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Flash in a Flash with Katey Schultz, March 20, 2021
Flash is one of the most popular genres being written and published today. Whether you’re already published, mired in NaNoWriMo drafts, deep into a memoir project, or fully devoted to fiction, the skills required in flash fiction and flash nonfiction will improve your ability to handle scene, embed metaphor, and…
CWA Presents…Zoom Edition, March 19, 2021
Join Sandra Colbert on March 19, 2021 at 7:00 pm when she interviews Book of the Year winners Katey Schultz, author of Still Come Home and Mary Lang Sollinger, author of From Inspiration to Activism.
Cocktails and Conversation with Kristin Oakley, March 7
Watch the recording of this event on the CWA YouTube channel.
Cocktails and Conversation, a virtual event brought to you by Let's Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference, with author and conference presenter Kristin Oakley on Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 4:00 pm Central Time for Cocktails and…
Cocktails and Conversation with Tim Storm, Feb. 7th
Watch the recording of this event on the CWA YouTube channel.
Cocktails and Conversation, a virtual event brought to you by Let's Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference.
Join Samantha Hoffman and favorite conference presenter Tim Storm on Sunday, February 7, 2021 at 4:00 pm Central Time for…
10th Annual Book of the Year Awards
The 10th Annual CWA Book of the Year Award winners will be celebrated at a Zoom ceremony on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 7:00 pm.
Cocktails and Conversation with Karen Karbo, January 3, 2021
Cocktails and Conversation, a virtual event brought to you by Let's Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference.
2020 has shaken up our writing lives. Let's start the new year fresh and reinvigorated.
Join Samantha Hoffman and award-winning author Karen Karbo on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 4:00 pm…
CWA’s 5th Annual First Chapter Contest
Are you currently writing an original work of fiction? Submit up to 10 pages of the first chapter of your book to CWA's 5th Annual First Chapter Contest.
First prize is a full scholarship to attend either the All-Genre Novel-In-Progress (NIP) Bookcamp & Writing Retreat May 23 to 29,…
Submissions are open for the 10th Annual Book of the Year Awards
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5th Annual First Chapter Contest open for entries
Are you currently writing an original work of fiction? Submit up to 10 pages of the first chapter of your book to CWA's 5th Annual First Chapter Contest. Visit our First Chapter Contest page for details on how to enter. Deadline is October 1, 2020.
Chicago Writers Association: Statement on Racism, Black Lives Matter, and Police Brutality
As an organization which believes in the power of words, we realize we haven’t said enough about the Black Lives Matter movement, racism, police brutality and in support of Black writers in our community and beyond. Within our organizing board, we have received feedback on how we can do better.…
