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The Lee County Alliance for the Arts is holding their “Walk through the Arts” on October 30. (more)

The 2011 GCWA Writers Contest kicked off in July. Florida Weekly is sponsoring our contest, providing advertising and publishing first place winners. The guidelines and entry forms are available under news - writing contest.

David Hauenstein will be reading aloud on "Listen to the Writer's Words," on Shell Point TV's audio channel. He is looking for your poems, stories, essays, and descriptive pieces. (more)

Aug 21- GCWA meeting. Speaker: Felice Gerwitz - Topic: Book Marketing for the New-Internet Crazed Age (more)

National Puntuation Day is Friday, September 24, 2010. It is the Seventh Annual Celebration! www.nationalpunctuationday.com

CALL FOR ENTRIES - The Tampa Writers Alliance is pleased to announce its redesigned and improved Annual Writers' Contest for 2010-2011. Entries will be accepted from September 1 through October 31, 2010. (more)

Prole is launching its first poetry competition. Full details are on the website, but we have provided a brief summary.

Attention Writers and Poets! The Sanibel-Captiva Review is offering a wonderful opportunity for writers to showcase their work in a publication with a reputation for presenting the most deserving talent available. (more)

Island Getaway Contest North Captiva Island Resort Club (more)

Walk through the Arts

The Lee County Alliance for the Arts is holding their “Walk through the Arts” on October 30. Last year we had tables set up for our members to sign and sell their books. We would like to do the same this year. We need to know as soon as possible those who would like to purchase a table or half of a table at this event. We need to submit our request by September 1. Please email Richard Georgian if you are interested, sorry we do not have a firm price but it will probably be the same as last year ($25 whole table, $12.50 half table). Also, help is needed for setting up the tables.
Respond soonest, to rgeorgian@embarqmail.com

ATTENTION WRITERS and POETS!

The Sanibel-Captiva Review is offering a wonderful opportunity for writers to showcase their work in a

publication with a reputation for presenting the most deserving talent available.

In 1997 the Sanibel Captiva Review published its first volume and is now preparing

to publish Volume V. Our first four publications have included works by well known

local authors including favorites Randy Wayne White, Anne Morrow Lindbergh,

Hilary Hemingway, Joe Pacheco and Charles Sobczak. We have featured many others,

both professionals and first-time writers. We welcome you to submit your work for

possible inclusion in our Volume V.

WRITER'S GUIDELINES
Submission Deadline: October 1, 2010
Publication Target: February 2011

Your submissions can be any length up to 2,500 words

Non-fiction

Fiction, general

Humor / Satire

Poetry, general

Whether professional or first-time writer, please e-mail your work to sancapreview@gmail.com.

Your submission can be in either Microsoft Word (.doc) format or Rich Text (.rtf) format.

Your work will be considered for possible inclusion in the Review by an editorial committee

of professional writers. By submitting work, authors give permission to publish while

retaining all rights to their work.

Each author published in the Sanibel Captiva Review, Volume V, will receive two

copies of the book, so please include your name, address and telephone number.

Also include a short (100 words or less) synopsis of your background suitable for publication.

For more information contact Renny Severance, Editor at
sancapreview@gmail.com

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How to get heard

“Listen to the Writer’s Words” is an audio program on which your words can be heard. David Hauenstein will be reading aloud on an audio channel of Shell Point TV, which is received only in the 1,200 apartments at Shell Point. Examples of your poems, stories, essays and descriptive pieces will make people laugh and cry, think and wonder. Several GCWA members have submitted material for David to read aloud on this weekly closed circuit program. Not incidentally, our own Joe Pacheco is teaching “The Joy of Poetry” to sold-out classes at Shell Point. This is fertile ground.

Your writing can be a significant part of the mix of material David will read. He will credit you, of course, and tell his listeners where they can find out more about your work. Tell him how your piece or excerpt represents what you write about. If interested in getting your name and work into another venue, talk to David about it by emailing him at david-hauenstein@usa.net. He's an old radio guy who knows his way around words and would love to read yours aloud.

ISLAND GETAWAY CONTEST

Winner from GCWA writing contest - Nita DeWeese
June Winners - John Repa and Aurelie Shuleshko
July Winners - Russ Miller and Tracy Jacobs

~ FOR GCWA MEMBERS ONLY ~
The owner of North Captiva Island Club Resort is looking for content for his monthly online newsletter, the Lee County Barrier Islands Report. http://www.northcaptiva.com/about.aspx?a=32. In exchange, participating writers will have the opportunity to win a three-night stay on the spectacular North Captiva Island, a $1200 (or greater) value!! If you're not familiar with the island, you can check out this link http://www.northcaptiva.com/.
More details to come, but here’s a sneak peek at what’s on the horizon:

The Island Getaway Contest is limited to GCWA members.

Members who want to participate will put their names in a drawing at each monthly meeting, and we'll draw two member names at each meeting.

Members must be present to participate in the drawing (sorry folks, no rollovers).

Because North Captiva is a boat access only island, the two members selected at our monthly meeting will each receive a one-day beach pass for two to North Captiva Island where they can explore the island, enjoy the amenities (including kayaking, bicycling, sunning, swimming, etc.), complete with round-trip boat transportation aboard the Just for Fun.

The selected members will each write 500-750 words for monthly online newsletter, Lee County Barrier Islands Report (approximate distribution 6K).

The pieces must be content-appropriate, specific to North Captiva Island or the Pine Island Area, referencing vacation rentals, boat excursions wild life, great beaches, luxury homes, etc.

The selected members will receive a list of SEO-friendly keywords, and should aim for a high percentage of the keywords in each article.

The selected members will be given a password to add their content to the blog on or before the submission deadline.

After the blogs are published to the web, viewers/readers can post comments about the stories.

Island Getaway Contest Period will be 12 months in duration.

The Island Getaway prize will be awarded to one of the selected content-contributing members at the end of the contest period.

We’re fine-turning the details, and some restrictions will apply, but we’re excited to bring this exclusive opportunity to our GCWA community of writers!