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Poetry Contest

March 14, 2012 By TWANews

The Writers’ Workshop of Asheville, N.C. is sponsoring the following contests. Any writer may enter, regardless of residence or experience. For more info, visit our website at: www.twwoa.org.

23rd ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST Deadline: Postmarked by March 30, 2012

Guidelines:
All work must be unpublished. Each poem should not exceed two pages. Multiple entries are accepted.
Your name, address, phone, e-mail and title of work should also appear on a separate cover sheet. The
entry fee is $25 for every 3 poems. All entries receive comments from the judges. Enclosed self-sealing
SASE for comments and winners’ list, and mail to: Poetry Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville,
N.C. 28805. Emailed submissions may be sent to writersw@gmail.com ”Poetry Contest” in the subject.
Entry fee is payable online at www.twwoa.org.

HARD TIMES WRITING CONTEST Deadline: Postmarked by June 30, 2012

Guidelines:
Write about a difficult experience in your life, how you overcame this obstacle, and how you were changed by it. Winning stories will be chosen for originality and creative writing style. Stories should be previously unpublished, and should not exceed 5,000 words (double-spaced, 12 point font.) Multiple entries are accepted. Your name, address, email, phone and title of work should also appear on a cover sheet. Enclose a self-addressed, self-sealing stamped envelope for critique and list of winners, and the reading fee of $25 (or $20 for Workshop members) per entry. Please make check or money order payable to Writers’ Workshop, and send to: Hard Times Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road. Asheville, N.C. 28805. Emailed submissions may be sent to writersw@gmail.com, with “Hard Times Contest” in the subject. Entry fee is payable online at www.twwoa.org.

The awards for all contests are:
1st PLACE: Your choice of a 3 night stay at the Mountain Muse B&B in Asheville; or 3 free workshops
(online or in person); or 100 pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff.
2nd PLACE: 2 night stay at the B&B; or 2 free workshops; or 50 pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff.
3rd PLACE: One free workshop, or 25 pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff.
In addition, ten Honorable Mentions will also be given.

Young Writers’ Contests are posted at our website, www.twwoa.org.

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Condolences

November 2, 2011 By TWANews

Our condolences to TWA Charter Member, Emma Wisdom, and her family in the tragic loss of her husband, Ed Wisdom, Jr.

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21st Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize Competition

September 27, 2011 By TWANews

The Missouri Review

is now accepting submissions for the21st Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize competition. In

addition to the $15,000 awarded to the first place winners,

three finalists in each category receive cash awards and

are considered for publication. Past winners have been

reprinted in the Best American series.

Page Restrictions

Fiction and nonfiction entries should not exceed 25

typed, double-spaced pages. Poetry entries can include

any number of poems up to 10 pages. Each story, essay, or

group of poems constitutes one entry.

Entry Fee

$20 for each entry (checks made payable to

The MissouriReview

). Each fee includes a one-year subscription (digitalor print!) to

TMR. Please enclose a complete email andmailing address.

Entry Instructions

Include author’s name, address, email and telephone

number on the first page of each submission. Entries must

be previously unpublished and will not be returned. Mark

the outside of the envelope “Fiction,” “Essay,” or “Poetry.”

Each entry in a separate category must be mailed in a

separate envelope. Enclose a #10 SASE or email address

for an announcement of winners.

Mailing Address

Missouri Review Editors’ Prize

357 McReynolds Hall

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO 65211

We Also Accept Online Submissions!

For details, visit

www.missourireview.com/tmrsubmissions/editors-prize-contest

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Writing Your Life Stories Workshop

September 27, 2011 By TWANews

Writing Your Life Stories Workshop Sat. Oct. 29, 2011 9-4 Quality Inn, Providence Marketplace,Mount Juliet (behind Cracker Barrel)

Craft the stories of your life into publishable essays, articles, and memoir.

Learn to adapt fiction techniques such as character, dialogue, setting, theme, and plot to your life stories.
Learn to research periodicals, write query letters, and submit your work for publication.
The workshop fee includes a copy of Bill Roorbach’s book Writing Life Stories and the grammar handbook, Woe is I (a combined $27 value) as well as all workshop handouts and a continental breakfast.

The workshop is limited to 20 students because of space limitations, so reserve your spot today. Register at www.randyrudder.com

Randy Rudder has an MFA in creative writing and 20 years of professional writing.teaching experience. He is a longtime freelance writer, television producer, and author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music edition.

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Crossroads Writers Conference

September 27, 2011 By TWANews

For now, I’m writing to make sure you know about the Crossroads Writers Conference. It’s a full day of great presenters and a lot of fun to boot because we have a community feel. As our posters say, writing can be lonely but writers don’t have to be. (We’re also crazy affordable.) Check us out online at www.CrossroadsWriters.org

We literally have dozens of writers presenting at this year’s conference, and I can’t list them all, but here are some of our highlights:

Adam Mansbach (Go the F— to Sleep, Angry Black White Boy)
Rick Moody (The Ice Storm, Four Fingers of Death)
Def Jam poet and playwright Idris Goodwin (These Are the Breaks)
Jay Parini (The Last Station, The Passages of H.M.)
Terry Kay (To Dance With the White Dog, Bogmeadow’s Wish)
Tina McElroy Ansa (Ugly Ways, Taking After Mudear)
rising star Adam Davies (Mine All Mine, The Frog King)
comic book scribes Gail Simone (Wonder Woman, Batgirl) and Robert Venditti (The Surrogates, Homeland Directive)
Sarah Domet (90 Days to Your Novel)
returning favorites like screenwriter turned novelist Jeffrey Stepakoff (Fireworks Over Toccoa), novelist Ad Hudler (Man of the House), poetAlice Friman (Book of the Rotten Daughter), Nebula Award-winner Jack McDevitt (Seeker), pulp fiction writer Barry Reese, memoiristLauretta Hannon and Steampunk guru Emilie Bush

…and so many more.

Please give us a look. Let me know what you think. If you can share it with some folks who might be interested, we’d appreciate it and we’ll gladly reciprocate if anyone has something they want us to share with our folks.

Oh and we’re having a book launch/reading on Friday, September 30 with David Bottoms, Judson Mitchem and other poets in the anthology “Writing on Napkins at the Sunshine Club.” We’re following up the conference with a little literary festival on Sunday featuring many of our writers from the conference as well as special guests Joshilyn Jackson and Melissa Fay Greene. (It’ll be great for grabbing some autographs and catching some great readings.)

Thank you for your time!

Chris Horne, director

Crossroads Writers Conference

PO Box 6352

Macon, GA 31208

www.CrossroadsWriters.org

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Join me at the Crossroads Writers Conference & Literary Festival

September 30-October 2, 2011

for details, visit www.CrossroadsWriters.org

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Dark Mantis Talk

September 27, 2011 By TWANews

Author Jeanette Michelle is the host the “Dark Mantis Talk” which will start back this September 26th 2011 from 9pm – 10pm CST. For additional information in reference to the talk show you may email Julia Macelli at julia.m@iamdark.com orinfo@iamdark.com. Any author, writer etc is welcomed to be a guest on the show. You may email us at info@iamdark.com or email Henry at henryh@iamdark.com. Jeanette Michelle’s new release (Tapestry) is scheduled for release October 2011. For more information go tohttp://www.iamdark.com/jeanettemichelle.htlm or

email Henry at henryh@iamdark.com. Jeanette Michelle has also been nominated for Best Indie Author of the HHV (Hip Hop in the Ville) 2012 awards.

My contact information:

email: michellej@iamdark.com

website: http://www.iamdark.com

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Invitation to Meacham Writers’ Workshop

September 27, 2011 By TWANews

Contact: Laurel Jones laurel.l.jones@gmail.com (615) 425-6031

MEACHAM WRITERS’ CONFERENCE RETURNS FOR FALL 2011

Offering free readings and workshops twice a year, the biannual conference connects local writers with award-winning authors.

Chattanooga, Tennessee (September 16, 2011) – Since 1985 the Meacham Writers’ Workshop has been an opportunity for the Chattanooga community to improve their own writing, as well as appreciate the work of nationally and internationally acclaimed authors. Each conference includes public readings by the visiting authors, as well as workshops, individual conferences, and seminars for local writers to receive feedback and instruction from the published writers. Held October 27-29th, all events are free and open to the public.

Visiting writers this conference include New York Times best-selling author Kevin Wilson, Bradley Paul, Jane Bradley, Charles Fort, Gaylord Brewer, Mark Cox, William Pitt Root, Pamela Ushuck, and Chad Prevost.

Readings, which are open to the public, will be held Thursday, October 27 at 7:00 p.m. at Chattanooga State, Health Science Center, HSC 1087, as well as a community reading/reception at 9 p.m. at the Hart Gallery, located at 110 East Main Street; Friday, October 28 at 12:00 p.m. at UTC, University Center, Raccoon Mountain room, and at 2 p.m. at UTC, University Center, Sequoyah and Fortwood Rooms for the Publishing Workshop and Songwriting Workshop, respectively; 7:00 p.m. at UTC, Grote building, room 129; Saturday, October 29 2:00 p.m. at the Chattanooga Theatre Center; and 5:00 p.m. at Winder Binder, located at 40 Frazier Avenue for a participant reading.

Participants are to choose between creative writing workshops which will be held on Saturday, October 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at UTC’s University Center or individual conferences which will be held Friday and Saturday.

All those who submit works for review may indicate their preference for an individual workshop or group workshop, and spaces will be assigned according to availability. There are limited spaces for individual conferences, and organizers will set priorities in filling those slots on a first come first served basis.

To participate, writers MUST submit their work by October 7^th. Up to three poems or up to twelve double-spaced pages of prose can be submitted. Please visit http://meachamwriters.org/submissions.htm to submit online. Online submission is preferred, however, if absolutely necessary, participants may bring three copies each of their work in collated packets to Richard Jackson, Meacham Writers’ Workshop, UTC Engl. Department #2703, 203 Holt Hall. For detailed schedule information and directions to the events please see

http://www.meachamwriters.org/schedule.htm.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS OCTOBER 7TH!

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Saroyan Literary Prize for 2012

September 27, 2011 By TWANews

WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING

Deadline for Entries: January 31, 2012

For More Information: http://library.stanford.edu/saroyan/

Nominations are now being accepted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Two prizes of $5,000 each are given biennially for works of fiction and nonfiction. Cosponsored by theStanford University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation, the awards are intended to “encourage new or emerging writers and honor the Saroyan legacy of originality, vitality, and stylistic innovation.”

Visit the website for more information, including entry forms, contest rules, and complete guidelines. Go to: saroyanprize.stanford.edu

DEADLINE: Please note that entries must be received on or before January 31, 2012.

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