Announcing the  winners of 2022's Golden Nib!

Poetry

First Place:

Devin Reese, "Small Pandemic Joys"

Second Place:

Third Place

C.L. Bledsoe, "Barley and Vegetable Soup"

Nonfiction

First Place:

John Dutton, III, "The Season of the Lost Summer"

Second Place:

Cecilia Thomas, "Nina"

Third Place:

Fiction

First Place:

David Barudin, "Berka Menakhemovich"

Second Place:

Alyce Rita Campbell, "Death on National Paperclip Day"

Third Place:

Deidra Lovegren:  The Medicine Girl was released August 9, 2022 by Blue Marble Publishing

David Cariens: The Murder of Angela Dales was released August 9, 2022, by High Tide Publications. 

Charles Tabb:  Gathering Twigs was released July 1, 2022, by Gifted Time Books.

Jenna Harte:  Death of a Miser was released August 9, 2022, by Camel Press.

James Tobin:  was interviewed on Steve Ludwig's Classic Pop Culture podcast on YouTube on July 1, 2022. It was a discussion about his recent novel, When We Were Wolves. You can listen to the podcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnqKpMYZOts 

James Tobin also had a book signing at Williamsburg's Barnes and Noble on July 9, 2022. 

August 3, 2022, 1 PM - Book Brush

Join Kathleen Sweeney from Book Brush for a fun live walk-through of the Book Brush tools. We'll share easy ways to create social media graphics, Book Covers, Book Trailers and share some of the newest features including Animated Mockups, Amazon A+ Content and Animated Email Signatures. Kathleen will share handy tips & tricks along the way and have time for Q & A, too. 

This workshop is free and will be recorded but you need to register. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpcu2orDwiGddIUvX7fc6dBGA_th_0Q7Ne

August 10, 2022, 6 PM - AutoCrit

Presentation of Autocrit, an editing software built to match the genuine demands of publishing professionals and discerning readers by adding a technological edge to your creativity.  AutoCrit gives you step-by-step recommendations for improving your manuscript based on what real readers want to see. It compares your MS to top selling books, has a robust community of writers, offers courses, and more.

This workshop is free and will be recorded, but you need to register. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAucOCqqDwpG91jFq-Q3XF9PRmAh_fZhG1F 

Jessie D. Eaker:  Monday After the Apolcalypse was published 5/18/2022 and is available at Amazon.com.

G.M. Malliet:  Augusta Hawke is scheduled to be released on 7/5/2022 by Severn House.

John Musgrove:  Ginter's Pope is scheduled to be released on 6/25/2022 by Littlestar Communications.

Lynn H. Wyvill:  Abundant Strength: A Caregiver's Prayers, a collection of poetry for sons and daughters who must care for their elderly parents, was released on April 5, 2022. 

J. E. Tobin:  When We Were Wolves is scheduled for release on May 15, 2022, by Pale Horse Books (PaleHorseBooks.com). 

Pamela K. Kinney:  Her article "Why Do Women Writers Write about Monsters and Ghosts" was published in Horror Addicts Guide to Life 2, released on April 29, 2022.

Kaelyn Pennington:  Beyond the Walls is scheduled to be published 4/20/2022.

Sharon Lyon:  Fossil Woman: A Novel; Published 3/2/2022 by Amazon

Pamela K. Kinney:  Werewolves, Dogmen, and Other Shapeshifters Stalking North America is scheduled to be released 4/26/2022 by Dreampunk Press

Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt:  Thirty Years of Cardinals Calling, Select Published Poems, to be published by San Francisco Bay Press in April, 2022. Proceeds benefit creative writing programs for at-risk and disadvantaged youth.  https://www.sanfranciscobaypress.com/shop/p/thirty-years-of-cardinals-calling

Elizabeth Mowbray:  Roly Poly and the Creepy Cave is scheduled to be released 5/1/2022 by Amazon

Charles Tabb will be having an Author Meet & Greet on Sunday, March 20 from 4-6 pm.  He will be discussing his writing process, his books, and the marketing process he has used to sell 100,000 copies of his books.

Poetry readings by Sara Robinson and Hiram Larew:

VM Roberts, an author with the Richmond Chapter, has two events coming up in March and April. These are ZOOM events, so please contact her at the email address shown on the following event flyers to obtain the ZOOM code necessary to attend.

Carol Cutler (A.K.A. April Cleveland): Buchanan County Dreaming, published by HootPublishing, was released on January 23, 2022. 

Sharon Lyon:  Fossil Woman: A Novel, published and available at Amazon Kindle, was released on March 2, 2022.