Nov
17
Grotto Classes
November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| December 4, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 7:30 pm |
From the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto:
“GROTTO CLASSES RETURN! MARK YOUR CALENDAR TO MEET THE TEACHERS ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4
“The very popular Grotto classes are returning! Beginning the week of January 12, 2009, we’ll be offering weekly evening classes, as well as weekend workshops. Classes will cover every genre from fiction to non, muck-raking to memoir. Visit the Classes page of the Grotto website at http://www.sfgrotto.org for more information and to register. (These classes always fill early.) And remember, a Grotto class makes a fabulous holiday present!
Nov
17
Venturing in Italy: Travels in Puglia, Land between Two Seas
November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| December 14, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Editors Barbara J. Euser and Connie Burke will present their latest travel anthology, Venturing in Italy: Travels in Puglia, Land between Two Seas at Book Passage in Corte Madera at 7 p.m. on Sunday, December 14. Contributing writers will read segments from their stories about Puglia (the heel of Italy’s boot) and Barbara and Connie will present thirty slides of the region.
Local readers include Nancy Alpert, Connie Gutowsky, Tom Harrell, Laurie McAndish King, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Ethel Mussen, and MJ Pramik. Out-of-town “celebrity readers” include Sandra Bracken, Annelize Goedbloed, and Carol Kelly
Join Us!
Oct
31
Narrative Travel Writing Contest
October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| December 15, 2008 | ||
| 11:00 pm |
Travel writing contest calls for submissions on the ‘dangerous world’
Deadline: December 15, 2008 Professionals, freelancers and writers worldwide are invited to submit their travel stories to the 2009 Narrative Travel Writing Contest, organized by TransitionsAbroad.com.
The theme for this year’s contest is “Travel in a Dangerous World.” Submissions should address whether the world is truly more dangerous than it has ever been, or if governments and media have exaggerated the threats.
Stories will be judged based on their sensitivity to the people and culture being described, ability to engage the reader, and literary quality.
Oct
23
Tango, an Argentine Love Story
October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| November 6, 2008 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
| November 21, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Tango, an Argentine Love Story, by Camille Cusumano will celebrate with several more Bay Area booksigning events. More info at Camille’s website.
- November 6, at 7:30 pm
Books Inc. in the Marina
2251 Chestnut Street
San Francisco - November 21st at 7:00 pm
Book Passage
Corte Madera
Oct
23
Congratulations to Christopher Baker
October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Congratulations to Christopher P. Baker, freelance writer-photographer, for winning the gold in SATW’s Category 1: Grand Award - Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year.
Judges’ comments about the Grand Award winner-Travel Journalist of the Year: “Christopher Baker specializes in the Caribbean, and from Cuba to Costa Rica, he knows his territory. … he’ll help you get to know it, too - with insights into the people, surveys of the landscape and all the how-to hints a traveler could want. …”
Oct
13
Guatemala: A Journey Through the Land of the Maya
October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| November 7, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
I’ve seen this book, and it’s beautiful. Hope you can join Kraig and Michael for the launch celebrations:
Kraig Lieb and Michael Shapiro celebrate the publication of Guatemala: A Journey Through the Land of the Maya. Lieb, a photographer for Lonely Planet, will show slides illuminating the land, traditions and celebrations of the Maya in Guatemala. Shapiro, who wrote the text for this pictorial book, will address questions about traveling to Guatemala and the best places to see there.
Two free venues:
Friday, Nov. 7, 7pm
Copperfield’s Books
138 N. Main St.
Sebastopol, Calif.
707-823-2618
Oct
13
Narrative Story Contest
October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| October 27, 2008 | ||
| 12:00 am |
“Awards: First Prize is $1,500, Second Prize is $750, and Third Prize is $300. The prize winners will be announced in Narrative. Additionally, ten finalists will be chosen and announced in the magazine. All entries will be considered for publication. (Limit of two entries per individual.)”
Oct
13
Road Junky 2008 Gonzo Travel Writing Contest
October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| December 31, 2008 | ||
| 12:00 am |
Road Junky 2008 Gonzo Travel Writing Contest - Hell Trips
Let’s face it, stories about people falling in love, getting high on drugs and enjoying stunning mountain views only take you so far. There hasn’t been a movie made yet that begins “And they will all live happily ever after …”
There’s way more juice in hearing about the nightmare stories, the hell trips when everything that could go wrong did. So we want to hear about your worst journeys, your near-death experiences, when you were robbed, beaten up, extorted, heartbroken or brainwashed.
Oct
12
“Tween-age” Travel Writing Workshop
October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I’ve traveled—and written—twice with Denise Altobello, and was delighted to learn that she will be a teaching a travel writing seminar for middle-schoolers next summer. If you know any 7th, 8th, or 9th graders who might be interested, please pass this information along; I ‘m sure it will be an excellent workshop! Knowing Denise, it will also be a big bunch o’ fun—wish I could go, too.
Oct
12
High School Travel Writing Contest
October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| October 31, 2008 |
Bay Area Travel Writers
Holds 4th Annual
San Francisco Bay Area High School
Travel Writing Contest
October 1 - 31, 2008
BATW.org
San Francisco, CA (September 15, 2008)- The Bay Area Travel Writers (BATW), a 20-year-old professional organization of travel writers and photographers, announces its 4th annual Travel Writing Contest for all Bay Area high school students. No entry fee is required.
Students wishing to enter should submit a 500-word essay concerning a travel destination, experience or activity. Travel essays deal with the idea and experience of travel - whether the writer has traveled to the other side of the world, down the block or anywhere in between. All essays will be evaluated by BATW judges (professional travel writers) on accuracy, originality, creativity, proper use of language, syntax and grammar, and humor.
Oct
9
ASJA Grants and Fellowships Panel
October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| October 21, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
From ASJA: Want to spend an all-expense paid year at Stanford or Harvard studying topics that will deepen your book or big article research? Looking for ways to fund your most ambitious writing projects?
Don’t miss an exceptional panel on October 21st, all about grants and fellowships for writers, presented by the Northern California chapter of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). This event will feature:
- Representatives from Stanford’s Knight Fellowship and Harvard’s Nieman Foundation discussing the purpose of the awards and how to apply.
- Staff from the San Francisco Foundation Center showing us how to search the Center’s nationwide database for grants to individuals.
Oct
9
A Taste of Oakland
October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| October 18, 2008 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 1:00 pm |
Bay Area Travel Writers will learn about downtown Oakland’s treasures at their meeting on Saturday, October 18. Guests and prospective members are welcome. Please RSVP to the BATW hotline (415-267-6176) by Tuesday, Oct. 14.
We will gather at the gorgeous B Restaurant at Ninth & Washington in the historic district of downtown Oakland—just three blocks from the 12th Street/city center BART station and a short walk from Jack London square. At B’s we’ll enjoy tea/coffee and a continental breakfast while a panel tell us about the treasures of downtown Oakland.
Panel members include:
- OakBook Magazine’s Priyanka Sharma-Sindhar
Oct
9
ASMP NorCal’s Multimedia Special Interest Group Present Dai Sugano and Jan Sturman
October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| October 30, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Thursday, October 30, 2008, 7:00- 9:00 p.m.
Dai Sugano works for the San Jose Mercury News and is an 2008 Emmy award winner. Dai will show several of his multimedia projects and discuss them in detail. There’s no disputing Dai’s ability to document a story but he also has a very strong artistic side that adds to his work in a special way.
Jan Sturmann, a Berkeley-based still photographer specializing in multimedia projects for commercial clients and NGOs will talk about his experience building a viable business in this emerging specialty.
Oct
9
Travel Writing: Map Out the Route to Your Dream Profession
October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| October 18, 2008 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 4:00 pm |
Lisa Alpine gives great class (I’ve been). Check out her upcoming one on breaking in to travel writing:
Do you love to travel? Keep a travel journal? Why not take the next step and turn your daily scribbles into salable articles? You can do this by learning two things: 1) how to improve your storytelling abilities, and 2) how to market your work. “I’ll lead you through the steps of writing a travel story and then targeting and querying your markets [short story anthologies, newspapers, magazines and ezines],” says instructor Lisa Alpine. “We’ll also discuss ways to generate other travel-related sources of income, such as writing press releases and doing guidebook research. Whether you’re writing about your neighborhood or rafting down the Zambezi, you can develop specialty travel angles that open up publishing avenues beyond the Sunday Travel Section - and still pay well.” So come launch your career as a travel writer!
Aug
26
2008 Travel Documentary Scholarship
August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| August 31, 2008 | ||
| 12:00 am |
“Leading online travel insurance provider, WorldNomads.com, together with the Nat Geo Adventure, is calling for entrants into its 2008 Documentary Scholarship. The winner will go ‘on assignment’ in Rajasthan, India with experienced documentary producer Trent O’Donnell to create a video documentary about a World Expeditions community project trek.”In the first WorldNomads.com scholarship open to everyone internationally - not just students - the scholarship recipient’s resulting video will be considered for broadcast on the Nat Geo Adventure Channel. The recipients will also receive a Lenovo Ideapad laptop to write their ‘on the road’ blog and travel gear from Paddy Pallin.
Aug
26
SATW’s Careers in Travel Journalism
August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| January 9, 2009 12:00 am | to | January 11, 2009 12:00 am |
“The 14th annual Society of American Travel Writers’ Institute for Travel Writing & Photography will be led by a faculty that includes leading North American travel writers, editors and photographers. New faculty members this year include award-winning broadcast journalist and website producer-publisher Bea Broda, and Florida expert, Sandra Friend, author of some 20 books, 12 of which cover Florida travel and the outdoors.
“They join established faculty members:
USA Today Deputy Managing Editor for Travel, Veronica Stoddart
Online travel journalism pioneer, Lee Foster
Self-publishing authority, M. Timothy O’Keefe
Award-winning guidebook expert, Christopher P. Baker
University Press of Florida Editor-in-Chief, John W. Byram
and others
Aug
26
Mexican Enough
August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| October 29, 2008 | ||
| 7:30 pm |
Stephanie Elizondo Griest will be touring for the next few months with her latest memoir, Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines. She’ll be in San Francisco on Wednesday, October 29 at Modern Times Bookstore (888 Valencia Street in the Mission District) at 7:30 p.m.
Here is a description of the book:
Aug
26
Tango: An Argentine Love Story
August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment
| October 12, 2008 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
Camille Cusumano’s book, Tango: An Argentine Love Story will be celebrated with a book launch party at the The Museo ItaloAmericano on Sunday, October 12, from 1 to 4 p.m. Details at Camille’s site. I’m reading—and enjoying—the book now. It’s about the intersection of tango, Zen and yoga, and how they pulled Camille through a difficult transition.
Aug
26
Guatemala: A Journey Through the Land of the Maya
August 26, 2008 | 2 Comments
| November 8, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
FREE event: Kraig Lieb and Michael Shapiro celebrate the publication of Guatemala: A Journey Through the Land of the Maya with a book launch party at Book Passage in Corte Madera on Saturday, November 8. In addition to Michael’s evocative descriptions, the coffee-table book is filled with gorgeous photos. Lieb, a photographer for Lonely Planet, will show slides illuminating the land, traditions and celebrations of the Maya in Guatemala. Shapiro, who wrote the text for this pictorial book, will address questions about traveling to Guatemala and the best places to see there. More info on Michael’s website.
Saturday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m.
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA
Jun
7
Writing contests
June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Thanks to Gail Flynn for passing along this information about a Yahoo! Group listing all kinds of writing contests.
Jan
13
Book Expo America
January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| May 29, 2008 | to | June 1, 2008 |
BEA 2008 will be at the Los Angeles Convention Center from May 29 - June 1. New for 2008:
- New Title Bookstore — With over 1500 titles and 1000 authors and publishers — be sure not to miss it!
- Expanded and comprehensive podcast program including industry events and streaming video. An interactive component to BEA to enhance and expand dissemination beyond the show dates — a BEA without walls!
- and more….
Jan
10
BookTour.com, Where Audiences and Authors Meet
January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
“We’re a free online service that connects authors and potential audiences of all sorts, from book groups to civic organizations, from bookstores to corporate events. Authors create their own page (biography, books, tour dates and availability) and any group looking for speakers can find them and contact them directly to arrange for an appearance. Relevant information for both authors and venues can be added in minutes through a simple fill-in-the-blanks interface. Connecting authors with potential audiences then becomes as easy as searching (by geography, book titles, subject, dates of availability) and sending an email.”For authors, BookTour.com serves as a one-stop tool for book promotion, allowing authors at all levels of their careers to locate receptive live audiences. For readers and audiences, BookTour.com makes finding when a favorite author is coming to your town as easy as checking the weather.
Jan
10
Litquake 2008
January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| October 3, 2008 6:00 pm | to | October 11, 2008 6:00 pm |
“Pull out those shiny new dayplanners and mark them thus: Litquake 2008 begins on Friday, October 3, with a smashing tribute to another famed Bay Area author at the Herbst Theater. It will steamroll through the week with fabulous events and conclude as always with the Lit Crawl on Saturday, Oct. 11. Start breaking in those walking shoes now!”
Jan
7
Knight-Wallace Fellowships
January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| February 1, 2008 | ||
| 1:00 pm |
“University of Michigan invites applications by February 1, 2008 from journalists in any media with 5 years’ experience to experience a deadline-free eight months as a Knight-Wallace Fellow. $55,000+ stipend. Spouses welcome.” Above info from the Society of Environmental Journalists.
Jan
7
Science Journalism Program Fellowships
January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| March 1, 2008 | ||
| 1:00 pm |
“Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) invites applications for Science Journalism Program Fellowships. Take one of two hands-on courses: biomedical science (in Woods Hole, MA, June 4-14, 2008) or polar science (in Toolik Lake, Alaska, June 29 - July 12, 2008). A limited number of fellows will spend an additional month at Palmer Station, Antarctica. Deadline: March 1, 2008.” Above info from the Society of Environmental Journalists.
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