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Holy Blazing Laptops!
SDWI's Write-A-Thon
Saturday, March 29
9 am - 7 pm
The Ink Spot

Register Now! Blazing Laptops Registration

Sponsor a Writer Sponsor Pledge Page

Join the SDW, Inksters for a 10-hour non-stop, write 'til you drop, benefit fundraiser for San Diego Writers, Ink.

Featuring The Red Hot Ink Spot Digiteers and Their Flying Fingers —Judy Reeves, Steve Montgomery, Nicole Vollrath, Midge Raymond, Brandon Cesmat, Marni Freedman, Sylvia Telafaro, and other creative writing instructors with 10 hours of writing exercises to keep your ink flowing and your ideas rolling.

How It Works
• Writers of all levels and genres are invited to participate. No experience necessary. (Minimum sponsorship $100 to participate.)
• Register online via email and we'll set up a Sponsor Pledge Site where your sponsors can make their online pledges - OR - if your sponsors want to pay by check, download our Sponsor Pledge Form and collect checks directly from your sponsors, then bring the completed forms and checks with you on Write-A-Thon day.
• Sign up as many sponsors as you can who will support your efforts to raise funds for San Diego Writers, Ink. (Suggested minimum sponsorship $5/hour for as many hours as they want to pledge.)
• Set your sponsorship goal, challenge your writing friends, ask everyone you know
• Meet at The Ink Spot at 9 am Saturday, March 29 for a full ten hours of writing madness ending with a free-for-all pizza party celebration.

What We’ll Do
We’ll work from writing prompts • Focused free writings • Writing calistenics • Word games • Character building • Work on your own project • Write with your laptop, in your journal, or use your writer’s notebook

Write Anything
Bring your story ideas • Write a rough draft • Write a poem an hour • Write in your journal • Write your novel • Write a letter home • Free-writes • Craft an article • Blog the day

Wow!
• “Blazing Laptops” T-shirt • Drawings for Free Prizes • Gift Certificates
• And we'll end the day with a Pizza Party to Celebrate

Thanks to our corporate sponsors
Starbucks • Albertsons • Costco

San Diego Writers, Ink is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.