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Hi, Spring Fling Book Fair authors! Our Spring Fling Book Fair on March 14 is almost upon us!  You will be receiving your table confirmation numbers and last-minute updates by March 4.  If you have not received registration & rules info from the last email, please let me know and I will resend that information … Read more

Cahaba River Literary Short Story Competition is open for submissions through October 31, 2015. Short stories may be on “Home for the Holidays” and should not have been previously published, or posted on a website or blog. Stories should also not be under consideration for publication or accepted for publication elsewhere. Please include your name, … Read more

Authors and Screenwriters Martin Luther famously said, “If you want to change the world, pick up a pen and write.”  And that’s exactly what we hope to accomplish at the StoryTellers Expo next month – March 20-22, 2015. The Northern California Writers (NCW) hope to change the world by inspiring universal stories of love, hope, … Read more

MY DAUGHTER, CHRIS, IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER AND IS IN CHARGE OF READING WEEK AT HER SCHOOL. EACH YEAR, I HELP HER BY RECRUITING PEOPLE TO READ TO THE KIDS. THIS YEAR IT IS THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH. THE READERS CAN PICK A DAY AND HOW LONG THEY WISH TO STAY. THE LIBRARIAN … Read more

We’ll have a very special guest speaker for the March 9th meeting at Community Lutheran Church. Drew Cohen, co-owner of Las Vegas’ very own independent bookstore, The Writer’s Block will be on hand discussing how indie bookstores have adapted to self-published books, and what authors ought to know about making their books available on brick-and-mortar shelves. Topics … Read more

The Writer’s Digest annual conference, scheduled for July 31 through August 2, in New York City, is now open for early registration.  Click on any of the links in the following release to read more about one of the most highly regarded conferences in the country. When we say that the Pitch Slam at the … Read more

I am having a book signing this coming Thursday, Feb. 19th, 6-9 pm, 1020 Fremont Street.  I am trying to help the newest, if not only, independent book store of Las Vegas, The Writers Block. I hope you can attend.  What I am needing help on is attracting members of the Vegas Writers and Literature … Read more

WRITING CONTEST DEADLINE MARCH 5! Enter the Idaho Writers Guild Writing Competition for a chance to win prizes and get valuable judges’ feedback. Categories include: Short Story Short Screenplay Poetry Children’s Young Adult Non-Fiction Save $5 on your entry fee by getting your work in before the Early Bird deadline of January 31, 2015. Link: … Read more

Narrative literary magazine is now accepting submissions for the Winter Story Contest. The “winter contest is open to all fiction and nonfiction writers. We’re looking for short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Entries must be previously … Read more

The Writer’s Relief is open for submissions until Tuesday, Feb 17. This is a service that submits your work for you. Peruse carefully before you jump into anything – I had to dig pretty deep to find out that submitting to them is free and fees kick in if they accept it. Link: The Writer’s Relief REMINDER: … Read more

Member Barbara Wolfe has a new author website and blog and she’d like you to drop by and give it a gander. You can sign up with your email address to receive updates. And, like every good group member should, she’s provided a link from her website to the HWG. Link: Barbara Wolfe She’d also … Read more

No way! Way. Aurore Lebas, editor of Brilliant Flash Fiction, an Irish-based online magazine is now sponsoring a photo-prompt writing contest with no entry fee and a nice prize of 100 euro (or equivalent in your currency).  Spread the word to group members, in case they would like to enter. Our photo prompt can be used as a writing … Read more