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Showing posts with label Writer's Workshops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Writer's Workshops. Show all posts

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Rose State Short Course with William Bernhardt!

Rose State College is offering a two-day short course on writing September 15 to 16 at a remarkably low rate.  This weekend conference will feature more than twenty speakers from all across the nation, including major bestselling authors like Phillip Margolin.  The people at Rose know that times are tough for those in the artistic community, so they've made the short course available for only only $99, the lowest conference registration fee I've seen anywhere.  And for teachers and students, it's only $39.  (For students at Rose State, it's free.)

That price includes programming for the serious professional writer, one-on-one meetings with agents, editors, and writers, the Saturday night program/awards ceremony, food/drink at the Saturday evening reception/booksigning, and all contest entries.

Rose State sponsors five contest categories: fiction (short stories or novel segments), nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and writing for children. You can enter every category, if you want, at no additional cost. This is the first year Rose has held this program, so there may be a chance to get into a contest that isn't inundated with entries yet.  The winners in each category will receive cash prizes that start at $100 for first place, so you could walk away with more money in your pocket than you paid for the conference.

Register for the conference one of three ways: 

By Phone with a credit card by calling 405 733 7392.

In Person at Rose State College, Community Learning Center, 6420 SE 15th Street, Midwest City OK 73110.

By Mail by sending your name, address, phone, and email address with payment to: Rose State College, Community Learning Center, 6420 SE 15th Street, Midwest City OK 73110. Please make checks payable to:  Rose State College.

And after registering, send your contest entries to this address: Contests, Rose State Short Course, Community Learning Center, 6420 SE 15th Street, Midwest City OK 73110.

You can find more details about the short course and the contest submission guidelines at the Rose State website: http://www.rose.edu/writing-short-course or at Bernhardt's website: http://www.williambernhardt.com/rose_state.php. If you have any questions about the seminars, just shoot him an email (willbern@gmail.com) or call (405 683 2881).

Monday, March 28, 2011

Writer's Workshop-May 8th

The Oklahoma Historical Society and the History Matters Foundation are sponsoring a Writer's Workshop on Sunday, May 8, 1:30-5:30 pm, at the Oklahoma History Center, OKC, OK.

The workshop entitled, "Lessons from a Best Seller," is structured into three, fifty-minute sessions and a Q&A session at the end. It will be taught by New York Times best-selling author, Steve Berry, author of The Paris Vendetta, The Emperor's Tomb and others. Berry will instruct participants on the craft of writing, including story structure, effective dialogue, point of view, and other important rules of writing.

Registration is $85 and ends March 31. Send registrations to the Oklahoma History Center Gift Shop, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr., OKC, OK 73105 or call 405.522.5214 and pay with a credit card.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Writer's Digest Conference January 2011

Writer's Digest Conference in New York, January 21-23, 2011. Topics include branding, marketing, publishing options, revision, building the perfect plot, blogging, and more. Check out the session descriptions and speakers. There is something for everyone!

Monday, September 20, 2010

Nimrod Literary Awards Conference for Readers and Writers 2010

Spinning Legends, Telling Truths


One-on-One Writing Workshops, Masterclasses, Panel Discussions and Readings
9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
Allen Chapman Activity Center, The University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Read more and register on the TU Website. 
 

Friday, July 23, 2010

Arkansas SCBWI Fall Retreat - Illustrators take note!

Arkansas SCBWI is hosting it's 1st annual Fall Retreat for Illustrators of Children's Literature and will feature hands-on workshops led by Loraine Joyner, art direct for Peachtree Publishers. September 24-26 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. At the same time, the Fall Retreat for writers will feature hands-on workshops by Quinlan Lee, agent at Adams Literary. If you are not a member of Arkansas SCBWI, you can be put on a waiting list for when it's opens to nonmembers. 


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Working on a Picture Book

I'm attending SCBWI-OK's Escape from Reality Weekend Retreat for Nonfiction Writers in June and working on a nonfiction picture book. It's much harder than I thought!

I spent several days researching, then more days outlining, then more days trying to figure out how to make thousands of words fit into a 16-page picture book that is fun to read. I didn't even get enough of the book done in time to send in a critique copy. I have a lot to learn

The teacher for this retreat is Melissa Stewart who has written dozens of nonfiction children's book. I'm looking forward to learning from her. Maybe, with her help, I'll get one written yet!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

ACFW Workshop in Searcy, Arkansas

Linda Fulkerson will present a workshop on "Using Free Online Tools to Promote Your Message" at the March 20, 2010, meeting. Time: Noon - 4 p.m. at the White County Regional Library, 113 E. Pleasure, Searcy, Arkansas.

For more info, see the Arkansas Inspy Writers Web site.