Join C.. Hope Clark, founder and editor of FundsforWriters.com, when she kicks off the Missouri Writers' Guild 2011 "Just Write!" Conference on Friday, April 8th with a special Early-Arrival Seminar. Hope's seminar, Funding Streams for Your Writing Career, will focus on how contests, jobs, freelance markets, grants, and publishing can all mesh together for a rewarding writing career!She'll also be leading a break-out session on Saturday for children's writers about how grants work for a children's author. Hope will explain artist-in-education programs, educational grants and even how to become a non-profit in order to sell books in volume. With grants as her specialty, Hope will lead a Master's Class, All Grants and Only Grants, on Sunday to explain the huge number grants, fellowships, retreats, and sponsorships available to the serious writer, specifically for Missouri and surrounding states. Master's Classes are intensive small-group workshops led by conference speakers for conference registrants.
Originating in 2000, FundsforWriters.com includes the website, a whole family of newsletters and ebooks, all designed to help writers earn a steady income. With over 100 publication credits online and in print within little more than a decade, Hope is a walking testimonial on how to achieve success in the writing world. Her website has been recognized every year since 2001 by Writer's Digest as one of its 101 Best Web Sites for Writers. She is also the author of The Shy Writer: An Introvert's Guide to Writing Success, which gives stimulation and empowerment to all those writers who find it difficult to promote themselves or their work.
The weekend conference is slated for April 8-10 at the Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel in St. Louis. Located in the central portion of the US, Hope said many writers have already indicated they're planning to meet her in St. Louis. "It will be fun meeting Funds for Writers readers," she said. "I rarely get to do that."
To take advantage of the Early-Bird Registration prices for "Just Write!" and to attend any of Hope's seminars, go to http://missouriwritersguild.org/mwg_conferencenews.shtml.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Anyone posting a comment on the blog throughout the month of October will be entered into a drawing for a TOTAL FundsforWriters newsletter subscription donated by Hope! And there will be a little something extra for anyone who can tell us who Sherlock is to Hope.
I'm looking forward to the MWG Conference this year. It is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!
ReplyDeleteI know who Sherlock it, but I won't spoil the fun for everyone else.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to meeting Hope.
I am super excited for the 2011 conference this year, it is going to be amazing! MWG is the best!
ReplyDeleteBrandi Schmidt
I am very excited. This will be my first MWG Conference.
ReplyDeleteOh, how I would love to attend...it sounds like a great conference! Funds for Writers looks to be a great newsletter, and I can't wait to receive my first email edition. I recently lost my "day" job, so I need all the help I can get! Would love to pursue writing as a career change, so thanks for the posts!
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