SleuthFest 2015 will be held Feb 26 - March 1 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Keynote: JAMES PATTERSON. Florida Guest of Honor: JAMES W. HALL. Sunday Guest of Honor: DAVE BARRY. Forensic Guest of Honor: RIC GILLESPIE. Visit www.SleuthFest.com for full information.
The Florida Chapter
of Mystery Writers of America (FMWA) is proud to announce
its first Freddie
Award for Writing Excellence. Designed to recognize
outstanding unpublished
mystery writers and novels, Freddies will be awarded to
winning contestants in
two categories, HARD-BOILED and TRADITIONAL.
Submissions will
consist of the first 20 pages of an unpublished mystery
manuscript. Judges are
published authors, and the top five entries in each category
will be read by an
acquiring editor or agent. Freddie winners will be announced
at
www.SleuthFest.com.
Entries may be
submitted electronically. Deadline is November 15, 2014. The
entry fee is $20
for FMWA members, $25 for Mystery Writers of America (MWA)
members, and $30 for
non-members.
For further
information, or to volunteer as a judge if you are a
published
mystery author, contact Diane A.S. Stuckart at
diane@dianestuckart.com
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