NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program

Young writers, you can join NaNoWriMo too! How? By pitching the NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program to your teachers or librarian. You can do this in Nine Easy Steps.

Just make sure you tell your parents about it, okay?

Good luck!

HarperCollins, FanLib launch online writing contest

Be an e-book author!

HarperCollins and social media company FanLib have teamed up to launch an online writing contest that gives writers a chance to publish their work as an e-book.

More juicy details here.

Just moved in

Sorry for the long absence of posts. My husband and I just moved in to this new and better place. It's been a week of setting up house, and unpacking and discarding stuff. I hope to resume writing and blogging soon.

In the meantime, you all make a great writing week!

The Muse Online Writers Conference

Dear Writing Colleagues,

This is something new and exciting, so I thought I'd share this with you.

This October, The Muse Online Writers Conference will offer writers from around the world the unique opportunity to not only gain resources that can enhance their craft, but help them make contacts and hopefully achieve the one thing all writers seek--to be better writers and get published!

Read more...

Workshops for Asian American Writers

The Asian American Writer's Workshop has released a new batch of writing workshops for Fall 2006. This includes:

• Memoir Workshop with Amitava Kumar
  
• Intensive Playwriting Course with David Henry Hwang
  
• Short Story Workshop with Susan Choi
  
• Speed Dating Round 2: Short Story Clinic
  
• Youth Workshop: 51%: A Female Journalists Initiative

Workshop details are here. Enjoy the Fall!