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Allegheny Echoes Report
(This report from Granny Sue Holstein, as posted to the WV Writers Roundtable)I've posted photos and notes from the Allegheny Echoes workshops in Marlinton, WV on my blog. grannysu.blogspot.comIt was a fantastic week! I had a professional development grant that paid...
New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest extends deadline
(This news courtesy 2nd VP T.W. McNemar)Due to computer transition problems with Vista, submission post-mark deadline has been extended to July 15, 2007.New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest - an international contest whose mission is to seek out extraordinary,...
Pam Cable Review
First time WV Writers workshop presenter, Pamela King Cable, has written a wonderful review of this year's summer conference. You can find it on her blog at...http://southernfriedwoman.blogspot.com/2007/06/west-virginia-writers-conference.htmlWe loved having Pam and...
Appalachian Writers Read at Malaprops
(This information sent in by Kird Judd)Asheville, NC—On Sunday, July 15, 2007, at 3:00 p.m., seven writers from the SouthernAppalachian Writer’s Cooperative (SAWC) —Hilda Downer, Frankie Finley, David Wayne Hampton, Jane Hicks, Jim Minick, Jim Webb, and Dana...
2007 Spring Writing Contest Winners List
The winners list can be found at the following link...https://wvwriters.org/WINNERS_LIST_2007.pdf
Terror of the Tug
On August 1, 1921, Matewan's Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers were shot to death at the Welch Court House. This “assassination” was part of the coal mining wars that had been going on in WV for over a decade. These murders followed the shoot out in Matewan in May, 1920...