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Amy Writing Awards:
The winners for the 2011 Amy Writing Awards are:
| Christina Ryan Claypool |
$10,000 First Prize |
| Alicea L. Jones |
$5,000 Second Prize |
| Kendall Wingrove |
$4,000 Third Prize |
| Shelley L. Houston |
$3,000 Fourth Prize |
| Leah Shearer |
$2,000 Fifth Prize |
| Delvyn C. Case |
$1,000 Award of Outstanding Merit |
| Robert Michaels |
$1,000 Award of Outstanding Merit |
| Tom Flannery |
$1,000 Award of Outstanding Merit |
| Steve Cornell |
$1,000 Award of Outstanding Merit |
| Richard Lee Foster |
$1,000 Award of Outstanding Merit |
| Taryn Hutchison |
$1,000 Award of Outstanding Merit |
| Diana L. Keathley |
$1,000 Award of Outstanding Merit |
| Rachel Coleman |
$1,000 Award of Outstanding Merit |
| Michael Helms |
$1,000 Award of Outstanding Merit |
| Rusty Wright |
$1,000 Award of Outstanding Merit |
Please click here to read these prize-winning articles.
Entries are now being accepted for the 2012 Amy Writing Awards. Click here for more information on the Amy Writing Awards
Upcoming Christian Writers Conferences:
The seventh annual Antelope Valley Christian Writers’ Conference, May 4-5, 2012, is quickly approaching. If you enjoy writing, and you’d like to sharpen your skills and learn how the publishing business works, you are welcome to join us. Registration is now open.
Our keynote speaker will be author and mentor Cecil Murphey. (You might know him as the author of Ninety Minutes in Heaven.) Meet agent Bill Jensen, grammar expert Kathy Ide, magazine columnist B.J. Taylor, novelist Kathi Macias, and more. Between them they have over a century of experience in training writers for today’s competitive market.
You can attend workshops in a wide array of creative categories. A special program (with a discounted price) is offered for teen writers, age 12-17. Fellowship with other writers who share your calling. Receive a free critique for your latest writing project. Pitch your book idea directly to our publishers and agents. Together, we can help you take your writing to the next level.
We’re located in the High Desert of Southern California, within easy driving distance from Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Bakersfield, or Ventura County. Or you can also get here via the Metrolink commuter train from Downtown LA or Burbank Airport.
Complimentary refreshments, a continental breakfast, and a catered lunch will be served. A special deal is available for any church or school sending five people or more. Please have a look at our website, at www.avwriters.com. Or write to us at info@avwriters.com.
June 14-16, 2012: Write! Canada: Encouraging Canadian Christians to Write Quality Work for the Secular Press. Interview previewing Rusty Wright’s course on “Effectively Communicating Christ to Non-Christian Audiences” at Write! Canada, “Canada’s largest Christian writers’ conference.” Tips on scratching where unbelievers itch; turning skepticism and stereotypes into connection opportunities; treating nonbelievers as Jesus did; building bridges; and more. Part 1 Part 2
YOUR KEY TO GETTING PUBLISHED and earning extra income: Write-to-Publish Conference, May 30–June 2, Chicago area. Classes for beginning through career writers, meetings with editors and agents, manuscript evaluations. Details: www.writetopublish.com, brochure@writetopublish.com.
Christian Writer's Retreat:
Explore the relationship between your faith and writing craft at the annual Christian Writer’s Retreat. The retreat, which features novelist and film critic, Jeffrey Overstreet, and renowned poet, Robert Siegel, will give writer’s time to hone their craft and learn from professionals in the field.
Held July 13th through 15th on Gove Hill Retreat’s beatific 187-acre campus, writers will gain one-on-one attention from instructors as well as time for the sharing and critiquing of work. Room and board is included in this creative long-weekend. Commuter and day rates are also available. Save $100 by registering before April 30th. All are welcome to attend. To learn more, please visit Gove Hill Retreat’s website, www.govehillretreat.org or call us at (802) 785-4000.
From Syndicate Writer Rusty Wright:
Rusty Wright, a previous winner of multiple Amy Writing Awards, an Amy Internet Syndicate author, and guest speaker many Christian Writers Conferences was recently interviewed by Alton Gansky of Gansky Communications. "I was honored when Al Gansky asked to interview me on video about my recent article, Evangelicals’ Image Problem. He wanted us to analyze the op-ed to help Christian writers sharpen their skills. Perhaps this video can be of use to the communicators in your own circles."
Anatomy of an Article: Writing for Skeptics. Prolific author Alton Gansky – director of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference – interviews Rusty Wright about his short op-ed, Evangelicals’ Image Problem. Follow along with the article as Al and Rusty dissect it on video. Discover ways to attract and keep attention; connect with skeptical readers; select effective words and colorful illustrations that move people emotionally and intellectually; and offer resolution for impact. (Online video, 31:06)
Click “here” to view a previous interview between Alton Gansky and Rusty Wright about The Amy Foundation and the Amy Writing Awards.
Alton Gansky is a fulltime writer with an eclectic background. He has been a firefighter, spent a decade in architecture, and twenty-two years as a Baptist minister. He is the author of forty or so books, both fiction and nonfiction and has written for a variety of businesses. In addition to his own writing, Alton, through his company Gansky Communications, provides writing services to publishers, agents, businesses, and other authors. An active public speaker, Alton has delivered messages, seminars, and classes across the country, and in Canada. Alton directs two conferences for writers: The Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in Ridgecrest, North Carolina; and the Southwest Christian Writers Studio in Glorieta, New Mexico.
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