All posts by Kathy Chung
SiWC Adult Scholarship Winners Announced!
We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 2023 adult scholarships for writers from underrepresented groups. Our three-day full in-person conference package winners are A.G. Angevine Lia Holland Kim Pretzer Our virtual conference winners are Dante Lacroix Rosalyn C. RainDancer Congratulations to
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SiWC 2022 – Thank you!
And just like that, our 30th annual conference is behind us. And what a conference it was! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who attended, volunteered, presented, or otherwise participated in person or online. You made this year’s conference incredibly special for all of us, and we will b
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SiWC 2021
Here at SiWC Central, we’re already gearing up for SiWC 2021. Here’s the latest news: SiWC will be virtual again this year, running October 22-24 with master classes on the 21st. Like SiWC 2020, we’ll have virtual social spaces, night owl events, and more in addition to master clas
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SiWC at Home Attendees – Take Note!
Hello, SiWC at Home Attendees! Please note that log-ins to our virtual conference site are en route today and should be in your inbox no later than noon tomorrow. Please contact me – conference coordinator Kathy – if you don’t receive yours. Thanks to all who registered. Looking fo
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A Statement from the SiWC Board and Staff
Black lives matter. We stand against racism and violence in all its forms. As an organization, we are constantly striving to be better. This year, SiWC is sponsoring an additional scholarship for a Black writer. Black writers continue to be welcome to apply for our existing Diversity Scholarship. De
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SiWC 2020 – An Important Message
Friends: We are re-imagining SiWC for 2020 due to Covid-19. So…when October rolls around, please join us for our virtual writers’ conference: SiWC at Home! Our team is hard at work to bring this vision into focus, but here’s what we know so far: – The event will be held on th
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Join us for a virtual ‘Writing Cruise’ March 28 – April 5
Our friends at The Creative Academy for Writers, including SiWC board member Crystal Hunt and regular presenter Eileen Cook, as well as lots of other familiar and wonderful people, are going above and beyond, opening their usually paid community to all writers for FREE during what would have been ou
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Another Conference Behind Us
SiWC19 has come and gone, and man, did we ever have fun. Thank you to everyone who attended, presented, volunteered, and showed up for our book signing and in-store event at Indigo. What a year! Thanks to all of you, it was a huge success, and we’re looking forward to doing it all again for 20
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A Guest Post from SiWC Ambassador Hayley – Blue Pencil and More!
Our amazing ambassador, Hayley Lavik, has written a guest post for us about getting ready for your blue pencil session. Check it out, and read through to the end for info on connecting with her and other writers at SiWC this year. Here’s Hayley! How to Prepare for Your Blue Pencil Session The
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The Annual Ride Share Blog 2019
Want to cut down on your carbon footprint and maybe get to know someone new in the process? This is the thread for you! Use the comments section to find ride share options for this year’s SiWC. We suggest posting whether you want to share a cab from the airport, are happy to drive people in yo
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The Annual Room Share Blog – 2019 Edition
Have a room at the hotel that you’d like to share with someone to save some money? Couldn’t get a room and would love to find someone who’s willing to share? This post is for you! Please use the comments section to connect with potential roommates. We suggest posting whether you ha
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Night Owl Events at SiWC – a post from our conference ambassador
Here’s our conference ambassador, Hayley, here to fill you in on the great night owl events happening for SiWC registrants this year: It’s almost time. The suitcases are packed. The flights are boarding. The hotel is waiting. It’s time for SiWC 2018! With workshops, blue pencil app
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The Annual Ride Share Blog 2018
It’s time once again for our annual ride share blog. This is a chance for you to arrange carpools to and from the conference or connect with people who are flying in or out around the same time as you are to share a cab. Use the comments section to find ride share options for this year’s
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The Annual Room Share Blog, 2018 Edition
Have a room at the completely sold out hotel that you’d like to share with someone to save some money? Couldn’t get a room and would love to find someone who’s willing to share? This post is for you! Please use the comments section to connect with potential roommates. We suggest po
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SiWC18 Registration Update
Wow. What a day we’ve had. Some of you may remember how incredibly excited we were by last year’s unprecedented registration numbers. And we were. They were amazing. And then you people went and blew them out of the water this year. AMAZING! Thank you for making all the hard work worthwh
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Presenter roster is UP!
Hey SiWC peeps! We’re thrilled to announce that our #SiWC18 presenter roster is now up on our presenter page. We’re SO excited. We’ve got writers of all different genres, screenwriters, poets, and an amazing group of editors and agents. On the list, you’ll find returning frie
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SiWC Update!
Here’s an update of all that’s going on at SiWC Central, put together for you by the wonderful Jen Browne, SiWC’s administrative coordinator: Writers, it’s almost March. MARCH. Here’s what we’re currently working on here at SiWC: SiWC at Sea!: we cruise in six and
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Clarion’s Lisa Alba Memorial Scholarship
All of us at SiWC Central send our sincere condolences to SiWC presenter alum Terry Brooks on the death of his daughter Lisa Alba in May. We’ve just heard, and we’re so sorry. A Clarion scholarship has been created in Lisa’s name. You can donate here: http://www.theclarionfoundati
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#SiWC17 Thank You
The workshops are over; blue pencils are done. The pitches are pitched; the panels have run. And just like that, SiWC is behind us for another year. Here at SiWC Central, we’ll be taking a little bit of recovery time before we dive back in to planning SiWC18 for next October AND SiWC at Sea fo
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Connect with Other Writers at #SiWC17
Coming to SiWC? Our conference ambassador, Hayley, has written this post for you. Going to a writer’s conference can be a bit like walking into the high school cafeteria. It’s loud. Chaotic. You have no idea where to sit. Just approaching people can feel like a monumental task. At SiWC, we hope
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