July-August, 2000 Index Interviews: Stella Cameron Garth Nix Nikki Giovanni Articles: Why Writing Is Good For Your Health Build-A-Song Part VII: the Emergence of the Verses Founding a Fiction Factory The Writer's Secret Weapon: a Diary The Professor and Me Features: Book Reviews Upcoming Events Calendar Return to This Issue's Index Return to Homepage Subscribe

Upcoming Events Inside Books The Literary Arts Institute at the College of Saint Benedict July 10-14, 2000 St. Joseph, MN Website: http://www.csbsju.edu/insidebooks. PNWA 2000 Summer Conference Pacific Northwest Writers Association July 13-16, 2000 Tacoma, WA Website: http://www.pnwa.org/events/confer/con2000.htm. Cluefest July 14-16, 2000 Plano, Texas Website: http://members.aol.com/cluefest2k/. RWA National Conference July 26-29, 2000 Washington, D.C. Website: http://www.rwanational.com/. Chicon 2000: 58th World Science Fiction Convention August 31 - Sept., 4, 2000 Chicago, IL Website: http://www.chicon.org/. Maui Writers Conference September 1st - 4th, 2000 Website: http://www.mauiwriters.com/. The Publishing Game September 3rd - 5th, 2000 Boston, Massachusetts Website: http://www.mauiwriters.com/. Bouchercon 2000 September 7 - 10, 2000 Denver, Colorado Website: http://www.bouchercon2000.com/. Contests The Final Draft/Express.com "Big Break" Screenwriting Competition is offering a prize of $10,000 and a trip to Hollywood. Other prizes include cash, software, and a chance to have your script represented by a Hollywood literary agent. The entry fee is $45 from March 15 through June 30; and $55 from July 1 through Sept. 30. For more information visit the website. Zoetrope: All-Story is running a short fiction contest. Prizes include a 1st Prize of $1000, a second prize of $500 and a 3rd Prize of $250. All entries must be typed, 5000 words or less and be postmarked by October 1, 2000. There is a ten dollar entry fee. For complete details visit the website. For more information on writing contests visit the contest page on Writers Write® at http://www.writerswrite.com/contest.htm. For more information on writing conferences visit the conference page on Writers Write® at http://www.writerswrite.com/conf.htm. Have a conference or contest you would like listed? Click here to add a conference Click here to add contests

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