SDCWG President Jennie Gillespie (left) presents the 2014 Sherwood Eliot Wirt Lifetime Achievement Award to Judith Deem Dupree at the 2014 SDCWG Writers Conference at Maranatha Chapel in San Diego, California. Judith Dupree is one of the founding members of our guild. She was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her work as an author and poet, and for her years of mentoring, teaching, and encouraging others in their writing and their faith.
Back row (left to right): Cary Boyle, Christa Kinde, Michael Mendoza, Joanne Bischof, Francine Phillips
Front row (left to right): Jenny LaBahn, Gale Nelson Bones, Viola Vazquez
2014 SDCWG Writing Awards
Congratulations to the 2014 San Diego Christian Writers Guild writing award winners!* Nancy Bayless Award For excellence in writing to Jenny LaBahn
* Best nonfiction book: Gail Bones for Living Crosswise
* Best fiction book: Joanne Bischof for My Hope is Found
* Best poem: Cary Boyll for A Summer Evening
* Fiction Book – Honorable Mention: Christa Kinde for The Broken Window
Unpublished Manuscript Contest Winners
*Unpublished Manuscript (Fiction): Veola Vazquez for Nickel Nuisance
* Unpublished Manuscript (Nonfiction): Francene Phillips for The Truth Swing
* Unpublished Manuscript-Honorable Mention: Michael Mendoza for The Hand of Vengeance
Praise Reports: If you attended the Fall conference on Friday and/or Saturday and have a praise report please post it here! We heard so many good things from the faculty and from those who attended. Share your story here and be a blessing and encouragement to others. Email info at sandiegocwg.org with subject: Conference Praise Report
If you have news, information about an upcoming writing event or would like to share what you’re reading with the Guild, please send your information to sdcwg at yahoo dot com.
Philip YanceyEllie Kay
San Diego Christian Writers Guild Fall Conference: October 24-25, 2014. Maranatha Chapel, Rancho Bernardo, CA 92127 Sign up BEFORE October 22 to be guaranteed lunch!!!!
Main Stage Speakers Philip Yancey & Ellie Kay.
Sign up today at sandiegocwg.org. Other faculty include
* Chip MacGregor (Agent, MacGregor Literary Agency)
* Barbara Nicolosi (Screenwriting)
* Brett Burner (Publisher, Lamp Post)
* Kim Bangs (Editor, Baker Publishing)
* Kathi Macias (Acquisitions, Elk Lake Publishing)
* Michale Clark (Editor, Relief: A Christian Literary Expression)
* Holy Lorincz (Agent, MacGregor Literary Agency)
* Lynn Vincent (NY Times writer)
* Susan Meissner (Award winning novelist)
* Jeff Gerke (novelist)
* Dr. David & Lisa Frisbie (Authors)
* Renee Fisher (Author)
* Cliff Albert (KOGO Radio)
* Arlene Pellicane (Author)
Diana Taylor
Diana Taylor:
In regard to my Halloween book Halloween, Harmless Fun or Risky Business I’ve been asked to do two radio interviews.
#1 October 28 on the Debbie Chavez Show – airs via internet : www.debbiechavez.com noon PST. #2 October 30 American Family Radio Tim Wildmon 8:30 to 9 am info at www.afr.net
Tiffany Hanson
Reminder: The Santee Critique group will meet on Wednesday, October 1 and October 15 from 6:00-7:30 pm at the Santee Library. Contact group leader Tiffany Hanson at mprozobons at gmail dot com for more info.
The games get pretty crazy at English teachers’ parties…
We’ve added even more great faculty to our Fall conference lineup! Check our web site for more details!
Faculty
* Philip Yancey: Author of The Jesus I Never Knew and What’s So Amazing About Grace
* Ellie Kay: National Speaker and author
* Barbara Nicolosi-Harrington: Act One
* Lynn Vincent: NY Times bestselling writer
* Chip MacGregor: Agent, MacGregor Literary Agency
* Holly Lorincz: Agent, MacGregor Literary Agency
* Brett Burner: Publisher, Lamp Post.
* Kim Bangs: Sr. Acquisitions Editor, Baker Publishing
* Kathi Macias: Sr. VP of Acquisitions, Elk Lake Publishing
* Professor Michael Clark: Fiction Editor, Relief: A Christian Literary Expression
* Susan Meissner: Award-winning novelist
* Jeff Gerke: Award-winning editor and novelist.
* Dr. David and Lisa Frisbie: Authors
* Renee Fisher: Author
* Cliff Albert: KOGO Radio
* Arlene Pellicane: Author
Faculty Consultations
Our 15-minute private consultations with faculty are always a highlight of our conference. If you have registered, you should have received a form and instructions on our signup process. For more info please visit our web site.
Conference Hotel
The conference hotel is the Rancho Bernardo Radisson. It is located at 11520 W. Bernardo Court, San Diego California 92127. All rooms are suites. Please ask for the special rate for those attending the San Diego Christian Writers Guild conference.
Workshops
Workshop information is now available on our web site.
If you have news, information about an upcoming writing event or would like to share what you’re reading with the Guild, please send your information to sdcwg at yahoo dot com.
Philip YanceyEllie Kay
San Diego Christian Writers Guild Fall Conference: October 24-25, 2014. Maranatha Chapel, Rancho Bernardo, CA 92127 Sign up BEFORE October 1 to receive your $20 Early Bird discount!!!!
Main Stage Speakers Philip Yancey & Ellie Kay. Sign up today at sandiegocwg.org
Diana Taylor
Diana Taylor: I’m signing my new book from Whitaker House, Halloween, Harmless Fun or Risky Business at the Rock Church bookstore on Rosecrans in Pt. Loma, Sunday October 5th 7:30 a.m to 1 pm.
Tiffany Hanson
Reminder: The Santee Critique group will not meet in SeptbThey resume on Wednesday, October 1 and October 15 from 6:00-7:30 pm at the Santee Library. Contact group leader Tiffany Hanson at mprozobons at gmail dot com for more info.
If you have publishing news, information about an upcoming writing event, or would like to share what you’re reading with the Guild, please send your information to sdcwg at yahoo dot com.
Philip YanceyEllie Kay
San Diego Christian Writers Guild Fall Conference: October 24-25, 2014. Maranatha Chapel, Rancho Bernardo, CA 92127
Main Stage Speakers Philip Yancey & Ellie Kay. Sign up today at sandiegocwg.org
Tiffany Hayden
The Santee critique group will not meet in September. They will resume on Wednesday, October 1 and October 15 from 6:00-7:30 pm at the Santee Library. Contact Tiffany at mprozobons at gmail dot com.
The Original manuscript of the book published in 1862 contains hundreds of handwritten pages penned by Victor Hugo while he was in exile in Guernsey. It is 945 pages bound in a parchment cover with red and black type designed by Hugo with the title on the front. Les Miserables was the biggest-selling single novel of the 19th century. According the senior curator of Victor Hugo: Les Miserables – From Page to Stage, Hugo puts the people (les misères) that had never really been written about before up front and as the heroes of the story. “The people who would have been the heroes, the upper classes, they come out of it rather badly. It’s a highly political social document and considered one of France’s national treasures.”
Bobbe Van Hise
North County Coastal: 1st Thursday from 10am—Noon at the home of Bobbe Van Hise in Oceanside. bobbevh at sbcglobal dot net.
Pegee and Steve Hofman
SAN BERNARDINO: 1st Tuesday 7:00 pm at the home of Pegge and Steve Hofman in San Bernardino. steggebooks at Hotmail dot com or stevehofman at hotmail dot com.
Kathryn Hughes
POWAY: 3rd Monday at 7:00 pm at the home of Kathryn Hughes. ckhughes_us at yahoo dot com.
Byron Metler
RAMONA: 1st and 3rd Mondays at the home of Byron Metler. booksbybyron at gmail dot com.
Jeff Adams
KINGMAN, AZ: 2nd Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Jeff Adams. jeffadams at frontiernet dot net.
Rebecca Farnbach
TEMECULA: 2nd Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Rebecca Farnbach. sunbrook at Hotmail dot com
YOUR TOWN: Interested in starting a critique group in your town? Email us at sdcwg at yahoo dot com.
The games get pretty crazy at English teachers’ parties…
