SCN ANNUAL NOVEL PITCH & FIRST 5 PAGES CONTEST
Sponsored by Smoke City Narrators
http://www.janicewiley-dorn.com/smokecitynarrators.html

ENTRY FEE – $8.50
DEADLINE – Postmarked or Emailed by November 15, 2010.

First prize – $150. Second prize – $75. Third prize – $40. 6 HM.
Feedback posted on website.

JUDGE – Agent Jeff Kleinman, Folio Literary Management, NY, NY.

Email/Snail Mail:
1. First 5 pages of a novel, 1,500 words max.
2. One-sentence synopsis of the novel, 25 words or less.
(Novel does not have to be complete.)

Entry pages not published. Authors keep all rights.
Open Internationally. Checks (US bank), Money Orders or PayPal.
Please see website for complete rules.

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Jeffrey Archer Presents Short Story Competition:
http://us.macmillan.com/smp/promo/jeffreyarcherpresents

sponsored by St. Martin’s Press

Meet the Authors Book Fair at the ArtWorks Festival

Authors for Authors

Valerie Allen, Marshall Frank, Holly FoxVellekoop

Eau Gallie Civic Center                    November 20, 2010 Saturday                      Time: 9:00AM – 5:00 PM

1551 Highland Ave                           November 21, 2010 Sunday                          Visitors 2009 = 250,000

Melbourne FL 32935                       Registration deadline 11/01/10             Inside venue for authors

Authors and Book Sellers:

• ½ of 8’ long table or ½ of round table
• Cost includes both days =  $25.00
• Bring your own food/lunch/snacks
• Water and ice available
• May leave tables set up for Sunday
• Maintenance on site to assist

Display Books Only:

• Books and business cards set up is face out on display shelves (no sales involved)
• Costs  $10.00 per book, includes both days (cash only)
• Book,  business cards, and payment enclosed in zip lock bag with your contact information
• All must be delivered to: 101 E. New Haven Av, Melbourne FL 32901

(or put in drop box in back door) on or before 11/01/10

• Items must be picked up within 10 days after event at New Haven Ave location

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REGISTRATION FORM

Deadline  11/01/10

       Authors and Book Sellers:  Cost includes Saturday & Sunday = $25.00

Call Marshall Frank at (321) 254-3398 for more information

Mail registration form and make payment  to:

Frankly Speaking Enterprises, POB 411841, Melbourne FL 32941

       Book Display Only: Bring book(s), registration form, and cash payment in a zip lock bag to:

            Valerie Allen, 101 E. New Haven Ave, Melbourne FL 32901 (or put in drop box in back door)

Name: _____________________________________________       Phone #  (       )  _______________

Address: ___________________________________________        E-Mail ______________________

City: _________________________ St _____ Zip __________        Enclosed $ ___________________

Sponsored by Authors for Authors ~ Valerie Allen, Marshall Frank, Holly Fox Vellekoop

Hinda-jonathan writes:

We are in full reading committee mode here at PRT as our call for one-act plays for both the John Goring Memorial One-Act Festival and Fringe 2011 events continues. We’ve received a good number of scripts already — keep ‘em coming! Also, the balance so far has tilted towards GoringFest (our shorthand term for it), but don’t forget the Fringe. It’s a great arena for your work to be seen and talked about by many, many people. Please send us your Fringe submissions too!

Here is a recap of the submission guidelines:

Please remember that ANYONE is permitted to submit a play to this competition at no charge; however, if a play is chosen for production, the playwright MUST already be, or become a member of, the organization. This is to prevent dues-paid members from having to subsidize non-members’ work. The $30 annual membership fee goes directly towards things like show costs, insurance, and rental fees, and helps support the various activities PRT pursues to further the aims of its members.

Submit plays to prtnewplaysubmissions@hotmail.com or submissions@playwrightsroundtable.org. (If you have trouble sending submissions to either address, please contact PRT at charlesrdent@hotmail.com)

Your submission’s title page should include your name, address, and e-mail information. Please note that this information will only be available to the person attending to the submission e-mail address and will not be shared with the Reading Committee. All plays will be sent to this committee “blind.”

 VERY IMPORTANT: Please indicate whether your script is intended a) only for the Goring script call, b) only for The Fringe call, or c) both. See below for length guidelines which will help partially determine this.

Plays must be submitted in a neat and easily readable format which clearly defines the characters, dialogue, action and setting, and includes page numbers.

 Preferred document format for plays is Microsoft Word or Works. We reserve the right to ask playwrights to resubmit their plays in a different file format if we can’t open the docs.

Plays must feature no more than 6 characters.

Plays submitted to the Goring One-Act competition should be a minimum of 20 mintues and a maximum of 60 minutes in length.

Plays submitted to the Fringe competition should be a minimum of 45 minutes and a max of 60 minutes in length.

Due to the plays being presented in a small black box environment, please keep your plays extraordinarily minimal. Don’t rely on set pieces, props, an abundance of lighting or sound effects to tell your story; focus on the actions and words of your characters.

There is no subject matter restriction; however, as the producing organization PRT reserves the right to request edits for time constraints and other considerations.

Again, the submission period for both these competitions is July 1st through midnight August 15th. No submissions will be accepted after that time. Winning playwrights will be notified by September 1st.

The John Goring Memorial One-Act Festival will be presented at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Studio B between the dates of November 1st-November 14th, 2010 (specific dates pending). The 2011 Orlando Fringe Festival will take place in May 2011 at sites around Loch Haven Park in Orlando.

The Valencia East Campus theater program is accepting plays from Florida playwrights for its annual Florida Playwrights Competition which has been held every year since 1991. Scripts must be original, previously unproduced, full-length plays (scripts that have received staged readings may be submitted). Collaborations are eligible, but children’s plays, musicals and adaptations are not. Deadline for entries is October 15, 2010.

The winning play will be announced in early December and be staged in April 2011, as part of Valencia’s regular subscription series. The playwright will be invited to develop and workshop the play beginning in January, and will receive a stipend to cover travel and other expenses related to the production.

Electronic submission of manuscripts is requested. Playwrights residing in Florida are invited to send the first 15 pages of no more than two scripts each to Valencia’s Artistic Director, Julia Gagne, at jgagne@valenciacc.edu.

Central Florida authors are invited to participate in Deltona’s Inaugural Authors Book Fair on October 9, 2010.

This is a fundraiser for Friends of Deltona Library, a 501 (c)(3) organization that raises money for library programs. For a nominal table fee ($25 or $50) we are providing an indoor venue, guaranteed media coverage, a pre-event reception for authors and sponsors, and an opportunity to meet your readers and sell and sign your books.

Deltona is the largest city in Volusia County (80,000) and our recently expanded library is the largest in the county system. We have a guaranteed media sponsor and The Muse Book Shop in Deland will be available to handle book sales upon request.

You can find out more information and register at our web site at www.friendsofdeltonalibrary.org

July 1, 2010, the annual Helen McCloy/MWA Scholarship for Mystery Writing is

accepting applications for 2011 as well as requests for information.

Two scholarships of $500 each will be awarded to mystery writers to offset

tuition and fees for attending writing workshops, writing seminars, or 

university/college-level writing programs taking place in the U.S. during the 

summer, fall, or winter of 2011 or early spring of 2012. Applicants must select 

a specific writing class/workshop/seminar to which scholarship funds would be

applied. Scholarship checks are issued in late spring and are made out jointly

to scholarship winners and their chosen educational institutions.

The purpose of the scholarship is to nurture talent in mystery writing — in

fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, and screenwriting. It’s open to U.S. citizens

or permanent residents only. Membership in Mystery Writers of America is not

required. Because the scholarship is intended for serious aspiring mystery

writers who wish to improve their writing skills, we expect that most applicants

will be college students or adult learners.

Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by February 29, 2011. But before you

decide you’ve plenty of time, check out all the materials you must provide to be

pass the eligibility requirements. For complete submission details, download the

official application form from http://www.mysterywriters.org/files/u6/2011_McCloy_Application_Form.pdf . 

For a copy of the latest information, FAQs, and individual answers to your

questions, email mccloy-mwa@lycos.com  or send a SASE to

 2011 Helen McCloy/MWA Scholarship Committee, PO Box 16265, High Point, NC 27265.

 No phone calls, please.

July 16, 2010, is the deadline for entries for the 2010 Royal Palm Literary Awards (RPLA), a competition sponsored by the Florida Writers Association (FWA), a nonprofit statewide professional organization. Winners in various categories of fiction and nonfiction will be announced at FWA’s Ninth Annual Conference October 22-24, 2010, at the Lake Mary Marriott in north Orlando.

The RPLA awards cover 25 categories of writing: book-length nonfiction, essays, poetry, novels, children’s novels, young adult novels, short stories, and flash fiction. In all categories, published and unpublished works are judged separately. The contest is open to FWA members only, but nonmembers may enter if they submit their membership applications before or with their entries.

Cost per entry is $40 through June and $50 if postmarked during July. Details are listed on the FWA Web site: www.floridawriters.net .

“This year, we’ve had more entries than we did at the same time last year, and last year was our largest RPLA ever,” said Chris Coward, the RPLA Chairperson. “We honor the winners at the FWA conference banquet on Saturday, October 23.”

The Royal Palm Literary Awards committee is accepting submissions until July 16, 2010. For additional information on FWA, the conference, or the RPLA contest, visit the FWA Web site at www.floridawriters.net.

If you host a writing group, or know someone who does, send Scribbles the following information, and we’ll post it in the newsletter periodically and on the sunscribbles.com and darlynfinch.com websites under the Writing Groups Category.  Submit the information here.

Name of the Writing Group (Title)

Day of the week/month the event happens

Time of day of the event (Start time – Finish time)

Name of the Host (Person)

Name of the Venue (Place)

Full Street Address of Venue

City, State, Zip

Contact Telephone Number (Person’s or venue’s)

Contact Email (Person’s or venue’s)

What to bring

Where to submit

When to submit

Please tell everyone about this list; we want it to be complete and accurate at all times.

If you host a poetry open mic night, or know someone who does, send Scribbles the following information, and we’ll post it in the newsletter periodically and on the sunscribbles.com and darlynfinch.com websites under the Poetry Open Mic Nights Category. Submit the information here.

Name of the Open Mic Night (Title)

Day of the week the event happens

Time of day of the event (Start time – Finish time)

Name of the Host (Person)

Name of the Venue (Place)

Full Street Address of Venue

City, State, Zip

Contact Telephone Number (Person’s or venue’s)

Contact Email (Person’s or venue’s)

Please tell everyone about this list; we want it to be complete and accurate at all times.