September 26, 2010
Jade Ring Banquet & Awards Presentation
WRWA Fall Conference Deadlines Approach
Please sign up for WRWA’s Fall Conference in Madison, September
24 - 26. Deadlines are fast approaching--September 4th for WRWA-rate
reservations at the Holiday Inn West in Madison; September 17th for
conference registration.
All registered attendees will receive a copy of the WRWA Press's
first publication—Robert Gard: The Windmill Man, by LaMoine
MacLaughlin, produced in honor of the Robert Gard Centennial.
Come join us for two evenings and two full days of great
information for writers, networking, and building friendships with
fellow writers. Help us celebrate the Robert Gard Centennial as WRWA
prepares to enter the 63rd year of this association that he and a
few others started back in 1948.
If you have questions about the conference, please e-mail or call
Nancy Jones
(njonesmsw [at] charter.net, 608-756-9254) or Boyd Sutton
(pubcm [at] wrwa.net, 715-566-0959).
New Creative Wisconsin Magazine Editor
Lisa
Lickel has been named Creative Wisconsin Magazine Editor.
A graduate of the Christian Writer’s Guild’s Apprentice Course,
Lisa Lickel was a top ten finisher in the first Operation: First
Novel contest. She has written and produced for radio theater and
performed live. Her works have been released in national syndication
on FreeQuincy.podcast. She freelances for local newspapers. Her
articles have appeared in her national church magazine,
Writer’s Digest, and You Can Write for Children, as
well as devotionals. She also edits for local historical societies,
and holds a bachelors of science in history and RECES.
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Jade Ring Contest
The judges have completed their deliberations and have chosen the
prize winners in the 2010 Jade Ring Contests. The winners have been
notified. The category results will be announced during the Jade
Ring Award Luncheon at the WRWA
Fall Conference in Madison, Sunday, Sept. 26. We thank everyone
who entered this year's contests and are working to make the
contests even better next year. See you at the Fall Conference,
Sept. 24-26.
2010 Fall Conference Speakers
Marilyn
L. Taylor, Ph. D., will speak on “Going Formal: Poetry’s Newest
Oldest Approach” and “How to Create Emotional Landscapes” on Sunday,
September 26. She was appointed Poet Laureate for the State of
Wisconsin by Governor James Doyle in November, 2008. Her
award-winning work has appeared in a number of poetry journals and
anthologies, including POETRY, The American Scholar, MEASURE, The
Ledge , The Atlanta Review, The Cream City Review, Able Muse,
Smartish Pace, and Dogwood, among many others. She is the
author of eight collections of poetry, including Subject to Change
(David Robert Books, 2004) which was nominated for the 2005 Poets
Prize; and a new chapbook titled Going Wrong (Parallel Press, 2009).
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Kathie
Giorgio will lead the break-out sessions on The Key is in the
Characters on Saturday afternoon. Her recent writing credits include
stories in Fiction International, Quality Women’s Fiction, Oyez
Review, Jabberwock Review, Karamu Review, Bellowing Ark, Reed
Magazine, The Binnacle, Zuzu’s Petals Quarterly, Licking River
Review, Thema, and in the premier issue of SLAB. In the
near future, stories will appear in Eclipse, Dos Passos Review,
again in Thema, and in the premier issue of Broken Bridge
Review, and in Drill Press’ new anthology, Loveless Sex. Her
stories have also appeared in such magazines as Buffalo Spree
and Passager, among many others, as well as in Papier Mache
Press’s last anthology, Generation to Generation.
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WORD*PLAY Short Script Competition
WORD*PLAY Short Script Competition, sponsored by In the Moment
Films (Minnesota), seeks screenplays and theatre script submissions
of original works which have not been produced. A panel of Twin
Cities’ writers, producers and directors will be reading and judging
all entries. The top six plays selected will be presented by a cast
of talented actors as Staged Readings to be held at InterMedia Arts
in Minneapolis on Monday, November 29, 2010.
The Evening of the Staged Readings will also feature live music,
a silent auction, and complimentary light appetizers and beverages.
One of the six pieces presented will be selected by audience vote as
the Word Play Competition winner, and the winning writer will
receive $200. More ...