SouthWest Writers has reserved a table at the Balloon Museum Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair in Albuquerque on Sunday, November 16th. SWW members who want to sell their books at that table during 1.5 hour shifts at no charge must apply by email to VP Peg Herrington at peg@msn.com as soon as possible.
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You’ll definitely hear more about SouthWest Writer’s exciting invitation from the South Broadway Cultural Center (SBCC) to help create a city-wide literacy center at that beautiful installation.
Celebrating that possibility, members are invited to participate in the Premiere SWW Author Reading at the SBCC on Saturday,
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One of the things that strikes me when I read Katherine Anne Porter’s short stories is her use of what I’ll call adversarial adjectives — adjectives that put a completely different spin on the noun they are modifying. For example,
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Entries to our 32nd International Writing Contest are now being judged and winners will be announced on August 1.
This year’s contest drew entries from 38 states plus the District of Columbia and Abu Dhabi, Canada, Germany, Japan,
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Need an antidote to discouragement about getting your writing noticed? Enter SouthWest Writers annual writing contest. Past winners all agree that having a winning entry—regardless of first, second or third place—gave them the boost they needed to push ahead and get their work published.
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It’s here! Broadcast March 31, the interview with Peggy Herrington and Jonathan Miller by Sherri Burr’s PUBLIC ARTS TALK TV show is now available online.
Watch as Jonathan and Peggy discuss the inspiration and motivation behind The Storyteller’s Anthology.
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Who: SWW is organizing FREE booth space at the Moriarty Literary Event on Saturday, April 19. Sponsored by the Moriarty Community Library. All SWW members are welcome.
What: Join this book event and get FREE booth space with other SWW members.
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UNM Continuing Education’s 10th Annual Writers Conference takes place on Saturday, April 12, in the Student Union Building (SUB), located north of Popejoy Hall on the University of New Mexico’s main campus. The conference focus, “From Start to Sales,” features an impressive lineup of NYC speakers including authors and agents.
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Phong Nguyen, a 2013 SWW Contest Judge (fiction), will be giving a reading from his newly released book Pages from the Textbook of Alternate History in Albuquerque on March 15th, 2014. If interested, here is an event page with all the details.
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IMPORTANT: The SouthWest Writers e-lert system is migrating over to a MailChimp account, so we can better keep you informed of SWW activities. It’s insanely easy to do. Simply visit this short link and enter your information: http://eepurl.com/NyUSr
You’ll only get a few more emails through the current (less than ideal) system,
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