California Writers Club, Mt. Diablo Branch
http://mtdiablowriters.org/
Announces a FREE opportunity for students, educators and readers to meet published authors – – – and students, how to win hundreds of dollars by writing!
Saturday, November 28, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Pleasant Hill Barnes and Noble
522 Contra Costa Blvd. (Phone: 925-609-7060)
*Students! Discover how YOU can win $$$ by writing poems, short stories, or personal narratives!
*Learn how you can take a FREE writing workshop taught by authors Sarah Wilson and Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff.
*Find out answers to questions about writing, publishing, agents, and how YOU can become a published writer!
*Uncover published authors’ writing secrets!
* Receive guidelines for the Young Writers Contest for middle school students and sign-up forms for FREE workshops.
*Get autographs from authors!
Schedule: 11 a.m. – Noon
Nannette Rundell Carroll – Communication and Business Author
Margaret Grace – Author of Mystery Series
Noon – 1 p.m.
Nannette Rundell Carroll – Communication and Business Author
Barbara Bentley – Memoir Author
1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Ellen Leroe – Young Adult Author
Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff – Picture Book Author
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Barbara Bentley – Memoir Author
Lynn Goodwin – Journaling Author
5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Margaret Grace – Author of Mystery Series
Lynn Goodwin – Journaling Author
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There is a writing contest for ages 8-12. The deadline is December 1. You have write an ending to one of the beginnings given. It sounds very interesting.
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/games/sweepstakes/get_goosebumps_contest/