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Saturday, June 21, 2014
What’s happening at various branches of California Writers Club?
California Writers Club – Tri-Valley Branch in Pleasanton, California
Saturday, June 21, 2014, 2:00-4:00 p.m. (registration at 1:30)
22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan presents “Build/Retrofit Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase”
The cost for CWC Members is $10, nonmembers, $15. Anyone interested in the program or the organization may attend with no obligation to join.
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan will show you how to thrive in the publishing arena whether you are the publisher or you’ve sold rights to a third-party publisher. She says: “Reach out, not stress out! By making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers (your fans)—who are likely to buy what you have to sell. Learn how to help your fans find you, before and after publication!”
Teresa is the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW.
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California Writers Club–San Francisco Peninsula Branch
http://www.cwc-peninsula.org/events.html
Memoir into Fiction
Setting Your Characters Free
Mary-Rose Hayes
Adventurer and author, Mary-Rose will show us how to access a character by mining personal experiences and emotions from your own past.
June 21st, 2014 10AM-12PM Belmont Library
Members $10 Non-Members $13, Students $10/ID
First Meeting Free!
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California Writers Club–Sacramento Branch
http://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org/
June 21, 2014, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Gordon Warnock, founding partner at Foreword Literary: literary agent, marketing director and editor for independent publishers, freelance publishing consultant, and college-level writing tutor.
Monthly luncheon is open to the public.
Cost is $14 for members, $16 for nonmembers.
The meeting fee includes buffet lunch and beverage.
Cattlemen’s Restaurant, 12409 Folsom Blvd, Rancho Cordova, CA
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http://calwriters.org/ for list of all the branches
California Writers Club
“Educating writers of all abilities in the craft of writing
and in the marketing of their work”
Sincerely,
http://writingcoachTeresa.com
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan is on the “My Writing Process” Blog Tour.
Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. Click here for print edition. Click here for Kindle edition. “Reach out, not stress out.”
Teresa’s novel Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby is used in college courses and archived at the San Francisco History Center.
Subscribe to “Coach Teresa’s blog” Click here to start.
Thank you, California Writers Club colleagues, for quoting beloved Maya Angelou!
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.” –Maya Angelou, 1928-2014
Pursuing what we love doing is what is happening at the San Mateo County Fair June 7 to June 14, 2014, at monthly meetings, at open mic, and other events featuring or orchestrated by California Writers Club members.
San Francisco Peninsula Branch of California Writers Club
Dates to Remember
June 7-14th, 2014
https://sanmateocountyfair.com/contests/departments/literary-arts
“Carry the Light of Creativity”
Literary Arts Stage (created by Bardi Rosman Koodrin & Boris Koodrin), Fine Arts Galleria, San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo, CA
Tuesday June 10, 4:00-5:00 yours truly Teresa LeYung-Ryan will join Ollie Mae Trost Welch and David Hirzel – “3 playwrights, 3 short plays, plus interviews by Darlene Frank” – click here for more info.
- Teresa will be performing “What Am I Going to Do Now?” on the Literary Arts Stage at San Mateo County Fair; the 10-minute play is a new monologue (about a beyond-middle-age woman at a loss when her therapist is on vacation) from Teresa’s “Talking to My Dead Mom” series
Saturday, June 21st, 2014, 10:00am-12pm
Mary-Rose Hayes “Memoir Into Fiction–Setting Your Characters Free”
at the Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Belmont, CA
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014, 7:30pm
Open Mic at Reach and Teach (aka Dove and Olive)
144 W. 25th Ave, San Mateo, CA
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San Francisco Peninsula Branch of California Writers Club
President: Christopher Wachlin
Vice-President: Max Tomlinson
Treasurer & State Board Rep: Carole Bumpus
Membership Chair: Elise Frances Miller
Reservations Chair: Ann Foster
Parliamentarian: Martin Shane Dowd
Publicity Chair: Maurine Killough
Open Mic: Jim Hanna
Fault Zone Anthology Editor: Audrey Kalman
Webmaster: Wendy Walter
Board member: Bardi Rosman-Koodrin
Newsletter Editor: LJ Anderson
VOLUNTEER TO HELP YOUR WRITERS’ CLUB!
Open positions:
-secretary
-blog administrator
Visit our website at http://www.cwc-peninsula.org for more information, articles and links to writers and great sites.
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CWC Annual Picnic for members http://calwriters.org/cwc-annual-picnic-2014/
Saturday, July 19th, 2014 from 1-4pm at Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, CA
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For links to websites of all the branches of California Writers Club http://calwriters.org
Cheers to writers for practicing beloved Maya Angelou’s mantra: “You can only become truly accomplished at something you love.”
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan is the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. Click here for print edition. Click here for Kindle edition. “Reach out, not stress out.”
Teresa’s novel Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby is used in college courses and archived at the San Francisco History Center.
Subscribe to “Coach Teresa’s blog” Click here to start.
Memorial Day. May everyone create peace inward and outward.
According to Merriam-Webster dictionary . . . Memorial Day : the last Monday in May that is a national holiday in the U.S. honoring members of the armed forces who died in wars. Originally held (1868) in commemoration of soldiers killed in the American Civil War, its observance later extended to all U.S. war dead.
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan applauds writers and readers for honoring peace and Memorial Day every day and every way. Thank you, everyone!
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Teresa LeYung-Ryan thanks immigrant and award-winning author and illustrator Yuyi Morales for honoring the immigrant experience through children’s stories AND Women’s National Book Association/San Francisco Chapter officers and board members for their vital role in this event.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
San Francisco Main Library, Civic Center
Reception, 5 – 6 pm in the Children’s Center, 2nd Floor
Lecture, 6 – 8 pm in the Koret Auditorium, Lower Level
Free and open to the public! Guest Lecturer: Yuyi Morales
Join the Fisher Children’s Center, the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, and the Women’s National Book Association/San Francisco Chapter, as they present special guest lecturer, award-winning author and illustrator Yuyi Morales, who will deliver the 18th annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture in Children’s Literature. The theme of Yuyi Morales’s talk will be “Creating Children’s Books: An Immigrant’s Story”
As a Spanish-speaking immigrant and new mother who migrated to the U.S. from Mexico, Yuyi struggled with English and adapting to a new home. She found support in neighborhood libraries, where she and her son practiced English by reading children’s books. There she found her life passion writing and illustrating children’s stories, such as Just a Minute; A Trickster Tale and Counting Book; Little Night / Nochecita; Just in Case, and the 2013 Niño Wrestles the World. She is the first children’s book illustrator of Mexican descent to reach the New York Times Best Sellers List.
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What else is WNBA-SF Chapter doing?
This year the Women’s National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter, sponsored a Book Drive to benefit the Living Room, Santa Rosa, CA - a daytime drop-in center that provides a safe haven to ease the adversity of homelessness for women. In January 2014, WNBA-SF launched an early literacy activity at the Living Room, using donated books for picture book storytelling—part of the Living Room’s Mother and Child program. Cheers to WNBA fellow-members!
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June 7-14, 2014 Meet California Writers Club members and have fun at the San Mateo County Fair’s Literary Arts Stage (in Fine Arts Galleria) created by Bardi Rosman Koodrin and Boris Koodrin. Cheers to CWC fellow-members! Events on Literary Arts Stage are free and open to the public; fees to enter the fair; June 10 Seniors n for free; parking fee is separate.
June 10, 2014, 4:00-5:00pm California – Teresa LeYung-Ryan will read her latest monologue from her “Talking to My Dead Mom” series at “3 Short Plays and 3 Interviews hosted by Darlene Frank” at the San Mateo County Fair’s Literary Arts Stage.
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Saturday, June 21, 2014 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan presents “Build/Fortify Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase” at California Writers Club – Tri-Valley Branch in Pleasanton, California.
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Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan is on the “My Writing Process” Blog Tour.
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Project Read San Francisco
Through Project Read, the adult literacy program of the San Francisco Public Library, professionally trained volunteer tutors provide free one-on-one tutoring to English-speaking adults who want to improve their basic reading and writing skills. Activities for enrolled adult learners with young children are offered through the Project Read Families for Literacy Program.
Links for other programs http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000027301
Look for Project Read/Public Library programs in your cities.
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Also at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library – The Daniel E. Koshland San Francisco History Center
This tremendous resource contains a research collection of books, newspapers and magazines, photographs, maps, posters, archives and manuscript collections, and ephemera, documenting all aspects of San Francisco life and history. The Center is also the archives for the City and County of San Francisco.
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Honoring peace and Memorial Day every day and every way through literacy!
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan is the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. Click here for print edition. Click here for Kindle edition. “Reach out, not stress out.”
Teresa’s novel Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby is used in college courses and archived at the San Francisco History Center.
Subscribe to “Coach Teresa’s blog” Click here to start.
Women’s National Book Association – San Francisco Chapter’s President Kate Farrell says:
33rd Annual
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS
celebrating books published in 2013 by Northern California authors
Sunday, April 27, 2014
San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
1:00–2:30 pm: Awards Ceremony featuring readings & remarks by the award-winning authors
2:30–4:00 pm: Book signing & Reception follows in the Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room
Awards and reception free and open to the public; nominated books on sale by Readers Bookstore
FRED CODY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Adam Hochschild, Berkeley author, journalist, historian
NCBR RECOGNITION AWARD
City Arts & Lectures
FICTION
At Night We Walk in Circles, Daniel Alarcon
Sorrow, Catherine Gammon
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, Andrew Sean Greer
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Anthony Marra
Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge, Peter Orner
POETRY
Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire, Brenda Hillman
Black Crow Dress, Roxane Beth Johnson
Spiral Trace, Jack Marshall
The Palace of Contemplating Departure, Brynn Saito
Here Come the Warm Jets, Alli Warren
TRANSLATION
Fiction
The Mongolian Conspiracy, by Rafael Bernal, translated by Katherine Silver from the Spanish
The Mehlis Report, by Rabee Jaber, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid from the Arabic
The Art of Joy, by Goliarda Sapienza, translated by Anne Milano Appel from the Italian
Poetry
Poems of Consummation, by Vicente Aleixandre, translated from the Spanish by Stephen Kessler
Colonies, Tomasz Rozycki, translated from the Polish by Mira Rosenthal
Landscape with Yellow Birds, by José Ángel Valente, translated from the Spanish by Thomas Christensen
GENERAL NONFICTION
Down by the Bay: San Francisco’s History Between the Tides, Matthew Morse Booker
League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth, Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety, Eric Schlosser
Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage, Susan Shillinglaw
An Atomic Love Story: The Extraordinary Women in Robert Oppenheimer’s Life, Shirley Streshinsky and Patricia Klaus
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Gary Kamiya, Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco
Anchee Min, The Cooked Seed
Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby
Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani, Beyond the Possible: 50 Years of Radical Change at Glide
Gordon Young, Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Younger Readers
Marissa Moss, Mira’s Diary: Home Sweet Rome
Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett, pictures by Matthew Myers, Battle Bunny
Lemony Snicket, illustrator Jon Klassen, The Dark
Young Adult
Kristin Elizabeth Clark, Freakboy
Katherine Longshore, Tarnish
Annemarie O’Brien, Lara’s Gift
The Northern California Book Awards are presented and sponsored by Northern California Book Reviewers; Poetry Flash; Center for the Art of Translation; Red Room (redroom.com); PEN West; Mechanics’ Institute; Women’s National Book Association, SF Chapter; San Francisco Public Library; Friends of the San Francisco Public Library and Readers Bookstore at the Main.
For more information: Poetryflash.org, 510.525.5476, NCBR@
Facebook event page: search Northern California Book Awards

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan is the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. Click here for print edition. Click here for Kindle edition. “Reach out, not stress out.”
Teresa’s novel Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby is used in college courses and archived at the San Francisco History Center.
Subscribe to “Coach Teresa’s blog” Click here to start.
Dear Writers,
Thank you for getting my workbook and doing the exercises.
Here’s a question that is often asked by writers:
“Do I really have to blog? I have a regular website, facebook page and Twitter.”
Here’s my response:
“You do not have to do anything that you do not want to do. The ‘tags’ in blog posts function as index cards on cyberspace – those tags help new fans find you – enjoy the exercises in my workbook – you’ll see the power of consistent blogging for yourself. Reach out, not stress out.”
Cheers!
22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
http://writingcoachTeresa.com
the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW
Subscribe to “Coach Teresa’s blog” Click here to start.
Any project or event that Kim McMillon is involved in is empowering!
I cheer for Kim McMillon and Everyone associated with 50 Years on the Black Arts Movement and Its Influences and the University of California, Merced!
Get tickets: https://intelforms.ucmerced.edu/Form/Black_Arts_Movement
The conference is free for UC Merced students and Merced County youths, and $40 for the general public. To register or for more information about the conference, email Kim McMillon at kmcmillon@ucmerced.edu or go online.
Press inquiries should be directed to Scott Hernandez-Jason, shernandez-jason@ucmerced.
https://www.facebook.com/events/206503536195057/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/African-Diaspora-Graduate-Student-Association/260735274051324
Gala Host Belva Davis! at 50 Years on the Black Arts Movement and Its Influences!
Conference to Explore Black Arts Movement, Influences
The International Conference on the Black Arts Movement and Legacies will be held on March 1-2, 2014 at the University of California, Merced.
An international two-day conference on the Black Arts Movement will draw world-renowned scholars, musicians and artists, and offer new scholarship and perspectives on the 1960s and 1970s movement.
The International Conference on the Black Arts Movement and Legacies, on March 1-2, 2014 at the University of California, Merced, will provide an opportunity to hear and appreciate the elders, activists and artists who proclaimed “Black is beautiful” in their art, music, poetry and writings, while also shedding light on recent assessments of the movement.
“UC Merced is excited to contribute to the growing body of scholarship on the Black Arts Movement,” said Professor Susan Amussen, who’s also the director of the Center for the Humanities. “We look forward both to the presence of so many outstanding artists on campus and to the exploration of the impact of this important movement on mainstream American culture.”
Scholarly panels, poetry, art, theatre presentations and workshops on a wide variety of topics from the state of black studies in America to the impact of the Black Arts Movement past and present will be discussed.
“The Black Arts Movement and this UC Merced Conference comprise one whopping piece long missing from the jigsaw puzzle of cultural America,” said Al Young, California’s Poet Laureate Emeritus.
Askia Toure, Ishmael Reed, Marvin X, Eugene Redmond, Umar Bin Hassan, Nathan Hare, Emory Douglas, Judy Juanita, Avotcja and other key writers, musicians and artists from the Black Arts and Black Power movements will discuss their work and perform at the conference.
“No discussion of the Black Arts Movement or the radical left can take place without mentioning the late Amiri Baraka,” said event organizer and UC Merced graduate student Kim McMillon. “His words and art represent the beginnings of the movement, birthing black identity. Black Americans in the 1960s and 1970s created a new vision of blackness, one that celebrated the uniqueness of black culture.”
“The work of the Black Arts movement served as inspiration for many later artists, especially those from marginalized communities, and thus has shaped the flowering of artistic work over the last 40 years,” McMillon said.
The conference is co-sponsored by Associated Students of UC Merced, African Diaspora Student Association, the Center for the Humanities, Merced County Arts Council, Merced County Office of Education, Office of Student Life and The California Endowment.
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Any project or event that Kim McMillon is involved in is empowering!
I cheer for Kim McMillon and Everyone associated with 50 Years on the Black Arts Movement and Its Influences and the University of California, Merced!
Sincerely,
22-Day Writers’ Platform & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: San Francisco Writers Conference is a 4-day event – February 13-16, 2014. Attending a conference of this caliber leads to happiness. http://sfwriters.org
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan has been invited again to co-present 2 sessions (one with Mary E. Knippel; one with Elisa Sasa Southard); esteemed members from a master-mind group that Teresa LeYung-Ryan and Mary E. Knippel belonged to (Martha Alderson, Linda Lee) will be presenting too. These experts look forward to seeing their colleagues (especially Margie Yee Webb and Lori Noack) at SFWC!
Cheers to SFWC SuperTeam (Elizabeth Pomada, Michael Larsen, Barbara Santos, Rich Santos, Linda Lee, Frances Caballo)!
Writing Mentor Mary E. Knippel and Manuscript Consultant Teresa LeYung-Ryan

Talking-Tagline Teacher Elisa Sasa Southard and 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan say: "Help your own platform by helping other writers"--photo by Tessa Bertoldi
San Francisco Writers Conference
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Dec. 5, 2013 Director Emmanuel Itier so happy to show off FEMME: Women Healing the World movie poster enlarged by Producer Margie Yee Webb - photo by Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart: a Daughter's Journey to Self-Forgiveness
Below is the announcement from Director Emmanuel Itier
We are proud to announce that FEMME: Women Healing the World (the movie) has been Awarded #1 most important film of 2013 among Documentaries that could change The World. Here is a link:
Click here to see official trailer of FEMME: Women Healing the World
Vitality is a journey into the question: “What is true health?”. It looks at our current broken medical system and shows us a better way. With interviews from leading experts in the medical field, this movie helps us understand our personal role in health and empowers us to get up and get involved. Both inspiring and educational, this movie is helping reframe our understanding of health in a model that is Vitalistic instead of Mechanistic.
Take five wounded veterans and four top comedians, the result… laughter and the healing power of humor. “…I love these brave soldiers and how brutally honest and funny they are as comedians.” -Adam Sandler “This is a brilliant and moving movie that finds big laughs… It made me proud to be an American and a comedian.” -Bill Maher “There are legendary comics and then there are legends who are comics. God bless our protectors.” -Dennis Miller
No. 8 Cereal Killers
If what we eat really dictates our health and weight, and knew and ate right for our body!
The film follows Donal – a lean, fit, seemingly healthy 41 year old man – on a quest to hack his genes and drop dead healthy by avoiding the heart disease and diabetes that has afflicted his family.
Can a controversial diet consisting of 70% fat provide the answers?
NO. 6 OCCUPY LOVE
If there were no 1% and no 99%, but just 100% people of Earth, living by the Golden Rule!
Join acclaimed director Velcrow Ripper (Scared Sacred, Fierce Light) on a journey deep inside the revolution of the heart that is erupting around the planet, as he asks the question, “How could the crisis we are facing become a love story?” Occupy Love is a moving, transformative, heartfelt film, featuring Ripper’s signature stunning visuals and rich soundscapes. A powerful cinematic experience that will leave audiences inspired.
NO. 5 SIRIUS
If aliens existed and everyone knew it and it wasn’t a secret anymore!
Sirius? is a feature length documentary that follows Dr. Steven Greer -?? an Emergency Medicine doctor turned UFO/ New Energy researcher – as he struggles to disclose top secret information about classified energy & propulsion techniques. Along the way, Dr. Greer investigates new technology and sheds light on criminal suppression. He accumulates over 100 Government, Military, and Intelligence Community witnesses who testify on record about their first-hand experiences with UFOs and with the cover-up.
NO. 4 TAKE BACK YOUR POWER
What if conspiracies were true then the truth would be…just truth!
Utility companies are replacing electricity, gas and water meters worldwide with new generation “smart” meters at an unprecedented rate. Take Back Your Power investigates the benefits and risks of this ubiquitous “smart” grid program, with insight from insiders, expert researchers, politicians, doctors, and concerned communities. Transparency advocate Josh del Sol takes us on a journey of revelation and discovery, as he questions corporations’ right to tap our private information and erode our rights in the name of “green.”
NO. 3 HUMANO
If we realized we are all Human and just maybe we all came from the same place!
Alan is twenty-five years old and is looking for the reason of his existence, the meaning of life. A camera and a notebook filled with questions are the only items he needs to set off on a journey to the Andes range. With Placido, an Andean paqo (“priest”), he will be taken on an introspective journey such as has never been documented before.
NO. 2 SPARK
If we all lived in communities supporting each other and our individual and collective creativity!
Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on a large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a giant effigy in a ritual frenzy. Rooted in principles of self-expression, self-reliance and community effort, Burning Man has grown famous for stirring ordinary people to shed their nine-to-five existence and act on their dreams.
If “girls ran the world,” or better yet, if women and men “ruled” the world, in balance, together!
“A celebration of women around the world actively transforming and healing our global society. Sharon Stone and leading experts in religion, science, history, politics and entertainment, discuss solutions to the multiple crises we are faced with. FEMME focuses on utilizing a feminine approach with nurturing energy to inspire a new hope for the future.
Click here to see official trailer of FEMME: Women Healing the World
General Rules for 2011 Writing Contests from San Mateo County Fair Literary Arts Dept.
Entries must be received by 7:00 pm, Friday, April 29, 2011 or postmarked by April 25th, 2011
http://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/competitive-exhibits/departments/literary-arts
After you go to above link, look at left side of the webpage and click on [ Entry Book Pages ] for general rules.
The Literary Arts Department at the San Mateo County Fair offering contests in these categories:
http://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/pdf/guide_book/creative_arts.pdf for the list of writing contests & descriptions (scroll to pages 64 - 70)
DIVISION 342 – THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE: NOVEL, MEMOIR, OR SHORT STORY
Sponsored by Teresa LeYung Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart http://lovemadeofheart.com
DIVISION 335 – “HEROES ARISE” SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY NOVEL CHAPTER
Sponsored by Laurel Anne Hill, author of Heroes Arise www.laurelannehill.com
DIVISION 336 – SAN FRANCISCO/PENINSULA CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB:
THE MOST PROMISING WRITER OF THE YEAR SHORT STORY CONTEST
DIVISION 337 – THE VERNA DREISBACH “WHY WE RIDE” NONFICTION
Sponsored by Verna Dreisbach www.vernadreisbach.com
DIVISION 338 – THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEMOIR WRITERS: THE POWER OF MEMOIR www.namw.org
DIVISION 341– “I’M DYING TO TELL YOU” MYSTERY NOVEL CHAPTER
Sponsored by Frank M. Kahren, author of Brand Loyalty www.fmkahren.com
DIVISION 324 – CHILDREN’S NOVEL CHAPTER OR STORY CONTEST
Sponsored by Parenting on the Peninsula www.ponthep.com
DIVISION 323 – THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
Sponsored by the Peninsula Arts Council www.peninsulaartscouncil.org
The Capitol City Young Writers Award
Youth Grades 6-12 Sponsored by Verna Dreisbach, President and Founder http://www.capitolcityyoungwriters.org/ Young writers, also check out Capital City Young Writers’ website for other resources. For contest description and rules though, go to the San Mateo County Fair links:
http://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/competitive-exhibits/departments/literary-arts
After you go to above link, look at left side of the webpage and click on [ Entry Book Pages ] for general rules.
http://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/pdf/guide_book/creative_arts.pdf (scroll down to bottom of page 67 for this contest’s description)
Also, there are contests for essays, poetry, and more !
Thank you, Bardi Rosman Koodri, for orchestrating the Literary Arts Dept.:
LITERARY ARTS GENERAL RULES
PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for all literary contests (including the NDNU scholarship) is 7:00 pm, Friday, April 29, 2011. Registration to compete can be done online, but no literary entries via email will be accepted without three (3) copies of your written material as well, which can be mailed (must be postmarked by April 25th, 2011) or delivered to the office by the deadline noted above.
GENERAL RULES:
1. FORMAT: THREE (3) copies of your entry on 8-1/2″ x 11″ white paper with each page numbered and TYPED, double spaced. Font point size may not be smaller than 12 pt. Do not submit the original. For judging purposes, author’s name SHALL NOT appear on literary work. For each piece, include a 3″ x 5″ card with the Author’s name, address, city, zip, home phone, day phone, email address, title, first sentence or line, word count, division, and class. Literary arts entries must be contestant’s original work and written in English. DO NOT RESUBMIT ANY LITERARY WORK PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO THE SAN MATEO COUNTY FAIR WHETHER IT WON A PRIZE OR NOT.
2. NEW: Submissions can be made electronically as long as three (3) copies are also printed and mailed in time.
3. JUDGING: Literary arts will be judged off site. Literary arts entries must have correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation in order for each entry to be judged on its own merit.
4. RELEASE: Author retains all rights; however, the author agrees that all literary arts entries may be displayed; along with each division first prize winner’s name, title, and an excerpt of said winning work, and any/all may be used for publicity purposes at the sole discretion of the Fair management.
5. RETURN: In keeping with current writing competition standards, no literary arts entries will be returned; for confidentiality, all printed material will be recycled.
6. PRIZE RIBBONS: Ribbons may not be collected during the fair; they will be distributed after the end of the fair.
7. AGE: Age for senior citizen class (55 and older) is determined by having had a birthday on or before
April 1, 2011.
Even if work is electronically submitted, three (3) printed copies of each entry must also be mailed to:
San Mateo County Event Center/Literary contest submission
2495 S. Delaware Street
San Mateo, CA 94403
(650) 574-3247
Thank you, Bardi Rosman Koodrin, my fellow contest sponsors, and everyone involved in making these contests available.
I was a recipient of an award from the Jack London Writers Conference Writing Contest (category: novel) in 1997. Mentioning of that award attracted agents’ attention when I queried them. I encourage writers to enter their work to reputable contests; I encourage writers to check out supportive organizations such as California Writers Club!
My best wishes to writers,
Teresa LeYung Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart, cheers for brave immigrants.
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