Spoken Word Poetry Classes to begin in Beckley

Dec 28, 2016

WVWC to host visiting writers series

Dec 20, 2016

(This news courtesy the InterMountain.com) BUCKHANNON — West Virginia Wesleyan College’s low-residency master of fine arts in creative writing program will host a visiting writers series during the program’s upcoming winter 2017 Residency. These events are free and...

Inside Affrilachia

Dec 18, 2016

Very interesting article on the origins of the term "Affrilachia" as well as the beginnings of the Affrilachian Poets, courtesy WV Public Broadcasting. http://wvpublic.org/post/inside-affrilachia

Uncle Terry’s Gift Ideas from WV Authors List 2016

Dec 7, 2016

Nigh on a decade ago, Terry McNemar, our former president who recently passed away, began an annual gift guide for books by West Virginia authors. With his passing last year, we re-instituted this annual tradition in his honor.  And as such, it's only fitting that...

WV Book Festival

Oct 28, 2016

This weekend, West Virginia Writers has a table at the WV Book Festival, at the Civic Center in Charleston.  We are debuting our 2017 WV Writers Writing Contest entry forms for both the adult and New Mountain Voices contests.  (These will be posted here next week.) As...