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San Francisco Writing Conference Contest

Time to Polish your Prose and Enter the San Francisco Writing Contest!

December 19, 2019 By San Francisco Writers Conference

Time to Polish your Prose and Enter the San Francisco Writing Contest! Each year hundreds of writers spend a bit of extra effort over the holidays to polish the first 1,500 words of a short story, article, novel, nonfiction book, flash fiction, or other piece of writing and enter it into the prestigious San Francisco

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SF Writing Contest Now Open for Entries!

April 16, 2019 By Laurie McLean, SFWC Director and Agent at Fuse Literary

The 2020 San Francisco Writing Contest is now live on SFWriters.org!  The three categories are: Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction/Memoir and Children’s/YA Writing. The fee is $35 per entry. The winners will be announced during the awards ceremony at the 2020 SFWC. For more details on the SFWC Writing Contest CLICK HERE   https://sfwriters.org/2020-writing-contest-overview/

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2019 San Francisco Writing Contest Winners

February 22, 2019 By San Francisco Writers Conference

FICTION 1. The Mustangs by Juana Olga Barrios 2. Fox Loses Three Times by Molly Emmons NONFICTION Landing in Cuba by Anne Woods The Intruder by Bridget Burke CHILDRENS/YA Passing Strange by Mina Witteman The Secret Life of Plants by Julie Zigoris GRAND PRIZE WINNER Paperboy by Emily Catherine Hughes  

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The Shorter The Better-San Francisco Writing Contest

January 4, 2019 By Richard La Rosa, Short Story Contest Coordinator

Short pieces of prose are both playgrounds and workshops and I have a habit of writing at least a single page of polished prose of precisely 336 words every day. Concise compositions are the connective tissue of the writer’s craft—a chapter, a page, a paragraph, and a sentence, tell a tale that connects to a

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The San Francisco Writers Conference (“SFWC”) enjoys a rich literary culture. Over the course of four days in mid-February, over 500 attendees and renowned keynote authors, presenters, editors, and agents, attend SFWC, combining the best of both the traditional publishing industry with the latest technology to empower authors to publish anywhere. Situated just north of Silicon Valley, the SFWC is truly a one-of-a-kind celebration of craft, commerce, and community.

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