Quiz time! And Connections for YOU!

Hey there! 

2015 is moving so fast. The SWA workshop will be here before we know it. Are you ready?

Quiz Time!

First question: How can you win a scholarship to the SWA 40th Anniversary Writers Association Workshop? 

To start things off on a good note, here's the answer to that question:

Submit a 300-word essay on why you should be selected to attend the Fiction

mini-workshop or the Nonfiction mini-workshop. You MUST state which mini-workshop

you want to attend--Fiction mini-workshop (June 20-21) 

or the Non-Fiction mini-workshop (June 22-23)

The entry deadline is midnight on April 15th. The scholarship pays for tuition

only. Please email your entry to DebraAyersBrown@gmail.com with a subject line

of SWA Fiction Scholarship or SWA Nonfiction Scholarship.

Are you ready? Take the quiz and let’s see!

 What is the deadline date to ENTER TO WIN a scholarship to the fiction or nonfiction portion of the workshop?

How many manuscripts of yours can be submitted for FREE for critique after you register for the workshop?

What contests that pay MONEY are open for entries? 

Name as many faculty members for 2015 as you are able.

What is the name of the beautiful island where the workshop is held? 

This is an open-book quiz. Here’s where to find the answers: 

Contests

Manuscripts Evaluations

Faulty

Registration 

Lodging

Investing in your craft and your career will give you the inspiration, support, and knowledge to keep on the path of writing success. Who knows better than another writer the pitfalls, potholes, and even sink holes along the way? Other writers. Connecting with other writer is an enjoyable part of a writer's journey. 

                                                     

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One of the best things about SWA? You learn and grow in your craft, which leads to success! Every week, we share our member's success. 

SWA Members SHINE!

Patrick Hempfing’s moMENts column titled “Leprechauns, Pots of Gold, and Clovers” was published in the March issue of eleven regional parenting magazines, spanning seven states (NY, OH, NC, SC, TX, ID, and CA).  About Families (PA), South Florida Parenting, and four newspapers (Capital Gazette, Carroll County Times, Orlando Sentinel, and Sun Sentinel) published “Happy Reading.”  His moMENts column has now reached 20 states and two Canadian provinces.

We hope to see you at the SWA workshop in June!

Exciting New Member News!

Patrick Hempfing's moMENts column was published in the July issues of Pennsylvania's About Families, North Carolina's Carolina Parent, Idaho Family, Sonoma Family Life, South Florida Parenting, Texas's Suburban Parent, and Western New York Family magazines. He has also reached 57 followers on Twitter. 

Erika Hoffman's essay, "Biggest Obstacle," will appear in the August issue of South Carolina's Sasee Magazine. 

Roy Richardson was on The Writing Well, a literary blog run by fellow author Anne Wainscott-Sargent celebrating "excellence in writing and story-telling," and an excerpt from his short story collection, "Hillbillies Prefer Blondes," was also featured. 

If you have any member news, feel free to email us about your accomplishments! Also, if you'd like to include your social media information, we will link to you as well. We hope everyone is having a fun and productive July! 

Happy 4th of July!

From The Southeastern Writers Association!

A Round of Applause: Member News

Susan Lindsley, H.W. "Buzz" Bernard and Martha Phillips were semi-finalists for Georgia Author of the Year.  Susan was in the First Novel category for The Bottom Rail, placing third, while Buzz and Martha competed in the Fiction Novel category for Supercell and Carved respectively. 

Debra Brown's humor story "The She Devil" has made it into Not Your Mother’s Book . . . On Cats. The book is slated for release in September 2014.

Patrick Hempfing’s moMENts columns were published in the June issues of 12 regional parenting magazines, including Houston Family, San Diego Family, South Florida Parenting, and Suburban Parent (Dallas/Ft. Worth) magazines.  In May, the Chicago Tribune, Daily Press, Orlando Sentinel, and Sun Sentinel ran one of his pieces.  His columns have now been published over 100 times, spanning 17 states and two Canadian provinces.

We invite members to share news about their successes and activities so we can all join the celebration!

A Round of Applause: Member News

Patrick Hempfing had moMENts columns published in May issues of About Families (PA), Carolina Parent (NC), Palmetto Parent (SC), San Diego Family, Suburban Parent (TX), Idaho Family, and Western New York Family magazines. 

 

Sasee Magazine of Myrtle Beach is publishing another story by Erika Hoffman. It’s called "First Time’s the Charm", and it will appear in the June edition.

We invite members to share news about their successes and activities so we can all join the celebration!

A Round of Applause: Member News

C. Hope Clark's Tidewater Murder won Best Mystery in the 2014 EPIC (Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition) ebook Awards! She also won 2013 EPIC award for Lowcountry Bribe.

SWA vice president, Buzz Bernard, has also won a 2014 EPIC eBook Award -- in the suspense/thriller category for his novel Plague.  Buzz is currently at work on his fourth novel, Blizzard.

Janet Sheppard Kelleher has been honored to open the first annual Listen To Your Mother show in Charleston, SC on May 4, 2014 with her nonfiction story, "I Don't Know Nothin' 'Bout Birthin' Babies." Her creative nonfiction has been published in various edition editions of Not Your Mother's Book, including … On Being a Woman - "Sitting Room Only," and … On Family - "Telltale Possessions" (Coming June 10, 2014).  It's no surprise she won the Carrie McCray Memorial award for Nonfiction in 2013. 

Sheila Hudson signed a contract with Dancing With Bear Publishing company for her book 13 Decisions that will Change Your Life, the first in a series.

Judith Barban has added two books to her resume in 2014. Her YA novel Meredith's Wolf is a sequel to her award-winning Poplar River, which garnered the ThomasMax You Are Published award at the SWA Workshop a few years ago. Judith has also penned Crown Jewels, a collection of her poetry. (Crown Jewels will be released this month.)

Peggy Mercer gospel song THE OAR hit No. 7 on Southern gospel countdown on elite CASHBOX magazine charts and is climbing.

Holly McClure signed a contract with Mercer for her book Conjuror.  She also participated this month in the Daddy's Girl Writers Conference.

Patrick Hempfing had moMENts columns published in April issues of About Families, Idaho Family, Mendo Lake Family Life, Palmetto Parent, Sonoma Family Life, Suburban Parent, and Western New York Family magazines. 

We invite members to share news about their successes and activities so we can all join the celebration!

A Round of Applause: Member News

Debra Ayers Brown announces that her story "A Change of Tune" will be in Not Your Mother's Book ... On Being a Mom with a release date of April 8.

June Hall McCash will be speaking to a library group in Lagrange, GA, Tuesday, March 18 at 7 p.m.

Erika Hoffman’s story about how she met her husband, called "Before March Madness", has been accepted by Screamin’ Mamas. This is Erika’s fifth story to be published by this print magazine.

Edward Nagel signed with YesPlays, a play licensing company in Indiana, for the selling and licensing of his play scripts. The first three that will be on line with YesPlays are the full length plays, HOAX, WARD SIX (an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's novel of the same name) and a play adaptation of Albert Camus' existential novel THE STRANGER.   

Patrick Hempfing had moMENts columns published in March issues of About Families, Western New York Family, Fredericksburg Parent and Family, Palmetto Parent, Metroparent, Suburban Parent, Rio Grande Family, and Idaho Family magazines.  His moMENts columns have now been published in 15 states and two Canadian provinces.  

We invite members to share news about their successes and activities so we can all join the celebration!

A Round of Applause: Member News

Sheila Hudson’s e-book My Forever Valentines, about her grandsons, was recently published by Dancing With Bear Publishing.

Patrick Hempfing had moMENts columns published in February issues of About Families, Western New York Family, Palmetto Parent, and Suburban Parent magazines.  His moMENts column titled, “What Does the Dad Say?” appears on Suburban Parent’s newly launched website as a featured editor’s pick.

Erika Hoffman’s story "The Bucket List" was selected for the February 3rd weekly contest at Midlife Collage website.  Her article, “What’s So Funny?” has been published in the latest edition of The Writer and Authorship, the magazine for the National Writers Association Foundation, will publish Erika’s essay “Shoot First, Query Later” later in 2014.

Jan Kelleher has a true story of her Granny Sheppard in the newest edition to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series: Miracles Happen!  

Linda Joyce has a short story, "Carnival Season," in Hidden Desires Romance magazine.

We invite members to share news about their successes and activities so we can all join the celebration!

A Round of Applause: Member News

SWA Short Fiction instruction, C.D. Mitchell’s second book, Alligator Stew, is about to be released later this month by Southern Yellow Pine Publishing and is available for pre-order. Check out the book trailer video. 

Patrick Hempfing had “moMENts” columns published in January issues of About Families, Suburban Parent Magazines and Irving Parent Magazine.

Erika Hoffman’s essay “We’re All Connected” will be published in the February edition of Epiphany Magazine, an e-zine.  She has two stories selected for Chicken Soup for the Soul’s edition-Multitasking Mom’s Survival Guide. One is called “BUSY!” and the other “Frenzied.”   Erika’s story “Peer Pressure” has been tentatively accepted by Living, a religious publication, and her essay “Real Time” has been accepted by Mature Years.

Edward Nagel will be conducting 5-week workshops through the Victoria Avenue Writers Group “designed to take the writer from novice to professional and published author, novelist and produced screen and stage writer.”

We invite members to share news about their successes and activities so we can all join the celebration!

The SWA Writers Workshop starts 

6 months from TODAY!

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☆  Registration is open on our website!  What's more, will cost no more than last year!

☆  Meet the Faculty! - NY Agent, Writers Digest Books Editor, NY Times Best-Selling Author and more!

☆  Check out the Evaluation Categories!  You can have 3 manuscripts evaluated and consult with faculty - FREE!

☆  We have 15 Contests with CASH PRIZES - You can enter ALL of them!

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I’m often ready to go at the end of a two-day conference, so I was concerned about four.  I’m addicted to my study, my desktop, and my ergonomic mouse and chair. But suddenly four days were gone, and we were headed into an awards presentation for the writing contest. Then it was over.

And I wished these people were my neighbors, so I could take them home.

~~ C. Hope Clark, Funds for Writers

SWA Workshop Faculty - 2012

A Round of Applause: Member News

We invite members to share news about their successes and activities so we can all join the celebration!

H.W. "Buzz" Bernard launched his latest novel, Supercell, at Books for Less in Atlanta on Nov 2.

Hunter S. Jones' book, September Ends, has been in the Top 50 on Amazon Literature & Fiction since it was released on October 1, 2013. It has been nominated for The Book Awards, The People's Choice Indie Category, UK. It is currently featured on Creme de la Creme Cover Contest for InDTale Magazine.

Charlotte Henley Babb had a short story and poem in the Pedigru Review.

Erika Hoffman’s essay "Silver Linings" has been accepted by Evangel and will appear in the 2014 issue. Her story “ A Christmas Rule” will appear in December’s edition of Screamin’Mamas and Erika’s story “Adult Children” will appear in Sasee Magazine’s December issue.

Jan Kelleher has several stories published in Not Your Mothers's Book anthologies: "Even If Askew" in Not Your Mother's Book . . . On Home Improvement and "Crying in the Chapel" and "Miss America or Misadventure" in Not Your Mother's Book... On Being a Parent.

Erika Hoffman and Connie Riddle are going to sign Chicken Soup books in Burlington, NC and Pinehurst, NC in upcoming months. In "Just Us Girls", Connie tells how she met Erika at a writers conference in Greensboro, NC and they became friends.

Patrick Hempfing had moMENts columns published in the following parenting magazines:  About Families, Metroparent, S.I. Parent, San Diego Family, Suburban Parent and Irving Parent, and Valley Parent magazine.  His moMENts column will run monthly in About Families.  

Cappy Hall Rearick was interviewed by Idea Creations Press for their blog: http://idea-creations.blogspot.com/2013/11/author-interview-cappy-hall-rearick.html.

A Round of Applause: Member News

We invite members to share news about their successes and activities so we can all join the celebration!

Cappy Hall Rearick has stories in several Not Your Mother's Books - NYMB On Parenting: "A Kodak Moment", NYMB On Home Improvement: "Peach Pits, Grits and Hissy Fits", and NYMB On Family: “Thanksgiving Is Relative”. 

Debbie Brown will also be featured in NYMB On Family with her story “Close, But No Cigar”.   The book is schedule for a March 2014 publication date.

Patrick Hempfing’s column, “Manatees Aren’t Fat”, appeared in September’s issue of Metroparent Magazine (Milwaukee, WI).

Erika Hoffman’s essay "Give Up Facebook" is published in the fall edition of Valley Living.

Tim Hudson’s photograph “Two Lambs” was selected into the next level of the See Me digital art show called "Creatives Rising" in New York City on Oct 5. Part block party, part art festival, the show featured artists from around the world.

Emily Sue Harvey’s novel Homefires hit Amazon's national best-seller Sept 24.

Sandra Giles’ short story "Rawhead and Bloody Bones" as well as a St. Simons photo has been published in the current edition of Rose Red Review.

The fourth book in Elizabeth Sinclair’s Hawks Mountain series, Winter Magic, was released this month. 

A Round of Applause: Member News!

Erika Hoffman’s nonfiction story,  “A Long Year of Waiting”, will be published in the November issue the ezine ScreaminMamas. She understands there is a print version as well.  In addition, her story “Keeping it Real” has made it through the first round of selection for Not Your Mother’s Book…on Being a Mom. Her stories have appeared in the NYMB editions: on being a Woman; on Travel; on being a Parent; and on the Holidays. 

Patrick Hempfing’s column, “Holding On”, appeared in August’s issue of Mendo Lake Family Life Magazine, San Diego Family Magazine, and Suburban Parent Magazine.

Sheila Hudson’s story, “Kill-A-What”, is in Not Your Mother's Book…on Home Improvement.  She also in Not Your Mother's Book…on Being a Stupid Kid.

Debbie Brown’s humor story, “Shopping at the Loft”, is in Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Christmas! The book will be in bookstores October 8, 2013.

A Round of Applause: Member News

The Petigru Review, an anthology published by South Carolina Writers Workshop, has accepted a short story and a poem by Martha T. Robinson.  Publication is slated for later this year.

Erika Hoffman has been busy! She participated on a panel at the Deadly Ink Anthology Conference held August 2-4, 2013 in New Brunswick, NJ. This conference is for mystery writers. She writes a column for Epiphany Magazine-An Unpretentious Online Magazine. The August edition features her book review of Cutting for Stone and her movie review of The Great Gatsby.  Erika’s article “Shortcuts to Writing Your Novel” will be published in Hope Clark’s writingkid newsletter.

Linda Joyce’s short, sweet romance story, “Three Strikes and ...”, is featured in the August edition of Hidden Desires Romance e-magazine.

Cappy Hall Rearick is now writing on Writer Beat. She currently has two essays published there: “The Beat Goes On” and “Put Some South In Your Mouth”.

Holly McClure has accepted an offer from a UK publisher for one of her novels and is in discussion about a YA series. Keep us posted!

Amy Munnell is now a reader for agent Roseanne Wells of the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency.

If you have news you'd like to share, please email The Editor at purple@southeasternwriters.org or use the Contact Us form on the home page.

A Round of Applause: Member News

We invite members to share news about their successes and activities so we can all join the celebration!

Debbie Brown’s “What'd I Say?” has been selected to appear in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Devotional Stories for Wives. It’s scheduled to be available in bookstores September 10, 2013.


Tim Hudson will have photographs featured in the See Me display of digital art:
"The Story of the Creative".  The exhibition opens in New York City on July 25, 2013


Samantha Hoffman conducted a workshop recently for In Print Professional Writers Association on fictionalizing you life stories.


Louis Gruber's story, "Limbo People," has been published in Aoife's Kiss, vol. 44.

Alice Monterio’s (Alice Bradfield) new book Single Mom Syndrome: Rising Above the Challenge with God's Help, is available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers.

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