Recap of Tuesday's (9/13) Workshop

We had a productive workshop Tuesday night.  David Hill and I both participated in the Writers Weekly 24-hour short story contest over the weekend, and we shared our experiences with the group.  Writers Weekly sponsors the contest four times a year.  It costs $5.00 to enter the contest.  More details here:  http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/contest.php

I brought in the 2012 edition of Writer's Market, and we discussed a few aspects of freelance writing.  Some of our members are looking to find new streams of income.  Freelance writing can be a good way to do this.  If you're interested in pursuing freelance opportunities, just let me know.  Both David and I have found markets for our writing, although David has been doing it longer than I have.

Then, we shared our pieces during critique time.  I always love hearing what and how others write.  I brought a short poem I wrote as a tribute to one of my relatives. 

Our prompt for next week is:  If I could stop time....  Of course, you can take the prompt in any direction you like.  Poetry, journal entries, stories, skits, - all are welcome.

We are brainstorming ways to get the word out about the workshop.  David checked into Meetup.com, but he found out they charge $12.00 a month.  I looked into affiliating with the Florida Writers Association, which may be good but we'd have to spend part of our time soliciting memberships.  In the meantime, we'll keep spreading the word and hanging up flyers.  If you know of a school, church, library, coffee shop, etc, where we could hang a flyer, please let me know. 

FYI, we have a group on Facebook.  It's called Callahan Creative Writers Workshop.  Please join! 

Here are links some of you may find interesting: 

  October Fiction in Five Contest
  http://janiewrites.com/writing-contests/a-fiction-in-five-rules/
  Writers have five days to write a short fiction piece on a prompt.  Cost is $5.00.  Deadline to enter is 9/30

  Frank O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
  E-mail:  descant@tcu.edu
  Website:  descant.tcu.edu
  Offered annually for unpublished short stories.
  Deadline:  September - March
  Prize:  $500

  Holiday Screenplay Contest
  Website:  HolidayScreenplayContest.com
  Scripts must be centered on one holiday (New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Christmas, Kwanzaa, etc.).
  Contest is limited to first 400 entrants, and screenplays must be between 90 and 120 pages.
  Deadline:  November 30
  Prize:  $500

  NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month
  Write a 50,000-word novel between November 1 and November 30, 2011
  Website:  http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/whatisnano


Until next time, keep writing.

~Nancy