It’s beginning to get busy. If you are a writer, conference and contest time is here!  I’ve been busy with entries in the OWFI Conference Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc. (OWFI) here in Oklahoma and also my local contest with the Enid Writers Club Enid Writers Club (wordpress.com).  My local club also had a scholarship contest for high school seniors in Garfield County and I’ve been involved in that.

This week my local club hung another plaque at Northwestern Oklahoma State University Enid | Northwestern Oklahoma State University (nwosu.edu), here in Enid and celebrated with a reception.  NWOSU has been kind enough to let us meet there for several years. I know you are tired of hearing me say this, but my club is 100 years old this year!

Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc. (OWFI) will have their annual conference the first weekend of May and of course I’ll be in attendance. I’ve met all my publishers at this conference, and I will always be a member.

Several conferences will be upcoming, WriterCon Home – WriterCon 2023 will be having their conference the first of September in Oklahoma City and I’ve heard of some smaller groups with conferences this spring and summer.  I can’t make all of them, but I will make as many as I can.

I hope you enter contests to see how much your craft has improved, where your weak points are and what could be better.  It is always thrilling to attend and meet with like minds. And the contests will give you feedback about your writing.  And as Fat Albert used to say, “You just might learn something if you aren’t careful.”

What are you reading/writing this week?