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Greenbrier Valley Theatre Accepting Play Submissions
Greenbrier Valley Theater is now accepting submissions for the second annual “New Voices” Short Play Festival. The winning plays are given a public performance in GVT’s Festival of Community Plays in January/February 2010. This is an opportunity for local playwrights...
Survey from Phyllis Wilson Moore (Audience Participation Required)
FROM WV WRITERS PRESIDENT TERRY MCNEMAR:Phyllis Wilson Moore of Clarksburg, West Virginia, an avid reader and word lover, researches and writes about the literature of West Virginia and she credits Dr. Jim Wayne Miller with inspiring her research project. Her...
Stony River Microfiction Monday from Irish writer, Susan Carleton
(This news courtesy of Granny Sue Holstein)Susan Carleton, a writer who lives in Ireland, runs a Monday morning writing prompt called Microfiction Monday. She provides a photo and her story based on the photo, and those who want to can do the same on their blogs. The...
Podcast Episode 21: A conversation with Lee Maynard
Episode 21 of the WVW Podcast is now available, featuring a conversation between WV Writers 1st Vice President Cat Pleska and Lee Maynard, author of the book Crum, its followup Screaming with the Cannibals and the new novel-in-memoir-form The Pale Light of Sunset:...
Ray Bradbury’s Advice to Writers
Science fiction great Ray Bradbury has some advice for struggling writers: Struggle harder. Read what he has to say courtesy of the sci-fi blog io9.http://io9.com/5408150/ray-bradburys-advice-to-struggling-writers-struggle-harder
Morgantown Poets welcomes novelist Emily Mitchell this Thursday
Novelist Emily Mitchell will be featured during Morgantown Poets 7 p.m. literary event Thursday (Nov. 19) at Monongalia Arts Center (MAC). The reading is free and open to the public. The MAC is at 107 High St., downtown Morgantown (beside Hotel Morgan). Mitchell's...