Helping us discover "the arcane secret of producing prose from blank paper," PAMELA is shown with an example of the "wand" and "spellbook" she gave to each participant.
After Pam's presentation, in a brief business meeting four "Making a Mark" pens were awarded to MARIE BRASS, BONNIE McEWAN, JUNE DOWIS, and BECKY HAIGLER for submissions made since the February meeting.
Members voted to plan a contest for 2009. SWC's last contest was in 2007, when an effective set of rules and guidelines were developed by a hard-working Contest Committee. President BECKY HAIGLER has asked the Executive Board to serve as the current Contest Committee, and proposals for updating previous contest guidelines will be presented for discussion by the membership at the April meeting.
MACAULEY JOHNSON shared a flyer advertising the Aaron & Peggy Selber RED RIVER CULTURAL TRADITIONS WRITING CONTEST. $1,000 Prize for the best written paper on the contest theme - A Sense of Place. The submission may include cultural, historical, geographical and scientific aspects of North Louisiana's Red River Region. But, don't limit yourself - we are looking for great writing supported by rich reporting of our culture.
Deadline: Friday, May 1. For contest rules visit the Sci-Port website, click on Programs, then on Contests, and scroll down to RRCT Writing Competition.
Round Robin reading at the March 28 meeting was all poetry! Although it was good, we missed our prose writers and hope they will be able to join us again in April.
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