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We are committed to supporting writers at each stage of their career, and as such offer a variety of programs, resources, and opportunities to help each writer develop their craft and grow their portfolio.
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The Introvert's Guide to Author Social Media
In this three-part recorded lecture, Jenifer Boles walks authors through building a social media calendar.
From #Booktok and #Bookstagram, this series will help you get started developing your brand, find and grow your audience, and design a content routine.
Watch Boles series here:
Part 1: Branding
Part 2: Growth
Part 3: Content Routines
Then join Jenifer Boles at the Nov. 15 Writers Conference, where Boles will workshop your social media platforms with our local author community to develop a monthly #jocowrites content calendar and engagement group.
Writers Conference
Register Now for the 2024 Writers Conference
Buckle your seatbelts, writers! We’re trying something totally new this year! 2024's Writers Conference will be one day, Friday, Nov. 15, focused on deep learning. If you’ve been to our conference before you know it’s a come, learn, and leave situation. Not to worry . . . you can still do that. We’ll have plenty of craft lectures and book discussions for you. Conference registration »
We’re excited to offer pre-conference lectures via our YouTube channel. “Social Media for Introverts” with Jenifer Boles will help you build your platform, and “Beta Reader Matchups” with Jessica Conoley if for those with a completed manuscript looking to take the next step towards publication. And Trai Cartwright (coming soon!) will help you in “Finding Your Story’s Voice”. You watch, do homework, and come to the conference ready to workshop.
Writers conference book discussion titles will include Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody and Wired for Story by Lisa Cron.
Upcoming Events
Open Mic
Friday, Sept. 27, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Bear Necessities
We also have a great selection of events for families, kids, and teens, such as Minecraft and Roblox Writing Workshops and Scribbler Society (ages 10 – 14). See all of our events »
Share Your Writing
The JoCoWrites blog is a place to share your thoughts and your writing. We provide monthly writing prompts, you provide the words! From the blog you can share your writing on social media and with friends and family.
Our current writing prompt:
"What you don't eat gets rubbed in your hair” has been a part of my family's lexicon for as long as I can remember. Where did this saying come from? Why do we still say it? What are things your family says and what do those things tell us about you?
Writing Contests
Our Writing Contests award each winner with a $200 honorarium and the chance to read their work at an upcoming event. (Psst, we also have contests for kids.)
The theme for this fall's adult writing contests is Humanity. Read more about the guidelines and enter your original works »
Read previous adult Writing Contest winners »
