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Pearl S. Buck International Writers Workshop June 25 – 27, 2009
Second Annual Pearl S. Buck International Writers' Workshop"Pearl S. Buck ~ The Patchwork of Her Life"Sponsored by Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundationand Little Levels Heritage FairHillsboro, West VirginiaJune 25-27, 2009Join West Virginia writers Edwina Pendarvis,...
WV Writers Conference 2009 Just Uncommonly Good Award and Historical JUG Winners List
At the 2009 Conference Awards Banquet, the board of directors of WV Writers, Inc. awarded it's Just Uncommonly Good Award (JUG). According to existing records, the JUG Award was the brainchild of John “Jack” Zierold. It was established to honor exceptional writing, or...
WV Writers Conference 2009 People’s Choice and Writers Wall
Each year at the Summer Conference, WV Writers offers the attendees of the conference a chance to vote upon the winners of some conference-based writing contests. The People's Choice contests take place on Friday and Saturday of the conference and are split into...
WV Writers 2009 Writing Contest Winners List
YOUTH CATEGORIESElementary School winners:Kadian Harding / Jefferson CountyFirst Place Elementary School"The Inauguration in Photos"Jessi Hersom / Berkeley CountySecond Place Elementary School"One Fine Clear Day"Haley Lambert / Kanawha CountyThird Place Elementary...
Conference Entertainment Update
We've had something of a change in our conference entertainment for Saturday evening. Keith and Joan Pitzer were scheduled to perform in concert following the awards banquet, but an emergent situation has come up in their lives that has forced them to bow out for this...
WV State Folk Festival in Glenville
(This news courtesy of WVWriters' own Granny Sue Holstein)The Oral Traditions tent at the WV State Folk Festival in Glenville features some names that should be familiar to WV Writers members and possibly to Roundtable members too. The Festival is scheduled for June...