by Patricia on September 30, 2012
Charlotte Ostermann www.charlotteostermann.com charoster@yahoo.com Charlotte is a Catholic writer with a number of projects in the works. She plans to put a number of small ebooks projects out under her own Motherheart Press. Titles include Souls at Rest, Souls at Work and Catholics Communicate Christ. She is preparing to publish Fun With Diagramming, Life in [...]
by SusanDaffron on September 30, 2012
Santa Barbara literary agent Toni Lopopolo will lead a new workshop in Thousand Oaks for writers of memoirs who want to edit their personal narrative story into a marketable book. The four-Sunday workshop begins October 7. A former executive editor at Macmillan and St. Martin’s Press, Ms. Lopopolo knows what it takes to get a [...]
by SusanDaffron on September 30, 2012
The 13th Annual Ventura County Writers Club Short Story Contest opens September 1, 2012, and closes on October 15. New youth category added to contest. The top three adult winners will receive a cash prize: first place $500; second place $250; and third place $125. In the youth category, winners will also receive cash prizes: [...]
by Patricia on September 30, 2012
Doug Hagedorn Future Foundation Builders www.futurefoundationbuilders.com dougdanakids@att.net Doug is the author of A Lasting Legacy and Ease the Squeeze
by Patricia on September 21, 2012
Valerie Allen VJ Publishing House Valerie@vjpublishinghouse.com www.vjpublishinghouse.com Valerie is a 25-year educator with a deep love for writing/reading. After having her first book ‘self-published’, she decided to start her own publishing company—VJ Publishing House. Her book is Stand Woman Stand. She now gives those who are limited in this competitive market the opportunity to be [...]
by Patricia on September 7, 2012
David S. Northrop Rio Flojo Press www.rioflojopress.com davidsnorthrop@comcast.net David is a new author/publisher of fine fiction
by SusanDaffron on September 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 September 1, 2012
The 2013 National Indie Excellence Awards Are Now Open For Submissions! To enter, please send one copy of your book per category entered. Books with publication dates of 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 are eligible. Books published anywhere in the world may be submitted as long as they are in English and can be [...]
by SusanDaffron on September 1, 2012
The Beverly Hills Book Awards is now accepting submissions for the 2013 contest. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2013 and winners and finalists will be announced in March, 2013. Catagories are: Aging, Animals/Pets, Architecture, Art, Arts & Entertainment, Autobiography, Biography, Body/Mind/Spirit, Business, Chick-Lit, Children’s Picture Books, Children’s Easy Readers, Coffee Table, Comedy/Humor, Cookbooks, Faction, [...]