Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Publishing opportunity


Donna Munch shared the following information with us.

LAST TEN DAYS FOR SUBMISSIONS
December 2011 Competition ends on the 31st December 2011 23:59 BST
Would you please make this known to members of your writing circle?
UNPUBLISHED FICTION AUTHORS PRINT READY COMPETITION
This competition starts December 2011. The closing date for this competition is the
31st December 2011 23:59 BST.
DECEMBER 2011 - YOUNG ADULT & TEEN FICTION
This is a genuine, no fee competition that stretches over 12 months. Each month a different genre; each month a winner. Winners are offered a contract, paid royalties, and receive full promotion and marketing strategies. This is not a competition with prizes. There is no entry fee. Only Print Ready novels of genuine merit will be chosen. Your book could be a winner. Full details of rules, genres and how to submit, on our website, http://www.creativeprintpublishing.com/publishing/competitions.php

Saturday, December 17, 2011

BRAG ALERT:

This is "Life in the Rearview Mirror" a selection from the memoir class of Nancy Natalicio!
It is an amazing book and will soon be available at the UTEP Book Store!Congratulations to Nancy and all her talented students!


December 10, 2011 EPWL Minutes

On December 10, 2011, members of the El Paso Writers’ League gathered at the Sunland Park Holiday Inn to participate in the League’s annual awards banquet.

Program:

  • Call to Order: Janice Brooks
  • Pledge of Allegiance: Janice Brooks
  • Invocation: Janice Brooks
  • Introduction of Guests Janice Brooks
  • President’s Report: Janice Brooks
  • Lois Hobart Award: given to Janice Brooks by Mike Grunsten
  • Contest Awards: Mike Grunsten
  • Installation of 2012 Officers:

President-Robert Sanchez; Vice President-Sally Spener; Secretary-Richard

Schwein; Treasurer-Isaiah Barrett

  • New President’s Remarks: Robert Sanchez
  • Announcements

The meeting was adjourned.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

2011 Audit

On December 14, 2011, an audit committee met to review the EPWL's finances. In attendance were:

--Janice Brooks, outgoing president and audit chair
--Bob Sanchez, incoming president
--Sarah Purcell, outgoing treasurer
--Isaiah Barrett, incoming treasurer

Janice hosted the meeting, which was held on her initiative. The committee agreed that an audit should be performed every year.

Monday, December 12, 2011

December annual banquet


Here are some of the members who attended the December 2011 meeting.



2011 Contest winners:

Bob Sanchez
Fiction
Theater/Screen Play
Dead Heat
2nd Place
Bob Sanchez
Fiction
Book Chapter
Confession
HM
Christine Susany
Fiction
Children's/Young Adult
Water Pump Friends
1st Place
Christine Susany
Fiction
Flash - Adult
Papa's Demise
1st Place
Christine Susany
Fiction
Theater/Screen Play
Second Hand Angels
1st Place,
Best of Best
Christine Susany
Nonfiction
Character Profile
Mimi
1st Place,
Best of Best
Christine Susany
Poetry
Closed Form
A Fence
1st Place
Christine Susany
Fiction
Flash - Adult
Mama Says
2nd Place
Christine Susany
Nonfiction
Inspirational
CouldaShouldaWoulda
2nd Place
Christine Susany
Nonfiction
Pers Essay/Op-Ed/Feature
Like It or Not
2nd Place
Christine Susany
Poetry
Closed Form
Blest be the Ties
2nd Place
Christine Susany
Nonfiction
Southwest/Travel
Amish Country
3rd Place
Christine Susany
Poetry
Children's/Young Adult
What Would You Be
3rd Place
Christine Susany
Poetry
Traditional
Beware the Piper's Call
3rd Place
Christine Susany
Nonfiction
Inspirational
Thank You, Maya
HM
Christine Susany
Poetry
Children's/Young Adult
A Child of God
HM
Christine Susany
Poetry
Traditional
Family Trees
HM
Cindy Alvarez
Fiction
Book Chapter
Pandora
2nd Place
Dalinda Braun
Fiction
Adult Short Story
Pinecone Compost
1st Place
Dalinda Braun
Nonfiction
Reminiscence
Words
HM
Deen Underwood
Poetry
Children's/Young Adult
Crimson Days
1st Place
Deen Underwood
Nonfiction
Southwest/Travel
That First Day in Paris
2nd Place
Deen Underwood
Poetry
Traditional
Junk Mail
2nd Place
Deen Underwood
Nonfiction
Character Profile
Lotta Crabtree, Fair Star
3rd Place
Deen Underwood
Nonfiction
Inspirational
How to Outsmart Your Kids on Holidays
3rd Place
Dick Schwein
Fiction
Book Chapter
Hostages Taken
HM
Dick Schwein
Fiction
Book Chapter
Shots Fired - Officer Down
HM
Don Moss
Fiction
Book Chapter
Phoenix of the Mind (Nonfiction)
1st Place
Donna Munch
Poetry
Children's/Young Adult
The Sub From Down Below
HM
Jan Brooks
Fiction
Adult Short Story
The Accident
2nd Place
Jan Brooks
Fiction
Children's/Young Adult
First Dance
2nd Place
Jan Brooks
Poetry
Open Form
The Middle of Me
3rd Place
Kathryn Forest
Nonfiction
Reminiscence
Winter Hike
2nd Place
Kathryn Forest
Nonfiction
Reminiscence
Frieda
HM
Mike Grunsten
Nonfiction
Pers Essay/Op-Ed/Feature
Toto, I Have a Feeling We're Not In Kansas Any More
3rd Place
Ruth Wren
Nonfiction
Character Profile
Remembering Edward
2nd Place
Sally Spener
Nonfiction
Pers Essay/Op-Ed/Feature
Wildfires Hurt Us All
1st Place
Sally Spener
Nonfiction
Southwest/Travel
One Day In Bolivia
1st Place
Sally Spener
Poetry
Haiku, Tanka, and other forms
Smokey Bare Hillside
1st Place
Sally Spener
Fiction
Book Chapter
Swamped
3rd Place
Sally Spener
Fiction
Theater/Screen Play
Desert Secrets
3rd Place
Sarah Purcell
Fiction
Adult Short Story
The Last Flight of the U.S.S. Freedom
3rd Place
Shirley Fouts
Nonfiction
Inspirational
Centered in the Light
1st Place
Shirley Fouts
Poetry
Traditional
Alaskan Centerpiece
1st Place
Shirley Fouts
Poetry
Open Form
In the Encaustic Artist's Studio
2nd Place
Sulta Bonner
Poetry
Children's/Young Adult
Not to Blame
2nd Place
Sulta Bonner
Poetry
Closed Form
Tabby Magic (Villanelle)
3rd Place
Sulta Bonner
Poetry
Haiku, Tanka, and other forms
dew-splashed dandelion (untitled/first line)
3rd Place
Sulta Bonner
Poetry
Haiku, Tanka, and other forms
organ pipe hoodoos (untitled/first line)
HM
Tina Dwyer
Fiction
Children's/Young Adult
A Friend for Life
3rd Place
Vonda Frampton
Nonfiction
Reminiscence
Millie
1st Place
Vonda Frampton
Poetry
Open Form
She Came Undone
1st Place,
Best of Best
Vonda Frampton
Poetry
Haiku, Tanka, and other forms
Tears Sleep On My Tongue
2nd Place
Vonda Frampton
Fiction
Flash - Adult
Crazy Sally
3rd Place
Vonda Frampton
Nonfiction
Reminiscence
Never Cheat the Blind Man
3rd Place
Vonda Frampton
Poetry
Open Form
West Texas Drought
HM