FenCon III Short Story Contest

FenCon is having another Short Story Contest!

FenCon and the Dallas Future Society are proud to announce the return of our short fiction contest for a second year. We're once again looking for a science fiction or fantasy story on any topic. The only limits are your imagination, a maximum 5000 word count, and the short list of rules listed on the website.

The first entry is free for members of FenCon and the Dallas Future Society and just $10 for non-members. Final judging will be conducted by top industry professionals and the winner will be published in the FenCon III Program Book!

The contest entry deadline is July 15, 2006

No Summer B&N Poetry Nites

Please note: There will be no 3rd Saturday poetry nights at the North Richland Hills Barnes & Noble Bookstore this summer. We'll return to our regular schedule in Sept, 3rd Saturday, 7pm.

Poetry Group Meets Wed July 20

Anne Perry says....

The DFWWW Poetry Group's next meeting is Wed. July 19

Please bring copies (5-10) of any poems you wish to share. Priority is given to seven-word poems. (See instructions below.)

Construct a poem using seven of the eight words below. (The poem can be any length but must include the seven words.) Enjoy seeing the various results of this group-defined exercise!

encumbrance
contest
gusto
scented
resilient
tortured
water
molesting

The Wednesday poetry group at the DFW Writers' Workshop is open to any member or visitor, and any member may participate in the poetry word challenge or read his/her own poem for critique. Poetry may also be read at any time during the usual workshop evening for critique. One needn't wait for poetry night, but poetry night is challenging and fun with other poets, both new and award winning.

Fifty Favorite Magazines of SouthFlorida.com

Note from the magazine rat, Californio: South Florida.com recently posted their list of top 50 magazines in the US.

Writers who've seen their bylines in these can consider that they've been in The Show.

Candy Havens Panel

On Saturday, June 24, several RITA (Those are the top awards in the
romance industry) authors including, Stephanie Feagan, Jane
Graves/Jane Sullivan, Vickie Taylor, Julie London and myself will be
there. It's a chance to meet some really wonderful authors. The event
takes place at the North Richland Hills, Texas, Barnes & Noble, from
2-4 p.m.

Candy Havens
www.candacehavens.com

Candy Havens Booksigning

Hey Gang, Shanna Swendson (Enchanted, Inc., Once Upon a Stilettos) and myself are signing our books at the new Borders Express in Collin Creek Mall in Plano, Texas from 4-6 p.m., Saturday, June 17. It's acouple of days before my birthday, so there will be treats! :-)

Candy Havens
Charmed & Dangerous (Berkley)
Charmed & Ready (Sept. 5, 2006)
Charmed & Deadly

Non-fiction workshop, June 17 at Grapevine Public Library

This Saturday, June 17 at 1 p.m., come out to the Grapevine Public Library (map) for a two-hour workshop on non-fiction writing.

Workshop members Stephen Manning and Lisa Mrazik will each speak for half an hour. Manning will speak about the rewards of writing non-fiction, and Lisa Mrazik will speak about how to write non-fiction proposals. Then a panel of writers will answer questions for the remaining time.

It's going to be a fun and informative afternoon. Join us!

Speaker Lynn Bryant

I went to listen to this speaker today June 15th at my local Barnes & Noble here in Cedar Hill. She is very personable and will be giving a powerpoint presentation this Saturday, June 17th, at Mountain View College from 4pm - 5pm.

Autobiography of Lynn Bryant "I'm Black and I'm Proud," Wished the White Girl."
The remarkable biography of a white woman growing up in a southern Black enviromnent during the Civil Rights Movement.

Saturday, June 17th 2006 4:00 - 7:00pm Mountain Veiw College East Entrance & Performance Hall. 4849 Illinois Ave. Dallas, TX

Loop 12 Walton Walker via Keenland Parkway or Illinois Avenue

Event sponsored by: Baha'i Faith & Mountain View College
info. Gwen Massey
214-546-1935

tomngwenm@sbcglobal.net

lynnmbryant @hotmail.com

Writing for Dollars

This site offers some useful links and you can get a free e-newsletter twice a month *and* a free e-booklet offering "83 Ways to Make Money Writing." It's not what you'd call real highbrow stuff, but it's definitely worth the price of admission.

Also, they have a guidelines database with 1270 markets and you can search by keyword.

Writing site with some good info

Here's a writing site that has some good stuff, particularly on putting together a non-fiction book proposal: http://www.writing-world.com/

Jeffrey Turner Screenplay Writing Workshop June 10 in North Richland Hills

You're Invited! Saturday, June 10 at 4:00-6:00 pm Join us for a special opportunity to attend the Jeffrey Turner Screenplay Writing Workshop. The speaker won the Conduit Science Fiction and Fantasy Screenplay Contest. Two of his screenplays will be filmed later this year.

Georgette Radford
Community Relations Manager
Barnes & Noble
8525 Airport Freeway
North Richland Hills, Tx 76180

New Critique newsletter is up

The summer 2006 edition of The Critique, the DFW Writers Workshop newsletter, has been added to the Web site. Thanks to Lisa Mrazik for doing such a great job. Enjoy!

Wooden Horse Publishing Newsletter

Wooden Horse Publishing Newsletter is useful for writers who are working on breaking into brand new magazines right when they start up. Meg Weaver lists new startups so you can approach editors when they're just beginning and get into their initial "stable" of freelancers. Although access to he complete Woodenhorse Database is $149 a year, the newsletter is free and a service which gives the publishing info only for the magazines listed in each newsletter is about $20.

Candace Havens Speaks

DFW Writers' Workshop member
Candace Havens
will be speaking for the YellowRose RWA on
Saturday June 10 at 10:00 am
at
Ruby Tuesdays
1700 Airport Fwy
Bedford, TX.

See http://www.yellowroserwa.com/information.html for more info.