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Next Meeting of
The Virginia Writers Club

September 11, 2010
at
Williamsburg Landing Senior Residence

Hosted by
The Chesapeake Bay Writers

The agenda includes a morning Board of Governors business meeting followed by a joint meeting with the Chesapeake Bay Writers featuring a cocktail hour, luncheon and afternoon program. Luncheon reservations are required by September 3 (please see below for details).

Schedule of Events

Board of Governors Business Meeting -- 10:30 am to 12:15 pm

Williamsburg Landing Senior Residence, Room 200
(Coffee will be available from 10:00 am)

Registration & Cocktail Hour -- 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

Williamsburg Landing, Main Meeting Room

Luncheon -- 12:30 to 1:30 pm

Afternooon Program -- 1:30 to 3:00 pm

"Publishing: Fiction vs Nonfiction"

Guest speakers: Brad Parks, author of Faces of the Gone, A Carter Ross Mystery; and
Karen Jones, author of Death For Beginners: Your No-Nonsense, Money-Saving Guide to Planning for the Inevitable

Cost for the luncheon will be $23.00 for your choice of Shrimp & Scallop Napoleon or Chicken Marsala. Reservations may be made at the Chesapeake Bay Writers Web site, or by mailing

John Bray
261 Zelkova Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185.

By either method, reservations must be made and payment received no later than September 3.

Directions

Williamsburg Landing Senior Residence
5700 Williamsburg Landing, Williamsburg, Virginia

Take Interstate 64 from either direction, to exit 234. Merge onto Route 199 eastbound. Anyone using Colonial Parkway, exit at sign for Cheatham Annex then take 199 westbound to Brookwood Drive. All other using 199, go to Brookwood Drive, (traffic light at intersection), turn right coming from the west, turn left coming from the east. Go one block to Lake Powell Road, turn left. About one and one half blocks is the entrance to Williamsburg Landing. Stop at security post for parking permit, ask for main building. They should be alerted that the meeting is taking place. In the lobby, ask at desk for directions to Room 200.

Golden Nib Writing Contest 2010

It is time once again to get ready for the Golden Nib Contest. Formerly known as the Two-Tier Contest, the name Golden Nib was adopted in 2008 to lend an air of panache.

There have been small changes in the rules for 2010, in response to member suggestions and a few misunderstandings. Otherwise, the contest is the same two level event we all have come to enjoy.

For complete details, please click here (requires Adobe Reader).

The Golden Nib Anthology 2009 is now available for download in PDF format.

The Golden Nib Anthology 2008 remains available for download, as well.

Teen Golden Nib Writing Contest

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