Market Cents for the Writer 2012

Sugar Land Baptist Church
16755 Southwest Freeway
Sugar Land TX 77479

2 Day Event Conference

Fri Apr 13, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Sat Apr 14, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Price is $125 for two days: Friday & Saturday
Saturday only: $100
Friday only: $45 (fans of the author welcome)
Friday night party (cash bar): $20 or pay at the door

*Note: prices will increase after February 28, 2012

Click here for Contest Application & Agent Interview Sign Up

2012 GENRE CONTEST

Novels only

1. Mystery/Thriller

2. Woman’s Fiction/

Romance/Memoir

3. Young Adult/Middle School

4. Narrative Nonfiction

5. Fantasy/Sci-fi/Paranormal

6. Historical fiction

7. Mainstream/Contemporary

8. Screen Plays

First 10 pages + 1 page synopsis

DEADLINE:

February 29, 2012

First Prize for the Crème-de-la-Crème: $500

First Entry is $15

Add a second entry for an additional $10

Add a third entry for an additional $5

Rules on our webpage

Self-publishing

How to do it right

Friday, April 13
1:00 pm until 5:00 pm
Marriott Sugar Land Pecan Room

16090 City Walk. 77479

with

My Own Yellow Brick Road:
Rhiannon Frater

Introduction by Kristy Pritchett, HWG President

Friday only: $45

Dinner at the Turquoise Grill: $20 Cash bar

Market Cents for

the writer

April 14, 2012

8:15 - 9:00 am ----- Chitra Divakaruni

Chita Divakaruni Chitra Divakaruni is an award-winning author, post, and teacher. Her themes include women, immigration, the South Asian experience, history, myth, magix realism, and diversity. She is the author of two novels, The Mystress of Spices, and Sister of my Heart, both having been made into films. Her short storices, Aranged Marriage, won an American Book Award. She teachers Creative Writing at the University of Houston.

9:00 - 9:45 am ----- Nikki Loftin

Nikki Loftin

Nikki recently sold two young adult novels to Penguin's imprint Razorbill. She is a graduate of UT and lives in Austin with her husband and two sons. She has published short stories in Boy's Life and other magazines, greeting cards including Valentines.

10:00 - Noon ----- Ken Atchity

Ken Atchity Dr. Atchity is the author of 15 books, including A Writer's Time, Writting Treatments That Sell, and How to Publish Your Novel. He's worked successfully in nearly every area of the publishing and entertainment business, and has spent his lifetime helping writer's get started with and improve their careers. As a founder and head of Writer's Lifeline, Inc., including Atchity Productions and Story Merchant, and The Louisiana Wave Studio, LLC. He has produced nearly 30 films in the past 20 years for major studios, television broadcasters, and independent distribution. He is currently nominated for an Emmy for "The Kennedy Detail," based on the New York Times bestselling book he developed.

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Visitors are welcome on a one-time basis. After that, membership is required. See our Meetings page for details.

SATURDAY MEETINGS AT BARNES & NOBLE TOWN & COUNTRY
OCT 1, 15, 29 FROM 9:30 TILL 12 NOON

EMAIL INFO@HOUSTONWRITERSGUILD.ORG FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

CONSULT OUR WEB PAGES ON THE MEETINGS PAGE
FOR THE KIND OF MSS YOU MAY BRING. WE WILL HELP YOU GET PUBLISHED.

Our weekly critique MEETINGS are devoted to helping each other polish manuscripts for publication. Our members write commercial fiction which covers genre novels, including mystery, romance, historical, women's interests, sci-fi, memoir, young adult. Many of our members are published. If you are writing for self-gratification or anything of a pornographic nature, we are not interested in your MS.

In addition to weekly meetings, Houston Writers Guild sponsors WRITERS CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS and WRITERS CONTESTS.

New members: $60

Membership renewal: $60

Dues are paid annually, and are due on January 1st. If you joined later in the year, your dues will be prorated.

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