Next Meeting: Wednesday July 1 at 7:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker: Nicholas Brown, author of Norman’s Assault and Norman Bereft
Topic: “HOW, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY OF WRITING.”
Location: Carrollwood Barnes and Noble bookstore

TWA Presents "Big Bucks" In 2008 Cash Awards to 18 Contest Winners!

President Michael Darling's Monthly Message:

At the June general meeting Dr. John Porter described the good life of being a grant writer. Am I jealous? Absolutely! He makes good money writing for a living—exactly what we all want as writers, right? Dr. Porter determines his own hours. His workflow is good despite the shape of the economy. “Companies and charities need grant money even more so in a slow economy,” Dr. Porter said.

Interested in being a grant writer, but missed Dr. Porter’s excellent presentation? You can learn more on the American Grant Writers Association’s website www.agwa.us. You can sign up for their newsletter, register for a class on becoming a certified grant writer (a $599 course – not a bad investment for a new career opportunity), or browse information about grant writing. Dr. Porter stated that the AGWA was the first to issue certifications for grant writers. TWA thanks VP James Durlacher for recruiting Dr. Porter to present this program.

Is everyone writing stories to enter into this year’s TWA Writing Contest? Guidelines and entry forms are on the TWA website: www.TampaWriters.org. Cash prizes in all categories! If you did not win an award with a story last year, don’t give up. Try again. You can even sharpen that same story and resubmit it as long as it has not won before.

Sell your published book(s) at the St. Pete Times Festival of Reading October 24. TWA members are invited to share the TWA exhibitor booth for a $10.00 registration fee. Contact TWA treasurer, Paul DuBose, at mytwa@aol.com.

Got an article about writing? Send it in to the Write Connections editor, Paul DuBose. Got a poem you want to share? Attend the TWA Poetry Group with coordinator Warner Conarton. Meetings are held monthly. Got a story you would like to polish up? Attend the TWA Critique Group with coordinator Mac Wheeler.

The Tampa Writers Alliance is an organization of writers in the Tampa Bay area covering many genres and levels of experience. The Alliance membership includes published novelists, travel book authors, feature and newspaper journalists, and others who are just beginning to write or just have an interest in the literary world. All enjoy the networking opportunities, programs and peer critiques offered by the various work groups. Membership is open to all adults, and the public is invited to attend all general meetings. The Alliance supports the community as judges for the Hillsborough Teachers of English annual writing contest and through workshops and presentations to schools about writing.