Tracie Adams:  "Death of an Unknown Soldier" was published on April 12, 2024, by Words of the Lamb Magazine.

Jessie D. Eaker:  Midnyte's Dragon Kiss was published on May 1, 2024, and is available on Amazon. 

Tracie Adams:  "New Moon" was published on May 2, 2024, by Sheepshead Review.

Craig Trebilcock:  An Absence of Faith: A Tale of Afghanistan was released on May 6, 2024, by Booklocker.com.

David Simms:  Pierce the Veil is scheduled for release on July 16, 2024, by Crossroad Press.

Pamela K. Kinney:  Demon Memories is scheduled for release on October 15, 2024, by Dreampunk Press.

Tom Henning has been invited to be on a panel of speakers at a book signing event at the Purceville Library on June 8, 2024. The event is promoted by the Northern Virginia Writers Club.

Pamela K. Kinney will be a vendor with her books at the Wytheville UFO Festival, 10am - 6pm at Wytheville Meeting Rooms, 333 Community Blvd., Wytheville, Virginia.

Tony Spadafora will be exhibiting Twelve Rebels Hidden in Washington D.C. at Kensington Maryland's Day of the Book on April 21st, 2024.  dayofthebook.com 

Bradley Harper recently signed a contract with a German publisher to publish his novel, A Knife in the Fog, in German.

Caroline Crocker:  Unforgivable: Through a Child's Eyes was published by Rambling Ruminations and released April 5, 2024. 

Fiction

1st Place:  “Desperation” by Michelle McBeth

2nd Place:  “Front Porch” by Emily Walls Ray

3rd Place:  “The Grove” by Craig Trebilcock

Nonfiction

1st Place:  “On a Sunday Morning” by Andrea Yarbough

2nd Place:  “Shloshim” by Abbey Pachter

3rd Place:  “The Lost Starfish” by Wendy Dwyer

Poetry

1st Place:  “In the Midst of Hanami” by Jennifer Hotz

2nd Place:  “Tipping Point” by Jessica Mardian

3rd Place:  “Climbing Bear Claw” by Emily Walls Ray

Jason Maddux:  We're Here to Help... Ourselves was released on November 25, 2023, and is available at Amazon. 

Rachelle Nones:  Candy Canes, Hot Cocoa, & A Cold Corpse was released on February 14, 2024, and is available at Amazon.

Sharon Lyon:  Fossil Thief: A Henrietta Ballantine Adventure was released on February 15, 2024, and is available at Amazon.

Musau WaKabongo:  Mukanda wa Nomba - Ammon Jabhari Ditu: Kitabu kia Idadi; Buku ya Motangu; Mukanda wa Mitalu; Livre des Nombres; Book of Numbers Kindle Edition. Release date was 12/30/2023 by Amazon (Kindle Version) 

Just in time for Poe’s birthday, author Sharon Pajka discusses her new book, “The Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe; Graves of His Family, Friends and Foes”. This is a FREE event but a $5 suggested donation is appreciated. Reserve your seat at https://app.gopassage.com/events/speaker-series-poe 

Pamela K Kinney will be a writer guest at Marscon being held in Virginia Beach January 12, 13, and 14, 2024. More information: https://www.marscon.net/wp/

J. Thomas Brown signed his novels, The Hole in the Bone and Land of Three Houses, at 2nd and Charles, 9004 W. Broad St., in Richmond, VA on December 2. His poem, "Quiet Man" has been published in Moonstone Press' Which Side are You On? Labor Day 2023 Anthology which was released in October. In September, Moonstone Press included his poem, "Hotel in the Sky", in their Remembering Woody Guthrie collection and "One Way Zone" in World Laughter Day. Two haiku, "Lucid" and "Nothingness", appeared in Moonstone Press' International Haiku Day 2023 anthology in August. So, he has been very busy! Congratulations, J. Thomas Brown.