Write On Wednesday – Query Contest Deadline Today, Newsletter Items & More

Today, November 7, is the deadline for the Write On Online 4th Annual Query Contest. 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!

November is National Novel Writing Month. Are you writing a novel in November? How is it going? 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 7: Los Angeles Mediabistro Party in Marina del Rey. 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: 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 12: Deadline to submit items (news, contests, events) for the November newsletter to deckerling@gmail.com.

November 14: The November Write On Meeting will be at 1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern on Blog Talk Radio. RSVP on Facebook. Call in or listen online.

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

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

Save the Date: Mediabistro Social Curation Summit is on Wednesday, December 12. I am thrilled to be moderating the “Artists on the Verge” panel. Check out the schedule. Early registration ends November 15.

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!