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May 16-19 Colorado and August 1-4 Greater Philly Christian Writers Conferences are in the planning stage.

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Our Mission

The Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Fellowship exists to help you respond to God's call to write. We want to come alongside to encourage and equip you to get your work in print. We are a Christ-centered fellowship with a strong emphasis on prayer and Bible study, but also on learning the craft of writing and marketing. We want to help you become an effective communicator of God's truth in both Christian and secular markets. Together we really can make a difference!

Our History

Marlene Bagnull  founded GPCWF in 1983 with a small group of Christian writers drawn by announcements they read in the newspaper. Since then we have met monthly (except in the summer) and sponsored four day-long seminars, six two-day conferences, and eight three-day conferences. I've often said that if I knew what God had planned I would have told Him, "I'm not qualified," and run the other way. But I'm so grateful I didn't. He really is able to do "exceedingly, abundantly beyond" (Eph. 3:20).


CWF meets monthly on a Thursday morning from 9:30 to 12:30 at Springton Lake Presbyterian Church (www.slpca.org). 3090 South Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square 19073. (For door-to-door directions go to www.mapquest.com.) The church is at the intersection of Route 252 & Media Line Road, on the left just past the Springton Lake Reservoir and Delaware County Community College (if you're going north on 252).


Our 28th year of ministry!

December 15, 2011 - Christmas Brunch
   
Write a poem, short story (fiction or nonfiction), article, letter to the editor, devotional, skit, or anything else you can think of focused on Christmas. In addition, using the resource from our October meeting, please select three potential markets. (Click here for the Best Opportunity Markets.) So we have to read everything, pleases limit the length to 1500 words. We'll give first priority in our critique time to those who have done the assignment. We'll look at other manuscripts only if there is time.

    Please also bring something to share for our brunch. Contact Pam Halter at pam.halter@gmail.com.

    If you have books or handcrafts to sell, you're welcome to bring them. Let's support each other by doing some Christmas shopping at the meeting! Click here to see what I have available in the Write His Answer bookstore. In addition to over 100 writing how-to titles, you'll find books for non-writing family, friends, and young people. If you see something you're interested in, let me know and I'll bring it (with no obligation to purchase.

January 19, 2012

February 16, 2012

March 15, 2012

April 19, 2012

May 24, 2012 - (yes this is the 4th Thursday) Karen Whiting , Developing a Writing Strategy
How to develop a writing strategy that fits your brand (what God's calling you to write), personality, time schedule, and includes a vision for the future with steps to reach writing goals.
     Karen has hundreds of articles and twelve published books. Within three months of attending her first writer's conference Karen began to get published. She had something accepted for over 100 straight months and then became a columnist. Karen's best-selling book series, God's Girls, has had eleven printings already and still sells over thousands yearly nine years after publication. She writes for women, families, and children.

June 21, 20132 - picnic & conference work meeting at Marlene's Lansdale home

 

Lansdale Christian Writers Fellowship
Women Only

God has blessed us with a wonderful new home and plenty of parking. Whether you're a not-yet-published writer or you're publishing regularly, the Lansdale Christian Writers Fellowship in my home is the place to come for encouragement and critiquing. Bring a manuscript! We meet from 7:30 - 10:00 pm.

Upcoming meetings

December 15, 2011
January 12, 2012
January 26, 2012
February 9, 2012
February 23, 2012
March 8, 2012
More dates to be posted

Directions: Take 476 N to the PA Turnpike and get off at the first exit, exit 31, Lansdale. Turn left at the light onto PA 63 E (Sumneytown Pike) towards Lansdale. Go about two miles to the light at PA 363, Valley Forge Road. Turn right. Go 0.6 miles to Anders Road. Turn left. Anders Road bends to the right. Look for rancher on the left with two lampposts at the end of the driveway. Better still, get door-to-door directions from www.mapquest.com.
 

Join Our Yahoo Group

For news about writing opportunities and CWF meetings, answers to your writing questions, prayer requests, and fellowship with other writers, please join our Yahoo group moderated by Michele Scott. For more info and instructions on how to join click here.


 
   
Email mbagnull@aol.com with questions or comments.
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