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CONTESTS & PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES
Scratch Short Story Contest - www.scratchcontest.net/id1.html  Categories: Adults (5000 word limit); Juniors 9-12; 13-18 (2500 word limit)

HELPFUL ARTICLES & WEBSITE LINKS
Book Marketing Tips - www.bookmarketingmaven.com
Fiction & Nonfiction Writing - an interesting contrast between fiction and nonfiction writing, skill sets, venues and financials. https://www.msu.edu/~wrac/pw/careers/fictnonfict.html
Publishing Jobs - see job board when you click on "publishers lunch."  www.publishersmarketplace.com
Publishing Law - Copyrights; Permissions; Publishing Agreements; Subsidiary Rights; Merchandise License Agreements.  www.dklex.com
Scam Lookout - "Writer Beware" - Literary Fraud and Other Schemes, Scams, and Pitfalls   www.sfwa.org/beware
Writer's Market - subscribe online to find publications looking for articles and stories; bonus - great submission tracking tool  www.writersmarket.com
www.publishingquestions.com - Gary Kessler's free-use writing and publishing website is on the Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites list for both 2008 and 2009. (May, 2009 Blue Ridge Chapter Newsletter)
www.duotrope.com - To explore the U.S. market for short stories or poetry, you can't do better than to research at Duotrope's Digest, which indexes submission to over 2,450 current print and online fiction and poetry publications. ("Kessler's Tidbits," June, 2009 Blue Ridge Chapter Newsletter)

PUBLICATIONS FOR WRITERS
Poets & Writers  www.pw.org
The Writer's Chronicle - The Magazine for Serious Writers  www.awpwriter.org
Writer's Digest  www.writersdigest.com

WRITER'S ORGANIZATIONS

VIRGINIA WRITERS CLUB, INC. (VWC) www.virginiawritersclub.org  (Celebrating 91st Anniversary in 2009)
Founded in November, 1918 - James Branch Cabell, First President - First meetings held at the home of Ellen Glasgow

Appalachian Authors Guild Chapter VWC www.appalachianaga.com (NEW CHAPTER, Sept. 2010!) Meets in Abingdon, VA
Blue Ridge Chapter VWC  www.blueridgewriters.org  (Meets in Charlottesville, VA - First established Chapter of the VWC)
Chesapeake Bay Writers Chapter VWC  www.chesapeakebaywriters.org  (Meets in Port Hayward, VA)
Hampton Roads Chapter VWC  (757) 482-2493  (Meets in Virginia Beach, VA)
Hanover Writers Chapter VWC  www.hanoverwriters.org  (Meets in Hanover, VA  - "Sister Chapter" of the Richmond Chapter VWC)
James-York Chapter VWC (MERGED WITH CHESAPEAKE BAY WRITERS CHAPTER, Sept. 2010)
Northern Virginia Chapter VWC  www.northernvirginiawriters.org  (Meets in Falls Church, VA)
Richmond Chapter VWC  www.richmondwriters.org  (Meets in Richmond, VA)
Riverside Writers Chapter VWC  www.riversidewriters.com  (Meets in Spotsylvania, VA)
Traveler Chapter VWC  (804) 530-3817  (Meets in Chester, VA)
Valley Writers Chapter VWC www.valleywriters.org  (Meets in Roanoke, VA)


OTHER VIRGINIA ORGANIZATIONS

James River Writers - Richmond, Virginia  www.jamesriverwriters.org (Monthly Seminars; Producer of the annual James River Writers Festival)
Poetry Society of Virginia  www.poetrysocietyofvirginia.org
The Writer's Center - Bethesda, Maryland  www.writer.org
Virginia Press Women  www.virginiapresswomen.org
Virginia Romance Writers  www.virginiaromancewriters.com
WriterHouse - Charlottesville, Virginia  www.writerhouse.org (Weekly Workshops & Seminars)


NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

California Writers Club  www.calwriters.org  (Celebrating 100th Anniversary in 2009)
Independent Book Publishers Association www.ibpa-online.org
Maryland Writers Association  www.marylandwriters.org
Mid-Atlantic Book Publishers Association www.midatlanticbookpublishers.com
Mystery Writers of America www.mysterywriters.org
National League of American Pen Women  www.nlapw.org
Sisters in Crime www.sistersincrime.org
Small Publishers Association of North America  www.spannet.org
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs  www.awpwriter.org
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators  www.scbwi-midatlantic.org