SELC Writing Contest deadline January 13

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Elizabeth McCullough

Press Release: Deadline Nearing for SELC Nature Writing Contest Writers and journalists have just over a week to send submissions for SELC’s 17th annual Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment.  Submissions must be received by Friday, January 13, in our Charlottesville headquarters. >> Contest requirements are below, and more [...]

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SELC announces 17th Annual Nature Writing Contest

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

17th Annual Nature Writing Contest Now Underway SELC welcomes three outstanding conservationists to judges panel The Southern Environmental Law Center is now accepting submissions for the annual Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment.  The award seeks to enhance public awareness of the value and vulnerability of the region’s natural [...]

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Celebrate National Book Award winner Kathy Erskine at WriterHouse

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

At WriterHouse: 508 Dale Avenue, Charlottesville Thursday, May 12, 2011, 7-9pm Join us for a celebration of WriterHouse member Kathryn Erskine’s National Book Award for “Mockingbird.” (This was postponed due to snowstorms in December.) Meet Kathy, meet other writers and fans. Refreshments, books available for purchase and signing. Free and open to the public. Related [...]

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WriterHouse ends 2010 on a high note

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Elizabeth McCullough

From WriterHouse: Farewell to 2010 (Almost) 2010 has been an amazing year for WriterHouse, thanks to our nearly 180 members and dozens of volunteers. Over the past year, with no paid staff and a bare-bones budget, we: Held 30 public and member events, including book launches, readings, literary salons, panel discussions, and celebrations of all [...]

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Reception for NBA winner Kathryn Erskine at WriterHouse December 16

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Elizabeth McCullough

Join the WriterHouse community on Thursday, December 16, at 7:00 pm, in celebrating Kathryn Erskine‘s National Book Award for Young People’s Fiction. Her book, Mockingbird, is the story of ten-year-old Caitlin, whose Asperger’s makes it difficult to process the violent loss of the older brother who helped her make sense of the world. Meet Kathy [...]

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First Amendment Writes finalists’ performance Monday, Nov. 8

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Elizabeth McCullough

Mark your calendar: The 5th Annual First Amendment Writes finalists’ performance will be November 8, at the Jefferson Theater. Doors open at 6:30, performances begin at 7pm. All ages welcome, and the $5 entry fee goes towards prizes. Celebrity judges this year are: Ginger Barber (Editor Grove/Atlantic Publisher), Gregory Orr (Poet & Writer), Gary Johnson [...]

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Guest review: “Mockingbird”

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Elizabeth McCullough

Charlottesville author Kathryn Erskine‘s novel, Mockingbird, has been nominated for a National Book Award in the category of Young People’s Literature. Here’s a review by another local author, Sarah Collins Honenberger: Kathryn Erskine’s second novel, Mockingbird, catches the emotional highs and lows of Asperger’s Syndrome from a kid’s point of view in the understated way [...]

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Eleanor Ross Taylor wins Lilly Prize

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Elizabeth McCullough

Congratulations to Eleanor Ross Taylor, who makes her home in Charlottesville. The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is one of the largest prizes in literature — the winner receives $100,000. From the announcement: The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce that poet Eleanor Ross Taylor has won the 2010 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Presented annually to [...]

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Congratulations to Kristen-Paige Madonia!

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Elizabeth McCullough

Congratulations, K-P! Have fun in N.O.! “Polaroid,” written by Kristen-Paige Madonia, has taken top honors in the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival’s second annual fiction-writing contest, announced executive director Paul Willis.  The contest, open to short fiction works no longer than 7.000 words, was judged by celebrated novelist and short story author Jill McCorkle. “Essentially [...]

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2010 Hook Short Story contest deadline approaching

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Elizabeth McCullough

Are you ready for the Hook Short Story Contest? The deadline is 5PM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. Check out this article in the Hook for more rules and details. Is this man the patron saint of new authors? FILE PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO You’ve read stories by John Grisham, but now he wants to read your [...]

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Deadline drawing near for First Amendment Writes

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Elizabeth McCullough

Check out the details at the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression: Singer / Songwriter Terri Allard and best-selling author Rita Mae Brown will be among the judges in the fourth annual First Amendment Writes, a poetry and songwriting contest organized by the Music Resource Center, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the [...]

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Josh Weil named one of “5 Under 35″

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Elizabeth McCullough

From Publishers Lunch: The National Book Foundation named their new list of “5 Under 35″: Ceridwen Dovey, Blood Kin C. E. Morgan, All the Living Lydia Peelle, Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing Karen Russell, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves Josh Weil, The New Valley

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Missy Creasy wins summer reading contest at J-MRL

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Elizabeth McCullough

From Jackie at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library: MISSY CREASY WINS SUMMER READING CONTEST $50 gift certificate to New Dominion Book Shop The new Adult Summer Reading program at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library was a big success. Region-wide over 500 adults participated in the program from June 8-Aug 1. Participants who read at least 12 books [...]

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Just Like Family

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Elizabeth McCullough

I am so proud of my talented, hard-working writer friends. This week’s Summer Reading issue of The Hook features my friend Christy Strick’s prize-winning story, “Just Like Family.” Whoo, Christy!

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New reading program for adults at J-MRL: With prizes!

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Elizabeth McCullough

Some people like the beach, yeah, it’s okay, but me — I like a nice air-conditioned library when summer’s hot and the living is humid. New summer programs are revving up at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library: New Program: JMRL Grown-Up Summer Reading program will be held at Central, Northside, Gordon Avenue, Crozet, Nelson, and Bookmobile [...]

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