Event listings and opportunities of interest to writers, publishers, artists and illustrators
The 2010 Hollywood Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from the film, television, game, and multimedia communities. The fifth annual event will be held July 9-10, 2010 in Hollywood, CA.
Open City’s 2010 RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest
Motherhood Muse Writing Contest. Check the site for the long and detailed list of rules to enter
The Cincinnati Review invites submissions for the second annual Robert and Adele Schiff Prose and Poetry Prizes. One winning poem and prose piece (fiction or creative nonfiction) will be chosen for publication, and winning authors will receive $300 each. All entries will be considered for publication in The Cincinnati Review.
Win cash and a trip to New York City to meet with editors or agents. Writer’s Digest will fly you and a guest to The Big Apple, where you’ll spend three days and two nights in the publishing capital of the world.
The second annual Self-Publishers Online Conference (SPOC) gives entrepreneurial writers, authors, and publishers the opportunity to learn from experts in book publishing from the convenience of their own office. At…
SPAWN President Susan Daffron and her husband James Byrd are offering a writing retreat for non-fiction book authors this fall (September 24-29). Initial information on the reatreat is available here:
Cabin in the Woods Writing Retreat – http://leiurl.com/?retreat
The Al Blanchard Award is given at New England Crime Bake, which is held every November in the Boston area. The award is given for a crime story by a New England author or, if you are not from New England, for a crime story with a New England setting.
On April 22 at 1 pm Pacific time, we will have a SPAWN member teleseminar with Ron “Hobie” Hobart from Dunn+Associates Design for Authors, Speakers, and Experts. The title is: You Have 10 Seconds to Sell Your Book! Use the Power of Your Book Cover To Launch Your Business Empire
On July 15 at 10 am Pacific time, we will have a WPN member teleseminar with Stephanie Chandler. Description: Publish, Promote and Profit from Books, eBooks and Information Products to…
