Nov. 14 - member meetingPainless Plotting presented by Deborah Schneider Dec. 2 - Pearl deadline Nancy Pearl Book Award entry forms due Dec. 8 - holiday partyat the Writers' Cottage
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Dear PNWA member,
E-Notes is your monthly electronic newsletter full of the latest news about the literary world. Our newsletter is a member benefit.
If you have an announcement about your work or the world of writing, please send us an email at pnwa@pnwa.org so we can include it in next month's E-Notes (80-100 words maximum, please).
(Announcements must be received by the 19th of the previous month to be included).
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PNWA Nancy Pearl Book Award
Our NEW contest is designed to recognize recently published works by PNWA members.
Books published in 2013 can be submitted for consideration. Winners will be announced at the 2014 PNWA Conference, will receive $1000 in cash prizes and one month of promotion advertising on PNWA and Author magazine.
Click here to download the entry form. (This is in addition to our regular annual Literary Contest for unpublished pieces.)
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 In 2004, NANCY PEARL won the Women's National Book Association Award for her contribution to the world of books. The former Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book, Nancy celebrates the written word by speaking at bookstores and libraries across the country and on her monthly television program, "Book Lust," on the Seattle Channel. She is a regular on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" and NPR affiliate stations KUOW in Seattle and KWGS in Tulsa. She has a Librarian Action Figure modeled in her likeness, and bestselling books that include Book Lust and Book Crush: For Kids and Teens.The New York Times calls Nancy Pearl "the talk of librarian circles." |
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Mary Oak will read from and discuss her multifaceted memoir, Heart's Oratorio: One Woman's Journey through Love, Death and Modern Medicine (Goldenstone Press), on Wednesday, December 11 at East West Bookshop in Seattle (7:00 - 8:30pm). This memoir is a love story, heroine's journey and medical drama that explores the fragility and resilience of the human heart. A mother of four possible "carriers" of the same gene that resulted in her near-death, the author is challenged to reconcile a family heritage of natural healing with western medicine. Heart's Oratorio interweaves the mythic and personal realms as it asks: What is our right relationship, as modern humans, to the living earth, spirit and technology?
Visit Mary at www.maryoak.com
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Austin Gary's new novel, The Queerling, is the story of Preston Nesbitt, a 16-year-old "memory prodigy" who is confined to a Portland, OR, mental hospital for denying participation in a viral YouTube video showing him being struck by a car that appears to pass through him. The Queerling was a short-list finalist in the 2012 Faulkner-Wisdom Literary Competition. It's now available in paperback and eBook from Amazon.com. Published by Deckle Press, Calgary, AB.
--- You know how hard it is to get good advice if you've ever faced an indifferent life guard when you complained of an octopus in the public pool; if you've ever accidentally sprayed your face with gold paint and were afraid of being mistaken for a false idol; or if your husband failed to notice that you'd replaced yourself with a manikin. These and other common problems are addressed in Dear Babalu: Letters to an Advice Columnist by Peter J. Manos, illustrated by Toby Liebowitz. ---
Jess Steven Hughes' historical novel, The Sign of the Eagle, was Sunbury Press' no.1 seller in fiction for the month of October and no.4 seller overall in all catagories for October as well. Check out their website for more details. --- Barbara Lopuszynski is pleased to announce that her novel Angel and Brie (which was a second-place winner in PNWA's 2010 Literary Contest) has won a gold medal in the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for Pre-teen Fiction. Congratulations, Barbara! For more details, visit www.barbaralopuszynski.com --- Sarah L. Blum had a successful book launch for Women Under Fire: Abuse in the Military, at the Landmark on the Sound Event Center November 2. Both Pam Binder and Jason Black were featured speakers. The program included Sarah (nurse, Vietnam veteran, author) sharing her path to publication, Tawn Holstra (owner of Brown Sparrow Publishing) on the importance of the message rather than the book itself, and high-spirited music from part of the Total Experience Gospel Choir before Sarah read from her book and received a standing ovation. Visit www.womenunderfire.net to learn more and order the book.
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PNWA Literary Contest - deadline 2/21/14
It's your chance to shine. Every writer knows there comes a time to send their work out into the world. Don't miss this opportunity to put your work to the test and compete with some of the best in the country. There are 12 categories, cash prizes, and every entry receives two valuable critiques. Winners are announced every year at the Summer Conference in front of writers, agents, and editors.
category definitions rules & guidelines entry form FAQs
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