Write On Wednesday – Query Contest Deadline Extended, NaNoWriMo & More

Happy Halloween, Writers!

The Write On Online 4th Annual Query Contest deadline has been extended to Wednesday, November 7. Submit your one-page Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Screenplay or Teleplay Query to Deckerling@gmail.com to be entered in this year’s Query Contest! The winner in the Screenplay category will have his or her query letter read by Los Angeles literary agent David Boxerbaum of Paradigm. The winning fiction and non-fiction book queries will be read by Jason Allen Ashlock, co-founder and president of Movable Type Management. Each of the winners will also receive a book from Michael Wiese Productions. Author Stephanie Palmer, Good in a Room, will pick the winners from the finalists. Read the complete details and enter today!

October 31: Comment on Stephanie Palmer’s Good in a Room blog before October 31st, and you’re eligible to win a free signed copy of Stephanie’s book.

October 31 – November 7: American Film Market in Santa Monica.

November is National Novel Writing Month. Are you writing a novel in November? Post your profile link in the comments, so we can support each other. Also check out NaNoWriMo articles by Stephanie Olivieri and Jeanne Veillette Bowerman.

November 1: Deadline to enter eHow Spark’s Spooktacular Spark Contest. Cooks and crafters, upload your Halloween projects to eHow Spark and enter for your chance to win an American Express gift card of up to $200. eHow Spark is a community for doers, where you can get inspired, manage your projects, and share your accomplishments. Read all the contest details.

November 7: Los Angeles Mediabistro Party in Marina del Rey. Details RSVP here.

November 8: #140conf State of Now SmallTown in Hutchinson, Kansas. Not in Kansas? Watch online.

November 9: Digital LA’s Silicon Beach Fest, Hollywood AND TechZulu Tech Crawl, Hollywood Edition.

November 11 – 18: Miami Book Fair International at Miami Dade College.

November 11: Deadline to post your November goals on Write On Online or Facebook and be entered in a drawing to win a book from Michael Wiese Productions.

November 14: Los Angeles Media Leaders Mixer in Culver City.

November 28: Write On IRL Holiday Party in West Los Angeles. RSVP on Facebook.

Tuesdays: Boast your Blog and Fridays: Flaunt your Fan Page on the Write On Online Facebook Page.

Writers, please email me if you have a 2-3 line news item or event and/or if you are are interested in contributing a Write On! Review, writing an Expert Column, or participating in an Author Q&A. Write On!