Upcoming Events Calendar

Conferences

Key West Literary Seminar: Children's Literature
January 8-11

For information contact:
Conference Director
Key West Literary Seminar
3531 Eagle Ave.
Key West, FL. 33040.

Wrangling With Writing
The Society of Southwestern Authors
January 23 & 24

SSA's 26th annual writer’s conference, Wrangling With Writing, will be held at InnSuites Hotel in Tucson, Arizona. Featured speakers will be best-selling mystery and suspense writer Andrew Vachss, Pulitzer prize-winning poet and author N. Scott Momaday, and Reader's Digest editor Philip B. Osborne. The conference will also include thirty workshops covering all genres of writing for every skill level and prescheduled one-on-one appointments with speakers, soliciting agents and editors, and consultants on everything from research and writing to editing and marketing.

Tokyo International Book Fair 98 (TIBF)
January 22-25

Inspiring readers of all generations, the Tokyo International Book Fair is an event for all categories of publications and publishing rights for books in all formats and for all book professionals. It is the venue for booksellers to discover new books, the place to shop for books in every language, and the place to search for possible acquisitions.
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight-Tokyo, Japan 3-21-1 Ariake,Koto-ku,Tokyo 135

23rd Annual International Conference on Film and Literature
"Race in Film and Literature"
January 29 - 31

This conference will provide a forum for over three hundred papers presented by scholars from throughout the U.S. and abroad. The theme invites discussion on both the traditional and contemporary concepts of race in film and literature and their effect on literary and cinematic texts, authors, directors, producers, actors, readers and viewers.
Florida State University
Turnbull Conference Center
555 West Pensacola Street, Tallahassee, Florida

Pubtech '98
Chicago Book Clinic
February 4-5
Industry professionals from every type and aspect of publishing will find subjects of interest at PubTech '98, February 4-5. Utilizing a unique format that presents a wide variety of topics in both broad and narrow focus, PubTech '98 will allow attendees to carefully select those topics of the most value to them. Choose from overview discussion groups or focused seminars, and maximize learnings.

Interactive Newspapers '98
The 9th Annual Conference
Sheraton Seattle
Editor & Publisher
February 4-7
Learn all there is to learn about the state of the art of electronic newspaper publishing in 1998: the technology, the content, the advertising, the marketing, the promotion and the profitability. You'll gain interesting insights from the industry's newest movers and shakers, and learn the latest experiences from the industry's veterans.

Heart and Mind: The Relationship of Thinking & Writing
February 7

An IWWG One-Day Conference, Co-Sponsored by Pace University. Heart and Mind: The Relationship of Thinking & Writing with Dorothy Randall Gray, Hannelore Hahn, Myra Shapiro, Pat Williams Pace University, New York City.

Left Coast Crime Convention 1998
"Crime Crosses the Border"
February 27 - March 1

San Diego, California at the Bahia Hotel and Resort on Mission Bay.
Guest of Honor: Elizabeth George.
Toastmaster: Alan Russell.
Fan Guest of Honor: Willis Herr.
"Accomplished Accomplice": Dan Erwine.
Enjoy great programming, coffee klatches, round-table discussions, author readings, and many more activities including an infamous Saturday Night Cabaret.

Contests

*National Enquirer, at http://www.nationalenquirer.com, is still running a weekly contest with a $300 prize. Information is available at its website.

*The Second Civil War Interactive Writer's Contest, which offers a $50 award in each of four different categories: biography, non-fiction, regimental history, and one for photographers, expires February 1st, 1998.

Return to the January 1998 issue of The IWJ.