~ Send Us Your Best ~
Prepare for writing success -- 
Enter the 7th Annual EPIC Writing Contest!

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Submission period: February 1, 2020 through midnight on Thursday, April 9, 2020
Submissions welcome in the following categories:
Prose - Adults and Students in grades 8-12 (fiction or non-fiction)
Poetry - Adults and Students in grades 8-12
Cash Awards in Adult & Student Categories.

You're invited to take the challenge!

For more information, visit the Writing Contest Rules page.

See the COUNTDOWN CLOCK below for the number of
​days, hours and minutes left to submit your entry!

WRITERS WORKSHOP with INGRID RICKS
June 27th 2020 • 9:30 am--1:30 pm

WRITE YOUR MEMOIR
HOW TO STRUCTURE, OUTLINE & BRING YOUR STORY TO LIFE

In this 4-hour intensive crash-course, NYT-bestselling memoir author and book coach Ingrid Ricks will arm you with the tools you need to effectively dive into your memoir. She’ll start by teaching you the three most common story structure techniques, and then walk you through the simple outlining process she employs for every book project she takes on. From there, she’ll delve into the six powerful narrative writing techniques you need to bring your memoir to life.
Be prepared to write and tell the story you want to tell.
Click here for more details...

EPIC Member Maggie Fimia offers great advice to Seattle Times readers
​during these troubling times -- 
Coronavirus Isolation: Another Generational Benefit
​To read Maggie's letter in the Seattle Times, click here.

Gerald Bigelow re-releases his book of poetry,
​Memories Looking Through a Screen Door

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EPIC Member Gerald Bigelow has just re-released his book of poetry, Memories Looking Through a Screen Door.
​"Our ability to sense and observe our surroundings creates the foundation upon which memories are built. Although memories are as unique as snow flakes, they serve as a common thread, sewing the human family together."
To purchase Gerald’s book, visit his page on Amazon.
 
Gerald leads the popular EPIC Poetry Group, welcoming all poets on the second Tuesday of the month at Sno-Isle Library in Edmonds. Important note: As of March 13, all meetings at the Sno-Isle Library are temporarily suspended due to the novel coronavirus. Watch for notification of when EPIC writing group meetings at the library will resume.
Join a Free Writers' Group
Need some writing inspiration or just a reason to write? Want to get to know other writers? Love to be part of a group learning experience? EPIC offers free writing groups each week!
​Click here for more information about each group.


​EPIC Membership 
​Why join EPIC? Read more about joining EPIC and membership details. Membership Click here.
Book Events & Signings
Here, there and everywhere...Authors are busy people, especially EPIC authors. Find out who has just been published. Click here.
Annual Writing Contest
Each year EPIC is proud to sponsor its Annual Writing Contest for Adults and Student Authors (grades 8 through 12) in Prose and Poetry categories. Check back for more information about EPIC's 2020 Writing Contest.
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