WriterHouse

This spring, WriterHouse and C-VILLE Weekly presented WriteNow! – a community campaign to inspire creative writing. The First Page contest invited authors to submit only the opening page of an original work. Bruce Holsinger, best selling author and UVA professor served as judge.

Congratulations to John M. Faust, winner, and Marian Bayker, runner-up! And thank you to every contestant for their stories!

Read the winning pages at https://c-ville.com/category/p-s/.

Get out of the heat and into your imagination!

Leaving the Ordinary World and Returning with the Elixir is a writing seminar for novelists, memoirists, narrative nonfiction writers and authors of screen plans and stage plays, based on the universal concept of the Hero’s Journey.

When: Saturday, August 8th, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Who: Instructor Ran Henry
Where: WriterHouse classroom
Learn more and register: https://writerhouse.wildapricot.org/event-6750581

Congratulations to Bruce Holsinger!

Congratulations to the finalists of the 29th Annual Virginia Literary Awards! These finalists are outstanding Virginia authors in the areas of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and children’s literature. The nonfiction category includes any author whose book is on a Virginia subject.

The fiction finalists are:
• Bruce Holsinger | Culpability”
• Kevin Moffett | “Only Son”
• Princess Joy L. Perry | “This Here Is Love”

The nonfiction finalists are:
• Deborah Baker | “Charlottesville: An American Story”
• Stephen Starring Grant | “Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home”
• Beth Macy | “Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America”

The poetry finalists are:
• Gbenga Adesina | “Death Does Not End at the Sea”
• Latorial Faison | “Nursery Rhymes in Black: Poems”
• MaKshya Tolbert | “Shade is a place”

The children’s literary finalists are:
• Tom Angleberger | “Two-Headed Chicken: Chaos in the Cosmic Library”
• Kris Coronado | “Lighthouse Ladies: Shining a Spotlight on Hardy Heroines”
• Meg Medina | “Graciela in the Abyss”

The winner in each category will be announced during a gala celebration at the Library of Virginia on Saturday, Sept. 19, the Commonwealth’s premier event honoring Virginia authors and their contributions to literature.

The Virginia Literary Awards are presented by Dominion Energy. To get tickets visit https://www.lva.virginia.gov/events/litawards

Every story shared has the power to remind someone they are not alone.

Since 2008, Challenge Into Change has created space for women and community members to reflect, write, and share experiences that inspire connection and hope.

Whether your story is about overcoming loss, finding your voice, navigating change, or discovering strength in unexpected places, your words may be exactly what someone else needs to hear.

We invite you to consider sharing your story with our community. Reading at the Community Celebration is optional. Submit your story by September 8 for inclusion in this year's Challenge Into Change book.

Share your story: https://www.thewomensinitiative.org/challenge-into-change

📷: 2023 Challenge Into Change Community Celebration

Venture forth! Leaving the Ordinary World and Returning with the Elixir, is a writing seminar for novelists, memoirists, narrative nonfiction writers and authors of screen plans and stage plays, based on the universal concept of the Hero’s Journey.!

When: August 8, from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Where: At WriterHouse
Instructor: Ran Henry, 2021 Winner of the Adelle Robertson Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching at UVA Creative Writing Program
Learn more and register: https://writerhouse.org/event-6750581

Everyone's a winner at our Writing Marathon seminar with Sharon Harrigan coming up on August 15th from 11 AM to 3 PM at WriterHouse. Just three spots left! Grab yours at https://writerhouse.org/event-6749501

We have one spot remaining in our WriteOn! Summer Program for Middle-Grade Writers! Camp runs from June 29-July 3, 11 AM to 3 PM at WriterHouse. Email [email protected] for more information!

From last summer's camper evaluations ...

What did you like best about camp?
-- The creativity, the humor, the inspiration.
-- I made some friends and I love writing.
-- Being able to get feedback on my writing.

What did you like best about your teacher?
-- She's really creative, and she never runs out of ideas.
-- She's really kind.
-- She's too awesome for words.
-- She's energetic and funny.
-- Friendly, open, is flexible with the schedule

Streetlight’s fiction contest opens today! Enter until September 7th. https://streetlightmag.com/streetlight-magazine-writing-contests/