November 1, 2011
The winners of the 2011 writing contest sponsored by the Professional Writers of Prescott (PWP) will read their winning entries beginning at 6 p.m. on November 16 in the Founders Suite at the Prescott Public Library.
Winners of the contest include: Poetry 1st place – Tom Erdmann, Jr.; Poetry 2nd Place – Sally Clark; Poetry 3rd Place – Lianne Mercer. Fiction 1st Place – Garry Rogers; Fiction 2nd Place – Marlene Baird; Fiction 3rd Place – Virginia Lloyd. Non-Fiction 1st Place – Lee Reeves; Non-Fiction 2nd Place – Robert Carlile; Non-Fiction 3rd Place: Kelly Hayes-Raitt. The public is invited to attend.
Professional Writers of Prescott meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m., and informal networking starts at 6 p.m. (This November meeting is scheduled one week earlier than normal due to Thanksgiving week, and one hour earlier due to the readings. There will be no networking for the November 16 meeting.) For more information about the meeting, contact Tara Fort, 928- 458-9303, tarafort@cableone.net
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September 30, 2011
LEARN HOW TO WRITE A MYSTERY
Have you always wanted to write a mystery? Have you just finished a new Grisham, Grafton, or Grimes and think you could write a better novel?
Tucson author Susan Cummins Miller (the Frankie MacFarlane, Geologist, mysteries) will give a brief overview of the mystery genre, help you discover the mystery subgenre that suits you best, and provide exercises for jump-starting your writing project when the Professional Writers of Prescott meet on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Prescott Public Library, 215 E. Goodwin St. Guests are welcome!
Miller, a research affiliate of the University of Arizona’s Southwest Institute for Research on Women, writes the award-winning Frankie MacFarlane, Geologist, mysteries published by Texas Tech University Press. “Fracture,” fifth in the series, was released in 2011.
Also an editor and a poet, Miller edited “A Sweet, Separate Intimacy: Women Writers of the American Frontier, 1800-1922.” Her poems have appeared in regional journals and anthologies, including “What Wildness Is This: Women Write about the Southwest,” and “Roundup! Western Writers of America Presents Great Stories of the West from Today’s Leading Western Writers.” Learn more about Miller at http://web.me.com/scmiller46/Site.
For more information about the meeting, call Tara Fort at 458-9303.
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