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VWC BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING Saturday, February 5 | 10:00am - 2:30pm This event is open to the public. Location University of Mary Washington, 137 Combs Hall, Fredericksburg, VA Agenda
Deadline - JANUARY 21 Box lunches available at $10.00 each: chicken, turkey, ham, beef, or veggie, including drink and dessert. Order by email from Jim Gaines (jimgaines3@earthlink.net) by Jan. 21. Remit check to 17 North Pointe Dr.,Frederickburg VA 22405 or pay at the meeting. SPEAKER Steve Watkins  Steve Watkins is the author of DOWN SAND MOUNTAIN (read more about the novel here), a young adult novel published in October 2008 by Candlewick Press, and winner of the Golden Kite Award for Fiction from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Another young adult novel, WHAT COMES AFTER, will be published in hardback and audio by Candlewick in April of this year, along with audio and paperback editions of DOWN SAND MOUNTAIN. A third YA novel, JUVIE, is forthcoming from Candlewick in spring 2013.
Steve Watkins is also author of a short story collection, MY CHAOS THEORY (2006, Southern Methodist University Press), which was a finalist for the Paterson Fiction Prize, and an Honorable Mention for the Library of Virginia Fiction Award. He also wrote the award-winning non-fiction book THE BLACK O: RACISM AND REDEMPTION IN AN AMERICAN CORPORATE EMPIRE, published in 1997 by the University of Georgia Press, which tells the story of the largest employment discrimination class action lawsuit in U.S. history. His fiction, poetry, and non-fiction articles have appeared in numerous publications, including The Nation, Poets & Writers, Mississippi Review, 100 Percent Pure Florida Fiction, North American Review, and The Pushcart Prize Anthology.
A graduate of Florida State University, he teaches journalism, creative writing, and Vietnam War literature at the University of Mary Washington. He also teaches Ashtanga yoga, and works as an investigator and advocate for abused and neglected children through the child advocacy organization CASA. He lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia with his wife Janet, is the father of four daughters-Maggie, Eva, Claire, and Lili--and serves as co-director with Janet of the religious education program at the Fredericksburg Unitarian Universalist Church.
2011 Golden Nib contest The 2011 Golden Nib writing contest is officially open. Accepted categories are fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, with cash prizes for first, second, and third place finishers. The statewide deadline is September 3, but please check your local chapter for their deadline and rules. Download rules here (pdf file | 126k) and good luck! 2010 Annual Meeting The 2010 Annual Meeting of the Virginia Writers Club was a resounding success. Over 70 members, guests, and speakers attended the event, held at the historic Mount Vernon Inn in Alexandria, VA November 13, 2010. The keynote speaker was New York Times bestelling author, John Gilstrap. The Golden Nib The Golden Nib is the Virginia Writers Club annual writing competition in three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Winners must be a member in good-standing of a VWC chapter as well as a member of the state organization. Each chapter submits one representative in each category to the state finals, where first, second, and third place winners are announced at the annual meeting (usually held in November). Winning entries are published electronically in our Golden Nib Anthology, listed below (please note all anthologies are .pdf files and require a .pdf reader, such as Adobe Acrobat). Rules for the 2011 Golden Nib contest will be released soon! View the 2010 contest rules here. Golden Nib Anthology 2010 [PDF | 178k] (winners below) Golden Nib Anthology 2009 [PDF | 160k] Golden Nib Anthology 2008 [PDF | 165k] Winners of the 2010 Golden Nib were:
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