The Las Vegas Writers Conference
Sponsored by The Henderson Writers Group
Join fellow members and member guests at our annual holiday party on December 18, 2017, at the home of Paul Atreides and Sue Thornton. We will enjoy a $10 gift exchange, delicious food, holiday goodies and a great time. Each person brings one $10 gift for exchange. Holiday desserts are welcome! Holiday Story contest with … Read more
This weekend, our members Paul Atreides, Rick Newberry, and Deb Dorchak, with Katie Salidas and Alexia Purdy hosted the panel Step Into Our Worlds at the Las Vegas Book Festival. Our president, Linda Weber, moderated the session. Want to know what it’s like to create a fictional world? Watch the video (by Authors In Training) … Read more
Acting for Writers Actors inhabit other people for a living. They develop strong points of view. Uncover hidden motivations. Use gesture to convey emotion. Speak in subtext. Nurture quirks. Live in the messy truth of human relationships. Actors make fake people real. Sounds a lot like a writer, doesn’t it? By studying the craft of … Read more
Aug 9th – My Name is Lucy, by Elizabeth Strout Sept 13th – Water Music by T. C. Boyle Oct 11th – On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Nov 8th – I, the Jury by Mickey Spillane Dec 13th – Story Genius by Lisa Cron
From: Ronnie L. Smith, President, Writer’s Relief, Inc. RE: Deadline Thursday, June 22 Here’s my personal invitation: Submit your work for our consideration TODAY. We want to add a few new clients to our list. We are accepting work in the following genres only: novel/memoir, poetry, and short prose (fiction or personal essays). Please do … Read more
Toni Briegel, will speak on May 8th at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Lutheran Church, 3720 E. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada. Her topic: What an Editor Does and the Different Type of Editors Dr. Toni Briegel has been an educator, writer, and editor for an embarrassing number of years. Recently retired after spending 14 … Read more
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is searching for Mentors for their annual program. The application time period is open until June 15. NV SCBWI is an all volunteer organization of writers and illustrators helping each other to create an arts community for children’s literature. Ellen Hopkins and Suzanne Morgan Williams founded the … Read more
That’s right. A dime. Ten little cents. You have that much in a penny jar in your closet, right? A terrific new coop between literature and business has begun in town. Henderson Writers Group teams up with CoCo Cafe in Town Square. Support for the business is support for the writer. Support for the writer … Read more
Congratulations to the inaugural crew for Dime Reads t Town Square! A great afternoon of readings from Darrah and Vital. And, oh, yeah…coffee at .10 a cup!
The Eliza So Annual Finish-Your-Book Fellowship Ends on March 15, 2017 We’re very excited to offer the 1st Annual Eliza So Finish-Your-Book Fellowship. The goal of the fellowship is to give a writer time and solitude to help finish a book that is already in progress. The fellowship includes room and board at Las Vegas’ Writer’s … Read more
Warren Publishing, a premier custom book publisher since 1988, and Marine Corps veteran and award-winning author, Tracy Crow, recently partnered to develop the first imprint to exclusively publish books written by American women military veterans and military family members. The imprint will operate through a newly formed contest, The Deborah Sampson Prize for Women’s Military Writing, … Read more
Painted Stories is now accepting submissions for “Love is in the Ink,” the first event of 2017. They have left the LV-CCLD and are no longer restricted to traditionally published authors. DEADLINE: February 1, 2017 THEME: Romance (broadly speaking) in honor of Valentine’s Day WHEN: Sunday, February 12, 2017, 2-4PM WHERE: Bootlegger Bistro, (private dining … Read more