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Agents Day
with Juvenile Writers of Kansas City September 20, 2008 9 am to 4:30 pm Kansas City Public Library, 14 West 10th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105 Join us for Agents Day! We’ll welcome three agents to speak about the children’s book market, answer questions, and take individual appointments. Tina Dubois Wexler, from International Creative Management, will speak on “All About Agents.” In today’s marketplace, it has become increasingly difficult to find publishing houses that accept unsolicited material; most editors will ask that you secure representation first and then submit through your agent. But is an agent right for you? And how do you get one? Or, now that you have one, what happens next? Linda Pratt, from the Sheldon Fogelman Agency, will teach the basics of “Hopscotch: Making it Through the Course as a Children’s Book Author One Square at a Time.” You’ve landed on the first square by deciding to write for children. How do you keep your balance, avoid the lines, and keep moving forward to the next squares in your writing career? This session will address key questions that one agent asks in helping her authors create a career plan. It will touch upon writing in various genres, industry conditions, assessing one’s own goals and needs, among other things. Jennifer DeChiara of the Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency, speaks regularly to writers about writing query letters, book proposals, and picture books, and will be on hand to share her expertise. The afternoon features two sessions: In the panel discussion “Building an Identity,” agents will discuss how writers can create a professional identity and use it as a marketing tool. And, back by popular demand, our “First Pages” critique session will let attendees have the first page of a manuscript read aloud and critiqued by the panel of agents. Find out more about our guest agents here
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Earlybird registration (by June 30): JWKC Member: $90. Non-member: $100. After June 30, member cost is $100; non-member $110. Get a registration form here. Questions? Email DianeFrook@gmail.com |
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NEW! Entry Deadline: Postmarked: August 1, 2008 |
2008 Juked Fiction and Poetry Prizes.
Submission Deadline: August 1st, 2008
Now accepting entries! Winner in each genre receives $500 and publication in our upcoming print issue, Juked #6. Final Judges: Mark Winegardner (fiction) and Angela Ball (poetry) Entry Fee: $10
Send all submissions to: Juked, 110 Westridge Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32304 Complete guidelines at: http://www.juked.com/prize/ About our judges: Mark Winegardner was born and raised in Bryan, Ohio. His books, which include The Godfather’s Revenge, The Godfather Returns, Crooked River Burning, That’s True of Everybody, and The Veracruz Blues, have been translated into more than twenty languages and sold almost two million copies worldwide. They have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List and in best-of-the-year lists by The New York Times Book Review, the New York Public Library, The American Library Association, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Sun-Times. In 2004, Cleveland Magazine named Crooked River Burning the best book ever written about Cleveland. His work has appeared in such magazines as Doubletake, GQ, Men's Journal, The New York Times Magazine, The Oxford American, Playboy, Ploughshares, Story Quarterly, and TriQuarterly. He is the Burroway Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at Florida State University. Angela Ball is a prize-winning poet and author of numerous books, including Quartet, The Museum of the Revolution: 58 Exhibits, Kneeling Between Parked Cars, and Possession. Her most recent book, Night Clerk at the Hotel of Both Worlds (University of Pittsburg Press, 2007), was winner of the 2006 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry, awarded by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. Her poetry has appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, Partisan Review, New Republic, Field, Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, Chelsea, Ploughshares, Boulevard, Poetry, and Grand Street. Her work was included in Best American Poetry 2001, and she has represented the U.S. at the Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam, and the Colombian International Poetry Festival, Bogotá. She has received grants from the Mississippi Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a mainstay on the faculty at the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi. NEW!Entry Deadline |
Postmark: July 1, 2008
2008 CWA Communications
Contest. Entry Deadline Postmark: July 1, 2008
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Complete information, rules and forms are now online at the CWA web site, www.catwriters. org. I've included, below, an excerpt from the official contest press release. Complete contest information is also included in the MEOW. Remember, entries must be postmarked no later than July 1, 2008. To avoid having your entry disqualified, PLEASE read and follow the contest rules carefully! Cat Writers Contest Offers $12,000 in Prize Money Sometimes, it pays to be catty. The international Cat Writers' Association, Inc. (CWA) is now accepting entries for its 15th annual Communications Contest with more than $12,000 in prize money in its kitty. This year, CWA is offering 20 sponsored special awards of $500 to $1,000 as well as its own Muse MedallionsT to winners in approximately 35 writing and graphic arts categories. The special awards in 2008 cover topics that include veterinary research, health, behavior, nutrition, seniors, kitten care, safety issues, the human-animal bond, humane issues and responsible ownership, plus awards for fiction and new writers. "Our contest showcases the very best in the feline field of professional writers, broadcasters, photographers and graphic artists," says Arden Moore, contest chair. "You don't have to belong to CWA to participate. However, we encourage you to be part of this professional group that strives to improve the lives of cats and serves as a great network of professionals. " CWA's writing competition is open to work published between June 16, 2007 and June 15, 2008. Categories cover feline-oriented articles and columns, short stories, poetry, books, photography published in magazines, newspapers, newsletters and online and video/audio tapes of broadcast material. Awards will be presented at CWA's annual conference, November 20-23, in Atlanta. Rules and entry forms are available after mid-April CWA's website (www.catwriters. org) or by sending a self-addressed stamped business-size envelope to contest chair Arden Moore, 2851 Todd Street, Oceanside, CA 92054. Entries must be postmarked no later than July 1, 2008.
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NEW! Entry Deadline: Postmarked: July 31, 2008 Rain Farm Press--2008 Paradigm Novel Contest . Entry Deadline Postmark: July 31, 2008
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Rain Farm Press announces The 2008 Paradigm Novel Contest. Our inaugural contest is dedicated to publishing and distrubuting a writer's novel manuscript and is open to submissions from any genre. The contest deadline is July 31, 2008. Finalists will be judged by bestselling novelist, Raymond Benson, author of Sweetie's Diamonds as well as books in the James Bond series. For additional information visit www.rainfarmpress.com/contests.html
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NEW! Entry Deadline: Postmarked: July 1, 2008 2008 CWA Communications
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Complete information, rules and forms are now online at the CWA web site, www.catwriters. org. I've included, below, an excerpt from the official contest press release. Complete contest information is also included in the MEOW. Remember, entries must be postmarked no later than July 1, 2008. To avoid having your entry disqualified, PLEASE read and follow the contest rules carefully! Cat Writers Contest Offers $12,000 in Prize Money Sometimes, it pays to be catty. The international Cat Writers' Association, Inc. (CWA) is now accepting entries for its 15th annual Communications Contest with more than $12,000 in prize money in its kitty. This year, CWA is offering 20 sponsored special awards of $500 to $1,000 as well as its own Muse MedallionsT to winners in approximately 35 writing and graphic arts categories. The special awards in 2008 cover topics that include veterinary research, health, behavior, nutrition, seniors, kitten care, safety issues, the human-animal bond, humane issues and responsible ownership, plus awards for fiction and new writers. "Our contest showcases the very best in the feline field of professional writers, broadcasters, photographers and graphic artists," says Arden Moore, contest chair. "You don't have to belong to CWA to participate. However, we encourage you to be part of this professional group that strives to improve the lives of cats and serves as a great network of professionals. " CWA's writing competition is open to work published between June 16, 2007 and June 15, 2008. Categories cover feline-oriented articles and columns, short stories, poetry, books, photography published in magazines, newspapers, newsletters and online and video/audio tapes of broadcast material. Awards will be presented at CWA's annual conference, November 20-23, in Atlanta. Rules and entry forms are available after mid-April CWA's website (www.catwriters. org) or by sending a self-addressed stamped business-size envelope to contest chair Arden Moore, 2851 Todd Street, Oceanside, CA 92054. Entries must be postmarked no later than July 1, 2008.
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15th Annual Austin Film Festival with Screenplay and Teleplay Competitions: call for entries
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2008 Film Competition Film Categories: Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Student Short, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short and Animated Short Submission Deadlines: JUNE 5th Entry Fee: $40 JULY 5th Entry Fee: $50
Winners will be announced at the 2008 Austin Film Festival and Screenwriters Conference held October 16-23, 2008.
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