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| | | Events Calendar February is Black History Month!
Upcoming Events T he Yavapai Humane Society (YHS) is proud to announce that New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance will speak at their third annual “Tea & Mystery” event on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at the Prescott Resort and Conference Center starting at 1:00 p.m. All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Yavapai Humane Society. Jance, an avid animal-lover, will be speaking about her career as an author and will be available to sign her bestselling books including her recently-released thriller “Trial by Fire.”
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Leviathan's Master - The Wreck of the World's Largest Sailing Ship Prescott author and Professional Writers of  Prescott (PWP) member David M. Quinn will sign copies of his award-winning novel on February 27th from noon till 2:00 pm at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore at the Prescott Gateway Mall. Come and meet David and have your copy dedicated to you or a friend.
Arizona Commission on the Arts FY 11 Guides to Grants Now Available | | The 2011 Guides to Grants are now available on the Arts Commission's website at www.azarts.gov/guide. The Arizona Commission on the Arts' Artist in Residence and Community Enrichment grants provide matching funds for arts learning-based projects taking place July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011. Begin preparing your application now by reviewing the eligible fees and application questions available in the Arts Learning Guide to Grants. Online applications will open in February; grant applications will be due March 18, 2010.
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An invitation to read your poetry: Poets’ Open Circle Thursday, March 4, at 6:30 p.m. Emphasis on reading and listening to poems. Bring 12 copies of your poem(s) for constructive feedback. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month in Prescott Public Library. See the schedule below for room location. For more information contact facilitator Elle Hughes at 708-9692. Thursday, March 4---Founders Suite A, First Floor Thursday, April 1---Bump Room, Second Floor Thursday, May 6---Founders Suite A, First Floor
Whether you are a filmmaker or film fan, check out the Prescott Film Festival & Series at 6:30 pm on second Wednesdays at the Frontier Village Cinema 10. Tickets are $6.50 at the box office. The festival promises evenings of pure enjoyment and entertainment in beautiful and friendly Prescott Arizona; where "Art Without An Attitude" reigns. http://www.frontiervillagecinema.com/ For more information, contact: The mystery/suspense group Suspicious Characters has a monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Las Fuentes Resort Village on Scott Drive off of north Ruth Street. For more information about specific dates, call Susan Lanning at 772-2444 or e-mail at sblanning@cableone.net. Hope you can join us!
Saguaro Romance Writers - Tucson Chapter of RWA ~ Monthly workshops, except in December ~
For more information, email membership@tucsonrwa.org.
2009 Southwest Writers Series
Author readings and informal dialogues
open to the public and free of charge.Sponsored by Prescott College,
the Arizona Commissions on the Arts,
and Friends of Prescott Public Library
For additional information, contact Susan Lang at 778-4970
The Literary Southwest: Deepening the Dialogue -
The Southwest's Finest Writers and Poets
Read and Discuss Their Work
Tom Bird Seminars / Retreats Best Selling Author Offers Two More Free Online Classes Designed to JUMPSTART 2010 for Budding Writers Author of 19 books and renowned writing coach Tom Bird, of Sedona, will be offering a free online Q & A on December 17, 2009, from 4- 5 PM MST for aspiring authors. Bird will also be offering another free class on January 7, 2010: | The SIX Reasons Why There Has Never Been A Better Time To Be An Author And Why Your Should Act RIGHT NOW, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, To Take Advantage These Unique Opportunities. The economy is down and things are starting to crumple in many areas of our lives, but, as this free, online webinar by best selling author Tom Bird shows, there has never been a better time to be a writer. However, there is no guarantee that these times will last, so, if you want to publish, you had better take advantage of these trends before they pass. In this course, Tom will offer an insider’s of publishing, the directions it has taken and will take that directly affect our collective fates as authors and writers – but in a very good way. |
Bird, who has made over 3500 lectures during the last twenty-five years at over one hundred of the nation’s top college and universities, is also the founder of The Write Your Book in 8 Days Retreat, which he hosts a few times a year in Sedona. During his last retreat in October: · Forty-one students completed a total of forty-three books;· Collectively, the group received over 1200 offers from literary agents to potentially represent their books to the top publishing houses in the country; · Eleven students were offered contracts from literary agents within three weeks of the retreat; · 17 agents actually took the time out of their busy schedules to call my students; · And one student set a record by actually having over 100 agents interested in potentially representing his first book.
To register for the class, interested parties can go to his website, www.writeyourbookin8days.com, and sign up.Students will be taken on a first come, first serve basis and spaces are limited.
I Believe Professional Writers of Prescott President & Prescott College English instructor Nancy Owen Nelson is Associate Producer of the local access Channel 13 program I Believe, which airs on Sunday evenings at 5:30 p.m. and Mondays at 3 p.m. Historian Elisabeth Ruffner is the host. Upcoming and recent programs: Amanda Richardson came to Prescott in the fall of 2009, and since then has been working as Watershed Program Coordinator, facilitating a grant for the Upper Granite Creek Watershed. If you missed this fine program last week, tune in to Channel 13 for Amanda's conversation with Elisabeth Ruffner about her environmental background as well as her work for Prescott Creeks. Sunday, January 31 at 5:30 p.m. and Monday, February 1 at 3:00 p.m.
Attorney Doug Suits discusses his legal and volunteer work in the community.If you missed this program a few months back, be sure to catch it this time to see an energetic contributor to community action. Sunday, February 7 at 5:30 p.m. and Monday, February 8 at 3:00 p.m. on Channel 13. ~ There are several archived programs available at www.access13.org, including the "most watched program" with naturopathic veterinarian Todd Metcalf.
~ Copies of programs are also available from the Yavapai County Library system - your local public library. ~ Our Channel 13 series "I Believe" won the 2009 "Talk/Information Program Award" on Saturday, April 25!
~ Many thanks to those who voted, to those who have been our guests, and to those who support our program by viewing or well wishes. Thanks also to Elisabeth Ruffner for her fabulous hosting and to Jane Eldridge for her original idea and her ongoing efforts to help us make the program the best we can!
Nancy Owen Nelson, Co-Producer
Roger Zeigler, Director/Editor For more information about the programs, e-mail or call Nancy at 928-308-0875.
Language, Arts, and Music Events at Prescott's Mad Linguist
Weekly / Monthly workshops
at Sedona's Well Red Coyote Bookstore
WRC Creative Writing Salon 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Held on the first and third Thursday of each month, The Well Red Coyote Creative Writing Salon is for all those writing or wanting to write creatively – prose, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, essays, songwriting, and all other written forms. Moderated by award-winning author and poet, Gary Every, each meeting will emphasize different aspects of the craft of creative writing, including writing exercises and group discussion.
Annual AZ Conferences & Workshops
- Desert Dreams Romance Writers' Conference, Scottsdale, April.
- Pima Writers' Workshop, Tucson, May 29-31, 2009.
- TusCon 35 - "Best little Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror Convention in AZ," November.
- Wizards of Words Writing Conference, Scottsdale, October.
National / International Conferences & Festivals Patchwork Farm Retreat - Write and practice yoga twice each day. February 13-20, 2010, Guatemala.
Writing For Power, Heart & Vision, February 19-21, 2010, Hawaii.
Split This Rock Poetry Festival, March 10-13, 2010, Washington, D.C.
Story Week Festival of Writers, March 14-19, 2010, Chicago.
AZ Readings & Book Signings - Professional Writers of Prescott - Meets 6:00 - 8:00 PM in the Founders Room of the Prescott Public Library lower level on the 4th Wednesday of the month, except November, December, and for other contingencies. Check Meetings page for details and specific dates.
SW Book, Film & Storytelling Festivals - Phoenix Film Festival, April 2009.
- San Diego City Book Fair, September - October.
- Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival, September.
- First Annual Sedona Book Festival, October 2-3, 2009.
- Sedona Film Festival, February/March.
- Tucson Festival of Books, March.
A BIG thank you and tip of the hat to all Prescott Writer / Arizona Author volunteers and Sharlot Hall Musuem staff members and volunteers who helped make the 2007 David Morrell Workshop at the Sixth Edition of the Prescott Book Festival a smashing success! "Your job is to be a first-rate version of yourself, not a second-rate version of another writer." ~ David Morrell
2007 David Morrell Workshop PR
 
Toby Heathcotte & Jeri Castronova
AAA & PWP Presidents, workshop organizers
Photo by Susan Lanning, © 2007
PWP Member John Rust with
author David Morrell, the
"father of Rambo."
Photo by Joe Dibuduo, © 2007 | |