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We are going to try to resume our regular meetings by using online audio/video applications like Zoom and MeetUP. See the details on our Schedule page.
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Scroll down for details of our 2021 Student Writers Contest
New Google Group for Authors of the Flathead.
- Since we are no longer meeting in person, the sharing and conversations we had at our meetings are no longer possible. Until we can meet again, we've created an alternative way for all of us to communicate, ask questions, provide answers, and help one another navigate the world of writing. Google Groups is an email-based way to send emails to all group members just using one simple address. And when any member sends an email to the Google Group, you will receive a copy, and you can reply.
- If you join (for free) and decide this is not for you, you will find an "Unsubscribe" button at the top of each message you receive. Just click on that, and you will be taken out of the group.
-To join, just send an email to denfol@gmail.com with your name and email. We'll send you an invitation to join.
-After you join, you can send any message you want to the group by using this email address: authors-of-the-flathead@googlegroups.com
-So join us and watch how we can pick up the conversations we once enjoyed at our regular meetings.
Meeting UpdatesBefore heading out to an Authors of the Flathead meeting, check here. We'll post any room changes...February 3, 2021 Greetings from your President Dear Authors, Our annual high school student...More PostsTime again for our Annual Student Writing Contest
Deadline is Midnight May 7, 2021
2021 Authors of the Flathead Writing Contest
Authors of the Flathead is once again pleased to announce
The Authors of the Flathead Student Writing Contest.
The contest is open to all Flathead County 9, 10, 11, 12th-grade youth.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SHINE. IN A YEAR OF THE UNEXPECTED, THE PAIN, THE
TRIUMPH, HOPE, AND VISION YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SHINE THROUGH YOUR
CREATIVITY, YOUR IDEAS, YOUR WORDS, AND YOUR STORY.Deadline for submission: MAY 7, 2021
Guidelines: Please see the attached Guideline Sheet
Entry Form: https://forms.gle/h3jPV6q8Duxdamx58PRIZES
Grand Prize Short Story = $400.00 Poem = $300.00
First-place winners also receive free tuition to the Virtual Flathead River Writers Conference on October 16 & 17 (transferable)
Second Prize $300.00 $200.00
Third Prize $200.00 $100.00THERE ARE TWO WAYS YOU CAN ENTER:
- Submissions should be postmarked before midnight, Friday MAY 7, 2021, and mailed to:
Authors of the Flathead
2021 Student Writing Contest
PO Box 7711
Kalispell, MT 59904-0711
OR
- Submissions may be completed online either through Google forms or emailed before midnight, Friday, May 7, 2021, and sent to:
GOOGLE FORMS: https://forms.gle/h3jPV6q8Duxdamx58
If you do not get a confirmation in two days please reach out to the coordinator via email.
CONTEST COORDINATOR aofhswriterscontestcoordinator@gmail.com
Winners will be announced on May 17
THERE ARE TWO WAYS YOU CAN ENTER:
- Submissions should be postmarked before midnight, Friday MAY 7, 2021, and mailed to:
Authors of the Flathead
2021 Student Writing Contest
PO Box 7711
Kalispell, MT 59904-0711
OR
- Submissions may be completed online either through Google forms or emailed before midnight, Friday, May 7, 2021, and sent to:
GOOGLE FORMS: https://forms.gle/h3jPV6q8Duxdamx58
If you do not get a confirmation in two days please reach out to the coordinator via email.
CONTEST COORDINATOR aofhswriterscontestcoordinator@gmail.com
Winners will be announced May 17
- Submissions should be postmarked before midnight, Friday MAY 7, 2021, and mailed to:
Authors of the Flathead
2021 Student Writing Contest
PO Box 7711
Kalispell, MT 59904-0711
OR
- Submissions may be completed online either through Google forms or emailed before midnight, Friday, May 7, 2021, and sent to:
GOOGLE FORMS: https://forms.gle/h3jPV6q8Duxdamx58
If you do not get a confirmation in two days please reach out to the coordinator via email.
CONTEST COORDINATOR aofhswriterscontestcoordinator@gmail.com
Winners will be announced May 17
- Where to buy
AUTHORS AND THEIR BOOKS – AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
ALBERT, INA – Fiction & Nonfiction
Write Your Self Well, Granny Greeny Says Listen Louder
BROOKS, WILLIAM B. – Photographer, Author
Like Wind I Go, Then There Was a Dog
BURKE, DEBBIE – Tawny Lindholm Thriller series
Instrument of the Devil, Stalking Midas, Eyes in the Sky, Dead Man’s Bluff, Crowded Hearts
BROWNING, CATHERINE – Novelist
The Best Revenge
BUCHANAN, CAROL – Historical Western
God’s Thunderbolt, The Devil in the Bottle, Gold Under Ice and many more
BUDEWITZ, LESLIE – Nonfiction; Two Cozy Mystery series and more
Books, Crooks and Counselors; Food Lovers’ Village Mysteries set in fictional Jewel Bay Montana; Spice Shop Mystery Series set in Seattle’s Pike Place Market
CARBO, CHRISTINE – Suspense, Glacier Mystery Series
The Wild Inside, Mortal Fall, The Weight of Night, A Sharp Solitude
COMPTON, TERRY – Prolific Nonfiction, Multi-genre Fiction
Numerous series, dozens of books! The Alcantarans Series, Wanted series
DUNNEHOFF, KATHY – Romantic Comedy Novelist, screenwriter
The Do-Over, Plan On It, Back To U, Hollywood Beginnings
EPPERSON, DEBORAH – Novelist
Breaking Twig, Shadows of Home
ERLER, M.F. – Young Adult spiritual fantasy series The Peaks Saga
Finding the Light, Beyond the World, The Fountain and the Desert, When the World Grows Cold, Searching for Maia, Mountaintops and Valleys, Where All Worlds End
FIELDER, KEN - Novelist
A Little West of Rosie’s
FOLEY, DENNIS – Fiction, Memoir
Long range Patrol trilogy, Requiem for Crows, Special Men – A LRP’s Recollections
GILES, JEFF – Young Adult Fantasy
The Edge of Everything, The Brink of Darkness
KUFFEL, BETTY – Multi-genre author, Nonfiction & Medical Thrillers
Eyes of a Pedophile, Your Heart-Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease in Women, Men and Children, Modern Birth Control, Deadly Pyre, Deadly Spin, Alaska Flight, Fatal Feast
KUFFEL, THOMAS C. – Nonfiction
A K.I.S.S. Guide to Retirement Investing
LENGSFELDER, PG – Psychological Mystery, Suspense
Beautiful to the Bone, Our Song - Memento Mori
LOMAX, BECKY – Nonfiction, Journalist
USA National Parks MOON books 18+
MADDUX, DONNA – Historical Young Adult
My Friend LITTLE CLAW
MARTIN, MARIE F. – Fiction: mystery, thriller, suspense
Maternal Harbor, Harbored Secrets, Ratham Creek, Don’t Mess with Mrs. Sedgewick, Blame the Car Ride
MCCLENDON, LISE – Prolific novelist
Bennett Sisters Mystery Series - #7 Blame it on Paris
MILLER, ANGELA - Memoirist
Hornbill’s Daughter
MINNETT, ANN – Novelist, Psychological Thrillers
Fifteen Years of Lies, Serita’s Shelf Life, Burden of Breath, Daring Passage: Book 2 of the Spirited Away Saga
MONTANA, JANET (Janet Smith) - Author, Illustrator - Children’s books
Monkey Business in Glacier National Park (kid’s guidebook)
MOORE, PA (Phyllis Quatman) – Legal Thrillers
Courthouse Cowboys, Courthouse rebel: A Former Prosecutor Strikes a Blow for Justice
OWEN, JESS E. – Artist, Entrepreneur and YA Fantasy Author
Song of the Summer King, Skyfire, A Shard of Sun, By The Silver Wind
PLUMMER. MAGGIE – Multi-genre Series Author
Bell-Bottom Gypsy and Webs in the Mist - Jessie Morgan Series, Spirited Away Saga 1 & 2
PURVIS, SUSAN – Memoirist
Go Find: My Journey to Fin the Lost – and Myself
RICE, DIXON BENNETT – Thriller Author
The Assassin’s Club
RORVIK, SHIRLEY A. – Novelist
Jack’s Carousel: Can Love Overcome Deep Prejudice?
SARKOZY, SUZIE (Sue Toppen)– Novelist
A Deal to Die For
SATTERFIELD, JIM – Novelist, Western Fiction
Saving Laura, The River’s Song
SCHIFFMAN, BARBARA –Non-fiction and fiction author, Script reader, writing coach
Akashic Muse: Collaborating With Your Soul & The Akashic Records for Writing and Other Endeavors, Living in Balance for Boomers series, Recipes for Living (Healthy Living in Body, Mind & Spirit - series)
SCHIFFMAN, GLENN – Multi-genre fiction
The Way I was Taught, Seasons Around the Medicine Wheel (Coloring Journals for Healthy Living)
SMITH, BONNIE – Multi-genre fiction
Blue Mesa - Plural Marriage, Mystery, and Murder; The Soul of Frannie Cooper - Historical fiction
TABOR, FE (or Fran Tabor) –Multi-genre, non-fiction & fictionShhhh It’s a Secret: How to Compete Against Walmart and the Internet, To Own Two Suns, Eagle Rock
WILLS, KAREN – Historical Novelist
Remarkable silence, All Too Human: A Saga of Deadly Deceptions and Dark Desires, River with No Bridge
WOOD, MADGE – Novelist
Plans Interrupted
Contact Us
Writing Coaches of Montana Recruitment (WCM)
Online training: 6-8:45pm, Thursday, March 25
To participate contact: Rita Braun: rita@braunandcompany.com
Volunteers are paired with public school students to workshop students' writing assignments. You don't need to be a writing expert to volunteer. WCM will train you how to coach students on their online coaching platform.
Advance your writing skillsDevelop teaching skillsBuild one-on-one mentorship with Western Montana youthAdd public school experience to your resumeAccess community service opportunities in a safe mannerCultivate relationships with fellow education advocates
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