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.

 
Elizabeth Stewart:  Almost Unloved Vol 1 and Vol 2 were released on October 15, 2023, by LT-writing.com. 

Abbey Pachter:  A Monarch in Winter: Biography of a Butterfly was released October 29, 2023, by Dr. Abbey Pachter and is available at Amazon.com.  

Pamela K. Kinney:  Christmas Magic was released October 31, 2023, by Little Dreamers.

Charles Tabb:  Like an Untimely Frost was released November 1, 2023, by Gifted Time Books.

Christine Born:  Called By a Dragon was released November 12, 2023, by Ingram Spark.

D.A. Spruzen:  The Witch of Tut was released December 1, 2023, by 4 Horsemen Publications.

Jer Long:  Pollyanna Gay was released December 5, 2023, by Brandylane Publishers, Inc.

V.M. Roberts:  Life With Leah Chandler Activity Book was released December 15, 2023, by KDP and is available at Amazon.com.

Ray Collins:  Motive For Murder is scheduled to be published December 29, 2023, by Koehler Books.

Devin Reese:  Tortoises of the World: Giants to Dwarfs is scheduled for release on April 23, 2024, by Johns Hopkins Press.

Jeri Rogers reports the Artemis Journal 2023 has been released as of September 1, 2023.   https://artemisjournal.org

The coauthors of Brave Face: The Inspiring WWII Memoir of a Dutch/German Child won a Firebird Book Award in the biography/historical genre!  Congratulations!    Brave Face | The Inspiring WWII Memoir of a Dutch/German Child (iammeta.org)