Upcoming Events Calendar

Conferences

Texas Book Festival
November 13-15, 1998
The celebration of Texas’ rich literary heritage. Location: The Capitol and the Capitol Extension Colorado Street, between 11th and 13th Streets. Austin, Texas

Website: http://link.tsl.state.tx.us/bookfest/

Magazine PR, The Big Bang Theory
Magazine Publishers of America (MPA)
November 16, 1998
The Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) Public Relations Committee announced that it will be hosting a summit of journalists and PR professionals. The event, "Magazine PR, The Big Bang Theory -- Maximizing Your Magazines Impact," will take place on Monday, November 16, 1998, at the Newseum, 580 Madison Avenue from 8:30 a.m.until 3:30 p.m.

For more information and to register call 212-872-376.

North Carolina Writers' Network Fall Conference
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
November 20-22, 1998
The theme for the upcoming gathering is Across the Spectrum. A colorful selection of workshops and panels for writers of many hues; a faculty of diverse skills; and a host of activities in the Adam's Mark Hotel, which has just been renovated.

Website: http://sunsite.unc.edu/ncwriters/fall.htm

ComicFreek '98/GameFreek '98
Toronto International Centre
November 21-22, 1998
Comic book convention held in Toronto. Visit the website below for complete details.

Website: http://www.comicfreek.com/

Contests

--Beginning November 20, 1998, TNT's Roughcut.com hosts The Screenplay Challenge, a 10-week online round-robin screenwriting project that allows contributors to continue an original screenplay started by Hollywood screenwriter Pen Densham (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Moll Flanders, Backdraft). Each week, a panel of judges will select the best submission and post that chapter on the site. In addition to the opportunity to collaborate with Densham and publish online, each winner will be awarded $100.00 and the chance to win the Grand Prize -- a new laptop computer from which to write his or her next screenplay. Densham will write the final chapter.
More details on the website at: http://www.roughcut.com.

-- Up to fifteen writers who win MTV's "The Write Stuff Short Story Competition" will be published in an upcoming anthology from MTV Books. The competition is open to unpublished writers ages 16 to 28 and runs until December 1, 1998. For more information visit the website.

--The Coneybeare company is looking for the origin of its name in the "Myth of the Coneybeare" writing contest. The winner of the contest will receive $1000 cash. There will also be cash prizes for the first and second runners up in the amount of $500 and $100. Details can be found on the Coneybeare website at: http://www.coneybeare.com/contest/.