Tony Hillerman, May 27, 1925 - Oct. 26, 2008 Thanks, Tony. We miss you.

WORKSHOPS WORKED THEIR MAGIC

Thanks to all our participants in the summer workshops. Our program on internet marketing with photographer and web whiz Ellen Barone, cosponsored by Santa Fe Community College, drew rave reviews. As did the writing workshop with award-winng author Sandi Ault. Ault helped participants settle on their writing goals and move forward---using some of the internet tools Barone taught us. WORDHARVEST is re-grouping and re-envisionings itself, as we say here in Santa Fe. Stay tuned.

The Hillerman Prize update

After considerable thought, St. Martin's Press decided not to name a winner of the 2009 Tony Hillerman Prize for the best first mystery set in the West. The prize, sponsored by St. Martin's Press and Wordharvest, continues the spirit of Tony Hillerman's work. The contest will be offered again in 2010 and the deadline for submissions is  JUNE 1) For information on the 2008 winner, Roy Chaney, and on the winner of our mystery short story contest, click here.  Here are the 2010 guidelines.

WORDHARVEST is taking some time off from the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: Focus on Mystery. Please keep writing!