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Events
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American Christian Writers' Memphis, Tennessee, Conference
March 10, 2012
Collierville, TN
ACWriters@aol.com
http://acwriters.com/
American Christian Writers' Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Conference
March 16 - 17, 2012
Oklahoma City, OK
ACWriters@aol.com
http://acwriters.com/
American Christian Writers' Dallas, Texas, Conference
March 23 - 24, 2012
Addison, TX
ACWriters@aol.com
http://acwriters.com/
OC Christian Writers Conference
May 18 - 20, 2012
Newport Beach, CA
Orange County Christian Writers Fellowship
http://www.occwf.org/
Call for Submissions: WestBow Press is sponsoring a writing contest for the 2012 OC Christian Writers Conference.
Blogs
WestBow Press Blog
http://www.westbowpress.com/blog
Leading with Purpose
Blog of Michael Hyatt, chairman of Thomas Nelson
http://michaelhyatt.com/
The Indie Book Writers Blog
http://indiebookwriters.com/
Contests
WestBow Writing Contest at the 2012 OC Christian Writers Conference
The WestBow Writing Contest is now open for submissions. Any writer attending the 2012 OC Christian Writers Conference with a full-length fiction or non-fiction manuscript can enter to win a publishing package that will put their book on store shelves nationwide.
The final deadline for submissions is May 5, 2012. The conference will be held May 18-20, 2012 in Newport Beach, Calif., and the winner will be announced at the Saturday evening awards banquet. First, second, and third place prizes worth over $5000 in publishing packages will be awarded.
This is the third year WestBow Press is sponsoring a contest at the OC Christian Writers Conference. At the 2010 OC Christian Writers Conference, Mary Henderson won the first WestBow Writing Contest with her book Break Free. After publication she said, "I hope my experience encourages others to persevere with their writing and pursue the necessary avenues to make their dreams a reality."
The 2011 winner was Larry Forcey’s novel The Créche. After winning he said, “To this day whenever I see the book out of the corner of my eye, I still have a moment of disbelief how all this came to be. I had always dreamed of publishing, but without WestBow Press, it may never have become reality.”
Learn more on how to enter »
Writing Programs
According to the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), the U.S. association of university creative writing teachers, there are 822 degree programs in creative writing in the United States.
http://www.awpwriter.org/
Christian Writing Organizations and Websites
Sally Stuart
Author of annual Christian Writers' Market Guide
http://www.stuartmarket.com
Faith Writers
A place for Christian writers to showcase their writing skills
http://www.faithwriters.com/
Christian Writers
A Web site where writers may easily access the tools and resources to create, market and publish their work.
http://christianwriters.com/
Christian Writers Guild
http://www.christianwritersguild.com/