By Brenda Remmes
SCWW is in the process of developing a Speaker’s Bureau so that we can present free local workshops in communities around South Carolina. If there is a particular topic that pertains to writing that you’d like to hear more about, please let us know. If there is a particular speaker you think would be good, we want to know their name.
Our goal is to present several two-hour workshops in different locations during the 2012 year. We hope that additional exposure will showcase the many talents within our organization and encourage others throughout the state to pursue their dreams of writing.
Please send ideas for topics and suggestions for speakers to Brenda Remmes at brendaremmes@gmail.com.
Alignment of SCWW Dues with Calendar Year
Recycling is a good thing for aluminum cans and cardboard. I hope that applies to SCWW treasurers and membership chairmen too.
While I was off building my house, the SCWW board voted to align SCWW memberships with the calendar year (rather than expire on anniversary dates) and to increase the dues a tiny amount to $52.00 per year (or $1.00 per week), the first increase in many years. The primary reason is avoiding the confusion that arises with submission deadlines and conference registration. For example, if The Petigru Review submission period is March 1 through April 30, what happens if a membership expires April 1? Another benefit is that collection of dues early in the year makes it easier in February to budget activities for the rest of the year. It’s more work for the membership chairman (me) this year but should simplify things in the future.
How will SCWW accomplish this alignment?
Before your SCWW membership expires in 2012, the membership chairman will email you with the prorated amount (at $1.00 per week) that you owe for dues from your expiration date through the end of the year. For example, if your dues expire April 1, 2012, then you have already paid for a quarter of 2012. The bill for the other 39 weeks of calendar year 2012 will be $39.00. Then for 2013 everyone will know that dues are due at the beginning of the year ($52.00 on January 1, 2013). Because the website has only the single PayPal option of a full year, mailing a check will be the easiest for prorated dues. The address is
SCWW Membership
4840 Forest Dr., Suite 6B
PMB 189
Columbia, SC 29206
We encourage you to save a stamp and pay for a year (2013) and a fraction (2012) in a single check.
New members will pay the yearly rate ($52.00) when they join and will then be billed the prorated amount at their first renewal.
The conference registration fee for non-members will be $100.00 more than for members. For this extra fee (approximately twice the regular dues), non-members will have paid a membership for the remainder of the current year plus all of following year.
If the membership chairman (scwwmembership@gmail.com) didn’t explain this well, you can ask the treasurer (scwwtreasurer@gmail.com)for clarification.
While I was off building my house, the SCWW board voted to align SCWW memberships with the calendar year (rather than expire on anniversary dates) and to increase the dues a tiny amount to $52.00 per year (or $1.00 per week), the first increase in many years. The primary reason is avoiding the confusion that arises with submission deadlines and conference registration. For example, if The Petigru Review submission period is March 1 through April 30, what happens if a membership expires April 1? Another benefit is that collection of dues early in the year makes it easier in February to budget activities for the rest of the year. It’s more work for the membership chairman (me) this year but should simplify things in the future.
How will SCWW accomplish this alignment?
Before your SCWW membership expires in 2012, the membership chairman will email you with the prorated amount (at $1.00 per week) that you owe for dues from your expiration date through the end of the year. For example, if your dues expire April 1, 2012, then you have already paid for a quarter of 2012. The bill for the other 39 weeks of calendar year 2012 will be $39.00. Then for 2013 everyone will know that dues are due at the beginning of the year ($52.00 on January 1, 2013). Because the website has only the single PayPal option of a full year, mailing a check will be the easiest for prorated dues. The address is
SCWW Membership
4840 Forest Dr., Suite 6B
PMB 189
Columbia, SC 29206
We encourage you to save a stamp and pay for a year (2013) and a fraction (2012) in a single check.
New members will pay the yearly rate ($52.00) when they join and will then be billed the prorated amount at their first renewal.
The conference registration fee for non-members will be $100.00 more than for members. For this extra fee (approximately twice the regular dues), non-members will have paid a membership for the remainder of the current year plus all of following year.
If the membership chairman (scwwmembership@gmail.com) didn’t explain this well, you can ask the treasurer (scwwtreasurer@gmail.com)for clarification.
March Contests
Screenplay Analysis Schedule
Screenplays submitted early will receive their analysis as follows:
All analyses will be returned by March 1, 2012.
Prizes: Winner receives $10,000, with four finalists receiving $2,000 each.
The best screenplay from the UK will be awarded the Cordelia Award and will receive $1,000.
The best screenplay from outside the USA, Canada and the UK will be awarded the Joplin Award and will receive $1,000.
Every entrant who submits by August 1st is eligible for our Title contest, where three scripts will be awarded $250, as voted on by current BlueCat entrants.
One writer will be awarded a live, staged reading with professional local actors at Screenplay Live in Rochester, New York, as part of the 360|365 George Eastman House Film Festival. The prize includes travel, hotel and a $250 stipend.
Check complete rules to ensure your submission is eligible.
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