News of Note – January 2014

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To add your news to next month’s blog please email us at info (at) sandiegocwg (dot) org with Subject=News of Note by the 5th of the month. News of Note is published the second Monday of each month.

writingcontest2 Sharpen your pencils and ink your quills and get ready for the Guild’s first annual Spring Writing Contest. Submit your best poem, devotional, short story, or article of 1,500 words or less and email as a .doc or .pdf to sdcwg @ yahoo.com no later than March 26, 2014. The winner will be announced on April 10 and receive a ticket to our Spring Fellowship Brunch on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at The Cove in Rancho Bernardo (The Church at Rancho Bernardo). Our Fall Writing contest will continue to be the Unpublished Manuscript competition, the winner of which receives a 15-minute consultation with their choice of our Fall Conference faculty.

Spring Fellowship Brunch
Spring Fellowship Brunch
Make plans to join the Guild for our Spring Feellowship Brunch on April 26, 2014 at The Cove in Rancho Bernardo (a venue of The Church at Rancho Bernardo). More details coming soon!
David & Lisa Frisbie
David & Lisa Frisbie

 

We’ve been asked to write a monthly column for new magazine Refreshed —- launched by the team from the Christian Examiner. The first issue is just now rolling off the presses. Our monthly column will be called “Marriage Matters.” More info — plus a look at the first issue — is here: http://www.refreshedmag.com.

Christa Kinde
Christa Kinde
I’m counting down to the January 28 release of The Garden Gate. In this fourth and final installment of the Threshold Series [Zondervan], the ranks of the Faithful rally to defend what’s most precious, while Prissie discovers that angels aren’t the only ones who are Sent. ChristaKinde.com
Speed Pitching (This is not a SDCWG sponsored event)  Got a story idea too cool to submit the old-fashioned way? Tired of sending pitch after pitch only to never hear back? This is your chance to get up close and personal with some of San Diego’s top editors, producers and publishers. The speed pitching format is easy and fun. Here’s how it works: You get 5 minutes with each editor/publisher. Please feel free to bring clips, links or samples. Make the face-to-face connection, make your pitch, get feedback, When the whistle blows, move on to the next editor.

Panelist:
•Marie Tutko of San Diego Daily Transcript
•Gillian Flynn of Riviera Magazine
•Chris Jennewin of Patch.com
•Barbarella Fokos of Art Pulse TV and San Diego Reader
•Amy T. Granite of Culture Buzz
•Patricia Dwyer of Pacific San Diego
•Janice Kleinschmidt of San Diego Home/Garden Magazine
•Susan DiMaggio from the La Jolla Light

Limited seating! In order to allow time with each editor, reservations are limited so call 619-231-4340 or email sdpressclub@cox.net to save your place.

Date: Thursday, January 16, 2014
Location: Frame & Focus at Civita Directions
Time: 5:30 Spirits & hors d’oeuvres
6-7:30 Speed pitching
Cost: $10 for SDPC members but you must reserve in advance! $20 for non-members and again, you must reserve in advance.

RSVP: sdpressclub@cox.net or 619-231-4340

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