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JOIN US!: Two BookWriter's Workshops for Spring!|
PUBLISHED, LAUDED AND APPLAUDED: Woodstream Champ Sells Foreign Rights|
HOW NOW, BROWN COW?: 50+ Poets Sought|
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JOIN US!
Upcoming Woodstream Writing Events
This spring, Woodstream is offering four weekly workshops:
. . . TWO 12-week workshops for writers at all levels of experience working in any genre
. . . TWO Bookwriter's Workshops for writers with book-length projects-in-progress
Whichever you choose, as a Woodstream Workshop member you will
1. learn to reliably produce pages of fresh writing week after week.
2. find valuable critical approaches to apply to your own writing and that of your peers.
3. discover what makes your voice strong, powerful, and unique.
4. submit a manuscript for extensive group feedback.
5. discuss your work in a private consultation with the workshop leader.
TWELVE-WEEK WORKSHOPS, AWA-style:
Monday Evening Workshop meets from 6:30-9:00 p.m., April 14th-June 30th.
Tuesday Evening Workshop meets from 6:30-9:00 p.m., April 15th-July 1st.
Twelve-week workshops limited to ten participants. Writers at any level of experience, in any genre welcome. Each writer will be invited to submit a manuscript to the entire workshop for review. Cost: $450.
About her Tuesday AWA workshop, Pan Macmillan novelist Julie Compton says, "A good writing workshop is a wonderful thing . . . it can motivate you to do more than just put pen to paper. It can help a writer to see potential in things that might have otherwise been delegated to the bottom of the desk drawer . . . Thanks, Jamie!"
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BOOKWRITER'S WORKSHOPS meet eight alternate Wednesday mornings as follows:
Section I meets alternate Wednesdays, May 7th-August 13th.
Section II meets alternate Wednesdays, May 14th-August 20th.
In this workshop, seven writers, developing and discussing projects-in-progress, will create community, write together, share work for critique. Writers need only have a book-length project in mind to apply.
Join us! Get your book off the ground and onto the page!
The BookWriter's Workshops are limited to seven participants. The $495 cost includes a one-hour private consultation with writing workshop leader. Contact Jamie@WoodstreamWriters.com or 407.644.5163 to register for any of these workshops.
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Please join us on the new Woodstream blog, Workshop Porkchop, where you'll find prompts and insights and questions about writing. We'd love to hear what you think! http://WorkshopPorkchop.blogspot.com
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PUBLISHED, LAUDED, and APPLAUDED
Woodstream Writers' Latest Triumphs
1) Julie Compton's first novel, TELL NO LIES, is now available in the United Kingdom where it was released by Pan Macmillan on February 1, 2008. The US publication by St. Martin's Minotaur will follow this May.
Macmillan has also sold Dutch translation rights to Tell No Lies to Dutch publisher Unieboek, and Spanish translation rights to Spanish book club Circulo de Lectores (part of the Random House Mondadori group).
And, this just out: Kirkus Reviews gives Tell No Lies a starred review. Go take a look at its sparkle: www.kirkusreviews.com/kirkusreviews/index.jsp, then visit Julie at www.julie-compton.com.
2) Central Florida's very own Scribbler, Darlyn Finch, and Brad Kuhn have a new book of poetry, Three Houses, available through Amazon. Grab a copy at www.amazon.com/Three-Houses-Brad-Darlyn-Finch/dp/0615184731.
3) Woodstream's resident teaching sweetheart, Irene Babineau, recently completed her Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) training and has inaugurated the Stingray Writers, a creative writing workshop for students at New Smyrna Beach Middle School.
4) New Woodstreamer Catherine Rain has had her article "The Never-Ending List: A Simple Tool for Managing Home, Work, and You!" accepted for the March 2008 issue of Simple Joy. Take a gander at www.simplejoy.org.
5) Our own true-blue Jeff Davis had his non-fiction story "Brown Eyes" accepted for the anthology True Blue: To Protect and Serve which is due for release May 1, 2008. Read these true stories and understand what it's like to be a part of the most honorable profession in America, that of a law enforcement officer. www.truebluestories.com.
6) Risen from the ashes of OPT, The Poetry Ensemble of Orlando will perform on Wednesday March 26th, at 7p.m. at Infusion Tea, 1520 Edgewater Drive Orlando, FL. 32804. The Poetry Ensemble features Woodstream writers and pals Alice Friedman, Leslie Helpern, Estelle Lipp, Russ Golata, and Bob Osborne. For more information Call 407-403-5814 or e-mail blacksox@att.net.
7) And speaking of a very busy Russ Golata, he has had his poem "Back From Iraq" published in Autmn Leaves, which you can find at http://www.sondra.net/al/ and was also interviewed for Splash! Read the interview at http://www.splashhall.org/poetry_forums/index.php/topic,12793.0.html.
8) Belle of the Tuesday Morning Ball, Vicki O'Grady was published in the February 19th Ticked Off! column on the topic of "Diversions." Vicky has also gotten her blog, Vicki O'Grady, up and running. Take a gander: vickiogrady.blogspot.com/.
9) Solange Dao, mild-mannered engineer by day, tearing-up-the-laptop writer by night, invites you to visit her new blog, Love Coefficient, at http://lovecoefficient.blogspot.com/.
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HOW NOW, BROWN COW?
Publishing Information, Tips, and Opportunities
1) Here's a tip for headed-to-market writers from in-the-market Julie Compton: Sign yourself up for the free weekly insider info at Publisher's Lunch www.publishersmarketplace.com/lunch/subscribe.html.
2) New American Press announces its spring 2008 chapbook contest. They are seeking 20-30 page manuscripts of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Experimentation with form, structure, and style are encouraged.
Winner receives $250 and 25 copies of the chapbook. For more, visit www.NewAmericanPress.com.
3) The Orlando Sentinel's "Life in Short" section gives readers an opportunity to write about recent moments or insights. They're looking for submissions of about 100 words--and request a photo of the writer that illustrates your subject. Send essay and photo (high-resolution JPEG if by e-mail) to lifeinshort@orlandosentinel.com or, by regular mail, to Life in Short, Orlando Sentinel, MP-240, 633 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32801. Include daytime and evening phone numbers. If they decide to use your story, you'll hear from them. Submissions are edited.
4) From her perch in Tuesday night workshop, Mary K Swanson shares this: Authors in the Park, a nonprofit literary organization based in Winter Park, Florida, gives an annual $1000 prize and publishes--in Fine Print--a story of no more than 5,000 words. Deadline is April 30. Send an SASE, call, or e-mail for complete guidelines: Authors in the Park, Short Story Award, P.O. Box 85, Winter Park, FL 32790-0085.
(407) 658-4520. David Foley, contact, foley2@earthlink.net
6) It's about TIME! Alice Friedman alerted us to a market that publishes poetry by folks over 50! Visit raven.ubalt.edu/features/passager/index.htm for more information--and let us know what you think.
7) Third Annual Flash Prose Contest sponsored by WriterAdvice: WriterAdvice, www.writeradvice.com, is searching for flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction that grabs, surprises, and mesmerizes
readers in fewer than 750 words. If you have a complete story with a strong theme, sharp images, a solid structure, and an unexpected discovery, please submit it to the WriterAdvice Flash Prose Contest.
All entries should be typed and submitted in hard copy, not e-mail, to B. Lynn Goodwin, WriterAdvice, P.O. Box 2665, Danville, CA 94526-4339. Entries must be postmarked by APRIL 10, 2008.
You may enter up to three pieces. Enclose a $10 check for each entry made payable to B. Lynn Goodwin. Include a separate cover sheet with your name, address, phone number, current e-mail address, and each story title. Please put the story title, but not your name, at the top of each page.
SPECIAL PERK: All entries accompanied by an SASE will be returned with brief comments.
http://www.writeradvice.com/advice.html.
Well, that's all for this issue! Remember to let us know what's news,
and . . . . keep up the good work!
Jamie Morris,
Woodstream Writing Workshops