Showing posts with label writing contests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing contests. Show all posts

Sunday, August 27, 2017

The Writers' Workshop, Asheville, NC, hosts Autumn writing workshops, contests and a retreat



THE WRITERS' WORKSHOP
387 Beaucatcher Road
Asheville, NC 28805

    AUTUMN WORKSHOPS, CONTESTS & RETREAT

    The Writers' Workshop is offering classes and contests for beginning and experienced writers. Each class meets on Saturdays, 10-4 pm, at 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville. Registration is in advance only, at www.twwoa.org.
    Classes are $75 each, or $70 for Workshop members. Financial assistance is available for low-income writers in exchange for volunteering. 
For more info, contact writersw@gmail.com or call 828-254-8111.
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 AUG. 30  FICTION CONTEST DEADLINE!! (Postmarked or emailed)
 (for guidelines, see twwoa.org)
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Sept. 5 Deadline to RSVP: 

WRITERS'  RETREAT at FOLLY BEACH, SC  OCT. 5-8

(For details, see twwoa.org. Please RSVP by Sept. 5!
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ASHEVILLE WORKSHOPS

These one-day intensive workshops meet on Saturdays, 10-4 pm, at 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville. Registration is in advance only, at twwoa.org. Financial assistance is available for low-income writers. For more info, contact  writersw@gmail.com or call 828-254-8111.
 
SEPT. 16:  FICTION WORKSHOP with MILDRED BARYA 
 Participants will learn new techniques for writing fiction, focusing on the craft of the narrative structure. Discussion will include characterization, point of view, setting, plot, and dialogue. Imagery, irony and other aspects of the craft will also be explored. Students will engage in writing exercises, and may bring 3 pages and/or a synopsis to the class.
Barya teaches Creative Writing and Literature at UNC-Asheville. Her stories and poems have been published in anthologies and journals such as Tin HousePrairie Schooner, Poetry Quarterly, Per Contra and Northeast Review
She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Denver.
Meets Saturday, 10-4 pm. $75/70 members.

OCT. 7:  PUBLISHING OPTIONS with RICHARD KRAWIEK
The opportunities for writers to publish can be very confusing. Self-publishing, vanity press, co-operative publishing, traditional publishing - what are the options and choices?  And how will the choice you make affect your own writing career? In this workshop we'll look at the various publishing models, their pros and cons, and determine which ones would suit the needs of each student in the class. 
Krawiek has been involved in the publishing scene since the 1970s.  He is founder of Jacar Press, which has published established writers such as Kathryn Stripling Byer and Dorianne Laux, as well as first timers. Jacar's anthology, Resisting Arrest Poems to Stretch the Sky was named one of the year's best by review journals in Canada and the U.S.  His own work appears in the U.S., Europe and South America.
Meets Saturday, 10-4 pm. $75/70 members.

            OCT. 21:  WRITING FROM the TOP of YOUR HEAD with NINA HART
 Writers will learn innovate ways to generate fresh material, avoid writer's block and tap into their creative side. The class will be guided towards accessing the inner voice through KaizenMuse Creativity methods, evocative "timed writes", and lively class readings and discussions. Hart is a writer and creativity coach trained in the Kaizen Muse method. She is also certified by the Gateless Method - "a method of teaching the art and craft of writing using creative brain science, allowing writers to access the creative genius inside". Her first collection of short stories, Somewhere in a Town You Never Knew Existed, was a finalist in Foreword Review Book of the Year Award.
Meets Saturday, 10-4 pm. $75/70 members.

NOV. 4:  WRITING YOUR MEMOIRS with KAREN ACKERSON
 Participants will learn how to turn personal and family experiences into a compelling memoir for family and friends, or for publication. In-class writing exercises will help to identify life-changing events, to be used as the backbone of a memoir. Discussion will include creating a sense of place, dialogue, and enhancing one's writing style. Writers may bring up to five pages (double-spaced) to the class for review.
Ackerson, a biographer and Senior Editor at The Renbourne Editorial Agency, has taught workshops throughout the Southeast for over twenty years.
Meets Saturday, 10-4 pm. $75/70 members.

NOV. 18:  POETRY and TENSION with ERIC NELSON
 Conflict-or tension-is indispensable to successful poetry, providing the driving force of the poem as well as its depth and complexity. Writers of all levels will explore different kinds of poetic tension, from the most subtle, such as haiku, to the most obvious (such as epics) through reading and discussion of examples, and by creating tension in our own poems through prompts and exercises.
Nelson's six books include the award winning collections Some Wonder (Gival Press Poetry Award); Terrestrials (Texas Review Poetry Award); and The Interpretation of Waking Life (U. of Arkansas Poetry Award). He has taught poetry at GA Southern University for 26 years.
Meets Saturday, 10-4 pm. $75/70 members.
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 MEMOIRS CONTEST
Deadline: Postmarked by Nov. 30, 2017.

AWARDS:
1st Place: Choice of a 2 night stay at our Mountain Muse B&B, 3 free workshops, or 50 pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff
2nd Place: Two free workshops, or 35 pages line-edited
3rd Place: Choice of 1 free workshop, or 25 pages line-edited
Up to 10 Honorable Mentions

GUIDELINES:
  • Submit a short story or chapter of a novel of 5,000 words or less.  Multiple entries are accepted.  
  • Pages should be paper clipped, with your name, address, phone and title of work on a cover sheet. Double-space, and use 12 point font.
  • The entry fee per submission is $25 ($20 for Workshop members), and is payable online.
  • Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope for critique and list of winners, if sending by mail.
  • Make check or money order payable to The Writers' Workshop, and mail to:  Memoirs Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC  28805.
  • Emailed submissions may be sent to writersw@gmail.com, with "Memoirs Contest" in the subject. Send in Word Document only.  Please put your contact info on the first page. 
  • The entry fee is payable online at www.twwoa.org.
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Contact Information
phone: 828-254-8111
email: writersw@gmail.com
website: www.twwoa.org 

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Contest Winner JC Walkup

We are happy to post the publishing success of JC Walkup whose short story, Sin, about the woman who got revenge on her milk-toast husband and his greedy son, won first place in the Haywood County Silver Arts Contest. Driving West, the post-apocalypse story, took Honorable Mention.

This the fifth First Place win and the first Honorable Mention since she began submitting to contests several years ago. She also has won Second Place three times.

JC Walkup is the author of a novel, Partners, about Texas and Texans.  She lives in Haywood County and served as Haywood County Representative for NCWN West for a number of years.

She speaks of how important it is to belong to a writing critique group. “I'm grateful to my faithful critique group for reading and critiquing both stories. It helps so much to have their support,” JC says.

As most writers know, the fun is in the writing. The work is in the submitting and marketing of your work. JC said, “It is so much more fun to write than it is to do the contests and marketing stuff. My husband, the constant support of my work, reminds me often that it is necessary to expose my work to the world to get better.”


Congratulations, JC for your publication successes, and send us all your good news in the future. 

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Four Writing Contests to Enter Now

Visit these sites and read the guidelines. Some are for North Carolina residents only and some are open to all. Get your work in now before the deadlines.  


1.       The Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition encourages the creation of lasting nonfiction work that is outside the realm of conventional journalism and has relevance to North Carolinians. Subjects may include traditional categories such as reviews, travel articles, profiles or interviews, place/history pieces, or culture criticism. The first-, second-, and third-place winners will receive $300, $200, and $100 respectively. The winning entry will be considered for publication by Southern Cultures magazine. The deadline is January 17.

2.       The Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize honors internationally celebrated North Carolina novelist, Thomas Wolfe. The winner receives $1,000 and possible publication in The Thomas Wolfe Review. The deadline is January 30.

3.       The Doris Betts Fiction Prize awards the first-prize winner $250. Up to ten finalists will be considered for publication in the North Carolina Literary Review. The deadline is February 15.

4.       The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition awards the winner publication in storySouth and $200. This contest opens January 15 and run through March 1.