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- Golden Triangle Writers Guild
- Conferences, Contests, & Workshops
If you are looking for a way to take your writing to
the next level, attending writers conferences and
writing workshops, or entering writing contests is a
great next step.
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2008 Conference Info Coming Soon!
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Check out our list of upcoming contests
below. Also see the list of GTWG'ers who have recently
entered contests at the bottom of the page.
Are you are looking for a way to spark your
writing creativity? Then give the GTWG mini contest, The Writing
Jar, a try!
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Check out the Writing Center at Lamar
University!
Many of our members have availed
themselves of the wealth of knowledge available from our own
D.J Resnick, co-founder of the GTWG, by taking his writing
course.
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Come participate in a new writing activity
the GTWG is implementing to SHAKE UP... MOTIVATE... and
otherwise, GET YOUR PENS MOVING!
jar - Pronunciation[ jahr]
to vibrate,
rattle, or shake.
A jolt or shake; a vibrating movement, as from
concussion.
Well,
we won't hit you upside the head literally, just shake
those sentences up in your brain. We started our
First Edition Writing Jar at the July 10th, 2007 meeting. Our first
phase was completed at our August 14th meeting where we
chose a winning sentence. Click
here for contest
results. Then we were on to the 2nd phase. Everyone is
welcome to join in.
CLICK
HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WRITING JAR!
Check
out the stellar sentence below. It is our first
entry received for our maiden voyage of The Writing
Jar. This entry was sent by prospective member
Clifton Cardin before the rules were actually fully
outlined. And although it did not follow the
guidelines set aside by GTWG members it is phenomenal
and had to be displayed. Here it is...
I, sitting in this chair, at this time, have never answered
the loud voices of wisdom who did let loose on every
page, in each chapter of my book, that gives voices
which haunt me every dog day I see and soon will
escape on to a better mind.
Clifton D. Cardin
Go to the Writing
Jar page to see more about this exciting
mini-contest.
GIVE
SOME TIME TO PROMOTE YOUR CRAFT.
JOIN
GTWG!
MORE
CONTESTS...
Local Contests Info
Finalists
have been announced!
May Writing
Contests
- The
Journal Short Story Contest -- May 1
The Journal Short Story Contest offers $1,000
and publication of the winning story in the
Autumn/Winter issue. All styles, subject matter, and
forms are welcome. Please submit only previously
unpublished fiction up to 7500 words to Short Story
Contest, The Journal, Department of English, The
Ohio State University, 164 West 17th Avenue,
Columbus, OH 43210.
- Fugue
Prose and Poetry Contest -- May 1
First place winner receives $1000 and publication in
the University of Idaho's Fugue.Second and
third prize winners receive publication. Send a
short story of no more than 10,000 words to Fugue
Fiction Contest, 200 Brink Hall, English Department,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-1102. $20
entry fee.
- Southern
Illinois Writers Guild Contests -- May 1
Three prizes will be awarded by SIWG: 1st Place
$100, 2nd Place $50, and 3rd Place $25. Winners will
also be published in the Writers Voice, SWIG
anthology. Send entries to: John A. Logan College,
Attn: Student Activities C109, SIWG Contest Entry,
700 Logan College Rd., Carterville, IL 62918.
$5/entry.
- Southwest
Review David Nathan Meyerson Prize for Fiction
-- May 1
Prize consists of $1,000 and publication in Southwest
Review. Writers who have not yet published a
book should send submissions of no more than 8,000
words to the David N. Meyerson Fiction Prize,
Southwest Review, P.O. Box 750374, Dallas, TX
75275-0374. $25 entry fee.
- Ramble
Underground Short Fiction Contest -- May 15
Every spring the online zine Ramble Underground
offers a first prize of at least $100 and a second
prize of at least $50 (amount varies with number
of entries) to two stories. To enter, email
stories of no more than 2500 words to
fictioncontestATrambleunderground.org. $6 entry
fee.
- Spokane
Prize for Short Fiction (Eastern Washington
University Press) -- May 15
Winner will receive publication plus a $1500 cash
prize. Finalists will each receive $50 worth of
EWU Press books. To enter, submit a book-length
manuscript (no less than 98 pages) of at least
three short stories to Eastern Washington
University Press, 534 E. Spokane Falls Blvd.,
Suite 203, Spokane, WA 99202. $25 entry fee.
- Writer's
Digest Annual Writing Competition -- May 15
$3,000 cash and an all-expense paid trip to New
York City to meet with editors or agents.
Applications are accepted in ten categories. For
fiction, apply online or send ms and fee to: 77th
Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition, 700 E.
State Street, Iola, WI 54990. $15 entry fee.
- New
Letters Awards for Writers -- May 18
$1500 for an original short story not to exceed
8,000 words. Mail entries to: New Letters Awards
for Writers, UMKC University House, 5101 Rockhill
Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, or
electronically. $15 entry fee includes
subscription.
- University
of Georgia Press Flannery O'Connor Award for Short
Fiction -- May 31
Awards of $1,000 for a short story collection;
winners are often published by the Press under a
standard book contract. Send a ms of 50,000 to
75,000 words to: The Flannery O'Connor Award for
Short Fiction, The University of Georgia Press,
330 Research Drive, Athens GA 30602-4901. $25.00
entry fee.
MORE CONTEST COMING SOON!
Contests our members entered...
- IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS ENTERED THEIR
WRITING IN ANY CONTESTS RECENTLY PLEASE LET US
KNOW!
Recent GTWG'ers Entries
Mike Louviere...
Entered a contest from one of the links on the GTWG
website. It is the contest for Kudzu, the
literary magazine for Hazard Community & Technical
College in Hazard, Ky.
The story he wrote is titled "Goin' Down the
Road" and is about two bull riders going from one
rodeo to another. If you see Mike, wish him
luck!
Laurie Kolp
Entered the East Texas Writers Guild 2008. She
entered her poem, Dreams Understood, the 1st pace
winner of Fall Writing Jar Contest, in the poetry
division. If you run into Laurie, wish her
luck too.
Angela Luke
Entered the East Texas Writers Guild 2008. She
entered her novel, The Feypyre Prince, in the
romance category, her novel, Cloud Watcher, in the
Young Adult Sci-Fi category, her children's book,
Jack-o-lantern Dreams, in the Picture Book category,
and a poem, Blood Pax, in the poetry division.
When next you see Angela, wish her luck as well.
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Much Ado About A Conference
Why
attend a writers conference?
~Inside
information and Up to Date marketing news
~New
ideas and inspiration from other writers
~Writers
can learn from conferences. They can often hear
something that makes them look at their work in a
different, more enlightened way.
And if you don't
attend a conference,
you'll miss all those writing secrets that seminars
offer. You can't hear a secret if you aren't in the
room.
If you
don't attend a conference, you may miss a chance at
making valuable contacts in marketing.
If you don't attend a conference, you won't
connect with many authors who take their writing
seriously enough to do so. These are the writers who are
most likely to be excellent critique partners because
they are the ones who cared enough to try to learn more
about all the aspects of their business.
If you don't attend a conference, your chances of
corralling one of those agents in attendance (usually
reputable) is a big fat 0. If you do, your chances are
slim but you at least have one! By the way, if I were
Bev, I'd complain about the agent who declined to assess
her book because he was in mourning. He has that right,
of course, but she shouldn't be charged for it.
Lastly, if you don't attend a conference, you
will miss this opportunity to learn how a “pitch”
works first hand and may never hone that skill. No
matter how you publish, you'll need “pitch
proficiency” for radio & TV interviews.
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Here's a list of some past winners of GTWG Conference contests...
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Sonny Wagner
won 1st place in 1995 for her SciFi novel Dead
Walk. |
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K. N. Casper took
first place In 1995 in both mystery and romance at
the Golden Triangle Writers' Guild conference |
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Wolf's Desire, a
Historical Romance, by Elaine Coleman was the
winning entry in the Romance Category in 1998 |
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The
Reality Skew by Robert Allgeier was the winner for
best action adventure in 2004 |
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Georgie Ann Ballard won the children's book
category in 1997 with The Trouble with Cats. |
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