Southwest writers contests and more
New Perspectives
I’ve been wondering what these links would produce. SO al writers, and friends who are writers check out the biz at SWW.
southwestwriters.com/conferencespeakers.php
Please note: All Workshops take place at
New Life Presbyterian Church
5540 Eubank NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Click Here for Map
Saturday, November 1
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
$20 for members
$30 for non members
No registration. Pay at the door.
Ron Chapman
SWW Workshop
The Write Answers: Solutions for Authors and Authoring
In his June presentation to SWW, internationally accredited speaker and facilitator Ron Chapman explored our inner obstructions to success. Now in “The Write Answers” he’ll offer his unique expertise in a facilitated trouble shooting session that not only provides information on our challenges as writers and in the writing process, but provides interactive opportunities for each participant to tackle their personal barriers to success.
Bring several questions about what you perceive to be obstacles or your “stuckness.” Explore what you perceive as a limitation or obstacle and Ron will help you see the opportunity within. Ron will take those questions or experiences and work with you to find real solutions. From his own journey as a writer and author and through working with small presses and trying to get name and book recognition, Ron knows where you’ve been and how to move beyond limited thinking.
An internationally recognized and accredited speaker and consultant, Ron Chapman nurtures creative thought and action while facilitating personal and professional growth and organization and leadership development, assisting clients in deepening their awareness, changing their perceptions, and cultivating insight and understanding to allow any challenge or problem to be overcome. A self-described full-time, all-time student of human, organizational, and cultural dynamics, Chapman, through his company, Magnetic North LLC, travels throughout the United States, Europe and recently, Zimbabwe, Africa, delivering powerful keynote addresses and conducting Seeing True seminars and workshops. Author of Seeing True: Ninety Contemplations in Ninety Days, What a Wonderful World and the Seeing True series of audio discs “The Way of Success in Leadership and “The Way of Spirit,” Chapman is also a national award-winning social radio commentator.
——————————————————————————–
Saturday, December 6
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
$20 for members
$30 for non members
No registration. Pay at the door.
Sherri Burr
SWW Workshop
Minding Finances for Writers
Copyrights, Contracts, Trademarks and other Financial Matters
Learn when and how to register copyrights and trademarks with the appropriate government organization. Workshop participants will learn to evaluate contract clauses that are beneficial and practice negotiation techniques to change the problematic clauses in article and book contracts. Further, the workshop will teach participants methods of tracking income and expenses for tax purposes. This workshop will combine lecture with small group work so that writers will emerged energized and more williing and able to manage their finances.
Sherri Burr joined the University of New Mexico School of Law faculty in 1988 after having received degrees from Mount Holyoke College, Princeton University, and the Yale Law School. She received tenure and promotion to full professor in 1994. An internationally renowned lecturer, Burr has spoken at universities in Barbados, Canada, Chile, France, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and South Africa. Burr has written eleven books, numerous scholarly articles, and hundreds of newspaper articles for the general public. She is the recipient of over a dozen awards for her writing, speeches and television show ARTS TALK, which she produces and hosts.
Contact SWW
©SouthWest Writers, 2002- 2008
http://southwestwriters.com/monthlycontest.php
Now there’s a quick and easy, low-cost writing competition at SWW to sharpen your skills. A different category will be offered each month. Enter them all!
And note that, while you don’t have to be an SWW member to enter, SWW members enjoy a reduced entry fee. So join today! Click here to use our secure on-line payment to join SWW; or phone our office with your credit card information; or send us a check or money order.
Allow up to sixty days for the results to be posted. Entries are shipped to judges after the middle of the month following the deadline to allow all snail-mailed entries to actually reach our organization. Winners are posted on our website as soon as they are known. Prizes and certificates follow soon after.
EASY INSTRUCTIONS
Open to any writer in the world.
All entries must be postmarked by the date listed.
Original, unpublished work only.
No cover sheets.
Print the following information on first page: Name; Address; Phone; E-mail (if any); Category Name
Manuscripts prepared in standard format: 1″ margins, double-spaced unless otherwise specified.
Entries are not returned, so there’s no need for an SASE.
$5 entry fee for SWW members; $10 entry fee for nonmembers.
You may enter more than once, but an entry fee must accompany each entry.
Decisions of the judges will be final.
Prizes: $50 1st Prize; $30 2nd Prize; $20 3rd Prize + certificates.
Mail entries to:
SWW Monthly Writing Competition
3721 Morris St NE, Ste A
Albuquerque, NM 87111
(Print name of category under your return address)
September 2008
What I did this summer
Write an essay about something memorable (or even humdrum) that you did this summer–suitable for a newspaper/magazine column. It can be humorous, serious, poignant, exciting, whatever.
Write in 1st person, 500 words maximum, double-spaced.
Cash Prizes: Prizes: $50 1st Prize; $30 2nd Prize; $20 3rd Prize + certificates.
Entry Fee: $5 SWW members/$10 non-members.
Postmark deadline: Tuesday, September 30, 2008.
October 2008
Halloween anecdote
Write a short memoir (a single anecdote) of a true and personal Halloween-related incident for a memoir type of magazine, such as Reminisce Magazine. Make it focused on an anecdote, not the history of Halloween, etc., and you must incorporate the year and location. Tight, concise writing will win. Revise until unnecessary words are gone. 350 words maximum, double-spaced.
Winners will be sent en masse on spec from SouthWest Writers to Reminisce Magazine for possible future publication. Indicate whether it’s okay to forward your work. On the first page of your manuscript, print your name address, daytime phone number and email address, if any.
Cash Prizes: Prizes: $50 1st Prize; $30 2nd Prize; $20 3rd Prize + certificates.
Entry Fee: $5 SWW members/$10 non-members.
Postmark deadline: Friday, October 31.
Contact SWW
©SouthWest Writers, 2002- 2008
Leave a Reply