Upcoming Events Calendar

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference
August 10-13, 2001
Los Angeles, CA
Website: http://www.scbwi.org/.

National Book Festival
September 8, 2001
Washington DC
Website: http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/.

New York is Book Country
September 19-23, 2001
New York City, NY
Website: http://www.nyisbookcountry.com/.

18th Annual Colorado Gold Conference 2001
September 20-23, 2001
Albuquerque, NM

Magna cum Murder
October 26-28, 2001
Muncie, IN
Website: http://www.magnacummurder.com.

Note: For a database which contains many more upcoming conferences, author chats and booksignings, be sure to visit Writers Write^® Events.

Contests

Creative Hive, an integrated marketing company, has announced the "Buzz Your Way To A Best Seller Writers Contest". If your manuscript is selected to win the Grand Prize, the PR and promotions firm will represent you to the literary agency circuit and to the mainstream publishing industry for 12 months.

The deadline for 2nd quarter entries to L. Ron Hubbard's annual Writers of the Future contest is September 30. Rules can be found Writers of the Future website.

For more information on writing conferences and literary events please visit the events database on Writers Write^® at https://www.writerswrite.com/events/.

Return to the August 2001 issue of The IWJ.