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Did you know...
...that our 60th Anniversary Summer Conference is coming up in July?
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Dear PNWA member,
Your monthly member newsletter is in! This newsletter is a benefit to all PNWA members.
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 member newsletter. Please limit your announcement to 80-100 words. Use "Member Newsletter" as the subject title of your email.
(Announcements must be received by the 19th of the previous month to be included).
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member news
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Member David Kannas will be doing a signing and reading of his book, Still Life with Badge, on April 16 at 7:00 PM at the University Book Store in Seattle. David's book won the 2014 Nancy Pearl Book Award for Best Self-Published Book!
For PNWA members who love all things TEDDY BEAR: Patricia Thorne, author of The Untold Story of the Teddy Bear, published in 2012 by Dog Ear Publishing of Indianapolis Indiana, has established a new Twitter site: @teddybearpatch. More information about her book, the first to tell the true history of the now-famous Teddy Bear, can be found on her website: www.teddybearsutoldstory.com. The book is available in hardcover, softcover, and e-book format.
A Summer in Peach Creek, a coming of age novel set in West Virginia in the summer of 1932, is now available on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com.
Faith, 17, travels from Seattle to Peach Creek to visit relatives. In the coal rich Appalachian Mountains, the challenges of the Great Depression, mining wars, Prohibition and segregation are all around like the unfamiliar heat and humidity. Faith, however, is immersed family reunions, church socials, and picnics. When a scandalous murder occurs Faith discovers the corrupt underbelly of Logan County.
This celebration of country life is inspired by my mother's journal and the murder of Mamie Thurman and the trial that resulted.
Mixed Blessings, and Harriet and Rhoda give tips for success from the book in a side bar.
Mixed Blessings and gave advice to multicultural parents raising bilingual children. The podcast can be heard on iTunes and downloaded.
Member Arthur Coburn's short story, "Backswing" will be published in the upcoming Sister in Crime LA anthology, LAdies Night. It is his second story accepted for an SINCLA anthology.
Member Sarah Blum, author of Women Under Fire: Abuse in the Military, was honored with six other women at the Premiere of the American Odyssey.
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PNWA'S 60th Anniversary Summer Conference
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Registration for our 60th Summer Conference is OPEN!
When:
July 16-19, 2015
Where:
Seattle Airport Hilton
17620 International Blvd
Seatac, Washington 98188
United States
More information:
pnwa.org
With nearly sixty years under our belt, we know the importance of connecting authors to industry professionals. This year we are hosting THIRTY agents and editors to give our attendees numerous opportunities to pitch to agents and editors actively acquiring new talent. As always, you can attend workshops on craft advancement, marketing secrets, and industry trends taught by renowned authors and publishing professionals.
Conference Keynote Speaker: Andre Dubus III
Featured Speakers: Elizabeth Boyle, J.A. Jance, Nancy Kress, Kevin O'Brien, and Gerri Russell
Sign up early and get quality exposure in 2015. We hope you join us for our 60th celebration!
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contests
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The Cumberland River Review
The Cumberland River Review reads during the traditional academic year, September through April, and aims to maintain a regular response time of three months. We read and encourage simultaneous submissions and acquire First North American Serial Rights and the right to maintain an archive copy of accepted work online. (All other rights revert to our authors upon publication.) We nominate work for the Pushcart Prize, Best New Poets, Best of the Net, and other anthologies and prizes. As always, our hope is to feature work of moral consequence.
Deadline: April 30, 2015.
Nimrod Literary Awards in Fiction and Poetry
Submit poetry and fiction to Nimrod for a chance to win the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction and The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, founded by Ruth G. Hardman. First Place: $2,000 and publication; Second Place: $1,000 and publication.
Deadline: April 30, 2015
2015 Innovative Short Fiction Contest
The winning story will be published in The Conium Review's next issue. The winning author will receive $500, five copies of the issue, and a copy of the judge's latest book. Innovative short fiction should take risks that pay off. Don't tell us a story we've already heard before. Show us something new with your subject, style, or characters. Make sure your writing has a "wow" factor. This year's contest judge is Amelia Gray.
Deadline: May 1, 2015
Fairy Tale Review
fairytalereview.submittable.com/submit
Submissions are now being accepted for the twelfth annual issue, The Ochre Issue, of Fairy Tale Review. The Ochre Issue has no particular theme-simply send your best fairy tale work along the spectrum of mainstream to experimental, fabulist to realist. We accept fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry, in English or in translation to English, along with scholarly, hybrid, and illustrated works (comics, black-line drawings, etc.).The reading period will remain open until the issue is full-we predict closing it sometime in late spring or early summer.
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local events and workshops
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PNWA's Spring Quarter Fiction Course
Presented by PNWA's President, Pam Binder
Ten-Week Workshop: April 15, 2015 -- May 17, 2015
During this course you will create a writing and revision schedule for your novel. A strong book proposal to submit to agents and editors, and learn the key scenes necessary for a strong ending.
The goal when you write a novel is to move forward. There is, however, a tendency to revise old scenes, or rework the beginning of your novel. Although this is not a terrible strategy, it can stall the process of finishing your novel. The result is that we feel STUCK. Creating a schedule can help propel you into action.
Literary Agents on Writing
Presented by University of Washington Professional and Continuing Education
Saturday Workshop, April 25, 2015
Spend the day honing your novel or creative nonfiction with respected literary agents and bestselling authors. Each workshop is the perfect opportunity to learn from an expert and strengthen your knowledge and skills.
Authors:
- Garth Stein has written four novels, including his recently published bestseller, A Sudden Light, and the bestseller The Art of Racing in the Rain. He co-founded Seattle7Writers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring enthusiasm for reading.
- Tara Conklin's debut The House Girl was a New York Times bestseller and #1 Indie Next Pick. Her second novel, The Last Romantics, is forthcoming from William Morrow (2016). Previously an attorney, she now writes fiction full time.
Agents of Folio Literary Management:
- Michelle Brower represents literary fiction, thrillers, and high-quality commercial fiction. Her authors include Carrie La Seur, Rebecca Rasmussen, Tara Conklin, Jason Mott, and Michele Young-Stone among many others.
- Erin Harris represents literary, book club, and historical fiction, as well as upmarket YA and narrative non-fiction. She represents Daniel Levine, Jennifer Laam, Carla Power, and Emiko Jean, among others.
- Jeff Kleinman represents literary and book club fiction and narrative non-fiction. Some of his bestselling and award-winning authors include Garth Stein, Eowyn Ivey, Elizabeth Letts, Robert Hicks, and Charles Shields.
Judy Blume
Presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 7:30 PM
Judy Blume: In Conversation with Nancy Pearl. Please note: Judy Blume will not be able to appear at the Patron reception; Nancy Pearl, however, will be in attendance. Judy will do a book-signing after the lecture.
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