Buns & Roses Romance Tea for Literacy

Last call for the Buns & Roses Romance Tea for Literacy

The deadline for purchasing tickets for the Buns &Roses tea is fast approaching. We need to receive your reservation by Monday, October 16. If you'd like to attend this festive afternoon tea,receive a beautiful tote bag with free books and goodies, have a chance at some amazing raffle baskets *or* a week-long stay at a Scottishlodge, then visit http://bunsandrosestea.org to purchase your ticket. You can buy it on line with a major credit card or PayPal, or print out the form and mail it or take it to the Richardson Public Library with your check. Don't delay. Please join us!

Congratulations to our contest winners!

Winners of our short story and poetry contest have been announced! The winners will do a reading of their entries at the North Richland Hills Barnes and Noble at 7 p.m. on Oct. 21.

Congratulations to:

Short Story
1st place: Sonja Cassella
2nd place: Laurie Moore
3rd place: Glenn Norton
Honorable Mention: Carmen Goldthwaite

Poetry
1st place: Hector Gutierez
2nd place: Ginnie Bivona
3rd place: Del Cain
Honorable Mention: Marion Haber

MARKET: Pen Computing

Pen Computing Magazine seeks submissions relating to pen computing technology, PDAs and mobile and wireless computing. Submissions can be in the form of columns, reviews, opinions or feature articles about certain topics. Submissions should not have been published elsewhere, unless agreed to by the editor-in-chief.

The 2007 Georgetown Review Contest

~Deadline is Nov. 15.

The 2007 Georgetown Review Contest -- $1,000 prize and publication to the winning short story, poem or essay on the subject of change or transformation.

ANTHOLOGY: Single Moms

A Cup of Comfort for Single Mothers

For this collection of personal essays celebrating single mothers, we seek uplifting true stories about the joys and the difficulties of single mothering. The majority of stories selected for publication will be written from the single mother's point of view, but we will also consider stories written by the children of single mothers as well as by third parties with intimate knowledge of (and the permission of) the single mother and her child(ren).

The New Issues Poetry Prize

Deadline is Nov. 30, 2006

New Issues Poetry & Prose and Western Michigan University announce The New Issues Poetry Prize. $2,000 and publication for a first book of poems.

Fall 2006 edition of The Critique newsletter

Here's the latest issue of The Critique for your reading enjoyment.

Thanks to member Lisa Mrazik for putting together yet another fine issue. Wednesday night, sadly, was Lisa's last meeting with the Workshop. She's moving to Io... Illi... one of those states that starts with I. Lisa has generously donated a lot of her time and energy to the Workshop, organizing events and putting out The Critique. Thanks for everything, Lisa!

Carolyn Williamson Speaks

I'm giving a talk titled Eating Healthy and Enjoying It and signing copies of my book, There IS Life After Lettuce at Diabetic Designs on this coming Saturday between 11 a.m. and 1p.m. My talk will be only twenty minutes, but I will have samples of banana bread made from a recipe in my cookbook.If you are in the neighborhood of 6623 North Beach in Fort Worth at Diabetic Designs store, I'd love to see you there. It's about a mile north of 820.
Carolyn Williamson

Two big Workshop events coming up in October

October will be a big month for the Workshop, with two events you won't want to miss.

On Wednesday, Oct. 11, the Workshop is having its 250-book celebration at 7 p.m. at its regular meeting time and location. This party will mark the Workshop's achievement of 250 published books. The DFW Writers Workshop is a great place for authors working to get published to hone their craft and learn the ins and outs of the business. Everyone is encouraged to bring a food item or dessert to the party.

Also at this event, the winners of the Workshop's short story and poetry competition will be announced.

On Saturday, Oct. 21, the competition winners will read their works to an audience at Barnes & Noble in North Richland Hills. The event begins at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. Thanks to Barnes & Noble for hosting us.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Texas Book Festival

Texas Book Festival
Oct 27 - 29 2006
http://www.texasbookfestival.org/

The Texas Book Festival presents free readings, talks, and panels at the Texas State Capitol in downtown Austin on Saturday, October 28th and Sunday, October 29th with some of the most acomplished writers from both Texas and the nation. The Book Festival also has a program featuring children's book authors.

October is Blog Your Novel Month

Blog Your Novel Month starts Oct 1 and is much like NaNoWriMo. Find out more info at http://www.writelit.com/blog-your-novel-month

Prose and Poetry Prizes 2006

TWO MONTHS TO CLOSING DATE Prose and Poetry Prizes 2006 from The New Writer magazine major annual international competition for short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The Collection, special edition of The New Writer magazine each July. Closing date 30 November 2006 Further information including guidelines and entry fees at - http://www.thenewwriter.com/prizes.htm

The New Writer: the contemporary writing magazine which publishes the best in fact, fiction and poetry is published bi-monthly, annual sub £27.00 (UK), £33.00 (Europe airmail), £37.50 (Rest of World airmail). Good reductions for 2 and 3 year subs - see website http://www.thenewwriter.com/subscribe.htm