Writers Reminder
Since 1993 serving Writers with free information they can use.
Writers Reminder
Since 1993 serving Writers with free information they can use.
Main Website: https://www.CarolynBLeonard.com
Writers Reminder, published by Carolyn B. Leonard, is a non-profit networking and advocacy blog with more than a thousand subscribers, devoted to literature and writing in a broad sense. For the readers and writers, we publish a blog, guest blogs, and book reviews. We also publish conversations about grammar, writing, prose styles, poetry, literary genres, and writing advice; we post current news and information about writers clubs and activities in the Oklahoma City area. We include information on conferences in the Midwest, contests, editors, agents, publishers, and the publishing industry, updated regularly. We also promote other sites and opportunities, including freelance offers, that we feel will benefit writers. https://www.WritersReminder.com
Nov-Dec 2019 Writers Reminder
PUBLICITY TIP:
To have your events and news considered for publication, please send details and contact information to Linda Lynn via email at LLynn@Oklahoman.com. Please ty to provide info at least two weeks in advance of events or registration deadlines We also are interested in stories about people who have been recently recognized or honored, Help the Oklahoman share your news with readers,
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Local Programs – OKC writers - Wordwrights - OK Christian Writers - Pen & Keyboard (Edmond) - Norman Galaxy
2. Contests
3. Conferences & Orgs for writers - a half-dozen or more
4. My Blog - “The Miracle of Birth”
click here: https://www.carolynbleonard.com/my-blog.html
5. EDITORS for hire! and types of editing explained
6. Publishers (17 publishers)
7. Agents
8. Opportunities for Freelance Writers (several)
9. Writing Classes & Grant Offers (Some NEW ones)
10. Jobs for Writers (Eight, last count)
11. Plays and Screen Writing (two NEW)
12. Poetry
13. Carolyn’s Book Review: “The Kennedy Brothers: The Rise and Fall of Jack and Bobby” by Richard D. Mahoney
click here, or copy and paste in your browser:
https://www.carolynbleonard.com/book-reviews.html
14. Letters to Editor (Looking for Critique Grps, Grassroots Lobbying& more)
15. Website Winner –Marcia Preston
(click here: http://www.writersreminder.com/15.-web-winner.html)
16. Story Call Outs: Check out this big list!
17. Announcements, Indies NEWS
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1.LOCAL PROGRAMS - If you belong to another local writing group, and would like it listed here, please send an email with the info to carolynleonard@me.com.
* OKC Writers - 3rd Saturdays each month at 10 am. Now meeting at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 15th and Harvey, OKC. Enter through the northwest door, go to 1st floor, Room 130, (405) 232-1371. (Click here to read program details)
* OKC Christian Fiction writers meet 3rd Saturdays at 1 pm at Henderson Hills church, located at 1200 E I-35 Frontage Rd, Edmond OK. We meet in the church offices on the back side of the church campus. https://www.facebook.com/okcchristianfictionwriters/.
* Pen and Keyboard Writers meet the 2nd Saturday of the month, from 10 AM until noon at the WELL CHURCH (formerly Edmond Christian Church) 2800 E. Danforth Road (corner of Coltrane & Danforth), in the Family Life Center, room 2. The FLC is the building to the right of the Chapel (building with cross). We enter in the north door (door facing parking lot is to kitchen), and go to the second class room on the left.. They welcome anyone who is interested in writing, whether a beginner or published author. The group works together to help each other improve their writing. For more info contact Dianna Street <lostrhodes@aol.com>
* Wordwrights Christian Writers CHANGE OF MEETING PLACE! meet from 10 am to noon. the second Saturday of the month in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Epworth Villa in OKC (near Quail Springs Mall). If you have any problems locating our new meeting place, you may call Milton Smith on his cell at 405-200-9850 or Donna Le, cell phone is 405-501-2522.
* Norman Galaxy of Writers - meets every month on 2nd Saturday, 10 AM to noon at Norman Public Library, downtown, 225 North Webster. For more info, email normangalaxyofwriters@gmail.com
* OKRWA --OK Romance Writers Association meets on the third Saturday of each month; members write romantic suspense, Christian romance, contemporary, erotic, and historical romance. Historical is mainly westerns and the Regency period. Meetings are at the OKC Art Museum in Classroom C at 1 pm. For more information contact Mary Jo Springer email, <gothicbook@aol.com>
* Oklahoma Playwrights Association: meet 4th Thursdays from 6 to 9 pm. For more information contact Playwright leader Janis Contway at <opaokc@gmail.com>
* Mid-Oklahoma Writers: meets the second Tuesday of every month 7-9 pm in the Family Center behind Eastside Church of Christ, 916 S Douglas, Midwest City, OK
* Tulsa NightWriters meets the third Tuesday of every month at Allee Beth Martin East Regional Library, 2601 So. Garnett in Tulsa. Meetings are 7:00 to 8:00 pm, but come early at 6:30 to meet and chat with fellow writers. No formal meeting in December at the library, with a casual Christmas party scheduled elsewhere. See website for information – www.nightwriters.org.
* Second Sunday Poetry Readings at the Depot in Norman, The Depot, 200 S. Jones
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2. CONTESTS (Click here for more info on Contests)
* OKC Writers contest annually in September
* OWFI annual Writers Contest (Feb 1 deadline annually)
• L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest (Various)
• Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize (Jan 31, annually)
• Tony Hillerman Prize (June 1, annually)
• Young Lions fiction Award (August, annually)
• New Voices Award (Sept 30, annually)
• PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (Oct 31, annually)
• OWFI annual Writers Contest - more than 20 categories - real money!
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3. CONFERENCES (Click HERE for more info on Conferences)
OK WRITERS FEDERATION CONFERENCE, OKC, May 20i20
BEST LITTLE CONFERENCE ANYWHERE!
OWFI Conference (1st full weekend in May)
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5. EDITORS for hire! (Click HERE for more info on Editors)
• Robyn Conley, the Book Doctor
• Ghostwriting - Joan Rhine
• Bernhardt editing services
• Maria Veres is no longer taking editing work.
• Kathleen Park (on leave of absence while caring for her husband.)
6. PUBLISHERS (Click HERE to read more about these Publishers)
THOSE ARE GOOD, BUT DON’T GO HERE:
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7. AGENTS (Click HERE to read about these Agents)
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8. OPPORTUNITIES FOR FREELANCERS (Click HERE to read more)
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9. WRITING CLASSES AND GRANTS (Click here for more info on Writing Classes & Grants)
• Oklahomans for Special Library Services (OSLS)
• Oklahoma Humanities Council
• Mid America Arts Alliance
• Oklahoma Tribes Preserve Traditions, Cultural Capital Grant
• Looking for a GRANT WRITER!
• Grants for Artists and Writers
• OK State Regents for Higher Ed- Writing Proposals & Grants
• Click here for more info on Writing Classes, Grants)
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10. JOBS FOR WORKING WRITERS (Click here for more info)
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11. PLAYS and Screen writing (Click here for more info)
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12. POETRY (Click here for more info)
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Last issue: “Katherine” by Anya Seton and Mistress of the Monarchy by Alison Weir
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14. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Click here for more info)
Dusty Richards, Andrea Moon, pendergrasts@me.com, Susan Perry, Bill Wetterman.
Judith Rycroft, Brenda Thomas, Cynda Thomas, Lynn Broderick, Janet Lullo,
Carolyn Steele, Sharon Erwin, Wende Williams, Joan Billings, Janis Butler,
Chuck Sasser, Susan Perry, Teresa Hoy.
About Tate Publishing ...
Julie Loomis’ “After School Group”
Steven James author, writing workshop
Red Flag! - American Writing Association
Red Flag! www.bikker.in (from Ray Tune)
Invitation from WRITERS RELIEF
John Biggs, author, inre: Duotrope Publishing
Information on copyright about song lyrics usage
Working Writer wants feedback
Red Truck Review: ...Forum... publisher
How to Autograph a Kindle or other e-book
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15. AUTHOR WEBSITE WINNER (Click here for more info)
Website Winner - Maria Veres
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16. STORY CALL-OUTS: Click HERE to read more about these markets.
• EIGHT new call-out subjects from Chicken soup! varied deadlines
• Country Outfitter Style
• Writers Digest - The Last Page (ongoing call for submissions)
• Writer’s Digest - Reject a Hit (ongoing)
• Your Impossible Voice -fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and more
• The Notebook, rural roots - but progressive thinking
• Pegasus - Genealogy opportunity
• Blogger for Writer Beware
• Get your NEWS in the newspaper
• Family Chronicle - Family History Writers
• No more - Cups of Comfort
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17. WRITERS NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: (Click HERE to read more)
Send an email to the editor at carolynswebmail@me.com
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Writers Reminder - November/December 2019
by Carolyn B. Leonard
LitMag’s Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction (2019) -
First Prize: $3,500, publication, agency review
Ends on December 15, 2019 $20.00 USD
LitMag’s Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction
First Prize: $3,500, publication in LitMag, and agency review
Second Prize: $1,000 and agency review
Finalists: Five finalists will receive $100 each.
Agency review by Sobel Weber Associates (clients include: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Richard Russo, Laura Lee Smith)
All finalists will be considered for possible agency review.
All entries will be considered for publication.
Deadline: December 15, 2019.
Contest Fee: $20.
Submission Guidelines: Entries must be short stories between 3,000 and 8,000 words. Please use 12pt type, preferably Times New Roman, and submit your short story as either a Word doc or a PDF. Only previously unpublished short stories are eligible. Writers may submit multiple stories, each of which requires a separate submission. Submissions through Submittable only.
Notification: The contest will be judged by the editors of the magazine. The winning short stories and finalists will be announced publicly on our Web site and social media as well as by email to all contestants in March of 2019.
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WRITERS DIGEST
SHORT SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Entries must be submitted online (11:59 pm EST) or by December 16, 2019; all mailed payments should deliver within 5 days of the final deadline. Top Award Winners will be notified by mail before February 28, 2020.
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