Latest Good News
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Mary Lou Williams — 1st place
Mary Lou Williams won first place in the District 48 Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest on May 13, 2022.Mary Lou Williams presents at Toastmasters
Mary Lou presented her workshop, The Art and Craft of the Personal Story, at St. Pete Beach Toastmasters club on June 9, 2022.
Events
We get a lot of upcoming events sent to us, from all over Florida and even beyond. If there is an ellipsis (…) at the end of a post here, that means there is more to read. To read a complete post, click on the headline.
We highly suggest taking a look at all the events though. You can Click Here for the Events page, and you can go to our calendar above to see those that are posted in our local Lee county and surrounding areas.
If you are affiliated with a group that is hosting an event that is relevant to authors, please send email to website@gulfwriters.org.
October Speaker — Arielle Haughee — POSTPONED
October 2022 (POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE) Speaker: Arielle Haughee Topic: Crisp Up That Prose! October 15, 2022, 10 a.m. to Noon In [...]24-Hour Playwriting Project 2022
24-Hour Playwriting Project 2022: Jazz Era Cabaret Oct 22, 2022 8:00 PM That perennial favorite bucket list event known as The 24-Hour [...]Master’s Review Summer Workshop
Fiction. Essays. Edits. Experts. Participants receive personalized feedback on a story or essay, detailed suggestions for improvement, and [...]
Announcements
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Read Your Work at Monthly Meetings
Members, sign up to read your work at our monthly meetings---poem, essay, or short story---3 minute/500 word limit. Three-reader limit per [...]Black Lawrence Press Open Reading Period
Call for Submissions Consultations Black Lawrence Press seeks innovative, electrifying, and thoroughly intoxicating manuscripts that ensnare [...]GCWA 2022 Contest Winners
GCWA Contest Winners -- 2022 Fiction/Children’s Stories (these categories were combined and judged together according to our guidelines, due [...]
New GCWA meeting agenda
We are replacing our long business meetings with contributions from our members. If you would like to speak at one of our meetings, please contact Bob McCarthy at Programs@GulfWriters.org or Irene Smith at Membership@GulfWriters.org
Services page on website
We will be adding a Writing Services page to the website. GCWA members, if you have a writing-related business you would like listed, please contact website@gulfwriters.org. No fancy ads, just listings for editors, publishers, ghost writers, website designers, etc.
Interested in joining a new critique or reading group? [list of current groups]
Looking for new members for your critique group?
Contact Bob McCarthy.
Information wanted
GCWA members — send us your photos, your bios, your books to be listed on the website — email website@gulfwriters.org.
Visit your local book stores
There are several book stores who sell books by local authors. Visit, buy books, check on selling your books on their shelves. List of stores
Looking for Word Song editor
Due to time constraints our News Magazine WORD SONG is needing an Executive Editor with MailChimp experience in order to continue. If you would like to know more about it, please email TheWord@gulfwriters.org
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