Virginia Writers Club Blue Ridge Chapter

The Virginia Writers Club, Inc.

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of writers and poets, screenwriters and playwrights, journalists and essayists, and other publishing professionals whose purpose is to support and stimulate the art, craft and business of writing, as well as advocate the literary arts in the Commonwealth.

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Blue Ridge, a Chapter of
The Virginia Writers Club

typewriter The Blue Ridge Chapter serves the cities of Charlottesville, Staunton and Waynesboro,and counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Fluvana, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange and Rappahannock. Meetings are held at the Barnes and Noble book store in the Barracks Road Shopping Center the third Wednesday of every month except March (Virginia Festival of the Book Month) and August.

For further information, please visit our Web site.

The Blue Ridge Anthology
The Blue Ridge Chapter’s First Anthology!

Blue Ridge Anthology cover Now available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Books A Million, and Borders. Copies will also be available for sale at all Blue Ridge Chapter meetings and events. Check back again for a schedule of our special programs to be held throughout our Chapter region to spread the word about our club and promote the Anthology.

For further details, including a list of contributors, please visit this page.

MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS
See what else our members are doing here!

Charlottesville Chapter members are welcome to keep an ongoing list of their publishing achievements on the Charlottesville Chapter VWC page as long as their Chapter dues are current. Provide title, publisher & website (or periodical), and publication date in an email. with the subject heading, "Cville Member Achievement." Be sure to include name and address for verification.

WE THANK OUR GUEST SPEAKERS
FOR SHARING THEIR WRITING
& PUBLISHING EXPERIENCES

DATE:

February 21, 2007

January 17, 2007

December 13, 2007

November 15, 2006

October 18, 2006

September 20, 2006

July 19, 2006

June 21, 2006

June 3, 2006 1:00 pm

June 3, 2006 10:00 am

May 17, 2006

April 19, 2006

February 15, 2006

January 18, 2006

November 16, 2005

October 19, 2005

September 21, 2005

July 20, 2005

June 20, 2005

May 18, 2005

April 20, 2005

January 19, 2005

November 17, 2004

October 20, 2004

September 15, 2004

July 21, 2004

June 16, 2004

April 21, 2004

February 18, 2004

January 21, 2004

November 19, 2003

October 15, 2003

September 17, 2003

July 15, 2003

June 18, 2003

SPEAKER:

Sarah Collins Honenberger
www.readwhitelies.com

Sharon Leiter
more information

Holiday Gathering & Potluck Dinner

Gina Caponera
more information

Rick Britton
more information

Raymond Austin
more information

Chapter Members

John J. Lamb
www.johnjlamb.net

Mike Zbailey & Brenda Morris

Gary Kessler
www.editsbooks.com

Kurtis Davidson (Pen name of Kurt Ayau and David Rachels)
www.kurtisdavidson.com

BLACKFRIARS PLAYHOUSE & CHAPTER MEMBERS

P.M.H. Atwater
www.pmhatwater.com

Mara Rockliff
www.mararockliff.com

Elko Von Krogh Stillfried

Carole Bellacera
www.carolebellacera.com

Browning Porter

Chapter Members

James W. Morrison

Susan Tyler Hitchcock
www.susantylerhitchcock.com

Chapter Members

Local Teen Writers

Jane Mendle

Brian Kelly & Ingrid Smyer

Anne Holt

Chapter Members

Sam Kashner

Sharon Leiter

Renee Grisham

Andy Straka
www.andystraka.com

Lorraine Quillon, Genealogist

Debbie Prum,
Sally Honenberger,
Paula White Jackson

Linda Campbell Franklin

Chapter Members

Bevin Alexander

AUTHOR OF:

White Lies: A Tale of Babies, Vaccines, and Deception

Critical Companion to Emily Dickinson

Holiday Gathering & Potluck Dinner (Hosted by Roulhac Toledano)

A Journey to Freedom

Albemarle & Charlottesville: An Illustrated History of the First 150 Years

Your Turn to Die

(Open Mic Readings)

Echoes of the Lost Order

(Panel Discussion) “What You Should Know About Writing Contests & Working with Publishers”

(Workshop) “What You Should Know About Submissions & Copyrights”

What the Shadow Told Me

Special three-scene performance from Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” and Open Mic Poetry Readings in celebration of National Poetry Month and to commemorate Shakespeare’s 442nd Birthday

Beyond the Indigo Children

Pieces of Another World

Leaves in the Wind: Thirty Years Spanning the Continents

Chocolate on a Stick

(Topic: Stage vs. Page: A writer’s way to uneasy peace between text and performance)

(Open Mic Readings)

Bedford Goes to War

Mad Mary Lamb: Lunacy and Murder in Literary London

(Open Mic Poetry Readings)

(Teen Writers Open Mic Night)

Kissing in Technicolor

Best Little Stories series

Kendrick and Silver Creek

(Open Mic Readings)

When I Was Cool – My Life at the Jack Kerouac School

The Lady and the Bailiff of Time

(Book Launch: Our View, prize-winning photographs by local teens)

Cold Quarry, A Witness Above, A Killing Sky

(Workshop: Researching & Writing Your Family History)

(Panel Discussion: How to Win a Writing Contest! How to Get Published & Other Writing Tips)

Heart 2 Heart diaries for girls

(Open Mic Readings)

How Wars are Won: From Ancient Greece to the War on Terror

JOIN THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CHAPTER!
Membership in the Charlottesville Chapter VWC is only $15.
A Chapter newsletter is mailed to members with detailed information
and important announcements about upcoming Chapter meetings and events.
In addition to monthly meetings, which are open to everyone,
Members have the additional benefits of participating in our Poetry and
Fiction/Nonfiction Critique Groups, Writing Contests, and Workshops.
We are also active participants in the Virginia Festival of the Book,
held in Charlottesville every March.

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