contest
 Attention teens!
Love to write? Here's your chance to win a free pass to young writers day at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference (held at the Sheraton Guildford Hotel, Surrey, on Friday, October 21, a Pro-D day).
Prize includes day pass for all Friday workshops plus a bagged lunch. For your chance to win, simply look at our Friday schedule (http://www.siwc.ca/schedule/2011/friday) and tell us in 100 words or less what your top workshop pick would be, and why.
Email your entry to c.merrells at siwc dot ca along with your name, grade, and school. Contest closes September 30.
Winner will be contacted via email on October 1.
It's time!
Time for the last-minute rush, of course.
September is here and our contest time is nigh. Details, of course can be found here: http://www.siwc.ca/contest/2011. But what you need to know now is that the deadline is ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!
Just to be clear, we need to receive your entry before midnight on Friday, September 9, 2011. And yes, you can email us! Email your entry to contest@siwc.ca. * You can then mail us your cheque to the address listed with the contest details. [We are working on installing a PayPal button so you can pay your $15 entry fee that way. Watch this space -- we'll let you know when we have it up and running!]
Lots of choices! Now it's your turn -- better get writing. There's more than $4000 in prizes to be had!
~kc
www.kcdyer.com
sweetly tweeting @kcdyer
* [Please note that if you've sent in your entry by email and we've NOT replied, try again. We had a little email glitch, but it's all resolved now.]
It's time!
Time for the last-minute rush, of course.
September is here and our contest time is nigh. Details, of course can be found here: http://www.siwc.ca/contest/2011. But what you need to know now is that the deadline is ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!
Just to be clear, we need to receive your entry before midnight on Friday, September 9, 2011. And yes, you can email us! Email your entry to contest@siwc.ca. * You can then mail us your cheque to the address listed with the contest details. [We are working on installing a PayPal button so you can pay your $15 entry fee that way. Watch this space -- we'll let you know when we have it up and running!]
Lots of choices! Now it's your turn -- better get writing. There's more than $4000 in prizes to be had!
~kc
www.kcdyer.com
sweetly tweeting @kcdyer
* [Please note that if you've sent in your entry by email and we've NOT replied, try again. We had a little email glitch, but it's all resolved now.]
Have you been spotting hints about our Saturday Night Owl event at various places SiWC board members and I pop up around the web? We’re being pretty subtle, I must admit, but keep watching. I think I might just offer a prize to the first person who puts the clues together and solves the mystery. Yes, I think I will. Keep watching and see if you can figure it out before I tell you one of these days… if you think you have it, email me at kathychung at siwc dot ca. I'll post the winning entry - if there is one - here on the blog.
In conference news, we’ve added a title for Jack Whyte’s previously “TBD” master class. If you’ve been waiting to see what he was going to teach before you registered, now’s your chance. In “Le Mot Just”, he’ll delve into the subtle but important idea of rhythm and flow in your use of language. Word choice isn’t just about accuracy, but about the feel and sound of your prose, and that’s a huge part of what creates that unique voice agents and publishers are always on the lookout for. Come explore how to make your prose sing exactly the sort of song you want it to. This class is limited to 20 participants. Space remains, but don’t wait too long!
Another good news story to share! Attendee and former writing contest winner Stasia Kehoe sent us this: “Hi there. Just thought it might be fun to let you know that my book, AUDITION, which won the SIWC Writing for Young People prize as a short story in 2008, will be published as a verse novel by Viking in Spring 2012.” Congratulations, Stasia! We love hearing good news stories from our attendees, so keep them coming.
With the memories of SiWC 2009 still fresh
in our minds, we're turning our attention to re-creating the SiWC magic
in 2010.
Want to keep up with our news as we go along? I'll be blogging
here, of course, and so will kc.
We also have a brand new Twitter
stream @SiWCtweets. Follow us there for up-to-the-minute information
about the conference, our presenters, and whatever other SiWCish
content catches our eyes.
If you're already following us @siwc2009,
note that we'll be retiring that stream soon, so @SiWCtweets is your
new source of conference information on Twitter.
Hello from London!
I've been on a little research/relaxation trip to the UK* and am heading home tomorrow, but I wanted to put a post up to let you know that all systems are go for the conference this year -- and the website update is underway. You'll be seeing the changes any day, and that includes the announcement of our registration date. While I can't tell you the exact date as yet, I can tell you it will be soon -- this month for sure, and if we can get all our systems in place, VERY soon.
It's one year ago today that we started this blog, and I think these two big pieces of news are reason to celebrate... how about a contest?
We have an incredible line-up for you this year, which will soon be available for all to see here on the website. But for our contest, let's look back for a moment. Who was your favourite presenter at an SiWC event over the past 16 years...and why? Give us the presenter's name and your description of why they were your favourite in 50 words or less, and put it in the comment section. We'll put your name in a hat and make the draw on June 16th -- that's two weeks from today. And for a bonus, if you link back to this post in a blog post or tweet of your own -- we'll add your name to the hat a second time.
Winner will get a collection of books provided by our conference attendees, AND a package of something sweet from Britain.
So tell us your favourites -- and spread the word. SiWC 2009 is coming sooner than you think!
~kc
also blogging as leftwriter
*I've been blogging the whole trip to the UK, so if you'd like to see the gory details, check out the link to my blog above.
If you are a Facebook Fan, I've just linked the blog up to appear there. If you'd like to check us out, just go to the Surrey International Writers' Conference blog page...and you'll find us!
~kc
also blogging as leftwriter
Pee Ess...
Have you entered our contest yet? The clock is ticking...contest closes Friday night!
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