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WORDS OUT OF THE FLATLANDS ANTHOLOGY Did you miss the May reading of the 2008 Words Out of the Flatlands anthology? You can still buy a copy at Watermark Books or at our next meeting. And check out the list of winners whose work appears in the book. Check the blog |
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| Program Calendar | 2008 KWA Calendar of Events Monthly meetings are from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at Rockwell Library. All members are welcome at KWA Board Meetings; if you are interested, please attend.
Aug. 16 - Screenwriting -- with special guest Elizabeth (E.A.) Stevens
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| Member News |
Dr. Bill DeArmond, Professor of Mass Communication and Film at Southwestern College, has had his poem "Staring Into the Abyss" accepted for publication by Midnight Street, a British magazine. It is his first international outlet. BD (Bonnie) Tharp writes monthly for Women's Focus and Active Aging magazines, so watch for her byline. BD Tharp's article was awarded first place by the Kansas Professional Communicators (KPC) and was then submitted for the national competition sponsored by the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). She doesn't know the results of that yet, but says that it's kinda cool to break out of the city level to state and now national. No prizes, but it looks good on the résumé. Jennifer Sparlin's short travel article, "RVing With Grandpa," was published in the June 8, 2008, issue of The Wichita Eagle. Starla Criser, writing as Starla Kay, would like to announce the June release of her ebook Executive Decision with Red Rose Publishing. Have something published? Have a very kind rejection? Be sure to let us know! Email Seti at newsletter@kwawriters.org |
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| Critique Groups |
Finding Our Voices Finding Our Voices online critique group is looking for members who wish to join. This group is for anyone trying something new. Maybe you are new to writing or perhaps trying a different genre. Fiction and non-fiction welcome. For more information email Sara.Huter@intrustbank.com. Quill to Computer Guild The Quill to Computer Guild has changed its meeting night to Tuesday evening. We are a critique group for beginning writers and interested in all genres of work. We will review anything from punctuation to plot to story flow. We meet at Borders, 1715 N. Rock Road at 7 p.m. in the coffee shop area. We are very informal and often discuss a wide variety of topics. Let us know if you plan on attending the first time so the time and place can be verified with you. For more information, contact Linda Graves 945-5535, info@sgdrugfree.com or John Cleaver 263-0084, trapshot88@sbcglobal.net. Do you write poetry? Some KWA members are looking for a new poetry critique group. If you write poetry and are interested, contact Colleen at ckjohnston@aol.com. There is no particular date or hour set for meeting, so make your preferences known. This group is not for those with no experience in poetry at all. |
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Contests |
MULTI-CATEGORY Bellevue Literary Review Prizes in
Poetry and Prose of $1,000 each are
given annually to a poet, fiction writer,
and creative nonfiction writer for
works about health, healing, illness,
the body, and the mind. Online submissions
are encouraged. POETRY Kore Press First Book Award is open
for women poets who have not published
a book-length poetry collection.
Submit a poetry manuscript of 48 to
708 pages. The Rattle Poetry Prize APR/Honickman First Book Prize offers an award of $3,000 and publication.
Visit www.aprweb.org for details
and complete submission guidelines. Camber Press Poetry Chapbook The Philip Levine Prize in Poetry
awards $1,500 and publication. Submit
from 48 to 80 pages, one poem/page. Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press SHORT STORIES & NOVELS Opium Magazine Shya Scanlon
Prose Award of $1,000 and publication
will be given for a story or prose
poem of seven lines. The First Person Story Contest offers
a top prize of $3,000 and is open
to both fiction and nonfiction entries.
The Narrative Prize has a $4,000
award for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
by new and emerging writers. Wordstock Short Fiction Competition
offers $1,000 and publication.
Submit a story between 1,500 and
4,000 words. Glimmer Train Press Family Matters Short Story Award of $1,200
and publication. Online submissions
encouraged. Submit a story of 1,200
to 12,000 words. Lace and Blade is accepting submissions
for its second anthology of
"elegant, sensual, romantic fantasy,
emphasizing sharp verbal repartee as
much as sharp pointed weapons, rapier
rather than broadsword." Editor Deborah
J. Ross is interested in characters
with vibrant personalities who are
complex, dashing, and very sexy. She
is particularly interested in stories that
have magic and action, but in which
conflict is resolved not by violence but
by insight, creativity, and compassion.
She'd love to see "win-win" endings,
sense-of-wonder, plot twists and turnabout.
Alternate sexuality is welcome;
eroticism a definite plus; and exotic,
non-Western European settings are
also encouraged. Please read the first
volume to see what she is looking for.
There are no minimum or maximum
lengths, though Ross says longer stories
must be "extraordinary." Ross will
pay a 2 cents a word advance against
royalties. The book will be released
Valentine's Day, 2009. Gival Press Short Story Award offers
$1,000 and publication on the
press' Web Site and in an anthology of
short fiction. Submit a story of 5,000
to 15,000 words. Katherine Anne Porter Prize of
$1,000 and publication is given annually
for a collection of short fiction.
Submit a manuscript of 100 to 200
pages. University of Southern California Fiction Prize Operation First Novel Contest Pulitzer Prizes
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Conferences |
June 8-July 25: Iowa Summer Writing Festival, The University of Iowa June-July: Summer Retreat in Idyllwild, California August 13-16: Art and Craft: The Northwestern
Summer Writers Conference, Evanston, Illinois September 12-13: The Kentucky Women Writers'
Conference, The University of Kentucky in Lexington
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