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Valley Writers meets on the first and third Thursdays of each
month, currently at the he Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke,
located near the intersection of Grandin Road and Brandon Avenue. From the
parking lot, go down the alley at the back of the church until you come to
the second doorway. Once inside, turn right and follow the signs to
the meeting room. |
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The Valley Writers Chapter now has a Facebook Fan Page, Valley Writers of Roanoke:
Click here. |
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Publishing Events
Ferradiddledumday, Becky
Mushko's Appalachian version of the Rumpelstiltskin tale, debuted at the
Franklin County Library on January 26, 2010. The book is available from
Cedar Creek Publishing. See Becky's author page
here.
Betsy Ashton's Laker Weekly article "Linked at the Lake," about social networking sites and other aspect of writing and communicating online, can be read by clicking into the SmithMountainLake.com website. Jim Morrison's article about the history of Moneta appears in the September 2009 issue of "Cooperative Living," which is sent to 350,000 households. His article is online and the full article with pictures can be downloaded. Betsy Ashton's public radio essay, "You're Never Too Old," can be heard on the WVTF website.
The third edition of Rodney Franklin's memoir, Tyler's Shop, was published in March 2009 by Infinity Publishing (which provides a "sneak peek" at the book), and is also available from Amazon.com. Jim Morrison's article "The Virginia Writers Club: A Resource for and User of Libraries," was published in the Virginia Library Association's journal, Virginia Libraries, Vol. 54, No. 3 and 4, Jul-Dec 2008, and his book review of The Men Who Loved Trains by Rush Loving, Jr., was published in the Valley Business Front, Vol. 1, Issue 1, October 2008.
Valley Writer
vice-president Becky Mushko is the 2008 winner in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction
Contest's "Vile Pun" category. To read her winning entry—and the winning
entries in the other categories—click
here and
scroll down to Vile Puns. Contests Betsy Ashton won the $1,000 first prize in the Smith Mountain Arts Council Novel Contest for unpublished novels. Becky Mushko was runner-up. Betsy and Becky also won awards in the 2009 Wytheville Chautauqua Literary Contest. In the Virginia Writers Club Back-Page Fiction Contest, John
Koelsch took second place with "The Interview" and Betsy Ashton took third
with "Toad." |
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Valley Writers Chapter Activities Regular Evening Meetings: First and third Thursdays of every month. Meetings begin at 6:30 PM and usually last two hours. Currently we are meeting at Unitarian Universalist Church at 2015 Grandin Road in southwest Roanoke. May 11, 2009, at the Roanoke Public Library headquarters on Jefferson Street, some members of the Valley Writers Chapter presented a panel discussion, "The Pros and Cons of Self-Publishing."
January 22-23, 2010: Roanoke Regional Writers Conference at
Hollins
University: Jim Morrison, Rodney Franklin, and Becky Mushko are shown below appearing on Saturday, January 23, on the "Pros & Cons of Self-Publishing Panel."
The Regional Board of Governors meetings of the Virginia Writers
Club will be held on the following dates: Feb. 6, May 1, Sept. 11. The
annual meeting will be in November. Roanoke Area Events Roanoke City and County Libraries often have literary events. (In the past, the Valley Writers Club has presented of its events at the libraries.) Click the logo to see what the libraries currently offer.
On November 7, 2009, at the Virginia Writers Club annual meeting in Charlottesville, Valley Writers president Jim Morrison received a Superior Service Award for his contributions to the writing field.
Valley members Betsy Ashton, Donna Knox, and Jim Morrison attended the 2009 James River Writers Conference at the Library of Virginia in October. |
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