Include a one-page cover letter with the manuscript, with the author's name, address, telephone number, brief bio and short summary of the work. No manuscripts will be returned. If you would like confirmation of receipt, enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard. Submission deadline is Aug. 1, 2001. No manuscripts postmarked after that date will be considered.
Workshops are free, and open to the public.
Bledsoe, author of the New York Times bestseller Bitter Blood , will discuss the literary possibilities of memoir and journalism, and how the truth can be as powerful as fiction. At the Plaza-Midwood Branch Library, Charlotte, on Sept. 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information . . .