Love is strange, love is beautiful, love is dangerous… So says Sam Hiyate, one of the editors of a new literary website called Don’t Talk to Me About Love. They hope that you will peruse the site and spread the word to fellow writers and friends about the debut contest, offering $1,000.00 each in fiction, non-fiction and poetry for pieces about love. Submission deadline…
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Hero House Publishing accepting submissions
Hero House is out of Charlotte, NC. and they are currently accepting submissions now through the end of February and would love to let everyone at the Henderson Writers Group know about this opportunity! Hero House Publishing is a relatively small publishing house. Because of this, they’re able to offer our authors more creative control, a higher percentage, and all the benefits of…
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Free webinar!
The Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Contest is upon us once more. This year there is added incentive: Now, if you can wow them with fewer than 1,500 words, you score a free webinar in addition to the chance at the $3,000 and the trip to their New York conference. All you have to do is enter the contest by January 15. It’s…
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Monday speaker
Don’t forget: Self-proclaimed, allegorical hit man, Lyn Robertson, will be at the Henderson Writers’ Group on Monday, January 11, 2016, for a short discussion on saving the editor and killing bad copy, or vice versa. Lyn Robertson hacked into a career of art, history, and all things fascinating through a life of compulsive education and bibliomania. She has degrees in…
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Open submission
The Idaho Writer’s Guild announces they are now accepting submissions to their annual writing contest; in only three categories this year: Short Story (3500 word max), Novel (first ten pages), and Non-fiction (1500 word max). Entries can be submitted now through the first of March. Final deadline March 5, 2016. But wait…there’s more! Each entry will be judged by two or…
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Lyn Robertson to speak
Self-proclaimed allegorical hit man, Lyn Robertson, will be at the Henderson Writers’ Group on Monday, January 11, 2016, for a short discussion on saving the editor and killing bad copy, or vice versa. Lyn Robertson hacked into a career of art, history, and all things fascinating through a life of compulsive education and bibliomania. She has degrees in Creative Writing…
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Taxes and you
Rick Greene. retired IRS employee and member of HWG, will do a TAX presentation and answer questions during the December 30th, 6:30pm, meeting at Skinny Dugan’s. As Rick has said, be aware he was not in Tax Preparation…but he will do his best to explain the process and why you – yes, YOU – need to file properly as an author.
National bestselling author to speak
Mark your calendars! Laura McBride, bestselling author of We Are Called to Rise, will be a featured speaker at the March 7 meeting at 7pm. The topic “Writing About Vegas” may be of interest to many of our members who set their stories locally. Laura McBride is the author of We Are Called to Rise, which was published by Simon & Schuster…
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Fabuloso, Fabula!
Dear Henderson Writers’ Group, By way of introduction, I write on behalf of Fabula Press (www.fabulapress.com) which is a small publishing house catering to the literary fiction market. Twice a year, we run themed and non-themed short story contests on the web, and publish the top entries in the form of an anthology (both in print and digital formats). We are currently…
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SciFi NOW
If you’re a serious writer, you are at least familiar with the name Chuck Sambuchino. He does a lot of good things for writers, and he’s been faculty at our conference. In particular are his timely updates on Agents open to new submissions. I know we have several writers amongst us who write SciFi and Chuck has guest authored on Writers…
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Looming deadline!
The deadline is approaching for the Writer’s Digest Short-Short Story contest. You have until December 14, 2015 to enter. Give it your best shot. You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain: a chance at $3,000, a trip to the NY WD conference, and national exposure! So, spruce up that short story, keep it under 1500 words and go…
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Poetry award
The Helen Stewart Poetry Award is open to Clark County residents only. Find more information at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPNLS1MCMpI
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