The Las Vegas Writers Conference
Sponsored by The Henderson Writers Group
Who says membership doesn’t have it’s perks and privileges? ScriptFest in LA will be held June 23 – 25, 2017, and they’re offering HWG folks a discount on registration. Get a 10% discount when you sign up for Scriptfest’s Great American PitchFest and use Discount Code: WRITERJUDY10 when you register. Link: SCRIPTFEST
If you’re attending the Las Vegas Writers’ Conference (you are, aren’t you?) you’ll want to attend the first three Monday evening meeting at Community Lutheran Church, 6:30pm. We’ll be refreshing everyone’s memory about Log Lines, Elevator Pitches, and Synopsis, and then helping members with those items. Then, we’ll have practice pitch sessions. These meetings are … Read more
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University at Tempe announces the upcoming Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference for Feb 16 – 18, 2017. In addition to this year’s keynote speaker—ASU Regents Professor Simon Ortiz—faculty include Benjamin Percy, Sanderia Faye, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Sally Ball, Adrienne Celt, Paolo Bacigalupi, Dominic Smith, … Read more
The Nevada Film Office announces a panel discussion about the latest trends in Film, TV, Web Series and Animation, and a chance to pitch your project! MICHAEL WIESE PRODUCTIONS (Filmmaking Books) and NEVADA WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL PROUDLY PRESENT THE FUTURE OF STORY — LAS VEGAS MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2016, 8:00 PM TO 9:30 PM LOCATION: Green … Read more
Leviosa is a 4-day non-profit Harry Potter, Young Adult Lit & Writing conference at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, NV, July 7 – 10. They thought some of you might be interested in the Writing Track, and the literary agent one-on-one pitching sessions available for an additional fee of $25 beyond day pass/registration costs (prices $60-$450: vary from one day … Read more
The 2016 Kauai Writers Conference event will take place this coming November, just when the weather starts to turn, and will feature a great line-up of presenters including bestselling authors (partial list): Christina Baker Kline (The Orphan Train) Luis Urrea (Pulitzer finalist) Jonathan Maberry (Bram Stoker awardee five times) Larry Barber (scriptwriter for the X-Files, … Read more
Oh, that dreaded query! We all hate doing them. We fret, we sweat, we swear – well, I do. But, if we want representation, if we want to be traditionally published, pitching that query the right way improves our chances of avoiding the Slush Pile or, worse, the Round File. Putting together a good query … Read more
My name is Hannah Smith, New Adult High Fantasy author of “Heart and Soul of Srielrian”, first in it’s series. A little bit more about me is I’m a full time author and I have done a few local book signings and a book read. Been writing for seven years. In 2012 I graduated from … Read more
ACES 2014 The American Copy Editors Society 18th National Conference, Planet Hollywood by Leslie E. Hoffman Thank you, Gregory Kompes and the entire membership of Henderson Writers’ Group, for gifting me with a one-day pass to the ACES 2014 Conference, with honorable mention to Loraine Erickson who won the first draw. The adrenalin rush lingers. … Read more
Click Here to See Video The Henderson Writers’ Group Presents The 2014 Las Vegas Writer’s Conference Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall Las Vegas, Nevada April 24 – 26, 2014 Keynote Speaker: Robyn Carr After first being published in 1978, it took Robyn Carr 30 years to become an ‘overnight’ success. In the years between … Read more
We’ll be conducting a drawing on Monday, March 3rd for a free, 1-day pass to the 19th Annual Conference for the International Copy Editor’s Society. The winning member may choose the day. And, if they can’t attend or don’t want to attend, may transfer the winning ticket to another HWG Dues Paid Member. 18th National Conference … Read more
Carly Watters is a literary agent with theP.S. Literary Agency. She is a hands-on agent that develops proposals and manuscripts with attention to detail and the relevant markets. PSLA’s mission is to manage authors’ literary brands for their entire career. I’m thrilled to be attending the Las Vegas Writer’s Conference this year. I’ll be hosting two … Read more