The Las Vegas Writers Conference
Sponsored by The Henderson Writers Group
The latest Sledgehammer Writing Contest is coming up next month. The contest begins at Noon, Saturday, July 25th, and concludes at 11:59PM on Sunday, July 26th, right at the Sledgehammer website. What’s Sledgehammer, You Ask? It’s a quirky writing contest that incorporates: a scavenger hunt four writing prompts a 36-hour deadline the option to write as a … Read more
Our North Street Book Prize Will Award Cash *and* Guidance to the Winners The number of titles self-published every year in the US is nearing half a million. Getting attention for your book requires the skilled use of time and money. Our new North Street Book Prize for self-published books will award $1,500 to each … Read more
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award – 2015. Now in its eighth year, the Prize is an internationally renowned award presented by Aesthetica Magazine that enables emerging and established writers to showcase their work to new, international audiences. Judged by industry experts including Arifa Akbar, literary editor of The Independent and inewspapers, the prize awards £500 to each … Read more
Donald W. Hendon, Ph.D. Author. Speaker. Consultant. International Negotiator. Trainer. Coach. 12 traditionally published book. How’s that for a resume. And he’s asking for your help. Hendon intends to take three of his recent books which have featured the 365 influence-persuasion-negotiation tactics, which he’s developed over the years and write a few spin-offs utilizing co-authors. If you think … Read more
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.