Event Title
Confessions of a Contest Judge
Location
Benerd School of Education, Room 110C
Start Date
18-5-2019 1:30 PM
End Date
18-5-2019 2:45 PM
Description
Discover the easy way to place your entry into that handful of finalists. Learn from a national writing contest judge and winner of numerous writing competitions, what wins, what doesn’t, and why. Bonnie has judged everything from the Rita Awards and the Mary Higgins Clark competitions, to a major contest taking place right now. Let her show you how to avoid the scams and get your fiction and nonfiction noticed by judges.
Confessions of a Contest Judge
Benerd School of Education, Room 110C
Discover the easy way to place your entry into that handful of finalists. Learn from a national writing contest judge and winner of numerous writing competitions, what wins, what doesn’t, and why. Bonnie has judged everything from the Rita Awards and the Mary Higgins Clark competitions, to a major contest taking place right now. Let her show you how to avoid the scams and get your fiction and nonfiction noticed by judges.
Comments
Bonnie Hearn Hill wanted to write fiction about social-justice issues, and when she fell into a six-book deal with one of the largest publishers in the world, she saw it as an opportunity to do just that. Her suspense novels cover topics ranging from women and body image, to stalkers, to off-the-grid communities. Her eighteenth novel, The River Below, set along the San Joaquin River bluffs, was published in January. Publishers Weekly called it “a poignant standalone” and an ” emotionally involving novel (that) builds to a surprising, heart-wrenching climax.” A film based on one of her books is currently in pre-production. A national contest judge and mentor to numerous writers, she has co-hosted a Central California television news network’s book segment for fourteen years. Bonnie believes in the old-fashioned first rule of writing, BIC (Butt in Chair) and says, “I love everything about writing, even when I hate it.” www.bonniehhill.com