WRITER'S NEWS, CONTEST & EVENTS
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information!
- March 15th Freelance Writing
Workshop at the Belmont Library
- CWC Writer Advice Flash Fiction Contest
- Southeast Review Contest Deadline Extended to 3/15/08
- Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA Monthly On-line Contest
- Secrets behind writing and selling your first book.
March 8th
- New Prize added to the Beachbook Festival
California Writers Club- SF/ Peninsula
Branch
FREELANCE WRITING WORKSHOP
Saturday, March 15, 2008 -- 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Belmont Library - Belmont, CA
Are you a writer? Add freelance writing to your skills.
Get published, build a platform and make some money. Join
us for a day of learning the craft and business of freelance
writing:
--How to pitch a story --What sells --Where to sell it
Morning session on business will include:
- The writer's business
plan
- Setting up a business
account and saving for taxes
- How to identify target
markets
- The life cycle of story
and payment
- Essential tools for
the freelancer
Afternoon session on craft will include:
- Finding the markets
that fit your writing style
- Honing in on the piece
that zings
- Pitching a story to
win the assignment
- Crafting an article
for publication
Workshop leaders: Heather Boerner and Martin Cheek-Highly
successful professionals with valuable tips to share for any
writer interested in freelance writing.
Pre-paid reservations
required: Register online
at www.sfpeninsulawriters.com
Location: Belmont Library
$35-CWC Members
$40-Non-members
- Lunch included
1110 Alameda De Las Pulgas
Belmont, CA 94002
(650) 591-8286
California Writers Club-
SF/ Peninsula Branch
Dear CWC President,
I am a member of both the Mt. Diablo and Tri-Valley
branches of the
California Writers Club and would like to share information
about
Writer Advice's Flash Prose Contest with all the branches.
The notice
below tells what we are looking for and explains how
to submit. A copy
of this announcement is also posted on the Writer Advice
website,
www.writeradvice.com. Writer Advice, www.writeradvice.com,
is my e-zine.
Questions or concerns? Please write back.
B. Lynn Goodwin
www.writeradvice.com
The Southeast Review has
extended the deadline for its three contests. All submissions
must be postmarked on or before March 15!
**2008 World's Best Short Short Story Contest**
Submit up to three short short stories
with a $15 reading fee. Each short-short should be no more
than 500 words. Include your name and contact information
on a very brief cover letter. Your name should also appear
on the first page of each story submitted. One winner will
be chosen and awarded $500. The winner and nine finalists
will be published in early 2009. Label envelope: "WBSSSC."
More information at http://by132w.bay132.mail.live.com/mail/mail.aspx
Call for March Short-Short
Story Submissions
She may be mad as a March hare, but the next judge at the
Whidbey Writers Workshop Student Choice Contest wants to see
your short stories and poems about March Madness. What does
that mean? Stories about tea parties, basketball, the effects
of the vernal moon? Something more sinister? I don't know.
I'm not sure she does, either.
If you have a story that fits the theme, be the first writer
in March to knock her socks off and she'll post your story
on the MFA Student website, send you $50 cashola, and sing
your praises to your local newspaper or writing organization.
But keep it short--she won't read more than 1,000 words.
The contest is open to mad hatters, March hares,
and writers at all stages of their career, students or
non-students, anyone can enter. Simply go to www.whidbeystudents.com for more information and to find the submission link.
The Secrets Behind Writing
and Selling Your First Book
Please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested
in attending this workshop in LA on Saturday.
http://www.mediabistro.com/courses/Default.asp?gdsr=1&=0&floc=8
The Secrets Behind Writing and Selling Your First Book
WHEN 1 day, Saturday, March 8, 10 am-4 pm
WHERE: West Hollywood,
CA
LEVEL: Beginner
PRICE:
$175 ($150 for AG)
more info
GRAND PRIZE PACKAGE UPDATE!
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. _ The 2008 Beach Book Festival has added
a new prize to its package honoring the hottest reads of the
summer season.
The festival's top book of the upcoming season will win a
week for two at the fabulous Larimar St. Croix, a writer's
retreat in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The winner has the option
of a week-long stay at the villa or participation in one of
its intensive four-day workshops featuring top writing instructors
from the TV, film and book publishing industries. More information
and pictures are at www.larimarstcroix.com.
The 2008 Beach Book Festival will honor its top prize-winners
on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at the Atlantic City Hilton.
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