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April 26 from 10am – Noon at The Cove in Rancho Bernardo. Special guest speaker Bob Hamer, writing workshops, brunch and fellowship. Come meet and mingle with fellow Guild members and Chritian writers. Only $25 / person or bring someone new to the Guild and you can both attend for $45. Sign up online via Paypal or print and mail form available on our web site.

Bob Hamer retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation after 26 years as a Special Agent. He worked organized crime, gangs, terrorism, and child exploitation. Much of his career was spent undercover. Bob is a member of the San Diego Christian Writers Guild, the Writers Guild of America and has written for television. He has worked as the technical advisor for The Inside and Angela’s Eyes and has consulted for Law & Order: SVU and Sleeper Cell. He has appeared as a guest on numerous TV and radio programs including Oprah, Sean Hannity, The 700 Club, and Laura Ingraham. He is the author of three award-winning books: THE LAST UNDERCOVER: The True Story of an FBI Agent’s Dangerous Dance with Evil (Hachette Book Group, USA, Center Street Press), a novel, ENEMIES AMONG US (B&H Publishing, Fidelis), and a second novel, TARGETS DOWN (B&H Publishing). He also collaborated with New York Times best-selling author Oliver North to write AMERICAN HEROES ON THE HOMEFRONT (Simon and Schuster).

Dream Devotional: 40 Days of Hope releases April 8th on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords. Like sitting down to coffee with a best friend, Dream Devotional delivers 40 days of hope filled devotionals to those who are tired of believing, tired of watching their dreams die, and tired of being told it’s going to be alright! Read more at DreamDevotional.com.

We were interviewed and featured in Southern Writers magazine. After the article appeared in the print magazine, they invited us to do a “guest post” on the magazine blog. Here’s a link to our guest post: southernwritersmagazine.blogspot.com/2014/01/crossing-finish-line.html

• Books: Fiction and non-Fiction, traditional or self-published
• Articles: Magazines, online or printed
• Poems: (Poems do not need to have been published. But they must have been written in 2013.)
• Devotions
• Songs
• Plays

SDCWG Unpublished Manuscript Contest Deadline: May 31, 2014: It’s time to submit your unpublished, completed book manuscripts. Also eligible in this category are self-published (non-royalty or subsidized) books. Authors of self-published books (published in 2013) can choose to enter the unpublished manuscript category or the regular, published book category for the writing awards (see above). To enter the unpublished category, send the first 25 and the last 10 pages of your double-spaced manuscript electronically to info @ sandiegocwg.org with subject line: 2013 Award Submission. Please include a title page and the title/author/page number on the upper right hand corner of each page. The first place winner of this new category will be guaranteed an appointment at the Fall conference with an editor or agent of his or her choice.

San Diego Christian Writers Guild Fall Conference: October 24-25, 2014. Maranatha Chapel, Rancho Bernardo, CA 92127

Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition: Deadline May 1, 2014. $2500 in prizes. For more information visit www.shortstorycompetition.com.

Photo: Board member Carol Karaszewski Crater at Ernest Hemingway’s home / writing studio, Key West, FL (March 2014)

My third illustrated short story has released. Angels on Guard is a free companion to my Threshold Series [Zondervan]. Summary: Even after three years, Prissie Pomeroy’s guardian angel only understood part of what it meant to watch over one precious life. The rest he learned on the day he almost lost her. ChristaKinde.com.

David & Lisa Frisbie Our newest book, Managing Stress in MInistry releases this month from Beacon Hill Press. The book is intended for ministers and mates, missionaries and spouses, and others who serve in ministry. Dr. H.B. London from Focus on the Family wrote the foreword for the book. Beacon Hill Press has already contracted with us for a follow-up book,due to release in one year.

SDCWG Spring Fellowship Brunch
Make plans now to attend the Guild’s annual Spring Fellowship Brunch and Workshops at The Cove in Rancho Bernardo (a venue of The Church at Rancho Bernardo) on April 26, 2014. More details coming soon!

SDCWG Annual Writing Awards

It’s time to submit your published writing from 2013 for the Guild’s annual writing awards.
Awards will be presented at the Fall Conference in October. Current members, even past winners, are encouraged to submit their best writing published in 2013 for consideration. Please send four (4) copies of your submissions to PO Box 270403, San Diego, California, 92198 (or bring to the Spring Fellowship Event! The final deadline is May 31, 2014. All entries (except books) may be submitted by sending a PDF formatted copy to info @ sandiegocwg.org.Rules: Material need not be overtly Christian in nature or published by a Christian publisher/magazine but should not be offensive. Maximum of three entries per person. You must be a current member to submit. Past winners are eligible. Board members are ineligible. Entries will not be returned.

• Books: Fiction and non-Fiction, traditional or self-published
• Articles: Magazines, online or printed
• Poems: (Poems do not need to have been published. But they must have been written in 2013.)
• Devotions
• Songs
• Plays

SDCWG Unpublished Manuscript Contest Deadline: May 31, 2014: It’s time to submit your unpublished, completed book manuscripts. Also eligible in this category are self-published (non-royalty or subsidized) books. Authors of self-published books (published in 2013) can choose to enter the unpublished manuscript category or the regular, published book category for the writing awards (see above). To enter the unpublished category, send the first 25 and the last 10 pages of your double-spaced manuscript electronically to info @ sandiegocwg.org with subject line: 2013 Award Submission. Please include a title page and the title/author/page number on the upper right hand corner of each page. The first place winner of this new category will be guaranteed an appointment at the Fall conference with an editor or agent of his or her choice.

San Diego Christian Writers Guild Fall Conference: October 24-25, 2014. Maranatha Chapel, Rancho Bernardo, CA 92127

Jennie Gillespie
On February 18 The Holy Land Key by Ray Bentley (with Genevieve Gillespie) will be released by Waterbrook/Multnomah. You can read more about it here: http://www.theholylandkey.com It was a great adventure, education, and privilege to work as the collaborator for The Holy Land Key. We are blessed to have received endorsements from Jerry Jenkins, Ann Graham Lotz, David Jeremiah and several more. Ray will be doing numerous radio interviews and talks on the subject. It’s been an exciting journey!

Diana Taylor
My latest novel, Shadows on the Mountain (Contemporary Christian Fiction) came out the end of December. Publisher is Total Recall Press. I’ve recently signed a contract with Whitaker House for a book on the origins of Halloween, Harmless Fun or Risky Business, to be followed by my biography, A Walk in the Darkness, (Raised with the Occult). January 31st Vicki Hesterman and I attended the 48th Annual Local Author Exhibit at the new library downtown. There were over 250 authors there. My books, Ruth Mother of Kings and Claudia, Wife of Pontius Pilate, were on display along books by other members of the Guild: A Whisper on the Wind, Book 3 of the Amber Leaf Series by Sandra Esch, and War of Whispers, by Martha Gorris.

Santee Critique Group
The new time and day for the Santee Critique Group, hosted by Tiffany Hanson, will be the first and third Saturdays of the month from 10am-12pm at the Santee Library (9225 Carlton Hills Blvd). However, for the month of February, the group will only meet on February 15.

SDCWG Spring Fellowship Brunch
Make plans now to attend the Guild’s annual Spring Fellowship Brunch and Workshops at The Cove in Rancho Bernardo (a venue of The Church at Rancho Bernardo) on April 26, 2014. More details coming soon!

SDCWG Annual Writing Awards

It’s time to submit your published writing from 2013 for the Guild’s annual writing awards.
Awards will be presented at the Fall Conference in October. Current members, even past winners, are encouraged to submit their best writing published in 2013 for consideration. Please send four (4) copies of your submissions to PO Box 270403, San Diego, California, 92198 (or bring to the Spring Fellowship Event! The final deadline is May 31, 2014. All entries (except books) may be submitted by sending a PDF formatted copy to info @ sandiegocwg.org.Rules: Material need not be overtly Christian in nature or published by a Christian publisher/magazine but should not be offensive. Maximum of three entries per person. You must be a current member to submit. Past winners are eligible. Board members are ineligible. Entries will not be returned.

• Books: Fiction and non-Fiction, traditional or self-published
• Articles: Magazines, online or printed
• Poems: (Poems do not need to have been published. But they must have been written in 2013.)
• Devotions
• Songs
• Plays

SDCWG Unpublished Manuscript Contest Deadline: May 31, 2014: It’s time to submit your unpublished, completed book manuscripts. Also eligible in this category are self-published (non-royalty or subsidized) books. Authors of self-published books (published in 2013) can choose to enter the unpublished manuscript category or the regular, published book category for the writing awards (see above). To enter the unpublished category, send the first 25 and the last 10 pages of your double-spaced manuscript electronically to info @ sandiegocwg.org with subject line: 2013 Award Submission. Please include a title page and the title/author/page number on the upper right hand corner of each page. The first place winner of this new category will be guaranteed an appointment at the Fall conference with an editor or agent of his or her choice.

Writers Symposium by the Sea, Point Loma Nazarene University, Feb. 20-27, 2014.
All the pertinent details are at www.pointloma.edu/writers.

San Diego Christian Writers Guild Fall Conference: October 24-25, 2014. Maranatha Chapel, Rancho Bernardo, CA 92127