Improve Your Pitch

This youtube video "Freelance Survival: Perfect Your Pitch" might be of interest to those of you currently pitching your work.


Video description: On April 26, The Tyee brought together a group of editors to give freelance writers in Vancouver a better idea of how to make the "perfect pitch." With Gary Ross of Vancouver magazine, Jane Nahirny of British Columbia magazine, David Jordan of BC Business magazine, and freelance journalist and author, Erin Millar. 

You're on YouTube!

In March, about a half dozen members of the club met for a taped reading. Tom and Jim did the taping  and Tom uploaded the podcasts onto a YouTube channel he created for the club. 


This was a test run and we'd like to do more podcasts, perhaps in collaboration with the Oshkosh Poetry Club and/or other members of the public.


For a demonstration, Dixie's piece is here. Click on the side menu for other members' pieces.

Meeting Reminder

The Oshkosh Area Writers Club meets at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 21, in the lower level of the Oshkosh Public Library. We wil be joined by some UW-Oshkosh students in judging the city-wide Create-A-Book contest for students in grades 3 through 5. 


If time permits, we will discuss Tom''s Author Spotlight piece. 

WRA Charter Club Intro

Thanks go to  Janet C. for a very nice write-up about our club in the latest issue of the Wisconsin Writers Association. The article introduces us as the newest Charter Club of the state organization. As a charter club, any member of our club can join WWR for a discount; please see Ruth for details.

Fox Cities Book Festival

The Fox Cities Book Festival kicks off April 11. There are over 90 presentations at over a dozen locations, you are sure to find something that interests you!


Authors include inspirational author Beverly Lewis; mystery writer Carol Higgins Clark, young adult novelist John Coy, as well as numerous state writers and poets.


For a complete schedule of events, please click here.

Upcoming Events

The Oshkosh Area Writers Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 17 in the lower level of the Oshkosh Public Library. Pat K. is the Author Spotlight.


Also, on Wednesday, March 21, we're going to tape members reading their works to be potentially posted on our youtube page. If you would like to participate, join us from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Lower Level Meetings Room A/B at the library. Feel free to bring props -- and it's okay to attend even if you don't want to be taped!


As always, both the meeting and the podcast event are free and open to the public.

Contest Deadline Extended!

The deadline for the Wisconsin Writer's Association "Jessica Nelson Poetry Book Contest" has been extended.


Qualifying Topic: Poetry presented in a book-length collection of a single author’s work. Entries must be an unpublished manuscript of a single author’s original poetry. It is acceptable for some of the poetry to have been published before, so long as the author retains the copyright and gives credit where the items have been previously published, but the manuscript should include a substantial number of poems that have not been previously published. The first prize winner will be given strong consideration for publication by the WRWA Press if the author meets our requirements for participating energetically in book promotion.


For more information or the enter online, click here.

Join our Podcast Project!

Tom has set up a YouTube account for the club and we’d like to film people reading their work and put it up on the internet. There is no monetary reward but this a great opportunity to practice real-life readings, review the video and perhaps see where you need improvement. Nothing will go on the internet without your approval.

If you would like to participate, please wear clothes that are a single color - stripes and patterns don’t film well. You’re welcome to read from a notebook, etc. but please rehearse a few times before the event so you can get down the pace / tone you want to convey.

Much thanks to Tom for leading us on this new project! Like everything else we’ve ever done, I imagine this will be a learning experience but if Tom is involved, we know it will be fun!

Wisconsin Writers Newsletter

Don't miss all the great contests offered by Wisconsin Writers Association. Submissions due dates are coming up!

Christmas novella submissions

Pelican Book Group is looking for 15000-25000 word novella with a Christian Christmas theme. Submissions due May 1, 2012.