Upcoming Events Calendar

Conferences

ClueFest 99 Plano, TX
July 10 - 12
ClueFest, for its eighth annual conclave, will be having Peter Robinson and Carole Nelson Douglas as the Fiction Guests of Honor, and Tony Fennely as the Toastmistress. There will be dealer's rooms, book signings, author and expert panels, and a Mystery Book Auction to benefit the Dallas Public Library.

Email: ClueFest99@aol.com.

RWA's 1999 Conference
July 28 - August 1
Chicago Sheraton
Each summer Romance Writers of America holds a national conference for members and other interested parties, designed to meet the professional needs of romance authors.

Selling to Hollywood Conference
August 6-8
Red Lion Hotel
An annual conference for screenwriters. The conference format features several networking sessions, including one Friday night, one with agents and attorneys Saturday afternoon, and one with producers Sunday afternoon.

Website: http://www.sellingtohollywood.com.

SWW Annual Conference
August 19-22
Albuquerque, NM
Each Fall, SWW sponsors a Conference in Albuquerque attended by four to five hundred writers, editors, and agents.

Website: http://www.us1.net/SWW/Conference/confer.htm.

The Maui Writer's Conference
September 3-6
Annual writer's conference featuring bestselling authors, award-winning journalists, top editors, agents and publishers. This years event also features a screenwriting competition.

Website: http://www.maui.net/~writers/.

Contests

Blue Mountain Arts is featuring a poetry contest with an expiration date of October 20th, 1999. Prizes include: four first prizes of $300, four 2nd prizes of $150 and eight third prizes of $50 each. Poems can be submitted through an online form. Click here for rules and details about how to enter.

Final Draft is running a screenwriting competition. You could win $5,000, roundtrip airfare to Los Angeles and have your screenplay represented by a Hollywood Literary Agent. The Entry Deadline for scripts is August 21, 1999.

The 2nd Nat.'l Steinbeck Center Short Story Competition is titled "All's Fair in Love & War." There is a $1,000 1st prize with an entry fee of $15. The deadline in June 11, 1999. Visit the website for complete details.