The Denton Writers League

The Denton Writers League is a group of readers, and published and unpublished writers who help each other hone their craft through external critique groups, guest speakers, and workshops.

The League meets the 2nd Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in Denton TX in the Emily Fowler Branch of the Denton Library located at 502 Oakland St.

Dues are $15 a year.

 Next Meeting 

Saturday, May 10, 2008.

Join Us!  Visitors are always welcome!

  The yearly membership fee is $15.
Click here for membership form in HTML or here for WORD format.


Guest Speaker 

Jeremy Smith is a gallery artist as well as the cartoonist of the feature Ropeburn. He was awarded the Xeric Grant in 2007. His work has been printed in various periodicals such as the Portland Mercury.

DWL Anthology

The Denton Writers League is accepting submissions from local writers for a new anthology.

Submission Guidelines:

Any story, poem or other written work submitted must be your own original work. You must own the copyright and all publishing rights. The author retains ALL RIGHTS to his/her work.

Submissions are open to all genres except erotica, please keep it PG13. Also, works promoting racial hatred or violence, sexism or homophobia will not be accepted.

There is no minimum word count required. Short stories and non-fiction pieces are limited to 7000 words. Poems are limited to 50 lines.

Submissions must be double-spaced using Times Roman font and saved in either RTF or WORD format.

Send submissions as a RTF or WORD attachment to dwlsubmissions@verizon.net with [SUB] title in the subject line. Snail mail submissions will be accepted for those who do not have access to a computer but communications will be delayed to due the staff not being able to contact the author by e-mail. Send snail mail submissions to DWL Anthology, 810 Egan St, Denton, TX 76201. Multiple submissions are acceptable but not simultaneous submissions.

Submissions will be accepted beginning January 15, 2008 and ending June 30, 2008.

There is no reading fee, but if your work is selected for publication, you are required to become a member of the Denton Writers League since the Anthology is a league project with the contents written by our members. The fee to join to League is $15 a year.

 

Flower Mound Writers Group group meets at:

Flower Mound Public Library
3030 Broadmoor Lane
Flower Mound, TX 
(972) 874-6200.

Meetings start at 7:00 PM and general run 90 minutes. 

For calendar of meeting days and events, please visit their website at:
 http://flowermoundwriters.org/

 

Hastings Bookstore

Any member wanting to set up a book signing or to place their books in Hastings on consignment , should contact Jason or Ginny at 940/565-1764

 


For more information on the League, contact Joni Latham.

For inquiries or to submit articles to the newsletter, please contact Joni Latham-bleuunicorn@verizon.net or George Avera-georgeavera@verizon.net.

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Last updated April 19, 2008
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