Charlaine Harris

Update on Monday, December 19, 2011 at 01:27AM by The Writers Colony

Thank you, CHARLAINE HARRIS!  Packed houses at the Crescent Hotel and the Peel Mansion.  Charlaine and all of you who attended helped the Colony raise an impressive amount of money to help us advance our mission for writers of all genres.  The feedback we've receive about this event has been amazing.  Charlaine charmed us all with her southern, down-home humor and frankness.  We all learned alot from her, too.  Charlaine Harris is what gives all us writers a good name.

FYI: Conferences, Prizes & Awards Offered by Other Organizations

PRIZES & CONTESTS:

Poetry:

Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize. $300 cash award and publication in Calyx Journal. See more at calyx@proaxis.com.

The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry. $2,000 First Prize, $1,000 Second Prize and publication in Nimrod International Journal of Poetry and Prose. See more at www.utulsa.edu/nimrod.

Fiction:

The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction. $2,000 First Prize, $1,000 Second Prize and publication in Nimrod International Journal of Poetry and Prose. See more at www.utulsa.edu/nimrod.

Conferences:

Books in Bloom, The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Sunday, May 20, 2012. A wonderful afternoon celebration of books, readers and those who love them! Contact www.booksinbloom.org.

Ozark Creative Writers Conference, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. October, 2012. Pre-registration deadline of August 27, 2010. Contact www.ozarkcreativewriters.org. Highly recommended small conference for writers at all levels!