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Upcoming EventsConferencesBarcelona Writers´ WorkshopJuly 1 - 14 The Institute of North American Studies, a non-profit bi-culture center in Barcelona, Spain is initiating a 2-week fiction workshop with writers Elizabeth Cox, Jill McCorkle, Francisco Goldman, Speer Morgan, and senior editor of The Atlantic Monthly, C. Michael Curtis. Excellent hotel accomodations and cultural program plus encounters with the publishing community in Spain are unique facets of this workshop. For more information visit the website at: http://www.ien.es/ingles-F-workshop.htm ClueFest 1998 July 10 - 12 ClueFest '98, a Mystery Readers' Book Fair will be having Charlaine Harris and Walter Satterwait as their Fiction Guests of Honor, with Dean James and Jan Grape as the Non-Fiction Guests of Honor, Barbara Burnett Smith as the Toastmistress, and Richard Centner as the Fan Guest of Honor. There will be dealer's rooms, book signings, author and expert panels, and a Mystery Book Auction. For more details contact: ClueFest98@aol.com. Romance Writers of America 18th Annual National Conference Anaheim California July 30 - August 2 Each summer, the Romance Writers of America holds a national conference for members and other interested parties, designed to meet the professional needs of romance authors. The conference moves to a different city in a different part of the country each year to help make it accessible to as many RWA members as possible. RWA's 1998 conference will be held July 30 through August 2, 1998, at the Anaheim Hilton and Towers, Anaheim, California. For more information visit the website at: http://www.rwanational.com/ConferenceInfo.htm. 11th Annual Selling to Hollywood Conference August 7-9 The conference features access to Hollywood producers, agents, writers, TV/studio executives, entertainment attorneys, and industry pros. The format includes panels, seminars, ask-a-pro sessions, individual consultations, and networking sessions. Contact Information: http://www.sellingtohollywood.com/ Email: info@sellingtohollywood. Mid-Atlantic Creative Nonfiction Summer Writers' Conference August 11-16 Conference includes workshops and panels. Workshops are devoted solely to the art and craft of creative nonfiction. These sessions will engage you with many crucial elements of creative nonfiction—the building of scenes, dialogue, descriptions, and characterizations—all within the context of writing and critiquing essays, articles, and profiles. Workshops will never have more than 15 participants. For more details visit the website at: http://www.goucher.edu/mfa/conference/Welcome.htm. OnQ's 2nd Annual "Escape to the Mountains" Conference for Self-Publishers August 20 - 22 If you are a self-publisher, or are thinking about it, OnQ has slated a fun and educational conference. The conference will have national publicists, literary agents, a Native American panel, lawyers and many more interesting speakers. There will also be some nightly entertainment events, including a "Cowboy Cookout" with hayrides and "spook stories" around the campfire. For more information visit the website at: http://www.freeyellow.com/members3/onq001/page1.html. 1998 Maui Writers Conference August 29th - September 3rd Bringing together a long list of bestselling authors, award-winning journalists, top editors, agents, publishers, as well as the best in screenwriting and film, the Conference gives you the opportunity to meet the people who can make a difference in your writing career. For more information visit the website at: http://www.mauiwriters.com/. Contests-- The 6th Annual West Coast 10-Minute Playwriting Contest is seeking entries. The first, second, and third place winners will receive $100, $75, and $50 respectively, as well as eight performances in the 6th Annual 10-Minute Playwriting Festival, "Six at Eight" in June of 1999. The fourth place winning play receives two staged readings during the Festival. For more information visit the website at: http://www.employees.org/~jillkat/upnt.htm.-- A songwriting contest with a July 4th theme has been announced by Eddy Raven and PLA Media. Winners of a the songwriting contest will receive an all expense paid trip in Nashville (airfare included), dinner with Eddy and a chance to have a song or part of an essay published. Songs or essays can be sent to PLA Media, ATTN: Eddy Raven Contest, 1303 l6th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212. The deadline for the contest is September 7th on Labor Day. For more information on the contest, call PLA MEDIA @ (615) 327-0100. -- Goosebumps fans have a chance to write their own terrifying story with a chance to win the Creepstakes -- a nation-wide contest in which fans finish a story by R.L. Stine. The Grand Prize is a trip to New Orleans to visit graveyards, mansions, and swamps. Details can be found on the Goosebump website at: http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumps/. -- World Wide Writers is seeking entrants for its new quarterly writing competitions. Details can be found online at: http://www.btinternet.com/~alex.keegan1/WWWpage.htm. -- Sep 30, 1998 is the deadline for the quarterly L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of The Future Contest. More information can be found at http://www.writerswrite.com/contest.htm. For more information on writing contests, or to submit your own, please click here to visit the classified page on Writers Write®. For more information on writing conferences and literary events, or to add your event, please visit the events database on Writers Write® at http://www.writerswrite.com/events/. |