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SUMMARY:2025 Best Self-Published Novel Contest
DESCRIPTION:The Best Self-published Novel Contest opens on January 10 and goes through February 28\, 2025. \nJames River Writers and Richmond magazine recognize the writing talents and entrepreneurial skills of indie authors by continuing The Best Self-published Novel Contest\, which we started in 2014. One first-prize winner will receive $500 and a ticket to the 23rd Annual James River Writers Conference (valued at over $300). The winner is announced in the fall issue of Richmond magazine\, at the conference in October\, and through JRWs social media platforms and newsletters. \nLet’s see what you’ve got!
URL:https://jamesriverwriters.org/event/2025-best-self-published-novel-contest/
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SUMMARY:FEBRUARY 2024 ONLINE NUTS & BOLTS LUNCHTIME SERIES: Building a Content Calendar- Give 'Em Something to Talk About
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | February 6\, 13\, & 20\nAs writers\, we are often told that we need to begin to build an audience well before we have a finished product to promote. But\, how do you do this\, and what can you possibly talk about that will be of interest? In this 3-part series\, JRW’s Director of Programs & Communications\, Brynn Markham\, will help you build a content calendar (sometimes called an editorial calendar or a publishing schedule) in order to have a consistent presence online with the goal of growing and maintaining an audience that will have genuine interest in your work when it’s ready to go out into the world. Brynn will cover what\, exactly\, a content calendar is; which online platforms (social media\, blogs\, etc.) may be the best fit for your work; where and how to mine for relevant content; what tools you can use to stay organized and on task; and more. You’ll leave this series with actionable items to get started and fully form your own content calendar. \nWhen you register for this series\, you will have the option of filling out a questionnaire about your own work\, and Brynn will choose one registrant’s information to begin to form a content calendar that will be shared live during the final class. \nEach class in this series includes: a one-hour online workshop\, access to the recording\, the powerpoint used during the class\, and additional resources.  \nChoose one\, two\, or all three (BEST BUY!) classes in the series.  \nDetails and Registration HERE.
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LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:2025,Featured,Nuts & Bolts Lunchtime Series
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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON WRITERS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2025
DESCRIPTION:Community is at the core of everything we do\, and Writers Wednesday is the perfect place to strengthen that. Writers Wednesday brings together writers of every experience level and genre in a casual atmosphere to connect\, laugh\, and revel in a well-deserved break. We rotate hosting these programs online and in-person\, and February will be in person at Ardent Craft Ales. JRW staff is always on hand to answer any questions you may have about James River Writers\, or writing in general. This is a great entry point for those who are new to the James River Writers community. You do not have to be a JRW member to attend! \nLook for us inside at a reserved table\, to the right of the front entrance. Happy Hour runs from 3-6 pm on Wednesdays\, and food is available for purchase in the beer garden\, provided by Eazzy Burger. \nNEW! Let’s use this time to identify any fellow attendees who write the same genre. When you arrive and get your nametag\, we will ask you to identify your genre. This will allow you to easily find folks who may want to form critique groups or find accountability partners. SeeK one another out and start making important connections to keep you on track! \nDate: February 12\, 2025 \nTime: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nLocation: Ardent Craft Ales\, 3200 West Leigh Street\, Richmond\, VA 23230 \nCost: FREE! \nNo registration is required. \nJames River Writers is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.   \n  \n 
URL:https://jamesriverwriters.org/event/in-person-writers-wednesday-february-2025/
LOCATION:Ardent Craft Ales\, 3200 W Leigh Street\, Richmond\, VA\, 23230\, United States
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SUMMARY:2025 FEBRUARY ONLINE WRITING SHOW | Building Your Editing Toolkit
DESCRIPTION:Editing isn’t just fixing the commas and sending your work into the great beyond. It can include big picture changes\, smoothing out continuity issues\, eliminating repetitive words\, reworking sentence structure\, and more! Get actionable advice from three professional editors who will share concrete steps for taking your finished product to the next level. \nSpeakers: Athena Dixon\, Lori Gold\, and Sangeeta Mehta \nModerator: J.T. Glover \nDate: Tuesday\, February 25\, 2025 \nTime: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern Time \nLocation: ONLINE\, via Zoom \nCost: $12 Members | $17 Non-members \nRegistration is required. \nThe Writing Show includes a social time from 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm. This portion of the evening is optional. If you choose to only attend the panel discussion\, please sign in to Zoom by 6:25 pm to keep from interrupting the panel discussion once it begins at 6:30pm. \nThis program is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. \n  \n  \n\n\n    \n\n \nSPEAKERS\n\n\nAthena Dixon is the author of the essay collections The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Split/Lip Press 2020) and The Loneliness Files (Tin House 2023). She serves as the Nonfiction/Hybrid Editor for Split/Lip Press and as Consulting Editor for Fourth Genre.\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n \nLori Gold is the author of Romantic Friction (Harper Mira\, 2025)\, book club fiction that questions the use of AI in the writing world. Under Lori Goldstein\, she published the adult historical novel\, Love\, Theodosia (Arcade\, 2021)\, and four novels for young adults: Sources Say (Penguin Random House\, 2020); Screen Queens (Penguin Random House\, 2019); and the Becoming Jinn series (Macmillan\, 2015\, 2016). She is also a creative writing instructor and founder of Think Write\, which holds creative writing classes and writing retreats. \n  \n  \n  \n\n \nSangeeta Mehta worked for two literary agents and was an acquiring editor at Little\, Brown and Simon & Schuster before founding her own editorial services company\, Mehta Book Editing. As a developmental editor\, she focuses on middle grade\, YA\, and adult fiction. She also writes for Jane Friedman’s blog. Sangeeta has served on the board of the Editorial Freelancers Association and taught workshops with Inked Voices. She holds a master’s degree in comparative literature from UCLA. \n  \n\n  \n\nMODERATOR\n \n\n\n\nJ. T. Glover has published short fiction in Best New Horror\, Pseudopod\, and Nightscript\, among other venues. His “The Song Between the Songs” appeared in The Dark Corners of the Old Dominion\, a Virginia horror anthology supporting Scares That Care. His nonfiction has appeared in many publications\, including The Silent Garden and Thinking Horror. By day he’s an academic librarian specializing in the humanities\, and he lives in Central Virginia.\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://jamesriverwriters.org/event/2025-february-online-writing-show-building-your-editing-toolkit/
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