READERS & WRITERS CALENDAR: FROM NOVEMBER 8, 2015

For complete Calendar including Authors Events, go to www.SDWriteWay.org

November 8, 2015 (San Diego's East County) - This column is also published in the http://EastCountyMagazine.org. If you are from East County, I highly recommend that you check out the ECM for articles and the latest in what is happening in the East County.

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November 8 (Sunday, 2:00 pm) — Adventures by the Book™ is pleased to partner with the Carlsbad City Library for The Tin Horse Library Adventure with San Diego author Janice Steinberg at the Carlsbad City Library, 1775 Dove Lane, Carlsbad, CA 92011. The event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event.

About the Book/Event: In The Tin Horse, Janice exquisitely unfolds a rich multigenerational story about the intense, often fraught bonds between sisters, mothers, and daughters and the profound and surprising ways we are shaped by those we love. At its core, it is a book not only about the stories we tell but, more important, those we believe, especially the ones about ourselves.

About the Author: Janice Steinberg is an award-winning arts journalist who has published more than four hundred articles in The San Diego Union-Tribune, Dance Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. She is also the author of five mystery novels, including the Shamus Award–nominated Death in a City of Mystics.

For more information regarding the event, please contact Susan McBeth at (619) 300-2532 or at susan@adventuresbythebook.com.

November 8 (Sunday, 2:00 pm) — Harriet McDougal, Maria Simons, Alan Romanczuk and Jason Denzel sign in San Diego.

This is a numbered event – numbers for the signing line are free with the purchase of The Wheel of Time Companion or Mystic from Mysterious Galaxy, available November 3 starting at 10 am. See the Event Calendar at mg for details.

Mysterious Galaxy, 5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100, San Diego. For additional information, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ or call (858) 268-4747.

November 8 (Sunday, 12:00 pm) — Weekends with Locals: Kristen Elise PhD

As part of our ongoing Weekend with Locals Program we will be hosting Kristen Elise PhD author of The Death Row Complex.

For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com |

November 9 (Monday, 7:00 pm) — Warwick’s presents Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Men Who United the States to discuss his newest book, Pacific, at the Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA 92117.

     $31.31 — One admission and one copy of The Pacific

    $41.31 — Two admission and one copy of The Pacific

Following his acclaimed Atlantic and The Men Who United the States, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this imposing force of nature.

Today, the Pacific is ascendant. Its geological history has long transformed us tremendous earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis but its human history, from a Western perspective, is quite young, beginning with Magellan's sixteenth-century circumnavigation. It is a natural wonder whose most fascinating history is currently being made.

Winchester's personal experience is vast and his storytelling second to none. And his historical understanding of the region is formidable, making Pacific a paean to this magnificent sea of beauty, myth, and imagination that is transforming our lives.

For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com |

November 9 (Monday, 7:30 pm) — Matt Kaplan signs in San Diego

Science of the Magical: From the Holy Grail to Love Potions to Superpowers (Hardcover) By Matt Kaplan.

Can migrations of birds foretell our future? Do phases of the moon hold sway over our lives? Are there sacred springs that cure the ill? What is the best way to brew a love potion? How do we create mutant humans who regenerate like Wolverine?

In "Science of the Magical," noted science journalist Matt Kaplan plumbs the rich, lively, and surprising history of the magical objects, places, and rituals that infuse ancient and contemporary myth. Like Ken Jennings and Mary Roach, Kaplan serves as a friendly armchair guide to the world of the supernatural. From the strengthening powers of Viking mead, to the super soldiers in movies like "Captain America," Kaplan ranges across cultures and time periods to point out that there is often much more to these enduring magical narratives than mere fantasy. Informative and entertaining, "Science of the Magical" explores our world through the compelling scope of natural and human history and cutting-edge science.

Mysterious Galaxy, 5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100, San Diego. For additional information, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ or call (858) 268-4747.

November 10 (Tuesday, 12:00 pm) — Warwick’s presents Ray Lewis, Superbowl MVP and ESPN Analyst signing his debut memoir, I Feel Like Going On

Ray Lewis, legendary Baltimore Ravens linebacker and one of the greatest defensive players of his generation, holds nothing back on the state of football as well as his troubled childhood, his rise to athletic greatness, the storm that threatened to ruin his NFL career, and the devastating injury that nearly cost him a final moment of glory.

"A lot of folks, they know my game, but they don’t know my deal. This book right here, it tells the story of my seventeen-year NFL career. It tells of my two Super Bowls, the mark I was blessed to be able to make on the game, on the city of Baltimore. But it also tells the story of how I grew up—abandoned by my no-account father, raised with my siblings by our God-fearing, hardworking single mother. It tells how I sometimes struggled off the field. It tells of the anguish and controversy that found me away from the game.

"Mostly, it tells how heartbreak can sometimes lift you to greatness and glory—if you find a way to put your focus in faith, and faith in your focus.

For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com |

November 10 (Tuesday, 7:30 pm) — Leigh Bardugo, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff sign in San Diego. They will sign their books, Six of Crows, Illuminae, and Run and Rising.

For more details: http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/leigh-bardugo-amie-kaufman-and-jay-kristoff-sign-san-diego

Mysterious Galaxy, 5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100, San Diego. For additional information, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ or call (858) 268-4747.

November 11 (Wednesday, 7:30 pm) — Jérémie Guez signs in San Diego.

The son of an Algerian immigrant, Idir is a disappointment to his doctor father. Torn between his wealthy school friends and his neighborhood pals, who range from petty thieves to professional criminals, Idir operates easily between worlds, and yet is at home nowhere. Without much effort, Idir becomes one of the Parisian upper crust s most sought-out private dicks, thanks to his understanding of the needs of his privileged clients. The only thing standing in his way is Idir's unfortunate habit of crying uncontrollably.

Things change when Oscar Crumley, a wealthy media scion that Idir knew at university, reappears in Idir's life, hiring him to find his missing younger half-brother, Thibaut. Idir assumes it is an open and shut case. But when Idir discovers that Thibaut was hiding his homosexuality from his conservative family, his disappearance takes on sinister connotations.

Distracted by his intense affair with the wife of a wealthy friend, Idir ultimately becomes embroiled in a war of lies and corruption between two of France's most powerful media conglomerates. Inspired by Chandler and the American greats, Guez uses the familiar tropes of noir to create an entirely new language.

Mysterious Galaxy, 5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100, San Diego. For additional information, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ or call (858) 268-4747.

November 12 (Thursday, 7:00 pm) — Join us for a book signing with local author Len Martini of his book Ice X-86: Freezing the Cold War. This is a wonderful adventure story of an unusual and important event in U.S. military history told by a man who was a key player.

Based on true events, ICE-X'86: Freezing the Cold War tells of a top-secret mission: a team of young engineers who face insurmountable odds-ice storms, polar bears, military bias, espionage, fear and self-doubt-while launching torpedoes from the surface of the Arctic ice pack. Will secret torpedo tests help to mitigate the Cold War's greatest threat, or will a rogue Russian submarine that interrupts the mission spark international retaliation and something even worse?

They will be showing video footage of the events discussed in the book. A signed copy of the book will be raffled by the Author for those present at the event.

Upstart Crow Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 835 W. Harbor Drive, Suite C, San Diego; (619) 232-4855; http://www.upstartcrowtrading.com.

November 12 (Thursday, 7:30 pm) — Michael Stanley signs in San Diego.

"A Death in the Family "is the fifth book in this exceptional series and begins with a bang when Kubu's elderly father is murdered. Kubu is ordered away from the case, but as usual, he has trouble following orders.

Meanwhile, in the small town of Shoshong, the local Chinese-owned mine wants to take over part of the village. A week later, a senior official in the Department of Mines is found dead. Kubu becomes convinced that the official was murdered. As always, Michael Stanley creates a seamless and complex mystery with a fascinating look at modern-day Africa.

Mysterious Galaxy, 5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100, San Diego. For additional information, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ or call (858) 268-4747.

November 14 (Saturday, 4:00 pm) — Star Wars Psychology in San Diego. From the very start, the Star Wars series created a compelling and complex universe. In advance of the highly anticipated new movie, this essay collection offers a fascinating and unauthorized psychological analysis of George Lucas's richly rendered world. A group of expert contributors examines such topics as family ties, Jedi qualities, masculinity, girl power, and the values embodied in both the "dark" and "light" sides of this spellbinding world.

Mysterious Galaxy, 5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100, San Diego. For additional information, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ or call (858) 268-4747.

November 14 (Saturday, 7:00 pm) — Author and filmmaker Liz Goldwyn will read from and discuss her new book, Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897, at D.G.Wills Books, 7461 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, 858-456-1800, http://www.dgwillsbooks.com.

Sporting Guide is a brilliantly imaginative, illustrated recreation of an 1890s Los Angeles pocket guide, or "Sporting Guide," to the brothels of the day. Before there was the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles was a rough place, building its way out to the global city of today. In the late nineteenth century it was a rapidly growing city filled with pimps and prostitutes, Chinese railwaymen, robbers, smugglers, and corrupt politicians. It was a city where losers and dreamers from all over the world could came to make their fortune.

This era of her native city has always fascinated author, fashion icon, and filmmaker Liz Goldwyn. In a series of beautiful, haunting interlinked stories she recreates the Los Angeles of the 1890s through stories of its pimps, politicians, prostitutes – male and female – businessmen, madams and johns. She takes readers inside the bordellos and velvet curtained rooms where sex entices but power and money rule. Based on her original research in the libraries and archives of LA, these fictional stories center around real historical characters – like the famous owner of LA’s grandest brothel, Pearl Morton (whose tombstone Goldwyn discovered). Interspersed in those stories, Goldwyn writes about the historical realities of the time, from fashion to opium drug addiction to sexual practices and birth control. Sporting Guide evokes a lost world of those on the margins of LA, of the hustlers who made it into one of the great cities of the world, and she gives a poignant voice to people and stories lost to time.

Liz Goldwyn is a writer, filmmaker, and artist living and working in Los Angeles. She is the writer and director of the documentary Pretty Things (HBO, 2005) based on her non-fiction book Pretty Things: the Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens. Goldwyn has done many short films.

November 15 (Sunday) — Good Earth / Great Chefs series proudly presents a book signing with Russell Moore and Allison Hopelain of Camino restaurant, at Chino Farms. Their debut cookbook, This is Camino, features exciting recipes from their restaurant in Oakland, CA with their unique fire-based cooking approach and ingredient-focused philosophy. http://www.goodearthgreatchefs.com.

November 16 (Monday, 7:30 pm) — Warwick's is hosting writer-like person Alex Sheshunoff to speak about and sign his book A Beginner's Guide to Paradise. Alex Sheshunoff's writing has appeared in National Geographic Adventure, Slate.com, Marketplace on National Public Radio, and other very prestigious media outlets. Before deciding to call himself a writer, Alex snuck through Yale and started and ran an Internet company in New York called E-The People—a nonpartisan precursor to Moveon.org that was featured in the New York Times, Forbes, CNN, and elsewhere.

From the author of a lot of emails and several Facebook posts comes A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise, a laugh-out-loud, true story that will answer your most pressing escape-from-it-all questions, including:

From Robinson Crusoe to Survivor, Gilligan’s Island to The Beach, people have fantasized about living on a remote tropical island. But when facing a quarter-life crisis, plucky desk slave Alex Sheshunoff actually did it.

While out in Paradise, he learned a lot. About how to make big choices and big changes. About the less-than-idyllic parts of paradise. About tying a loincloth without exposing the tender bits. Now, Alex shares his incredible story and pretty-hard-won wisdom in a book that will surprise you, make you laugh, take you to such unforgettable islands as Yap and Pig, and perhaps inspire your own move to an island with only two letters in its name.

For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com |

November 17 (Tuesday, 7:30 pm) — Warwick's is hosting author and Sons of Anarchy star Wally Rudolph to talk about his new novel Mighty, Mighty. Wally Rudolph, born in Canada to Jamaican parents, had a fifteen-year affair with illicit drugs that had him drop out of college and took him back and forth across the American Midwest. His fiction can be found in the literary journals "Milk Money," "Lines+Stars," "Palooka," "Slush Pile," "The Brooklyner," and the anthology, "Literary: Pasadena." A graduate of The Second City Conservatory in Chicago, he now resides with his family in Los Angeles. This event is free and open to the public. Reserved seating is available. Only books purchased from Warwick's will be signed. Please call the Warwick's Book Dept. (858) 454-0347 for details.

Mighty, Mighty is a modern day fable set in a crumbling metropolis riddled with urban poverty and violence. Dirty apartments, tattoo parlors, food kitchens these are the markers of home for the struggling young adults around Chicago. Stefy is an artist at Ghost Town, the local tattoo shop, trying to provide for her younger sister Amanda and their ailing grandfather. Amanda is hoping for something better, seeking to escape a past riddled with addiction and an abusive relationship with Georgie. When he confronts her one drunken night at a dive bar, the situation turns violent: Amanda barely escapes with her life but Georgie lies dead on the bathroom floor. This one mistake puts the two sisters in the crosshairs of Georgie's father, a twisted, corrupt ex-cop now out for revenge over the murder of his son. His quest for vengeance will make the neighborhoods of Chicago tremble, leaving no one untouched.

For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com |

November 17 (Tuesday, 1:30 pm) — AAUW Mystery Book Club with Matt Coyle.

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) San Diego Branch encourages personal and professional growth in women of all ages. They support scholarship programs and provide community leadership opportunities - all in the context of developing lifelong friendships with like-minded women. Their book discussion group meeting at MGSD will focus on local author Matt Coyle's award-winning series -- the meeting is free and open to the public.

Haunted by a past he cannot flee, Private Investigator Rick Cahill has felt the pain from being wrongly accused of a crime. So, when an attorney asks him to help free an imprisoned man, whom he believes is not guilty of murdering his family, Rick jumps at the chance. The investigation pits him against his mentor, cops who want to put him in jail, and a biker gang that wants him dead. Before Rick can save himself, he must uncover the truth known only to the real killer about what happened one bloody night eight years ago.

Mysterious Galaxy, 5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100, San Diego. For additional information, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ or call (858) 268-4747.

November 18 (Wednesday, 6:00 pm) — Adam Brookes signs in San Diego.

A sequel to Night Heron finds journalist Philip Mangan embroiled in a life-threatening conspiracy involving local unrest in East Africa and his failures in Beijing.

Mysterious Galaxy, 5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100, San Diego. For additional information, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ or call (858) 268-4747.

November 18 (Wednesday, 7:00 pm) — San Diego Book Discussion Group.

In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed;fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. In another part of town, months later, a retired cop named Bill Hodges is still haunted by the unsolved crime. When he gets a crazed letter from someone who self-identifies as the perk and threatens an even more diabolical attack, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement, hell-bent on preventing another tragedy. Brady Hartfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. He loved the feel of death under the wheels of the Mercedes, and he wants that rush again. Only Bill Hodges, with a couple of highly unlikely allies, can apprehend the killer before he strikes again. And they have no time to lose, because Brady's next mission, if it succeeds, will kill or maim thousands. Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.

Mysterious Galaxy, 5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100, San Diego. For additional information, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ or call (858) 268-4747.

November 18 (3rd. Wednesday, 7:00 pm) — New Alchemy Poetry Series: Featured Poets: Red Garter Poets, Upstart Crow Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 835 W. Harbor Drive, Suite C, San Diego; (619) 232-4855; Host: Seretta Martin Co-Host: Fred Longworth http://www.upstartcrowtrading.com.

November 18 (Wednesday, 6:30 pm) — Adventures by the Book™, in support of Tierrasanta Village of San Diego (TVSD), is pleased to present the next in its popular “Tierrasanta Talks” Adventures featuring award-winning San Diego author and Stanford Medical School faculty member Caitlin O’Connell at the Community Room, SDA Church, 11260 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92124. The event is ticketed ($10 pm) and is open to the public. A portion of event proceeds will be donated to TVSD.

About the Event: Meet Greg, a stocky guy with an outsized swagger. He’s just one of the African bull elephants you’ll learn about at our “Tierrasanta Talks” Politics of Pachyderms Adventure. Join O’Connell who shares the challenges and triumphs of field research on these beloved pachyderms and offers a rare inside look at the social world of African male elephants featured in her new book, Elephant Don.

About the Author: Caitlin O’Connell is a faculty member at Stanford University School of Medicine, the author of the acclaimed science memoir The Elephant’s Secret Sense, and the subject of the award winning Smithsonian documentary “Elephant King.” Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, National Geographic, and Discover, among many others.

November 18 (Wednesday, 7:00 pm) — Poetry Night: The New Alchemy Poetry series, hosted by local poets Seretta Martin and Fred Longworth, invite you to hear THE RED GARTERS POETRY GROUP.  Each meeting features an Open Mic segment.

Upstart Crow Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 835 W. Harbor Drive, Suite C, San Diego; (619) 232-4855; http://www.upstartcrowtrading.com.

November 19 (Thursday, 7:00 pm) — Join us for a book signing with author Roccie Hill of her newest novel, Window of Exposure.

When terrorists capture an American CEO in France, former F-16 pilot Kate Cardenas leads the Defense Intelligence Agency team in a covert operation to rescue the businessman before it’s too late. Fast-paced and riveting from beginning to end, Window of Exposure invites readers into the close-knit, secretive world of military operations in an international thriller that explores modern-day terrorism through the efforts of an unforgettable female heroine.

Upstart Crow Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 835 W. Harbor Drive, Suite C, San Diego; (619) 232-4855; http://www.upstartcrowtrading.com.

November 19 (Thursday, 7:30 pm) — Warwick's is hosting award-winning author Phil Cousineau to speak about and sign his new book. Phil Cousineau is an award-winning writer and filmmaker, teacher and editor, lecturer and travel leader, storyteller and TV / radio host with more than 30 books and 15 scriptwriting credits to his name.

Cousineau's wanderlust has driven him to visit nearly 100 countries as a backpacker, documentary filmmaker, travel writer, photographer, and art and literary tour leader. For him, travel gives us what his mentor Joseph Campbell called the key to the realm of the muses.

As author of the best-selling travel book The Art of Pilgrimage, Cousineau continues to crisscross the world as a travel writer, filmmaker, and host of Global Spirit.

The Book of Roads: Travel Stories from Michigan to Marrakech is the culmination of a lifetime of travel experiences, from the steel factories of Detroit to headhunting villages in the Philippines, the war-torn villages in the Balkans to the river roads of Canada once traversed by his voyageur ancestors. His rhapsodic travel stories place him in the league of fellow travelers who are also masterful writers, such as Pico Iyer, Jack Kerouac, Jan Morris, and Beryl Markham.

For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com |

November 19 (Thursday, 9:00 am to12:00 noon)  – Adventures by the Book™ is pleased to present OLLI at SDSU: Pachyderms at the San Diego Zoo Edventure with acclaimed San Diego-based author and Stanford Medical School faculty member Caitlin O’Connell at the San Diego Zoo, 2920 Zoo Drive, San Diego CA. OLLI at SDSU Membership is required to attend this event and may be obtained for a nominal fee at the time of registration.

About the Event: Adventures by the Book™ is pleased to partner with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Diego State University for a Pachyderms and the San Diego Zoo Edventure with O’Connell, one of the leading experts on the topic, at the world-renowned San Diego Zoo as she offers a rare inside look at the social world of African male elephants as documented in her book, Elephant Don. Event includes an author presentation, followed by a behind the scenes Zoo pachyderm tour.

 About the Author: Caitlin O’Connell is a faculty member at Stanford University of Medicine, the author of the acclaimed science memoir The Elephant’s Secret Sense, and the subject of the award winning Smithsonian documentary Elephant King. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, National Geographic, and Discover, among many others.

For more information regarding the event, please contact Susan McBeth at (619) 300-2532 or at susan@adventuresbythebook.com.

November 21 (Saturday, 6:30 pm) — NERDY NUMMIES COOKBOOK Tour Stop.

Rosanna Pansino is the creator and host of "Nerdy Nummies", the Internet's most popular baking show. She is a Washington native who, upon graduating college, moved to Los Angeles to start her own production company. Pansino launched "Nerdy Nummies" in late 2011, and the show's audience grew very quickly. Her videos have been viewed more than one billion times--making Rosanna one of the most-watched personalities on YouTube. "The Nerdy Nummies" "Cookbook "is her first book.

We want all fans to have the best possible experience during the NERDY NUMMIES COOKBOOK tour.

In the interest of time and to maximize the number of fans that Rosanna can visit with, the following rules will be in effect for the NERDY NUMMIES COOKBOOK signing. We are putting these rules in place for the safety and enjoyment of everyone involved. Please respect each other and Rosanna. We look forward to seeing you on tour!

Mysterious Galaxy, 5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100, San Diego. For additional information, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ or call (858) 268-4747.

November 22 (Sunday, 12:00 pm) — Weekends with Locals. As part of our ongoing Weekend with Locals Program we will be hosting Greg Blake Miller author of Decemberlands: Holiday Stories.

For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick's Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com |.

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THE DREAMQUESTONE POETRY & WRITING CONTEST

The Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful literary art of poetry and/or writing a story that is worth telling everyone. Guidelines: (1) Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, form or style. And/or (2) Write a short story, five pages maximum length, single or double line spacing, on any subject or theme, fiction, nonfiction or creative nonfiction. Multiple entries are accepted. Prizes: Writing First Prize is $500; Second: $250; Third: $100. Poetry First Prize: $250; Second: $125; Third: $50. Entry fees: $5 per poem/$10 per story. Postmark deadline: JANUARY 24, 2016. How to enter, visit: http://www.dreamquestone.com,

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November 16 (Monday) — The deadline for registering and submitting your book for the 2016 Local Authors Exhibit. If you have a book published in 2015 you may enter it in the 2016 San Diego Public Library 50th Annual Local Author Exhibit. Authors may submit one book only. If your book is in both print and digital format, please register/submit the PRINT version only. All authors must submit an image of their book cover to complete registration. PDF files will not be accepted. If you do not know how to upload images the library will be conducting two workshops to assist with this matter.

For more information: Call 619-236-5841 or email localauthor@sandiego.gov. Go to http://www.sandiegolibrary.org for registration forms. Mail your book to: San Diego Public Library, Attn: Rachel Esguerra, 330 Park Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101-7416.

November 23 (Monday, 6:30 pm) — The San Diego Writers/Editors Guild presents attorney Martin Kruming, who will speak on the topic of legal challenges facing writers and editors in the digital and social media era. Kruming, a San Diego attorney, and faculty member at San Diego State University, is the editor of the San Diego Lawyer Magazine. He has previously chaired the Marketing Committee of the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Kruming has been the recipient of the Bernard Witkin Award from the Law Library Justice Foundation, which honors members of the San Diego legal community for civic leadership, teaching, practice, and adjudication of the law. He currently writes a column titled “ Connections” for San Diego Metro and the North Park News.

It’s here! The Guilded Pen, 4th Edition will be unveiled at our November 23rd general meeting. Whether you have a taste for humorous whimsy, poignant memoir, amusing and startling historical facts or creative non-fiction, this issue is a delight from cover to cover—a dazzling credit to our talented contributors. Books are $15. All funds support the SDW/EG and its efforts to promote the writing arts for youth and adults. A group photo of 2015 contributing authors is planned for 6:30 pm.

A $5 donation from non-members is recommended. For additional information, go to: http://sdwritersguild.org/.

December 4 (Friday, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm) — San Diego Writers, Ink is proud to invite all interested writers and writing groups to Their annual Holiday Party.  It's free. We will Have snacks and drinks plus:

      * Mysterious Galaxy store popup

      * With SDSU Writers Conference raffle prize

      * Celebration of our new Little Free Library

      * Celebration of the end of National Novel Writing Month

      * Surprises and a celebration of the new year to eat!

Open House Party at the Ink Spot in Liberty Station (2730 Historic Decatur Rd, Barracks 16, Suite 202, San Diego, CA 92106.)

Please spread the word and plan on joining us. If You have any questions or if you really, really want to bring in food to share (do not worry, it's not expected). San Diego Writers, Ink http://www.sandiegowriters.org.

December 5 — Deadline for Screencraft Short Story Contest 2015. The jury is looking for short stories with special cinematic potential. Whether you’re writing flash fiction or a novella, they want to read your story! The grand prize winner will receive $1,000 and personal introductions to literary agents, managers, producers and publishers. The top 10 finalists will be read by Screencraft's network of over 40 literary and entertainment industry professionals. All rights and ownership to stories submitted to this contest remain with the author, until and unless other agreements are made.

Rules and eligibility: https://screencraft.org/screenwriting-contests/

January 25 (Monday, 6:00 pm) — At the 4th Monday meeting of the San Diego Writers/Editors Guild, the speaker will be Gered Beeby who will speak on “Writing Creative Non-fiction.”

A $5 donation from non-members is recommended. For additional information, go to: http://sdwritersguild.org/.

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