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Events

4th Annual Peak Writing Conference
Featuring Jeff Gerke, publisher at Marcher Lord Press, editor, and best-selling author
Saturday, February 4, 2012
First Evangelical Free Church
Colorado Springs, CO
For details and to register, click here.

Pikes Peak Library District Day of Romance
February 11, 2012
Noon to 5:30 p.m.
Penrose Branch in the Carnegie Room
20 North Cascade Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO

Come support your ACFW Colorado authors!

Donita K. Paul, Beth Vogt, Kathleen E. Kovach, Tiffany Amber Stockton, Mary Davis, Paula Moldenhauer, Lisa Tawn Bergren, Megan DiMaria, Alison Strobel Morrow, and Kimberley Woodhouse

For map, click here.
For schedule, click here.

5th Annual ACFW Colorado Retreat
Featuring award-winning inspirational Christian author and speaker, Kim Vogel Sawyer
Friday, April 27 - Saturday, April 28, 2012
Ponderosa Conference & Retreat Center
Larkspur, CO

For details and to register, click here.

2012 ACFW National Conference
Thursday, September 20 - Sunday, September 23, 2012
Dallas, TX

For details, click here.

3rd Annual Novel Crafters Seminar of the Rockies
Featuring award-winning novelist & bestselling author, DiAnn Mills
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Ramada Plaza Hotel & Convention Center
Northglenn, CO

For details, click here.

Contests

ACFW Genesis Contest
The Genesis Contest is for unpublished writers, and will run from January 2, 2012 through March 2, 2012 at 3 p.m. CST.

Genesis has a number of categories/genres to enter, the opportunity for unbiased feedback on writers' work by published authors and experienced judges, and the chance for the category finalists to have their work read by Christian publishing house editors and literary agents. ACFW has been pleased to see previous category winners and finalists move further in their writing careers to become published authors.

For details and submission guidelines, click here.

To help prepare your manuscript, freelance editor Kathy Ide is hosting the January email loop course, "Mistakes That Scream Novice." To sign up go to www.acfw.com and login. Click "Get Connected" on the bar along the top of the page. Choose E-loops. Subscribe to the ACFW Course Loop. For missed lessons check the archives found on the E-loops page.

Peak Writing Conference One-Line Contest
Enter to win a full proposal critique (up to 30 pages with sample chapters) by industry veteran and editor, Jim Peterson AND a proposal critique by Alive Communications agent, Joel Kneedler. To register go to http://4thpeakwritingconference.eventbrite.com. Deadline for entries is midnight, February 2nd.

February 4, 2012

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