Paul Atreides

The Master’s Review Short Story Award for new writers is now accepting submissions of up to 6,000 words of fiction. “The winning story will be paid $2000 and awarded publication online. Second and third place stories will be awarded $200 and $100 respectively. All winning stories and any notable Honorable Mentions will be sent to Katherine Fausset … Read more

The Springfield Writer’s Guild invites all HWG members to submit to the 22nd Annual Poetry and Prose Contest. Accepting submissions in poetry and both Fiction and Non-fiction categories. Maximum word count: 1,000. Entry Fee per: $5. Guidelines are attached as a PDF: 2015 SWG Contest Guidelines

Las Vegas Writer’s Conference Interviewed by Mobile & Printing Company Blog about this page so people will find it and love you for it! http://www.lasvegaswritersconference.com | Twitter: @LVWC2016 Each April, the Henderson Writers’ Group hosts the Las Vegas Writer’s Conference. 2016 will be our 13th year of bringing agents, publishers, authors, and industry experts to Las Vegas … Read more

Yes, plural. Don’t forget the Library will be presenting on how to get your books into the system. Then, a special guest speaker will be with us to talk about the upcoming conference at the J.W. Marriott, The Readers Legacy Choice Awards and Writer’s Conference, on June 4- 7. You won’t want to miss this … Read more

The Writer’s Digest 84th Annual Writing Competition deadline is only three weeks away. Submissions must be in by June 5. Don’t miss your chance to win $5,000. Announcement on the cover of Writer’s Digest 30-minute Platform Strategy consultation with Chuck Sambuchino One-on-one attention from four editors or agents A trip to the WD Conference in … Read more

We’ve got two opportunities to share with you today. The Golden Quill Awards is now open for submissions. Sponsored by SLO Nightwriters, in conjunction with Central Coast Writer’s Conference and Cuesta College, this is the 26th themed contest. In honor of this, the category of Flash Fiction has been added. The theme this year is … Read more

The deadline for the Summer Solstice issue of Mused is nigh. Mused is a literary review publication of Bella Online Get all your photographs, drawings, paintings, poems, plays, short stories in by Midnight, Sunday, May 10th. Submission Link: BellaOnline

Daniel Dorse and Jack de Golia will be doing a presentation on audio books at tonight’s meeting.

And, this from incoming conference coordinator, Toni Pacini: HWG Blog RRRFront-2 Yes, I’m deliberately making you open it up to see what it is. You know if Toni sent it, it’s something good. Go for it!

The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District is busy this month. The branch at 9600 West Sahara will be hosting a 90-minute seminar by 5-5ime NY Times best selling author Nick Boothman. At this free seminar – yes, free – he’ll be giving away – yes, giving away – copies of his book “How to Write … Read more

Congrats and thanks to every member who helped make the 2015 conference the success it was. The end rolled around before we knew it. But what does an ending mean? It means it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work on the next one. It also means it must be time to get back to … Read more

After a long, arduous search, Darrah and Gregory have managed to hogtie, er, I mean convince, Judith Briles to do our Keynote Address on Saturday evening. That’s a big deal, in case you didn’t know. Because Judith is known as The Book Shepard. She’s not only authored 31 books, winning numerous awards she co-founded Mile … Read more