PSSST… in case
you missed the memo,
JUNE IS SHOW-MO MONTH!
So… you SHOW me yours, and I’ll SHOW you mine…
If you’re like me, you’ve attended
a Southern Breeze conference or two, and each time you left inspired by the
speakers and made a solemn vow that this time, yes, this time you WOULD submit
to at least one of them. Then, you get home, and the glow fades, and when you
give your writing sample one last review before hitting send… you just can’t.
It’s not as brilliant as you remember. You
really wish you had a set of fresh eyes to give it a quick read.
This year, you can have that set
and be that set for someone-else. Give your first pages (or art portfolio) one
last look, and help a fellow creative shine their work to the that ready-to-hit-submit
glow as well.
We want you to SHOW us your work
during the month of June, and then give it a final revise and SUBMIT it to the
SCBWI Southern Breeze Writing Contest. The Contest Deadline is June 30th,
so we’re scheduling critique meet-ups in June at various locations hosted by
our local liaisons and other willing folks.
Click here to read more about the Contest: https://southern-breeze.scbwi.org/contests/#Writing
This is what you can win:
WRITING
CONTEST AWARDS
1st,
2nd & 3rd Place Winners
Each
category's winning authors, titles, and manuscripts’ genres will be acknowledged
in the:
•
Southern Breeze News
•
Southern Breeze Web Site, Blog, Facebook Pages and Twitter
•
Winners receive a Southern Breeze, SCBWI Writing Contest Award
Certificate and Button for their social media pages.
Each
1st Place Winner also receives FREE tuition to the next WIK Conference in
Birmingham in March, 2017.
Let Show-Mo help you get your
pages submission ready!
It works like this: You bring
your pages or paintings and then read or show your work to other writers and
illustrators. They fill out feedback
sheets which they give to you that you can use to improve and revise. In turn,
you listen to them read their work, or look at their illustrations, and
fill-out feedback sheets for them.
HERE’S THE DETAILS:
COST: Free and open to the public, so yes, you can
bring a non-SCBWI writing friend; however, they will not be able to enter our
annual writing contest.
HOW
LONG:
Each “live” event should last between 1.5 and 2 hours.
HOW MANY PAGES/ILLUSTRATIONS: Your pages up to ten, double spaced pages in a 12-point font.
Your pages should be your best work and near submission ready. For
illustrators, bring up to four illustrations for feedback. For more of the Writing Contest submission
information, see http://southern-breeze.scbwi.org/contests/writing-contest/.
DETAILS,
DETAILS, DETAILS: To insure everyone is reached, where participation
exceeds 8 people, we will break into groups of 4-6. This is a similar format to
our conference Informal Critiques.
*HERE
ARE THE SHOW-MO GATHERINGS WE HAVE ORGANIZED TO DATE:
SHOW-MO
HOST REGION/LOCATION DATE/TIME
ILLUSTRATOR’S
SHOW-MO GOOGLE HANG-OUT*
TEMIKA
GROOMS/MAEGAN PENLEY ALL REGIONS 6/4/17, 6-7pm
*Limited to the first ten due to the nature
of google hang-out
ALABAMA
MARK
MCCLINTOCK BIRMINGHAM,
AL 6/3,17 1:00-3:00 PM
Hoover Public Library, 200
Municipal Dr, Birmingham, AL 35216
Contact: markmcclintock3@charter.net
CARRIE
DALBY/MeLEESA SWANN MOBILE BAY AREA, AL 6/10/17 1-3pm
Ben May Main Library, 701
Government St., Mobile, Al 36602
FLORIDA
SUZANNE
PURVIS NW-FLORIDA 6/13/17 1pm
- 3pm
Niceville Public Library, 206 Partin
Drive N., Niceville, FL 32578
Contact Suzanne Purvis
spurvis500@embarqmail.com, 850-897-5593
GEORGIA
COLLEEN BENNETT Canton, GA 6/10/17 2-4 pm
RT Memorial Library in Canton
Contact Colleen Bennett at 770-314-0246 or Colleen4444@gmail.com
BOBBIE
CANADA PINE
MOUNTAIN 6/9/17 10-11:30,
Starbucks on Bradley Park Drive,
Columbus, GA 31909
Contact Bobbie at 706-604-9650.
TEMIKA
GROOMES DECATUR, GA 6/4/17, 2pm-4pm
Karvama Coffee House, 707B
East Lake Dr., Decatur, GA 30030
CATHY
HALL LAWRENCEVILLE
GA 6/3/17, 10am-12pm
Five
Forks Library (Gwinnett County) 2780 Five Forks Trickum Rd SW, Lawrenceville,
GA 30044
STEPHANIE
MOODY N.FULTON CO. (Alpharetta,
Dunwoody, Milton, Johns Creek, Roswell, Sandy Springs, and Cherokee, Cobb and
Gwinnett Counties)
Location:
Northeast Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30022
PAULA
PUCKETT NORTH GA EAST Time and location to be determined, but
we'll be somewhere on location in the North GA mountains. Contact
paulabpuckett@aol.com to help with this event. Thx.
TK
READ SE
ATLANTA 6/17/17 10am-12pm
PHYLLIS
TILDES SAVANNAH, GA 6/10/17 2pm-4pm
Contact: artphyll@comcast.net Location to be determined, so check back!
TRACEY M. COX SOUTH CENTRAL GA Date TBD
tracey@traceymcox.com Would like to have a meeting at Giggles Cafe in Tifton, GA. Email me, if you are interested.
*Can’t
make an event? Email me at tk@tkread.com and I’ll coordinate exchanges during
the month so you can participate online.
Hope
to see you at one of these!
Here’s
to your writing success in 2017!
BEST,
TK READ, Critique Group Coordinator, Southern Breeze
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