Member Russell Connor's latest work can be found in Sanitarium Magazine, Issue 2.

 

This literary horror magazine has him headlined, and you shouldn't miss it.

Click the cover to purchase.

Jonsing for a little free education on the craft of writing?  Look no further than the northwest campus of Tarrant County College (Fort Worth, TX).  They're offering the NW Marine Creek Creative Writing Conference to all who are interested at absolutely no cost.

Here's the skinny...

WHEN:  Saturday, Nov. 10, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

WHAT:  FREE conference open to the public.  Workshops will cover writing fiction, poetry, screenplays,
songs, creative nonfiction, and more! Free lunch provided.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde.

RSVP: Liz Lounsbury at [email protected]

Entry Deadline: Oct, 31 2012

If you write fiction and need a break from the ol' manuscript -- consider writing a short story to enter into the Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards.  Categories include science fiction, thriller, YA, romance, crime, and horror.

Entry deadline has recently been extended to Oct. 31, 2012.  Plenty of time for you to compose a story (4,000 words or less), bring it in for a read and critique, and send it off.

Click here for more details on the Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Contest

Good luck!

Brenna Smith was quoted on forbes.com.

Brenna will also be quoted in an article in a small Woman's Magazine - (Western North Carolina Woman's Magazine) which hit stands in North Carolina last Friday. She is speaking at the University of Nevada - Las Vegas this Wednesday.

Carmen Goldthwaite is teaching Narrative Nonfiction: The Proposal at SMU beginning Feb 2nd.

Go the distance in narrative nonfiction with this class that helps you create the selling tool -- a book proposal --for your memoir, biography, history, anthology or travelogue. In this intensive, the first classes will concentrate on story ideas and early chapters, including research skills. Next, in a distance learning phase, you will develop the skeleton of the book, the outline. The third phase will be classroom learning about the business component of the proposal: marketing, platform and polishing. The intended product -- a complete and ready proposal (first three chapters, explicit outline, marketing and platform plans and statements) qualifies for eligibility to apply to the SMU Writer's Seminar in New York. THIS TIME ONLY, NO PREREQUISITES.

Code: 123IWR223-D
Dates: February 2 - April 26, 2012
Meets: Thursday from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (SKIP 3/15), 12 Sessions
Instructor: Carmen Goldthwaite
Fee: $600
Notes: Skip date 3/15 Publish Your Nonfiction Book by Shaarlene Martin and Anthony Flacco, Writers Digest Books, 2009 AND Writing for Story by Jon Franklin

Carolyn Williamson announced the North Texas Romance Writers are having writers conference Friday March 30th to Sunday April 1st. The cost is $150. For more info visit Texas Two Step Conference.
Alley Pat Hauldren announced the National Space Society of North Texas is having a poetry contest.

Don't forget to register for the conference, DFW Writers' Conference. Keynote speaker is James Rollins. Twenty-one agents and editors attending!

A. Lee Martinez’s book Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain is an alternate selection this month for the Sci Fi Fantasy book club members. Join now at www.sfbc.com

Jenny Martin is teaching Writing Young Adult Books: The Path to Publication this spring at the University of Texas at Arlington. Along with her agent and editor, she has many more established agents and editors that will share their expertise about the industry. https://www.uta.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?~~12CO1722001

Speaking of the 2012 DFW Writers Conference… did you know we already have 18 agents and 3 editors signed up? For a list of agents and editors already confirmed visit www.dfwcon.org

The conference is May 19th – May 20th featuring keynote speaker James Rollins. You can read more about James Rollins at http://dfwwritersconference.org/keynote/