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SUMMARY:Bacopa: Submissions Deadline Extended through May 15\, 2026.
DESCRIPTION:Bacopa Literary Review is an annual international print journal published by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville (WAG). \nOur sumission deadline for the 2026 journal has been extended to May 15\, 2026! \nA Top Prize of $200 and an Honorable Mention of $100 will be awarded in each of the five categories: \n\nFiction\nCreative Nonfiction\nFormal Poetry\nFree Verse Poetry\nVisual poetry\n\nSee our Submittable page for specific guidelines. \nFor the second year\, Bacopa will include a Best of WAG designation in each category. Best of WAG selections will be featured in the journal\, and each will be in the running for a prize in its category. The submission fee is waived for WAG members and all WAG members are entitled to a free print copy of the journal. WAG  members: Submit through the members-only\, free submissions portal on the Submittable page. \nFounded in 2010\, the jounral’s overall mission to uplift and enrich the literary culture of Gainesville and the North Central Florida region\, Bacopa is now an established and internationally recognized journal\, receiving over a thousand submissions a year from writers all over the planet. \n_______________________ \n*If you are not a WAG member and wish to join WAG\, click here for the WAG membership page. The $40 annual membership fee includes a copy of the most recent Bacopa Literary Review.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/bacopa-submissions-deadline-extended-through-may-15-2026/
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:15-Minute System to Market Your Books with Social Media
DESCRIPTION:The Marketing Coalition meets on the third Monday of the month at 10:00 a.m. by Zoom.* All WAG members are invited to attend. \nWAG’s Marketing Coordinator\, Jolene MacFadden always has valuable information to share. Here’s the May program outline: \nDescription:  \nPractical content batching and scheduling strategies for authors who don’t want social media to consume their writing time. \nKey Points: \n\nThe myth of “posting daily” – what actually works\nContent batching: creating a month of posts in 2 hours\nFree scheduling tools: Meta Business Suite\, Later free tier\, Buffer\nThe 3-type post rotation: promotional\, educational\, personal\nRepurposing content across platforms (one idea\, multiple posts)\nPhotos that don’t require professional photography\nAI tools for idea generation (free options like ChatGPT\, Claude)\nWhen to post vs. when to just be present\n\nWorksheets/Handouts: \n\n“Monthly Content Calendar Template” – fillable calendar\n“30 Post Ideas for Authors” – genre-neutral prompts\n“Content Batching Workflow” – step-by-step process\nQuick photo ideas list (with phone camera)\n\nResources: \n\nFree: Meta Business Suite for Facebook/Instagram scheduling\nFree: Canva for creating graphics (with author templates)\nFree: Later (limited scheduling)\nFree: Unsplash/Pexels for stock photos\nAI tools: ChatGPT free tier for caption ideas\n\n*Join the meeting by Zoom. \nAlways the same link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81913659127?pwd=a1hTQWl1WVphTUxBOWdVWE9oV2ljQT09 \nMeeting ID: 819 1365 9127 \nPasscode: 119030
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/15-minute-system-to-market-your-books-with-social-media/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Marketing
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SUMMARY:Trauma\, Part II: Trauma as a Character in Writing
DESCRIPTION:Few people reach adulthood without experiencing some painful\, emotional\, and traumatic events.Yet\, for us authors\, those trying events can become a treasure of knowledge and understanding that we can use in our writing. \nCome join us at the Millhopper Library at 2:30 p.m. on the second Sunday in June for a second look this year at using trauma as a resource in your writing. \nWAG member Kathy Connor Dobronyi will share her personal stories of trauma and the stories of her characters to help you write about trauma. \nTrauma is a word we often hear\, yet its true nature is frequently misunderstood and underestimated. There are three levels of trauma: acute\, chronic\, and complex\, a combination of the aforementioned. There is no single definition of trauma; it can be different things to different people. \nKathy has lived with complex trauma from a childhood of abuse and war. In her writing\, she uses the memory of her time in Saigon\, where she experienced terrorist bombings at an American theater and other facilities where Americans congregated. She also witnessed human immolation and heard the bombs and gunfire during the overthrow of the South Vietnamese President on November 1\, 1963. \nKathy is not a therapist or a clinician. She is a retired high school teacher\, a storyteller\, and a writer. Using stories from her life and the lives of her characters\, she shares the different facets of trauma and healing. \nAlthough she wrote articles for trade journals and developed lesson plans used by the Folgers Institute\, she never considered herself an author until she was asked by a local newspaper editor to write her story: Under the Wings of a Good Luck Phoenix: Memoir of an American Girl in Saigon\, June 1963 to March 1964. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/character-development/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Writer and the Machine: Collaborating with AI\, by Jaimie Engle
DESCRIPTION:AI won’t take your job. But someone who knows how to prompt it will. \nIn her book\, The Writer and the Machine\, Jaime Engle shows novelists\, screenwriters\, and entrepreneurs how to stay relevant and in demand by collaborating with AI—without losing their voice. Instead of fearing the future\, she teaches how to prompt AI with story-first strategy to build intellectual property (IP) that sells. \nWith her proven creative framework\, you’ll learn to write faster\, pitch smarter\, and build IP that lasts—just like thousands of other creatives she has helped. \nTo get a preview of her talk\, check out the Q&A sheet\, AI and Copyright that she has prepared. \nJaimie Engle built the Engleverse stories in books\, film\, and TV. She wrote\, sold\, and produced Just Jake (2023)\, sold and developed a story with DreamWorks Animation Studios (2025)\, and was hired to write an audibook for Fresh Produce Media (2025). \nShe founded Chapter Drops™ to help people with stories write and publish books\, offering a Pitch Drop service for authors to connect with producers. She has written and published 25+ books\, earning awards such as Kirkus Choice Book of the Year (2020)\, Pulisher’s Book Life Prize (Fiction and Non-Fiction 2020)\, and the Writers of the Future Award (2016). \nFor a deep dive into AI\, check out her book\, The Writer and the Machine\, which will be available for purchase following her talk. \nThis program is free and open to the public.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/the-writer-and-the-machine-collaborating-with-ai-by-jaimie-engle/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
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