Writing in 2014

Thanks to the Writers Guild of Texas email newsletter for the following information:

START MAKING PLANS FOR 2014!


Friday, Saturday 4-5 April 2014: North Texas Book Festival. Entries now being accepted for NTBF book awards. PMB# 274, 24 W. University Dr., Denton TX. Check website for details. http://www.ntbf.org/ntbf-book-awards.html

Friday-Saturday 24-25 April 2014: Northeast Texas Writers Organization (NETWO) conference. Mount Pleasant Civic Center, Mount Pleasant TX. Check website for announcements of speakers, workshops, contests. http://www.netwo.org/

Thursday-Saturday 1-3 May 2014: Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. conference. Embassy Suites, Oklahoma City OK. Check website for announcements of speakers, workshops, contests. http://www.owfi.org/

Friday-Sunday 2-4 May 2014: DFWWW Conference. Sci-fi- thriller writer, Jonathan Maberry, keynote speaker. Hurst Conference Center, 1601 Campus Drive, Hurst TX 76054. Check website for announcements of speakers, workshops, contests. Early registration:
https://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventId=1241108


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First Saturday each month (except January): Dallas MWASW (Mystery Writers of America, Southwest). Texas Land & Cattle, 812 South Central Expressway, Richardson, TX 75080, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. $5.00 door fee, cash only. All who attend are invited to remain for lunch. Contact info: LaRee Bryant, LBryant316@aol.com. Permission to forward.

First Saturday each month: Pens and Pancakes Writers Workshop. 10:30 a.m.-noon. The Dock Bookshop. 6637 Meadowbrook Dr. in Fort Worth, TX 76112. Guest facilitator Shewanda Riley. Dock Bookshop (www.thedockbookshop.com). 817.457.5700. FREE.
The Dallas Area Writers Group (DAWG) put together a summer reading list—including a reading list for writers. Check it out! The more readers in the world—the more opportunities for writers! www.alanelliott.com

Second Saturday each month: North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop. Meets every 2nd Saturday at the Hurst Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 6pm. http://www.ntsfw.com

Frisco Writers Meet-Up Groups: Day group meets every 3rd Thursday and night group every 2nd Tuesday. See website for more details. http://www.meetup.com/writers-749/

Visit http://www.writersleague.org/programs/classes.html for up-to-date information on Writer's League of Texas workshops held in Austin TX.

Visit http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/ for guidelines to participate in the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.


The Writers' Guild of Texas is a nonprofit professional organization whose primary purpose is to provide a forum for information, support, and sharing among writers; to help members improve and market their writing skills; and to promote the interests of writers and the writing community.

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Permission to forward this email is not only granted, but encouraged. Let's get the word out to as many in the writing community as possible.

Carol Woods
Writers' Guild of Texas
carol.woods@verizon.net

Also [and I'll be sending this to Carol asap]:

http://www.condfw.org/
ConDFW is a science fiction and fantasy convention featuring writing/publishing based programming, science programming, an excellent collection of guests, art show, a charity book swap and auction, a short story contest, and a slew of non-traditional activities such as the Sci-Fi Spelling Bee. ConDFW is brought to you by the Texas Speculative Fiction Association, a 501 (c)(3) organization.

I'll be on staff at ConDFW in February and DFWWW Conference [DFW Con] in May. I hope to  see some of you there!