by SusanDaffron on May 1, 2012
For contributions to the newsletter and Letters to the Editor, please email the editor of SPAWNews: editor@spawn.org. Those of you who are SPAWN members, be sure to visit the Members Only Area to read this month’s Market Update. Go to http://www.spawn.org and click Log In. You will be asked for your username and password. If [...]
by SusanDaffron on May 1, 2012
ForeWord Reviews is now accepting title entries for the 2012 Book of the Year Awards! New in 2012: ForeWord amended its genre categories to address specific literary trends. Additions include Translations and War & Military to the fiction category and Popular Culture to the Adult Nonfiction list. They also split Children’s Picture Books into two [...]
by SusanDaffron on May 1, 2012
Sisters in Crime will host a booth in the Exhibit Hall at the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Anaheim CA. Exhibit dates are Friday, June 22 through Monday, June 25. Author and librarian SinC members who live in or near Anaheim or who may be traveling to the area during the conference [...]
by SusanDaffron on May 1, 2012
Submissions are now being accepted for the 2012 Sharp Writ Book Awards. Organized by the Smart Book Lovers, the Sharp Writ Book Awards are presented annually to recognize excellence in writing. Printed and e-Books are eligible, and must be in English, published in 2009 or later, and have a valid ISBN (not required for digital [...]
by SusanDaffron on May 1, 2012
The first anthology, Forever Friends, in the Forever series was published in 2008. The second in the series, Forever Travels, followed in 2010. The third book in the series, Forever Families, will be published later this year. For those interested, please submit your story (3,000-5,000 words) by the end of June, 2012, to shelaghwatkins@sky.com