Springing up – more fall writing events plus contests!

Oh, the things I didn’t know about (or that didn’t yet have information available) when I posted last month about fall literary events in Texas! And now, there’s writing contest information as well.

September 12: Authors LIVE! returns with infantry veteran and Pulitzer Prize winner C.J. Chivers' The Fighters, 7 p.m., in Wesley Hall of Highland Park United Methodist Church, 3300 E. Mockingbird Land, Dallas. The series continues October 29 and December 6. All presentations are free, or register for an author’s reception beforehand for $30. See the site for additional information. 

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September 17-October 30:  Writers Guild of Texas flash fiction contest. No cost for first entry by WGT members, $15 for additional entries (up to 3 maximum). Entry fee for nonmembers $35 (which includes membership in the Guild), $15 per additional entry. Cash prizes and publication in the Guild newsletter for winners. See the site for details.

September 21-22: Conference of the North Texas Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), at the Crown Plaza Hotel, 14315 Midway Roads, Addison. Agents and editors, award-winning authors and illustrators. New this year: critique round table and first pages contest for picture book, middle grade and young adult. Tickets $200 for SCBWI member, $225 for nonmembers. 

October 5-6: Roanoke Writers Conference returns to the Roanoke Public Library, 308. S. Walnut Street, Roanoke, Texas, with multiple craft sessions plus flash fiction writing contests for adults and teens. Two-day tickets $55 for adults, $40 for teens; Saturday only (October 6) $35 adults, $20 for teens.  

October 17: DFW Writers Bloc, October 17, 2-4 p.m., features Liese Sheerwood-Fabre, on the art and marketing of short stories, in Dallas Public Library’s Laurie Evans Studio (3^rd floor). Free, but reserve a seat through the website. 

October 20: Houston Writers Guild's Indiepalooza returns 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., at Rice University and kickoff-social October 19 at Hotel Ylem. New this year – sessions on songwriting and screenwriting. See the site for details and registration.

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Still to come – Writers League of Texas 2019 manuscript contest, with information probably available in October. 

And – Save the date – October 31- November 3, 2019, for mystery convention Bouchercon, which celebrates its 50^th anniversary in Dallas Halloween weekend, October 31-November 3, 2019. Guests of honor include James Patterson, Dallas-area author Deborah Crombie, and more. Registration $150 through the end of 2018, $175 in 2019. See the site for much, much more information.