Meet the Central Coast Writers Contest Committee!
Tia Araminta - Contest Director
In her second year running a large-scale writing contest, Tia is very grateful for her committee members below!
Tia is a writer who just completed her first novel. She writes fiction, screenplays and teleplays. A spin-off short story of her novel placed in the prestigious Mark Twain Humor Writing Contest. She has a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and during the day she serves her time in prison.
Janice Konstantinidis - Technical Chair and Social Media Coordinator
Janice Konstantinidis
is both an Australian and an America Citizen. She lives on the Central Coast of
California with her husband and two dogs.
She has been writing
shorter pieces, prose, poetry most of her life. Janice is currently
writing her memoir, which chronicles her time spent as a child laborer in a
Magdalene Laundry in Australia. She intends to write a book of limericks as
well.
Janice won four awards
in the 2013 Lillian Dean Writer's Contest. First and second place in 'Creative
Non Fiction Memoir', and second and third place in Poetry.
She holds a Bachelor
of Arts from The University of Tasmania, a Bachelor of Letters in
English Literature from The Australian National University and
a Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Canberra. She also practiced as a
Gerontologist for many years.
Janice
is writing a Wikipedia page about the institution where she
was incarcerated - Mount Saint Canice.
Laura Emerson moved from Pacific Grove to San Luis Obispo in
November 2015 – and asks herself every day why she didn’t do it sooner. Having
retired approximately three years ago from the day job, she’s now able to
devote her time exclusively to writing. Intent on assembling a
collection of
her short stories, a quick visit to Colton Hall for a reference check,
sidelined that project when the curator told her no one has written about the
truly unique gathering of delegates in 1849 who declared California eligible
for statehood and as a free state, then proceeded to write their own stunning
constitution.
Laura holds a BA in psychology/creative writing from
UNC-Chapel Hill, where she graduated at the tender age of 51. She’s a longtime
member of the California Writers Club, first as a charter member of Central
Coast Writers (Monterey Peninsula) and now with the Coastal Dunes branch. Her numerous interviews of “very
interesting people” have been published in American Profile magazine and Monterey
Peninsula magazine.
Diane Smith - Marketing Outreach Coordinator
Diane is a California-certificated teacher and counselor,
freelance writer and illustrator. Diane is an award-winning writer of short
fiction and nonfiction. A proud member of SLO-Nightwriters, she has been
published by Haunted Waters Press, Leodegraunce, GreenPrints, Tolosa Press,
Modern Serenity, and Exemplary English. When not teaching or slaving over a hot
computer, Diane reads, paints and plays (with her dog and flute) at home on the
Central Coast. Look for Diane’s upcoming children’s literature series, inspired
by her kids, past and present, furry and furless. Check out her blog at: http://www.unoartsy.com/
Just wondering when the winners will be announced. At the CCWriters Conference, right?
ReplyDelete