One-Day Writers' Workshop For SF/F/Horror Fiction

Date: Friday, August 19     Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Place: Doubletree Hotel, Austin, TX     Price: $65
Due Date: Postmarked July 6, 2005 with Permission Slip
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The ArmadilloCon Writers Workshop has become a major event for aspiring SF/F writers to get wisdom and networking opportunities with major pro editors and authors. This year we have an excellent roster of teachers. Now we’re seeking students!

You can send a $65 check payable to "ArmadilloCon" along with your manuscript and application to the address below. (The $65 fee includes a delicious box lunch and a full con membership!)

FACT / Writers Workshop
PO Box 27277
Austin TX 78755

Get your unpublished original work of SF/F/Horror fiction in front of a pro! Sign up for the ArmadilloCon 27 writers workshop! Get invaluable critique and feedback from at least one pro writer or editor, plus small-group critiques from fellow attendees. Includes lunch on Friday as well as group sessions and panels or presentations throughout the about the craft and profession of writing. All at a terrific reasonable cost of only $65. You also get admission to all three days of the convention!

Submit your original work of science fiction, fantasy, or horror fiction along with a $65 check to ArmadilloCon postmarked no later than July 6, 2004. (Only one submission, only your own work, and only fiction, please!) It can be a short story, or the first chapter(s) of a novel, but maximum length is 5000 words. Manuscripts longer than the maximum will be shortened at the ArmadilloCon 27 offices. Format your manuscript professionally -- print double-spaced on one side of a letter-sized white sheet of paper, using 12-point Courier or Times typeface, and indicate new paragraphs with a 5-space tab (not an extra line). Most writing books and many online sources describe what professional formatting looks like if you have questions.

With the work you submit, you will also need to provide us with permission to photocopy your story for distribution to the other workshoppers. Please print and fill out the Permission Slip and include it with your manuscript. (If you cannot view the Permission Slip, please contact the .)

You will receive the manuscripts of the other students in your group about two weeks before the workshop for you to review and critique ahead of time. The bulk of the workshop time will be taken up by breaking into smaller groups for in-depth critiques of your manuscripts. The balance of the workshop will include lectures, discussions, writers' exercises, handouts, etc. from the pro writers/editors.

Hope to see you August 19th!

--Wendy Wheeler and Jennifer Evans
   ArmadilloCon 27 Writers Workshop

Cancellations: If you miss the workshop on Friday, August 19, we will mail your manuscript and the critiques we can gather to you. No refunds once manuscripts are mailed to the pros.

The Fandom Association of Central Texas, Inc. (FACT) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit literary/educational corporation.

Do you have any questions about the Writer's Workshop? Please e-mail .