2025 WWW Conference Pitch Session News

Sinclair Sawhney is scheduled to take part in an Editing Pitch Session at the 2025 WWW Virtual Conference.

Sinclair Sawhney is a former journalist and middle school teacher who holds a BA in Political Science and K-8 teaching certificate from the University of California, Irvine and a MS in Education with an emphasis in teaching writing from the University of Washington. She has worked as a developmental editor with Tule Publishing for over ten years. Writing as Sinclair Jayne she’s published thirty plus short contemporary romances with Tule Publishing. 

Married for over twenty-eight years, she has two adult children, and when she isn’t writing or editing, she and her husband, Deepak, along with their pup Chai are hosting wine tastings of their pinot noir, rose and chardonnay at their vineyard Roshni, which is a Hindi word for light-filled, located in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Shaandaar!

Registration for the 2025 WWW Virtual Conference is open.

NOTE: Anyone planning to participate in a Pitch Session at the 2025 Virtual Conference, will need to include your intent on the Conference’s registration form.

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2025 WWW Conference News

The 2025 WWW Virtual Conference Committee is pleased to announce Saturday’s Guest speaker is James Scott Bell

JAMES SCOTT BELL is a winner of the International Thriller Writers Award, and the author of the #1 bestseller for writers, Plot & Structure (Writer’s Digest Books). He served as the fiction columnist for Writer’s Digest magazine and has written several popular writing books, including Just Write, Conflict & Suspense, and The Art of War for Writers (all from Writer’s Digest Books). He’s also published How to Write Dazzling Dialogue, Write Your Novel From the Middle, Super Structure, and How to Make a Living as a Writer. 

Jim has taught writing at Pepperdine University and at numerous writers conferences in the United States and around the world. A former trial lawyer, Jim now writes and speaks full time. He appeared as an expert commentator on Good Morning America, CBS radio, and in Newsweek magazine during the O. J. Simpson murder trial. He lives in Los Angeles.

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The DOWNING Journalism Award

2025 Finalists

I am pleased to announce this year’s Finalists for the DOWNING Journalism Award. There were a record number of entries this year resulting in a tie. As a result we have four Finalists this year! They are (in alphabetical order):

Jane Little Botkin – “Writing An ‘Honest’ Biography” Roundup Magazine
Lynn Downey – “Work, Worry, Interest and Fun: The Life of Mary Shawver, Dude Ranching’s Grande Dame” Roundup Magazine
Carolyn Grattan Eichin – “The Leg Shows Invade the West” The Tombstone Epitaph
Susan J. Tweit – “Designing Women” Pasatiempo/New Mexican

The Winner will be announced during the Women Writing the West Conference.
Congratulations to All.
The DOWNING Journalism Award Chair,
Linda Wommack

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2025 WWW Conference Workshop News

At the 2025 WWW Virtual Conference, Alice Sullivan will be leading a workshop titled, Finding Freedom from Guilt and Fear When Writing Memoir.

Alice Sullivan is a #1 bestselling Wall Street Journal ghostwriter, New York Times bestselling editor (11 times over), collaborator, and speaker. An avid storyteller, she has written 65 books and edited over 1,300 titles since 2001. Her clients include speakers, educators, entrepreneurs, athletes, CEOs, and creatives. She specializes in memoir, business and thought leadership, and self-help/personal growth because she loves stories of triumph, determination, and personal reflection.

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