… where you help shape
the writing community
you want to see.
The Las Vegas Book Festival and the Clark County Library District
awarded WSN the Crystal Bookmark Award for community service in 2017!
UPCOMING MEETINGS/EVENTS:
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 from 6:30-7:30PM Writer’s Roundtable discussion group – Coffee Press, Paseo Verde Library in Green Valley Ranch. This month’s topic: “The Use of Wit and Humor In Serious Writing” – What does the lighter touch do for the author and the reader? Bring your favorite examples, or examples of your own work to read and discuss. This is an important subject for those of us who earn extra income by writing for blogs, magazines or other non-fiction markets! Moderated by local journalist and humorist Diane Taylor. (WSN members & first-timers free, non-members $5.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 from 6:30-7:30PM Writer’s Roundtable discussion group – Coffee Press, Paseo Verde Library (free for WSN Members and first time guests / $5 non-members). July’s topic: TBA
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 from 6:30-7:30PMWriter’s Roundtable discussion group – Coffee Press, Paseo Verde Library (free for WSN Members and first time guests / $5 non-members). August’s’s topic: TBA
LAST EVENT:
Thursday, May 17, 2018 from 7-8PM - WSN presents a panel discussion with true crime author Morgan St James and professional private investigator and author Vito Collucci on:
“Ripped From The Headlines – Using Real Life Events in Your Writing”
to the Las Vegas Writers Group at The Tap House
(5589 W. Charleston about 3 blocks north of Decatur)
$5 at the door / free for WSN Members
Call for Entries!
OPEN CALL for short stories or excerpts from longer works (~2500 words) for our 2018 lineup of Painted Stories (themes: love, romance, adventure, travel, paranormal, spooky, sci-fi, mysteries, historical or autobiography). Send to nevadawriters (at) gmail (dot) com with the Subject: Painted Stories submission.
ARTISTS WANTED! Want to make an easy $100? Become one of our Painted Stories artists! Click here for more info.
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“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it..”
– Toni Morrison
WSN in the News!
Artists Use Paintbrushes To Tell Valley Writers Stories
- Review Journal, July 16, 2017