Publisher's Desk For January 24th

Publisher's Desk For January 24th
Booklocker.com Author Wins A Grand Prize! Tim Leffel's story, "Meat and Malbec at Midnight," which appeared in Perceptive Travel won a grand prize in the North American Travel Journalists Association 2006 Awards Competition. See: http://www.natja.org/awards/2006 Spring 2007 24-Hour Short Story Contest Now Open For Entrants The winter contest was held last weekend and entrants had a great time coming up with stories for this topic: It always happened when the room was too quiet. Random phrases were once again racing in and out of her mind. Black forest, red velvet, white wine, blue cheese, hash browns... Her hands tightened into fists and she furiously shook her head, trying to dispel the obsessive thoughts that assailed her daily. She wiped her hands across her apron as she turned to the pot that was now boiling over. When she was putting the hot pan in the sink, she noticed a movement in the reflection of the window. She turned quickly, but her guests were still sitting motionless, right where she'd left them... What will the next topic be? You'll have to wait and see! The Spring 2007 24-Hour Short Story Contest will be held on April 21st. The competition is limited to 500 entrants. Contests usually fill up, so don't delay if you want to participate! You can see the list of prizes (first prize is $300, second is $250 and third is $200 - plus 82 other prizes!) and sign up here: http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/contest.html Have A Need For Creative Freelancers? http://www.writersweekly.com/phpBB2/index.php?c=2 Are You Missing the Party? The Freelance Writing Forum is very active and we'd love to have you join us! http://www.writersweekly.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=15 Don't Forget Our Soldiers! Read their wants and needs at this great website: http://www.anysoldier.com/index.cfm Need Our Advertising Rates? See: http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/adrates.html Writer's Guidelines Database http://forums.writersweekly.com/viewforum.php?f=12

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