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Index Interviews: Howard A. Tyner Articles: Spend a Few Bucks, Make a Million Breaking Through Writer's Block The Internet: A Force for Uniting the Arts An Inside Look At Intellectual Capital.com Book Reviews Editorial Upcoming Events Calendar Reader Mail Return to This Issue's Index Return to Homepage Subscribe
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Events in NovemberConferences1997 San Francisco Bay Area Book FestivalNovember 7-8 An annual celebration offering more than 300 bookstore, publisher, and library exhibits; “How-to” publishing seminars; author readings and signings; an Interactive Media Arena; traditional bookmaking arts; a children’s stage featuring extensive programs and entertainment; bilingual presentations; celebrity chefs and more. For more information visit the 1997 SF Book Festival's Website 4th Interactive Publishing Conference November 12-14 Interactive publishing conference for Europe held in Zurich, Switzerland. For more information visit the Website North Carolina Writers' Network 13th Annual Fall Conference November 14-16 For information contact: N.C. Writers' Network P.O. Box 954 Carrboro, NC 27510 New Orleans Popular Fiction Conference November 15 For information contact: New Orleans Popular Fiction Conference P.O. Box 740113 New Orleans, LA 70174-0113 The Annual SFWA Authors-Editors Reception November 17th, 1997 For information read the news item. National Children's Book Week November 17 - 23 For information contact: The Children's Book Council, Inc. 568 Broadway Suite 404 New York, NY 10012 CBC's Website. 11th Annual New York Book Fair November 23-24 For an admission price of $3, the New York Book Fair offers shoppers 50% off the retail price on 20,000 new books, as well as CDs, videos, calendars, cards and other gift items. The Fair is held annually on the weekend before Thanksgiving at Goddard Riverside Community Center on the Upper West Side (393 Columbus Avenue @ 88th Street.) For more information visit the NY Book Fair's Website Contests*National Enquirer, at http://www.nationalenquirer.com, is still running a weekly contest with a $300 prize. Information is available at its website.America Online is running a nationwide talent search to identify AOL 'Insiders'. Contest rules and information can be found on AOL at keyword: Talent Search. Internet users can enter the Talent Search on AOL.com at http://www.aol.com. Deadline is November 15, 1997 at 11:59 p.m. ET. *The Kachina Rose Card Company's essay contest is for the romantically inclined. All entries must be in by midnight, November 16, 1997 and winners will be notified by email on December 20, 1997. Four winners will each receive an original 12"x16" floral oil painting by Tuscon artist Elizabeth Merchant. These paintings are valued at $200 and up at retail. Her recent floral paintings and entry forms are found on the card company's web site at http://www.kachinarose.com. 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/. |