September 21, 2013 St. Joseph Writers Guild Meeting

Our Saturday September 21 St. Joseph Writers Guild meeting will be at 1 p.m. at the Joyce Raye Patterson Senior Citizens Center. 

Missouri Western professor Dr. John Tapia has been invited to be our speaker.  He edited the St. Joseph Anthology Little Known Stories of Our Town.

We also have some important issues that we will need to discuss in a short business meeting following his presentation.

As always please bring your successes, your works in progress, your challenges, and whatever you have writing related to share.

It should be a great meeting!

Guest Speaker Regina Sirois Saturday July 20 at St. Joseph Writers Guild

The St. Joseph Writers Guild will be meeting Saturday, July 20, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the Joyce Raye Patterson Senior Citizens Center, 100 South 10th, St. Joseph, Missouri. 

Julie Casey has arranged a special guest speaker, Regina Sirois.

Author Regina Sirois received national recognition through the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) competition. Her book, On Little Wings, was the winner in the young adult division of the original 5,000 entries through a series of judging and advancements conducted by Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com, and a panel assembled by Penguin Publishing. After having already been self-published, it is now published by Penguin.

Regina Sirois is a native to Kansas City currently living in Olathe with her husband and two young girls. Publisher's Weekly describes her debut novel, On Little Wings, as a heartwarming tale of reconnection and redemption. On Little Wings was launched January of this year it has been warmly received, featured on the Amazon Kindle home page, reached the #7 best selling literary fiction book on the Kindle, and received nearly 300 reviews, with an average score over 4 stars. Any of these accomplishments are rare for a first time author.

Invite your friends and we can have a great St. Joseph turnout for Regina.

St. Joseph Writers Guild Business Meeting Saturday May 18

Hello Writers,

Our St. Joseph Writers Guild will be meeting this Saturday, May 18, at 1:00 p.m. at the Joyce Raye Patterson Senior Citizens Center.

The program will cover a number of business items.

Please bring something you have written to share and writing opportunities that may interest our membership.

 

The June meeting will be at Bandana’s.  The traditional May-June schedule has been modified due to our participation in the Coleman-Hawkins Festival and the projects for it.

The officers will bring refreshments. See you Saturday at JRP!

Poetry Month Celebration April 20, 2013

Poetry Month Celebration

Saturday, April 20, 2013, 1:30 p.m.

St. Joseph Writers Guild

100 South 10th Street

St. Joseph, Missouri

stjosephwriters@gmail.com

Bring your best poem to share

First come, first sign up, first read

    The St. Joseph Writers Guild encourages writers of all ages 

in Northwest Missouri/Northeast Kansas

to write, share, submit, and publish their works.  

In honor of April as Poetry Month, the Guild is hosting 

a special celebration for poets in our area to share their best poetry.

       Park under the Joyce Raye Patterson Senior Citizens Center in downtown St. Joseph,

ride the elevator to the first floor and turn right into the large dining area. 

You will find an audience of eager listeners for your creative work.

Young Writers Contest Winners Honored

Our St. Joseph Writers Guild will be meeting this Saturday, February 16, at 1:00 p.m. at the Joyce Raye Patterson Senior Citizens Center. 

The program will recognize the winners of our Young Writers Contest.  The winners have been invited to join us at 1:30.

We hope everyone can join us for this exciting day, but even if you can’t join us Saturday, please LIKE the St. Joseph Writers Guild page on Facebook so we can get more exposure.   If you are on Facebook, sign into your Facebook account, search for St Joseph Writers Guild and LIKE us.

2013 Young Writers Contest Guildlines

ST. JOSEPH WRITERS GUILD

presents

WRITING FOR FUN

The Fifth Annual Writing Contest

for Northwest Missouri/Northeast Kansas

Middle School and High School Students

Prizes awarded Saturday, February 16, 2013.

      POETRY         SHORT STORY/ESSAY

Prizes include:

1^st Prize                       $25.00 Cash

2^nd Prize                       $20.00 Cash

3^rd Prize                        $10.00 Cash

Plus

Certificates of Participation and many more prizes.

One entry per student.

See Entry Guidelines below for more details.

All entries must be received by January 25, 2013.

Email your entry to:

StJosephWriters@gmail.com

ENTRY GUIDELINES

Poetry

1.         The work must be your own.

2.         The subject matter must be appropriate.

3.         The poem must rhyme.

4.         The poem must have 24 lines or less.

5.         The poem must be typed or data formatted.

6.         The poem should be single spaced.

7.         The author’s name should not be under title of poem.

8.         Cover sheet information must include:

                        Name

                        Complete Address

                        Telephone Number with Area Code

                        Email Address

                        School

                        Grade in school

                        Category:  Poetry

                        Title of Poem

9.         Be sure to use grammar and spelling check before submitting.

Short Story and/or Essay

1.         The work must be your own.

2.         The subject matter must be appropriate.

3.         The short story or essay must be 500 to 1000 words.

4.         The work must be typed or data formatted.

5.         The work must be double spaced.

6.         The author’s name should not be under the short story or essay title.           

7.         Cover sheet information must include:

                        Name

                        Complete Address

                        Telephone Number with Area Code

                        Email Address

                        School

                        Grade in school

                        Category:   Short Story or Essay

                        Title of Short Story or Essay

8.         Be sure to use grammar and spelling check before submitting.

Two Opportunities for Writers this November week

Two opportunities this week:

1.

Writers Workshop:  Writing Resources

Tuesday, November 13

6:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.

Rolling Hills Library

Belt Branch Community Room

Library staff and patrons will share information about the Writers Guild, writing contests, publishing venues, networking opportunities and other resources for writers.

For more information, call 816.232.5479.

2.

St. Joseph Writers Guild Meeting

Joyce Raye Patterson Senior Citizens Center

Saturday November 17, 2012, 1 p.m.

All writers, all ages are welcome.

Please invite your friends interested in writing.

The program will be sharing novels we have enjoyed and the novel ideas we have in our heads.

Julie Casey and Jan Powell

will be our hostesses for the second month in a row.

A big thank you!