Details are coming together for the 2010 DFW Writers' Conference! For the next conference we've added the Hook `em Contest, in which writers can submit the first five pages of a manuscript to compete for an agent pitch session. We've already got nine agents signed up to attend, and we're lining up some great presenters. We'll have nearly 40 breakout sessions. And New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas will be the keynote speaker. Our third annual installment of the conference is shaping up to a memorable event!

The conference takes place April 10 & 11, 2o10, at the City of Grapevine Convention Center.

For more details, you can visit www.dfwwritersconference.org. To register, you can click on the yellow 'Register Now' button on the right side of this page.

The deadline for this year's Poetry and Flash Fiction contest for members is this Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the regular meeting.

To review the guidelines:

- No entry fee, but must be a Workshop member to participate.
- Judges and board members may not enter.
- Format: 8.5x11 paper, margins at least 1 inch; double spaced if it's prose; 12 pt. Times New Roman
- Author's name not to appear on the entry itself.
- Poems to fit on one or two sheets of paper in the above format.
- Flash fiction pieces not to exceed 1,000 words.
- All entries will be submitted by email as Microsoft Word documents or RTF files. Email to carolynwilliamson (-AT-) charter.net.
- Microsoft Word's Word Count feature will be used to verify word limit is met. Title counts as part of word limit. Entries over the word limit will be disqualified.
- Deadline is midnight, Nov. 5.
- Prizes in each category (poetry, flash fiction) as follows: First place $50, second place $35, third place $20.