Upcoming Events Calendar

Left Coast Crime 2001
February 15-18, 2001
Anchorage, Alaska

Interactive Newspapers Conference and Tradeshow
February 21-24, 2001
Dallas, Texas

Houston Writers Conference
March 15-18, 2001
Houston, TX

SleuthFest 2001
March 16-18, 2001
Florida

Contests

Blue Mountain Arts, which is now part of the Excite network, is running its 13th Annual Poetry Card Contest. Prizes include four 1st place prizes of $300, four 2nd place prizes of $100 and eight 3rd place prizes of $50. The deadline is February 20th, 2001.

Hewlett Packard is running a contest for young writers. The contest is open to students enrolled in grades K–6. Thousands of prizes will be given away, such as hp computers and printers, and educational software.

The deadline for 1st quarter entries to L. Ron Hubbard's annual Writers of the Future contest is March 31. Rules can be found on the Writers of the Future website.