January 2022 Newsletter





January 2022 Newsletter








Next Meeting:

Wednesday, January 12

6:30 to 8:30 PM

McCallum Room, 4th floor

Frisco Public Library

6101 Frisco Square Blvd.

Frisco, TX 75034

Zoom Link




Meetings will be a hybrid Zoom/in-person meeting. Mark your calendar for January 12 at 6:30-8:30 PM. Look forward to seeing you then!

All are welcome to attend Write Club meetings….no formal invitation needed. Write Club meeting information can be found on the Frisco Library web site and on the club's Facebook page (Frisco Write Club). Additionally, every month, in advance of the meeting, Rich Blazevich (richblazevich@gmail.com) will send an invitation by email to the active members.


Anybody who has attended a Write Club meeting is automatically subscribed to our newsletters. At the top of each newsletter is a notice of our next meeting.





Our Website: FriscoWriteClub.org


Please visit our website, run by Kevin Mann, for updates and announcements.






Our Facebook Page: Frisco Write Club | Groups | Facebook






January Meeting





Share your goals for 2022, participate in a writing prompt, critique work of fellow writers, and ask writing/publishing questions.





Thanks





Gary Thornberry-founder of the Write Club who has made name tags for the members and visitors over the years.


Bill Etter-new member who agreed to make the name tags and offered to set up an internal lending library of craft books. Please consider adding some of your writing books to this library.





Free Contests of the Month





SHORT FICTION –January 31 deadline

Submit – Jerry Jazz Musician

The Jerry Jazz Musician reader has interests in music, social history, literature, politics, art, film and theater, particularly that of the counter-culture of mid-twentieth century America. Our newsletter subscribers include publishers, artists, musicians, and fellow writers. While your writing should appeal to a reader with these interests and in these creative professions, all story themes are considered.


Winning stories are announced on the home page of Jerry Jazz Musician, and it will reside on the website permanently. Jerry Jazz Musician also nominates writers for the Pushcart Prize.


In addition to publishing the winning story, with the consent of the author, we frequently publish short-listed stories.

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Contest details

No entry fee is required. One story entry only. Simultaneous submissions are accepted.

The contest is open to entrants from anywhere in the world (English language only please)

A prize of $100 will be awarded for the winning story.


In addition to the story being published on Jerry Jazz Musician, the author’s acceptance of the prize money gives Jerry Jazz Musician the right to include the story in an anthology that could appear in book or magazine form. All other ownership rights are retained by the author. If story appears subsequently in other publications, we ask authors to note that the story was originally published on Jerry Jazz Musician.


Submission deadline for the next contest — our 59th — is January 31, 2022. Publishing date will be on or about March 10, 2022. Ideally, stories will not exceed 3,000 words but stories of up to 4,000 words are considered.


Please submit your story by January 31, 2022 via Word (preferred) or PDF attachment to jerryjazzmusician@gmail.com, and be sure to include your name, address and phone number with your submission, as well as a brief 50 – 100 story synopsis. Please include “Short Fiction Contest Submission” in the subject heading of the email.

POETRY – January 22 deadline

The 2022 Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize Explores Place (zocalopublicsquare.org)

Prize: $500. Deadline: January 22, 2022. Note: Winning author gives up all rights.

Since 2012, the Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize has recognized the U.S. writer of a poem that best evokes a connection to place. Zócalo is now accepting submissions for our 2022 competition. The deadline for entries will close on January 22, 2022. There is no fee required to enter.


As with everything else Zócalo features, we are on the lookout for that rare combination of brilliance and clarity, excellence and accessibility. The prize interprets “place” in many ways: A place may possess historical, cultural, political, or personal importance, and may be literal, imaginary, or metaphorical.

Our 11th annual winner will be selected by the Zócalo staff, working in conjunction with a poetry prize selection committee. The winner will receive $1,000 and will have the opportunity to deliver their poem at our spring book prize event. Zócalo will also publish the poem on our site alongside an interview with the poet. In addition, we plan to recognize our honorable mention submissions.


Screenwriter and philanthropist Tim Disney returns to sponsor Zócalo’s literary prize program, which also includes the Zócalo Public Square Book Prize.

See website for poems of past winners.





Successes





Jennifer Evans showed us her children’s book, Follow the Green Frog at the December meeting.

Ariel Slick’s new book, The Royals of Sea and Song, will be available soon. She is offering free print copies to members willing to post honest reviews of her YA fantasy/romance on Amazon on the release day. Please contact Ariel for details.

Becky Ross Michael will have two poems based on fairy tales be published by Xanedu Educational Publishing in print and digitally for a Pinellas County anthology. The two fairy tales are Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood.

Karen Hodges had her Christmas story make a repeat appearance in Smarty Pants Magazine. The story is A Surprise for Mrs. Claus.





Presentation Format for Members Presenting Work for Critique:





  1. Writers: Send your document to Jennifer Evans at dallaswestie@gmail.com prior to the meeting which include the following:

    • title of your document

    • your name

    • your email address (optional)

    • Add line numbers to your document (Go to Layout, then Line Numbers, then Continuous)

    • Limit your document to 500 words (approx. 2 pages) for time constraints. Each reader will be given 10 minutes to present and receive feedback.

  2. Jennifer will post documents to this Google Drive folder.

  3. Critiquers may download documents, make comments, and provide feedback during the meeting.

  4. Critiquers may send comments to writers who provide their email address.

  5. If the writer doesn’t provide an email address, critiquers may send edited doc to Jennifer who will forward to author.

Find additional information about critiques on our website.






Blogs from Our Members






President: Rich Blazevich

Secretary, Newsletter: Linda Baten Johnson

Vice President, Social Media: Kevin Mann (this role includes Write Club web page, Google Docs and Facebook)

Vice President, Critiques: Jennifer Evans

Presidents Emeritus: Gary Thornberry, Fergal O'Donnell

*Other contributors: Zoom meetings: Donna Anderson, Facebook administrator: Ari Frick