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    SEPTEMBER'S MEMBER MEETING
    DATE CHANGE - WILL ANNOUNCE NEW DATE SOON.

    Chinook Middle School Auditorium/Library (2001 98th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004)

    Board Meeting @ 6:00pm

    Member Meeting @ 7:00pm

    Presenter: Jason Black

    Topic: "Show, Don't Tell" Demystified: 
     
    Probably no writing rule is cited as often as "Show, Don't Tell." And with good reason; "Show, Don't Tell" is the bedrock of narrative fiction. But what does it really mean? How do you tell the difference between a "show" and a "tell?" And what's the relationship between a "show" and a "tell" on the page? 
     
    In this month's member meeting and workshop, book doctor Jason Black will explore all these questions, give you a concrete framework for implementing "Show, Don't Tell" in your work, and through workshop examples will demonstrate how "Show, Don't Tell" is the root from which all other writing rules spring.


    Jason Black is a freelance book doctor who, in 2008, escaped a career in the software industry for a life of helping other writers improve their craft and get published. He writes novels (one published so far), essays, short stories, and more articles for his blog than he can keep track of.



    He has appeared as a book doctor at the PNWA Summer Writers Conference, and writes a monthly character development column for PNWA’s Author Magazine. You can find his blog and learn more about him and what he does for his clients at www.PlotToPunctuation.com.



    2010 LITERARY CONTEST WINNERS

    Thank you to all those who participated in our 2010 Literary Contest. This year was a record breaking year with over 1100 entries and submissions from across the globe!

    MAINSTREAM:

    1. Holly S. Warah – Married to the Mansours

    2. Karen K. Brees – The Esposito Caper

    3. Barry Brennessel - Tinseltown

    HISTORICAL:

    1. Kendra Hall -  Joan of Arc: Gabriella’s story

    2. Beth Camp – Standing Stones

    3. Debra Carlson - Shakuhachi

    ROMANCE:

    1. Katherine Clare Owen – Seeing Julia

    2. Donna Cummings – I Do . . . or Die

    3. Shannon Winslow – For Myself Alone

    MYSTERY/THRILLER:

    1. Kendel Flaum –The Miser Who Bought The Farm

    2. Nathan Everett – Gutenberg’s Other Book

    3. Kathleen Ferguson – Time Enough

    SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY:

    1. Sandra Wright -  Song of the Ancients

    2. Jonathan Lyster – Oh, Fracas

    3. Len Robertson - Revelations

    YOUNG ADULT:

    1. Mary Bryan Stafford – A Wasp in the Fig Tree

    2. Barbara Lopuszynski – Angel and Brie

    3. Linda Johns – The Cold Reader

    NONFICTION/MEMOIR:

    1. Anne Herman – Something of My Own

    2. Ester K. Willison - Askew

    3. Mary Koch – After the Caregiving’s Done

    SCREENWRITING:

    1. Christopher King - Jade

    2. Sammye Pokryfki – On The Fly

    3. Bradley G. Andrews – Ice

    POETRY:

    1. Cynthia Monroe - Ark

    2. Carol Staudacher – Redemption

    3. Raymond Bolton – And I, Like a Knife

    SHORT STORY:

    1. Rex T. Olson – Special Delivery

    2. Raymond Hutson – In The Market Near Allenby Street

    3. Kurt Stephan – Mozart Defect

    CHILDREN’S PICTURE/CHAPTER BOOK:

    1. Christina Dudley – Mia and the Magic Cupcakes

    2. Tiffany Doerr Guerzon – Loud Leilani

    3. Thomas Owen – Once Upon A . . . Time

    ADULT SHORT TOPICS: ARTICLE/ESSAY/SHORT MEMOIR:

    1. Josephine Ensign – Gone South

    2. Tracy Rohwer – Imagine That

    3. Pamela Stanek - Steilacoom