process of creating characters, coming up with ideas, plotting, writing scenes, dialogue, and description by using the advice, ideas, and exercises provided by the instructor that will sure to motivate you, and give your story that extra pizzazz. From plotting those red herrings, to all those necessary twists and turns and denouements that make every mystery a great read, Jacqueline Corcoran will be there every step of the way to help dig deep and get that mystery ready.
February 1-26: Muscling-Up the Gut of Your Story, Instructor: Susan Wingate. This workshop will instruct how to avoid writing boring middles of any story. Moving through each part of storytelling: The beginning, the middle and the end, participants will walk away from this class understanding how to develop a strong middle section to their novel.
Elements of RWA announces an online workshop, January 10-February 4: Story Structure, by Larry Brooks. This four week series will outline five stages of story planning: 1: Story planning versus organic story growth; 2: “Ideation” — the growth of an idea into a story; 3. The fleshing out of the four basic story elements at the pre-manuscript stage; 4. Translating the plan into story structure; 5: growing your beat sheet into an outline and then into a manuscript. http://www.elementsofrwa.com/workshops.html
Southwest Florida Romance Writers has combined the best of craft and industry to bring aspiring authors and veteran writers the contacts and information they need at its January 29th Annual Conference. Industry Professionals attending include Alex Logan (Grand Central Publishing), Christine Witthohn (Book Cents Literary Agency), Miriam Kriss (Irene Goodman Literary Agency), Roberta Brown (Brown Literary Agency), Susan Crawford (Susan Crawford Literary Agency), Marlene Stringer (The Stringer Literary Agency). Workshop Presenters include Roxanne St. Claire, Karen Rose, Kristen Painter. www.swfrw.org
Check out Low Country RWA’s workshops! January 2011 – The 3nd Annual New Year’s Resolutions and Revisions, presented by Rochelle Bailey/Regan Black, Jan 5 – 29. “Resolve to kick off 2011 by treating yourself to a fresh look at goal-setting for authors, positive resolutions for your writing, and a painless approach to the art of revisions.” FMI
Grammar Workshop, presented by Susan Greene, Jan 5 – 29. “Are your participles dangling? Did you misplace your modifiers? Do commas cause you confusion? If so, this workshop is for you! We’ll go over a list of editors’ pet peeves – including all of the above and more”
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The Naked Hero Tackles Archetypes, presented by Misa Ramirez and Tonya Kappes, Jan 5 – 29. “Ever wonder how to create a character out of thin air? The Naked Hero Tackles Archetypes will take you through just that. You’ll take the core archetypal traits and craft a flesh and blood character. Then we’ll pit these characters against each other and see who reigns supreme!”
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Work. Pray. War. Capturing the Essence of the Middle Ages, presented by Keena Kincaid, Jan 5 – 29. Gain an understanding of how to write engaging, medieval-set historicals without an advanced historical degree by learning the building blocks of medieval society and deconstructing the modern myth of knights in shining armor. FMI
Maryland Romance Writers presents A Fabulous Christmas Gift Idea, Screenwriting Tricks for Authors with Alexandra Sokoloff, March 18-20 2011 (an intimate interactive workshop), at the Historic Gettysburg Hotel, Gettysburg, PA. For complete information, registration form and PayPal link
Workshop Proposals Wanted
Yosemite Romance Writers is accepting Online Class proposals for 2011. Please submit your workshop proposals to Yosemiteromancewriters
Colorado Romance Writers is recruiting instructors for its 2011 Online Workshop Series program. Seeking fresh, interactive 4-week online workshops that include courses of study across the genres for inexperienced to advanced writers. Please submit the following for consideration: Speaker Name & Bio availability in 2011 [March – June, August - November], workshop Title & description of course material, syllabus if available, including target audience and posting schedule [2 x weekly, 3 x weekly, etc.], identify workshop: Craft, Industry, Promotional, Career. Please send all proposals and/or questions to 2011 Online Workshops Series Coordinator, Karen Docter, at coloromancewritersonlineclasses
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