Tuesday, May 27, 2014

And in this corner we have....

Amazing DL Hammons to talk about his brainchild, the also amazing


First off, I’d like to thank Al for the opportunity to talk to you today about something near and dear to my heart…WRiTE CLUB. My modest writing contest has proven so popular that the DFW Writers Conference is now considering incorporating it into their agenda for 2015.

For the newbies out there, let me explain what WRiTE CLUB is? It’s a modest writing competition whose inspiration was derived from the movie FIGHT CLUB. There are numerous versions of this concept around the internet, but nothing like we do it. Its essence embodies simple, good-natured competition, with lots and lots of fun sprinkled on top.

Over the course of eight weeks I hold twice-weekly bouts in which the winners advance to the play-offs, which will ultimately lead to a single champion. Bouts between who…or what…you ask? Anonymous 500 word writing samples, submitted under a pen name by anyone who wishes to take part, that’s who. The writing can be any genre, any style (even poetry) with the word count being the only restriction. It’s a way to get your writing in front of a lot of readers, without having to suffer the agony of exposure.

And the winners are determined by WRiTE CLUB readers!

To find out how to become part of the fun just head on over to DLHammons and click on the WRiTE CLUB tab.

Submissions are open until May 31st. After that date a panel of a dozen judges will read all of the entries we received and pre-select 32 of the best writing samples to climb into the ring. Those 32 participants will then be randomly matched to compete over the next eight weeks, each of them hoping to make it into the play-off rounds and moving towards the ultimate goal – WRiTE CLUB Champion. No one (other than my wife)…not even the judges being used to pre-select the 32 contestants, will see the true identity of any sample. Unless you win, of course.

Again this year, the most exciting part is the winner of the final round will be chosen by a panel of publishing industry professionals! Judges include New York Times best-selling and multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning horror and thriller author Jonathan Maberry, Agents Katie Grim of Don Congdon Associates, Margaret Bail of the Andrea Hurst Agency, Sarah Negovetich of the Corvisiero Literary Agency, Brittany Booker of The Booker Albert Literary Agency. Also included is Candace Havens, Editorial Director of Entangled Publishing Covet line, Authors Les Edgerton and Lydia Kang, and previous WRiTE CLUB winners Tiana Smith (2011), Mark Hough (2012) and Tex Thompson (2013).

Are you willing to WRiTE for what you want? Then crack those knuckles and get ready to flex that imagination. And whatever you do, tell your friends!

WRiTE CLUB – The contest where the audience gets clobbered!

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Already got some boxing gloves for your muses? Father Dragon and his Dwarves wish you the best of luck!

25 comments:

  1. This came around fast, just like everything else this year. I'll be there!

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  2. Only a blogger, not a writer.

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  3. Good Luck to all the entrants! Great feature, Father Dragon. Good Luck with your idea, DL, it's starting to blossom into something more. . .

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  4. I thoroughly enjoyed WRiTE Club when I participated. Good luck to all of this years entrants :-0

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  5. This is such a cool idea.
    Tweeting... :)

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  6. What a heap of fun. This avid reader will be there.

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  7. This will be a battle of the titans! Always cool stuff to read in WRiTE CLUB.

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  8. Thanks for helping me spread the word Al! I like to call this ROCKEM-SOCKEM ROBOTS for writers. :)

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  9. I've participated the last two years and it was fun. I hope there are lots of entrants.

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  10. al...let's not fight. with our words. lets have major big dragon hugs!

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  11. Sounds like fun. If only I was good at being concise.

    mood

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  12. Watching from the side-lines, but it will be fun!

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  13. I've been seeing info about Write Club everywhere, and it's awesome. :)

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  14. It's coming up soon. Happy Wednesday, Al!

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  15. WRiTE CLUB is awesome! Hope you're having a dragonrific week. :)

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  16. Hi Al and DL,

    Thank you for promoting this on your site, Al. You are a good dragon :) Now then, I gladly take the liberty of sharing the awareness of, "Write Club." However, I never participate in such things because I revel in just doing my own thing.

    All the best to all involved.

    Gary :)

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  17. I'd been seeing "The Write Club" but never knew what it referred to. I'm intrigued and motivated to jump aboard at some point. Thank you, DL and Father Dragon.
    Be well.

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  18. Thanks for helping DL spread the word. I think what he's doing is amazing. He's such a giving person - his Blog Blitz sure brightens people's day!
    Tina @ Life is Good
    On the Open Road! @ Join us for the 4th Annual Post-Challenge Road Trip!

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  19. HI, FD...

    Great ad for Write Club... are you submitting? LOL. It could be fun. Just brush off some of the embers with your tail and email it to DL... I may be doing the same later today...

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  20. I can't wait for this year's battle to begin.

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  21. I'm sitting out this year. Was just in too much of a mess to write anything.

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  22. So sorry to miss this but will look it up next year! I'm still going to watch and see how it goes...

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  23. I see people forgot about the first rule of Write Club since everyone is talking about it. This'll be fun.

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