RWA Chapter Contests
The Kiss of Death Chapter’s 2011 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in mystery/suspense closes for entries on March 15, 2011. Published and unpublished categories. Unpublished categories and judges: Category (Series) Romantic Mystery/Suspense, Allison Lyons – Harlequin Intrigue and Jennifer Schober – Spencerhill Associates; Historical, Tessa Woodward – Avon and Alexandra Machinist – Linda Chester; Inspirational, Karen Schurrer – Bethany House and Wendy Lawton – Books and Such; Paranormal, Alicia Condon – Kensington and Christine Whitthohn – Bookcents; Single Title, Lauren Plude – Grand Central and Stephanie Kip Rostan – Levine Greenberg Associates; Mainstream, Michelle Vega – Berkley and Janet Reid – Fine Print. To enter
RWA San Diego’s Spring Into Romance Contest 2011 has a postmark deadline of March 18. Categories and final judges: Contemporary Single Title, Emily Ohanjanians, MIRA Books; Novel w/Strong Romantic Elements/Mainstream, Amanda Bergeron, Harper Collins; Series Romance, Krista Stroever, Harlequin; Paranormal, Deb Werksman, Sourcebooks; Historical, Kevan Lyon, Marsal Lyon Literary Agency; Romantic Suspense, Abby Zidle, Pocket Books; Young Adult, Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency. More information: rwasd.contests
Central Florida Romance Writers’ Touch of Magic Contest deadline: March 20, 2011. Categories and final judges: Erotic – Trish Owens, The Wild Rose Press; Historical – Helen Rosburg, Medallion; Short/Series Contemporary – Gail Chasan, Silhouette; Long/Single-Title Contemporary – Kate Dresser, Simon and Schuster; Paranormal- Meredith Giordan, Berkeley; Romantic Suspense – Katherine Pelz, Berkeley; Novel with Strong Romantic Elements – Esi Sogah, Harper Collins/Avon; Young Adult – Megan Records, Kensington. FMI, including rules, score sheet, entry form
Alaska Chapter Of Romance Writers Of America presents The 4th annual Alaska Break-Up Contest, closing May 1st. Winning manuscript will be submitted to: New York Times Best Selling author Cherry Adair. http://www.akrwa.org
RWA Chapter Conferences and Workshops
Maryland Romance Writers presents 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
On-Line Workshop: April 4 – 29, 2011: Can This Manuscript be Saved? Instructor: Susan Meier Susan Meier reviews the seven most common rejection catchphrases and explains how determining whether your problem is a story, scene or word problem, is the first step on the road to recovery. She’ll share tricks-of-the-trade to finding and fixing your errors before you submit. Following the assignments at the end of each lesson, attendees will learn how to “skim-read” their manuscripts quickly, marking specific problems with post-its. Susan also demonstrates how to use a storyboard, a list of twenty and a one-paragraph blurb to create a plan of attack for fixing your book’s trouble. For more information on these and other STAR On-line Workshops visit STAR’s website
Rose City Romance Writers Spring Intensive: April 22-24, 2011 for a weekend focused on meeting and talking with agents/editors and learning. Agents: Barbara Poelle – Irene Goodman Literary Agency; Alexandra Machinist – Linda Chester Literary Agency; Abigail Koons – Park Literary Agency. Editors: Leis Pederson – Berkley Publishing Group, Amanda Bergeron – Avon/HarperCollins. Tracy Martin – Harlequin. Check out our website
The Cleveland Rocks Romance Conference, May 13-14, Holiday Inn Select, 15471 Royalton Road, Strongsville, Ohio. Keynote Speaker LORI FOSTER. Workshop Speakers: Harlequin Desire author Jules Bennett will present “Deep POV”; Signet Eclipse author LuAnn McLane will present “Finding Your Voice”. Editors: Whitney Ross, Tor; Victoria Curran, Harlequin; Kelli Collins, Ellora’s Cave. A registration form can be downloaded from our website
Connecticut Fiction Fest is CTRWA’s annual one-day conference for all genres of fiction writers. Saturday, May 14, 2011, Holiday Inn Conference Center, North Haven, Connecticut 06473. Keynote Speaker Eloisa James. Editors” Holly Blanck, St. Martin’s Press; Anne Groell, Bantam Dell; Jhanteigh Kupihea, New American Library; Leslie Wainger, Harlequin Single Title; Deb Werksman, Sourcebooks. Agents: Jenny Bent, The Bent Agency; Amy Boggs, Donald Maas Literary Agency; Ginger Clark, Curtis Brown Ltd; Christina Hogrebe, Jane Rotrosen Literary; Miriam Kriss, Irene Goodman Literary Agency; Susie Townsend, FinePrint Literary Management. For more information and to register, click HERE.
The Education Committee of Elements of RWA is seeking workshop proposals for 2012. We’re especially interested in craft workshops geared toward the more advanced writer, and new and exciting subjects. Please send a proposal including a brief bio to workshops so we may consider your workshop for our calendar.
GSRWA is accepting session proposals or The 2011 Emerald City Writers Conference, October 28-30, 2011 at the Bellevue Westin in Bellevue, Washington. Be a part of one of the largest regional romance writing conferences in the country. This year our Keynotes include such luminaries as Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love. You are invited to submit workshop ideas for education and inspiration by March 15, 2011. Visit www.GSRWA.org for more information.
