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Welcome to the website of the Virginia Writers Club!

Welcome to all of the new officers and especially those returning with several years of service to the Club. A warm welcome to the new members of the Board of Governors, and to our newest Chapter: Northern Virginia.

A great welcome to all of VWC’s members to what I call “Our Exciting World of Writing.” To enjoy excitement to the fullest we have to work hard.

VWC’s new management team is working on some very exciting new programs for the Club. The list includes the following:

1. A drive for more Chapters. Several areas of the Old Dominion seem to be ready to consider forming a Chapter of VWC.

2. The Club has always been short of funds for new activities. We propose to launch a drive for grants and fundraising projects. Our specific funding needs include: writing contest expenses; conference expenses for the Young Virginia Writers Club (YVWC); and, the proposed development of the College and University Writers division. We are also in need of funds to help Chapters with writing events. The Board of Governors has committed to fund four writing events per year, not to exceed $200 each. We’d like to do much more!

3. The Club needs a good Scholarship Program to help Secondary and College and University divisions develop chapters and attend writing events.

4. “Here’s a Hat-Full of Excitement!” Let’s reactivate the Mid-Atlantic Writers Conference! There were nearly 250 people attending the conference in 2002. People came from the Mid-West, New England, New York, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and the states around Virginia. This can be a profitable program. We still have a good deal of interest in this conference.

The new Executive Committee has started evaluating these new programs. You, too, are invited to join in the “Fun and Excitement of Writing.” If everyone is willing to do just a little more we can be successful in launching these new adventures.

I look forward to seeing you at our next meeting,

John R. Henry, President