Hampton Roads Writers, Inc. (HRW), a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for writers to achieve publication success, will host its fifth annual conference in Virginia Beach, September 19-21, 2013, at the Westin Town Center hotel.  The multi-day conference will provide opportunities for attendees to hone their writing craft, pitch their book manuscripts to New York literary agents actively seeking clients, and network with...

INTRODUCING the 4 Keys to a Killer Book Cover Design—a free webinar! Your book cover is often the most powerful and sometimes the best marketing tool to help grab attention at bookstores and online. So you want to make sure you know the keys to designing a great cover. In this free webinar, hosted by Archway Publishing, Jason Heuer, Assistant Art Director at Simon & Schuster will reveal the keys to creating eye-catching covers for fiction...

Enter to win $16,000 in prizes! This is our most amazing grand prize package ever! Featuring everything an indie author could possibly need to publish, promote, and sell their book, this grand prize is positively packed with goodies. Deadline for entries is 04/30/2013! The Grand Prize includes: BookBaby – Premium eBook Publishing Package (A $249 value!) BookBaby Print – 300 Books, Deluxe Cover Design, Interior Formatting (A $3,000 value!)...

Two Publishing Pros to Offer Fiction Writing Bootcamp May 3-5 in Santa BarbaraTwo literary insiders team up to help budding authors craft novels that will catch the eye of agents and publishers. Shelly Lowenkopf and Toni Lopopolo began the bootcamps in 2010 in the Santa Barbara/Ventura area. The latest edition is “Bare Knuckles Bootcamp” which brings their accumulated knowledge and street creds as Executive Editors with Macmillan,...

“A CELEBRATION OF WORDS” IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS Final day of Ojai WordFest needs helpers at Libbey Bowl event   (Ventura, CA – April 1, 2013) Volunteers are needed to help in a variety of positions for “A Celebration of Words,” the daylong finale of Ojai WordFest on Saturday, April 13. Scheduled festivities will include stage readings and performances by authors, poets, and songwriters. There will be a create...

  Pacific Institute for Professional Writing to Expand its Highly Successful Writers Weekend Events   New Writers Conference to Launch July 20 & 21 in Glendale, CA   Writers wishing to learn more about the craft and business of publishable stories, memoir, and informative narrative, will find significant opportunities Saturday and Sunday, July 20 & 21 at Glendale College in Glendale, CA. The PIPW Writers Weekend: Glendale, features...