Joomla! site syndication http://www.wordcatchers.org 2010-03-09T13:23:50+01:00 http://www.wordcatchers.org http://www.wordcatchers.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2004-06-12T11:54:06+01:00 http://www.wordcatchers.org http://www.wordcatchers.org/content/view/1/ Word Catchers is a Memphis area writers' group. We meet every third Saturday of the month from 4 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. at Germantown Community Library, 1925 Exeter Rd, Germantown, TN. text/html 2008-10-28T11:19:42+01:00 http://www.wordcatchers.org http://www.wordcatchers.org/content/view/63/ Wordcatchers has made a mass exodus from the slush pile and into the table of contents of Kerlaks new dragon anthology, due out next year. Extra congrats go to Dave for a first time publishing credit, and Anne and Rachel for deuces.What a testament to the talent and hard work of all the Wordcatchers that out of 6 stories submitted, 6 were chosen from the hundreds of submissions sent in to Kerlak. text/html 2008-09-09T11:33:11+01:00 http://www.wordcatchers.org http://www.wordcatchers.org/content/view/62/ Jackie's short story The Most Dangerous will appear in Workers Write! Tales from the Couch by Blue Cubical Press. Workers Write! is an annual literary journal -- containing theme-oriented collections of the best stories from the workplace. Matter-o-fact she was flattered to find out her story inspired the sub-title for this years anthology. text/html 2008-07-16T20:43:13+01:00 http://www.wordcatchers.org http://www.wordcatchers.org/content/view/60/ “A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes We are very proud to share that Jackie has a professional sale of Hologram Bride to Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show. (http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.com/cgi-bin/mag.cgi?do=content article=home) The first part of her novella will appear in the May 09 issue, which may be purchased online. text/html 2008-07-16T15:27:51+01:00 http://www.wordcatchers.org http://www.wordcatchers.org/content/view/59/ Our own dear Anne was selected as the Grand Prize winner in the Naka Kon Iron Fic writing contest, with her short story, “Sunshine Through the Clouds”. A description of the contest can be found on their website. (http://naka-kon.com/contests) The iron part came because they had to perform (write) live, under pressure, and under a time limit! Congrats Anne! The announcement can be found on the Con forum. (http://naka-kon.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2193 postdays=0 postorder=asc start=15)