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(This news courtesy Bill King by way of Terry McNemar)COMING TO DAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGEMarch 15, 2007NINTH ANNUAL WRITERS’ WEEK AT D&ED&E College will host award-winning & national best-selling novelist, Silas House (Clay’s Quilt, A Parchment of Leaves & The...

(This news courtesy Rhonda White)Mountain State University's Beckley Campus is about to kick off its Appalachian Visions series of lectures, discussions and performances beginning March 1.Events will include...New Gospel Singaleers, Thursday, March 1, 7pm - Warm your...

Writer Meredith Sue Willis is running another online writing class during March and April. The online class, called Jump-Start Your Novel (or Other Book!), will take place in three sessions, the dates of which are March 20, 27, and April 3, 2007. For more information,...

(This information courtesy Ginger Caudill, via the Ralan website.)Ghostly Tales from the State of West VirginiaMichael Knost, EditorE-subs & InfoPublisher's Web Site (no GLs)Submission GuidelinesPublisher: Woodland PressEditor: Michael KnostFormat: Trade...

The annual Derringer Awards, for excellence in Short Mystery Fiction, was created in 1997. The name "Derringer," after the palm-sized handgun, was chosen as a metaphor for a short Mystery or Crime story.Submissions will be accepted only from SMFS members and from...

We've now posted the bios of our existing contest judges. You can read them for yourself at the link below.https://wvwriters.org/contest07/judge-bios.html