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March 15, 2012
Jade Ring Contest Opens

April 12, 2012
Entry Deadline for SOAR Scholarship Entries

May 4-5, 2012
WWA Spring Conference

May 4, 2012
WWA Board Meeting

June 15, 2012
Jade Ring Contest Closes

June 15, 2012
Summer Newsletter
Submission Deadline

July 28-29
Board Planning Session

 

 

Join us in June!

 A group of published WWA authors will be hosting a table at the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books on June 15-16. Stop on by and say hello! 

 

Click on image to see a preview program.


Board Member Blogs About Spring Conference


Read the blog here: Advice for Would-Be Writers


New Interview up at Council for Wisconsin Writers

 

Waiting for the Call
An interview with Poet Laureate Bruce Dethlefsen
Conducted by CWW Board Member Karla Huston


New Opportunity

WWA Members to Write about Wisconsin Writers

Lisa Lickel, editor of Creative Wisconsin magazine, is accepting submissions for articles about Wisconsin writers. For guidelines, a list of some awesome authors to write about, and information about how you can see your writing in print, visit the Creative Wisconsin page here: Creative Wisconsin


WWA Charter Clubs Expand

Since it’s inception in 2009, the WWA Charter Club Partnership Program has blossomed to 14 clubs statewide, the fastest growing segment of WWA membership. Charter Club members enjoy substantial savings from the program.

Any local writing club, critique group, or gathering of five or more people, including online groups, interested in the writing craft can enroll as a Charter Club in the WWA. Charter Club Members receive discounted membership dues and conference registration fees in exchange for participating as a group. See theWWA Charter Club Partnership Program page for complete details.


Cornerstone Press Seeking Book-length Manuscripts

Cornerstone Press is looking for book-length manuscripts. If you have a book-length manuscript in any genre (e.g. non-fiction, fiction, poetry, children’s literature, graphic novel, artist’s book), you should consider publishing it with Cornerstone Press at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP). Send your manuscript by January 15, 2012 and you could be Cornerstone Press’s next author!

Cornerstone Press has published 30 books to date, including the first edition of Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (the second edition was published by the University of Wisconsin Press) and Influences: How Ancient Hinduism Dramatically Changed Early Christianity (an edition of which was published in India in 2009). The most recent publication to emerge from Cornerstone Press is Whipped, Not Beaten, a chick-lit novel written by UWSP alum Melissa Westemeier. More ...


2012 Fall Conference Venue Announced

WWA Conference Site Selection Coordinator, Barb Jensen, announced the venue for the 2012 WWA Fall Conference will be theHotel Mead in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. Discounted room rates will be available for conference attendees. See the 2012 WWA Fall Conference page for details as more information becomes available, or follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/WIWrite.


A Call for Submissions to WWA Press Anthology

The Wisconsin Regional Writers’ Association Press has published its first book: Robert Gard: The Windmill Man, compiled and edited by LaMoine MacLaughlin. Buy the book.

What’s next for the Press? One project, being assembled right now, is an anthology. Others will be...?? The Anthology project’s code name is Wisconsin’s Got Talent. That won’t be the final title, but it indicates the project’s essence.

What genre are we looking for? Any and all. “Genre” is not an operating term for this project. “Excellence,” however, is. Toss aside your preconceptions. Tear free from the straight-jacket of the term “genre.” We’re looking for short to medium-length pieces that you consider your most highly-polished, brilliantly-sparkling gems. If the piece you submit is a past winner (or runner-up, or even no-show) in a past WWA contest, please indicate so in your submission. Download submission guidelines.

Can my work be previously published? Yes, as long as you own the publication rights. You'll be asked to sign a statement to that effect.

Illustrators, we are also looking for you to add graphics to our publications.

Currently, we are looking for future projects. Do you have a book you want to print? We’d like to hear about it. Link to theHow to Submit to WWA Press for criteria and submission requirements. More ...


Robert E. Gard Book Available Online

The e-book, The Robert E. Gard Reader, just published, features the writing and key ideas of Robert E. Gard, all told in a very autobiographical and evocative way. It contains the story from Grassroots Theater about how WWA began, even including the Creed of WWA. There's also the text of a talk he gave, "Notes for Writers Who Are Desperately Moved to Write," which may well have been given at a WWA conference. WWA president, LaMoine MacLaughlin, wrote the foreword to the e-book. Click on the following link to enjoy it. It is free online. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/clevelandstatedr/docDetail.action?docID=10416299


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