2010 Board

President: Jenni Conner
Vice President: Darlene Panzera
Treasurer: Alicia Adams
Secretary: Lori Lynn Grube
Newsletter/Newsblog Editor: Diane Jones
Member Rep: Debbie Macomber
Member Rep: Tina Larsen

EMERALD CITY CONFERENCE

From Diane -

As so many of us enjoy attending this conference every year, here are the details.

20th Anniversary

Emerald City Writer’s Conference

Sponsored by the Greater Seattle RWA

October 9-11, 2009

Bellevue Hilton

Bellevue, Washington

•        Editor & Agent Appointments

•        Educational & Inspirational Sessions

•        Book fair

•        Chat Sessions with Your Favorite Authors

•        Social Events for Networking

Our Speakers

Keynote Speaker: Claire Delacroix

Featured Speakers: Lisa

Jackson & Christine Warren

Special Guests

Cherry Adair, Elizabeth Boyle, Stella Cameron, Megan Chance, Bob Dugoni, Yasmine Galenorn, Susan Mallery, Bob Mayer, Jane Porter and more!

Editor & Agent Appointments

Registrants are offered the opportunity to pitch in group appointments to editors and agents of their choice; appointments are scheduled on a first come, first served basis. 

Emerald City Opener finalists will receive private appointments.

Editors

•   Wanda Ottewell, Editor: Harlequin

•        Peter Senftleben, Editor: Kensington

•        Megan McKeever, Editor: Pocket Books

Agents

•        Steven Axelrod,  Agent: The Axelrod Agency

•        Alexandra Machinist, Agent: Linda Chester Literary Agency

•        Vivian Chum, Agent: Prospect Agency

Registration is limited. To register, visit www.gsrwa.org.

Dorchester winner

Winner of the Dorchester Shomi Writing Contest November 2008 was Gayle Ann Wiliiams for her novel, Tsunami Blue. This will be published by Dorchester in 2010.

Check her website for details. And isn't this a lovely comment?

"We had a lot of great entries for the contest, but I have to say that this one stood out from the very beginning for me because of its fascinating premise and incredibly well-drawn characters."
-- Leah Hultenschmidt
Editor, Dorchester Publishing

Contest note from Kelly -

Young Adult manuscript "The Dog Ate My Teacher" was a finalist in the Authors of Romance RWA 2008 Launching a Star contest (unfortunatly, you either win or you're a finalist...I'm a finalist)

"Pleasant Lake P.D." came in 1st place in the Ancient City RWA 2008 Mary Reade Award.

"Pleasant Lake P.D." came in 2nd place in the Heart of Louisiana RWA 2008 Labor of Love.

Check me out at www.contestdivas.blogspot.com. I'm in the lead with 17 finals, but I don't know how long that will last before someone overtakes me.

I copied and pasted a bunch of contests and some workshops from the info I get. Maybe some of these will work for some of you.

Tina

* * * * * * FORWARDING APPROVED AND APPRECIATED * * * * * * *

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Posted by: "Shelli Stevens" authorshellistevens@gmail.com shellistevens
Fri Feb 6, 2009 9:05 am (PST)
*permission to forward and encouraged!*

October at the Bellevue Hilton, Bellevue, Washington

Planning for the the 2009 ECWC is already under way.

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS -- Be a part of Seattle's 2009 Emerald City
Writers' Conference. Craft, Promotion, Research and PRO topics desired.
Submit your proposal by March 15th via our Online Submission
Form.
Check out the FAQ for more
details.

Please check this page for regular conference related updates and
announcements.

Thank you,
2009 ECWC Committeehttp://www.gsrwa.org/conference.php

Shelli :)

--
Shelli Stevens, Greater Seattle RWA President
http://www.shellistevens.com