WRWA Newsletter.pub - Wisconsin Writers Association

Wisconsin Regional Writers’ Association
1408 Columbus St.
Manitowoc, WI 54220-5602
For and About Wisconsin Writers
President’s Message - Donald Schambow
We need your help. But first, let
us deviate to give thanks to the
many people who contributed to
the success of our Fall Conference
and Jade Ring Contest. (Please see
the detailed list of those deserving
special thanks on page 29).
We need your help. As successful
as the Fall Conference and Jade
Ring Contest were, let’s strive to
increase participation in our conferences
and contests. Every body, organism or organization
that continues to grow and live depends upon each member’s
essential contributions. Help us discover and implement
changes that will encourage you and others to participate.
Please share your suggestions with me, Board Members,
someone. WRWA is your organization. You are a vital, invaluable,
irreplaceable member. Nonparticipation lessens
WRWA’s ability to reach its potential and jeopardizes its
growth. Help us help you by making WRWA an even more
effective and helpful organization, for you and for other
members.
Responding to members’ requests to hear/read winning
entries in the Jade Ring Contest, we are assembling, printing,
and distributing booklets containing winning entries from the
2006 Contest. As we benefit from reading past issues of publications
to which we plan to send submissions, it is also
beneficial to read and study Jade Ring Contest winning entries.
Due to editors’ differing interpretation of what published/
previously published means, some winners opted not to have
their entries included. The following have indicated their
willingness to have their manuscripts included: Mickey
Burgermeister, Nancy Bauer-King, John Friedell, Dorothy
Lund, and Lou Roach – Article; Mary Farley, Sylvia Oberle,
Nancy Schultz and Dee Trein-Jucius – Essay; Cathy Conger
and Bill Ladewig – Juvenile; Lola Huber, Ramon Klitzke and
Ruth Smith – Nostalgia; Margaret Been, John Campbell, and
John Manesis – Poetry; and Rebecca Blemberg and Neela
Suklhatme-Sheth – Short Story.
The booklet will be an exquisite but economical 81/2 by
11 paperback. Bill Heins is assembling and printing them.
Nancy Rafal is designing a suitable cover. I have established
a special bank account for the Jade Ring Booklet. If you
choose to purchase a booklet for $10, please make out your
check to Jade Ring Contest Booklet and mail to Don Schambow,
18045 W. Crab Tree Lane, New Berlin 53146-2702 by
December 30 th .
To help keep our Web site current and relevant, I’m looking
for volunteers to form a committee to identify deserving
members and generate short articles recognizing their
achievements for inclusion on the “Spotlight On Our Members”
page of our Web site.
Keep up the good writing and enjoy the holidays.
Don