Directories
Fiction, Poetry
Joseph D. Adams
33412 Lankford Highway
Painter, VA 23420-0431
757/442-9537
painter@esva.net
www.esva.net/~painter
Publications: The Poet's Domain: Collections of Poetry by Writers in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia (1990 to present), compiler/editor, prefaces; Between Us, Between the Lines (1989) short fiction and poetry; Afterthoughts, After Hours (1978), poetry
Awards: Finalist, Virginia Prize for Fiction (1983)
Workshops: Florida First Coast Writers' Festival; International Society of Poets; Writers' Bloc; Virginia Writers Club, Chesapeake Chapter; National League of American Pen Women, Alexandria Chapter; Phi Theta Kappa; Arlington and Alexandria Public Libraries, and others
Teaching: Lehigh University, Rider College, Central Missouri State University, Pahlavi University (Shiraz), Northern Virginia Community College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
B. Chelsea Adams
5510 Piney Woods Road
Riner, VA 24149
540/382-1778
bmadams@runet.edu
Publications: Short stories and poems, Sweet Rhododendrum (1999),On the Closet Shelf (1999), Berry Picker (1999), Eluded (1999), Five Acres (1997), Hunting (1996) Cinder Sister (1990); Stories and poems in Union Street Review, Rhino 99, Blackwater Review, Tucumcari Literary Review, Poet Lore, Albany Review, Fresh Ground, Southwestern Review, Wind, Kaleidoscope, CQ: Cal State Poetry Quarterly
Awards: Honorable mention, Academy of American Poets; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship; First prize for poetry (2) and first prize for fiction, Voices of Appalachia
Workshops: Workshop, Broomsage Writers Group; Reading at Booksmith (Blacksburg); Roanoke County Poet in the Schools; Readings and workshops at Radford University, Hollins University, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Teaching: Radford University, New River Community College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: None
Poetry
Frank Antonazzi
142 Lynhaven Drive
Alexandria, VA 22305
703/519-3996
Publications: Poems in Choice, Rapport, Green's, Journal of New Jersey Poets, Thirteen, The Poetry Peddler; Pegasus; Paperbag; Virginia Writers? Showcase; Muse of Fire; Poems anthologized in the Yearbook of Modern Poetry, as well as Lyrical Voices, and Poetic Treasures
Awards: Third place, International Library of Poetry Prize Competition (twice)
Workshops: Readings at colleges
Teaching: College-level writing classes
Fees: Negotiable (workshop/readings); Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Students (grades K-12, college)
Fiction, Poetry
Collete Marie Armstead
1717 Star Lake Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23456-3747
757/427-2773
collette_armstead@hotmail.com
Publications: Stories and poetry in Elanceé National Magazine, DuSable Seminar Anthology, Community Newsletter, Overtures: UNI Literary Magazine, UpFront Magazine, Forward Motion National Magazine; Numerous articles, essays and plays
Awards: Winner, National Library of Poetry Editor's Choice Award (1998); Honorable mention, Center Press Award for Fiction (1998); Winner, Cabaret Voltaire Poetry Slam Championship (1994); Recipient, Ragdale Artist Colony Fiction Fellowship (1986); Fellowships and scholarships
Workshops: Readings at Old Dominion University, Randolph Macon College, Virginia Commonwealth University, Sisters of Calabash Rites of Passage Conference, OBAC Blues Bash, Ragdale Artist Colony, Center for Inner City Studies, DuSable Museum Arts Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, among others
Teaching: Old Dominion University, Tidewater Community College, Norfolk City Public Schools, Chicago Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Robert P. Arthur
900 Timber Creek Place
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
757/467-8639
Publications: Books of short fiction, poetry and fiction, The New Gothic Restaurant, Hymn to the Chesapeake (1993), Crazy Horse In Heaven (1999); Poetry in Tidewater Review, The Messenger, Little Magazine, Ghent Quarterly, Backwater Review and others
Awards: Winner, Baucum Fulkerson Award for Literary Excellence (short fiction); Recipient, University of Arkansas Creative Writing Award (novel); Winner, IABC Award for Feature Writing; People's Academy of the Arts Citation; Seay Fellowship
Workshops: Numerous readings in a variety of settings each year
Teaching: Tidewater Community College, University of Arkansas, University of Richmond
Fees: Fee: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Cynthia Atkins
141 Furrs Mill Road
Lexington , VA 24450
540/463-2012
atkins@roanoke.edu
Publications: Book: Psyche's Weathers, 2007.
Poetry in American Letters and Commentary; The Bloomsbury Review; BOMB; Denver Quarterly; New Virginia Review; Seattle Review; Oregon Review; Southern Humanities Review; Prairie Schooner; Seneca Review; Tar River Poetry; The Texas Review; and Verse, among others.
Awards: Finalist, Verse Press Award (2001); Semi-finalist, The Nation "Discovery" award (1999); Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; Recipient, The National Arts Club Scholar in Poetry; The Writer's Voice "New Voice" award (1991), and other honors
Workshops: O. Winston Link Museum; Writers @ Jordan House; Bread Loaf Writers Conference; The National Arts Club; Sarah Lawrence College; Sweet Briar College; The Writers Voice; Studio Eleven (Lexington, Virginia); Mill Mountain Coffee House (Roanoke); The Squire (New York City), and others
Teaching: Roanoke College, Sweet Briar College, Hollins University, James Madison University, Virginia Military Institute, The Jordon House, Center for the Creative Arts, and others
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All
Poetry
Joseph Awad
1909 Nortonia Road
Richmond, VA 23229
804/282-9310
Publications: Collections of poems, The Big Bang (1999), Leaning to Hear the Music (1997), The Neon Distances (1980), Shenandoah Long Ago (1990); Poems in Poem, Wind, America, The Lyric, Hollins Critic, Kansas Quarterly, Negative Capability, Commonweal, Sparrow, William and Mary Review, The Formalist, Grape Leaves anthology and others
Awards: Poet Laureate of Virginia (appointed by Governor James Gilmore); The Lyric Poetry Prize; Donn Goodwin Poetry Award; Poetry Society of Virginia/Karma Dean Ogden Memorial Prize; Edgar Allan Poe Memorial Prize; Virginia Communications Hall of Fame; Commemorative Poem in Honor of the Governor's Awards for the Arts (2000)
Workshops: Richmond Public Library, Edgar Allen Poe Museum, Poetry Society of Virginia, The Art Barn, Chesapeake Writers Conference, among others
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; Some travel possible
Fiction, Poetry
Judy Light Ayyildiz
4930 Hunting Hills Circle
Roanoke, VA 24014
540/774-8440
Publications: Poetry, The Writer's Express, Seven Genres (1999); Smuggled Seeds (1978), and Mud River (1988); Poems in the New York Quarterly, New Renaissance, Artemis, Sow's Ear, Pig Iron, South Florida Poetry Review; Short stories in Potato Eyes, Piedmont Literary Review; Non-fiction, Supplementary Texts for Students and Teachers; Creative Writing Across the Curriculum (1991), Critical Thinking Quick and Easy (1996)
Awards: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship; "Class Act" Honoree; Gusto Press Discovery Award (1979); VCA Artist Study Grant; Collage Poet of the Month; Writers' Digest; Poetry Society of Virginia Prizes; American Academy of Poets; American Pen Women; Second place, Duquesne University Press Emerging Writers Award (1998); Runner-up, Mammoth Press Contest (1988), others
Workshops: Hollies University, Roanoke College, Elderhostel at Southern Seminary, Foram College, Hampshire College, Artist-in-Education Residency Programs and teachers' seminars, Blue Ridge Writers Conference, Mt. Heritage Writers Conference, Kentucky Highlands Writers Conference, International Reading Council, Virginia Association of Teachers of English, Virginia Education Association, others
Teaching: Buffalo Public Schools, New York City Public Schools, Roanoke City Public Schools and County Public Schools; Hollinsummer, Hollins University Women's Center, Roanoke College Adult Education, many extended programs
Fees: $250 (1-4 hours for class/reading/seminar); Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction
Robert E. Bailey
3218 B Castlewood Road
Richmond , VA 23234
804/279-0391
robertebailey@hotmail.com
Publications: Private Heat: An Art Hardin Mystery
Dying Embers: An Art Hardin Mystery
Dead Bang: An Art Hardin Mystery
Awards: 1998 Josiah Bancroft Jr. Award for Private Heat.
2002 Finalist for a Mystery Writers of America "Shamus" Award for Private Heat.
2004 Finalist for a Great Lake Book Award for Dying Embers
Workshops: Speaker at Sluethfest in 2005
First Coast Writer's Festival in 2002
Teaching:
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Mystery Readers
Fiction
D.N. Baldwin
P.O. Box 82
Basye, VA 22810
540/856-3585
dbaldwin@shentel.net
Publications: Shorts stories in The Blue Mesa Review, Florida Review, The Hawai'i Review, Chiron Review, Washington Review, American Short Fiction
Awards: Second place, American Short Fiction's Short Story Contest
Workshops: Goddard College
Teaching: Pusan (Korea) American School, Carteret Community College (Morehead City, North Carolina), Gloucester (Virginia) High School, Washington High School (Maryland)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages
Fiction, Poetry
Gordon Ball
339 Sugar Creek Road
Lexington, VA 24450
540/463-3804
540/464-7240
Publications: '66 Frames: A Memoir (1999); Three books with poet Allen Ginsberg, Allen Verbatim: Lectures on Poetry, Politics, Consciousness (1974); Journals, Early Fifties Early Sixties (1992); Journals, Mid-Fifties (1995); Poetry in the Carolina Quarterly.
Awards: Nomination, The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; Second place, International Quick Brown Fox Fiction Competition (1995)
Workshops: Art School (Carrboro, NC), Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland
Teaching: University of North Carolina, Old Dominion University, Tougaloo (Mississippi) College, Virginia Military Institute
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: None
Fiction
Richard Bausch
5555 Old Bust Head Road
Broad Run, VA 20137-1926
540/349-3804
Publications: Novels, Rebel Powers (1993), Violence (1992), Mr. Field's Daughter (1989), The Last Good Time (1984), Take Me Back (1981), Real Presence (1980); Collections, The Fireman's Wife (1990), Spirits (1987), Rare and Endangered Species (1994); Stories in The New Yorker, Esquire, Playboy, Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, The Southern Review, O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, New Stories From the South, many other anthologies
Awards: Fellowship of Southern Writers (1995); Winner, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award (1993); The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's Award (1992); The Hillsdale Prize in Fiction - Fellowship of Southern Writers (1991); Nominations, PEN/Faulkner Award (1982, 1988), Guggenheim Fellowship (1984), National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1983)
Workshops: Readings and workshops at universities and colleges, and international venues
Teaching: George Mason University, University of Virginia, The Johns Hopkins University, University of Minnesota, Breadloaf, Hollies University, Wesleyan University
Fees: $1,000 (reading); $1,500 (workshop); $1,750 (reading and workshop)
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Freelance Prose, Poetry
Sandra Farrell Beasley
1431 Wolftrap Run Road
Vienna, VA 22182
703/994-3166
sandrabeasley@earthlink.net
www.sandrabeasley.com
Publications: Poetry Publications: Theories in Falling (New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2008); Poems anthologized in Best New Poets, 2005; The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel: Second Story, 2007; Oustide Voices Anthology of Younger Poets, 2008. Poems in Journals: 32 Poems; Blackbird; Cimarron Review; Coconut; Meridian; New Orleans Review; No Tell Motel; Passages North; Poet Lore; The Potomac Review; REED; RHINO; Rosebud; Texas Poetry Journal. Critical Essays: Facts on File Companion to the Twentieth-Century World Poetry, 2007.
Awards: Winner: 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize from New Issues Poetry and Prose; 2006 Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize from Passages North; Fellowships to the Millay Colony for the Arts; Vermont Studio Center; Virginia Center for Creative Arts; and the Jenny McKean Moore Workshop. Winner: Vesle Fenstermaker Prize for Emerging Poet (Indiana University Writers Conference).
Workshops: Performer in a number of venues including Iota Poetry Series; Burlesque Poetry Hour; Virginia Festival of the Book; Pablo Neruda Centennial Celebration (American University); Fringe Festival (University of Virginia); mothertongue (Washington D.C.); Brookland Poetry Series; Art-O-Matic (Washington D.C.)
Teaching: Coach for the 2007 Virginia State Champion for Poetry Out Loud; Workshop and individual critiques practiced over the last seven years in poetry and prose
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; Charlottesville, Northern Virginia, Washington D.C.; Will consider electronic exchange
Poetry
Mel Belin
1600 North Oak Street, #1633
Arlington, VA 22209
202/708-4090(w); 703/524-8144 (h)
www.melbelin.com
Publications: Flesh That Was Chrysalis (1999); Poems in Midstream, Connecticut River Review, Cape Rock, Blue Unicorn, Poet Lore, Phoebe, South Coast Poetry Journal, Wind, Jewish Spectator, Jewish Currents, Visions, The Lyric and others
Awards: Winner, Potomic Review Annual Poetry Competition; Finalist, Georgetown Poetry and Prose Reading Series; Finalist, Antietam Review Competition
Workshops: Library of Congress Noon Series, Theme & Variations (program distributed by National Public Radio), The Art Barn, Miller's Cabin, International Monetary Fund Visitors Center, Dylan's Cafe, The Writer's Center
Teaching:
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; Washington, D.C. area
Poetry
Ron Bell
428 Morrison Avenue
Newport News, VA 23601
757/595-1744
celtic6949@aol.com
Publications: Poetry in Wings of Gold, Odyssey, Journal of the Association of Naval Aviation, Virginia Police Journal, Ag Pilot International, Navy News; Commemorative poems, USS HYMAN G. RICKOVER, USS NEWPORT NEWS and USS GUAM; cable television scripts; script writing for Newport News Public Schools
Awards: Official poem of the Committee for the Commissioning of the USS Newport News; Song selected as the official song of Newport News
Workshops: Readings for special populations sponsored by the Newport News Parks and Recreation Department; Poetry readings in elementary schools; Poetry workshops, Newport News Parks and Recreation Department
Teaching: Commonwealth College (Peninsula Campus)
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students; Hampton Roads region
Fiction (adult and juvenile), Freelance Prose, Poetry
Judith Bell
1406 North Illinois Street
Arlington, VA 22205
703/532-2565
belljar@aol.com
Publications: Anthologies, Generation to Generation (1998), Grow Old Along with Me (1996), Farm Wives and Other Stories (1995), A Loving Voice (1994), First for Women, Snake Nation Press, Short Fiction by Women, Washington Review, magazines; Non-fiction in Art and Antiques, American Photo, Elle, Omni, Country Home, the Boston Globe Magazine, The Los Angeles Times and others
Awards: Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship (1997-1998); Finalist, Governor's Screenwriting Award (1988); Washington Prize for Fiction (1989); Finalist, TARA Fellowship in Short Fiction, Heekin Group Foundation (1988)
Workshops: The George Washington University, The Writer's Center, Borders, Barnes and Noble
Teaching: The Writer's Center (Bethesda, MD), The Chatauqua Institution, The American University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Carole Bellacera
8218 Sunset Drive
Manassas, VA 22110
703/257-1697
Publications: Novel, Border Crossing (1999); Short stories in Woman's World, Off-Duty, America, Innisfree, The Family, ELF, Indigo, CPU Review, Filtered Images (anthology)
Awards: First place (prose), Columbia Pacific University's CPU Review; Second place honorable mention, Florida State Writing Competition (1993); Winner, Belletrist Review Fiction Contest (1994); Semi-finalist, Writer?s Network Competition (1995); Finalist, Austin Heart of Film Festival Competition (1995)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Evelyn Bence
4427 South Four Mile Run Drive
Arlington, VA 22204
703/521-4326
Publications: Prayers for Girlfriends and Sisters and Me (1999), Spiritual Moments with the Great Hymns (1997); Mary's Journal (1992), fictional diary of Jesus?s mother; Poems in Phoebe, America, Christian Century, The Critic, Mars Hill, Anglican Theological Review, and others
Awards: Winner, Christianity Today Critic's Award for Fiction (1992)
Workshops: King College, Marion College, Gordon College, women's groups
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; Northern Virginia area
Fiction
Mary Clay Berry
1207 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703/549-6304
Publications: Short stories in The Antietam Review, Richmond Quarterly, Appalachia, The Fine Comb, and The Potomac Review; Voices from the Century Before
Awards: Antietam Review Literary Prize (1986); Nomination, Pushcart Prize (1986); Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowships (1992, 1994)
Workshops: Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland
Teaching: Fairfax County Public Schools, Arlington County Public Schools, Alexandria City Public Schools, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Rappahannock Community College, Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, and others
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12)
Poetry
Patsy Anne Bickerstaff
P.O. Box 156
Weyers Cave, VA 24486
540/234-8759
Publications: City Rain (1989), Chained to a Post (1994); Poems in 100+ publications, including The Lyric, Caprice, The Cape Rock, In the West of Ireland, The Caribbean Writer, Ariel, The Poet's Domain, Roanoke Review and Potomac Review
Awards: First place, Robert Penn Warren Award; Awards from the Virginia Highlands Festival, Wytheville Chautauqua, Virginia Writers? Guild, the Poetry Society of Virginia, as well as poetry societies in Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky, California; Listed in International Who?s Who of Poetry, Poets and Writers; President, Virginia Writer's Club (1999)
Workshops: Shenandoah Valley Fine Arts Center, Shenandoah County Public Schools, Augusta County Public Schools, Painter Gallery, Mt. San Angelo, NLAPW (Alexandria), Virginia Festival of the Book, and others
Teaching: Numerous public schools in Virginia
Fees: From $50 - $250
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry
Adrian Blevins
2012 Berkley Avenue, S.W.
Roanoke, VA 24015
540/344-0502
adrianb@cox.net
Publications: Collections of poetry, The Brass Girl Brouhaha (2003), The Man Who Went Out for Cigarettes (1996, 1997); Anthologies, We Used to Be Wives (2002), The Leap Years: Women Reflect on Change, Loss, and Love (1999), The Second Word Thursdays Anthology (1999); Poems in The Drunken Boat, Poet Lore, The Ontario Review, Nantahala: A Review of Writing and Photography in Appalachia, The Southern Review, The Massachusetts Review, and other magazines; Essays in Conversely, Salon.com, The Chattahoochee Review, The Utne Reader and other magazines
Awards: Rona Jaffe Writers? Foundation Award (Poetry) (2002), The Friends of Writers, Inc., Lisel Muller MFA Scholarship (2001), Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction (2002), Bright Hill Press Chapbook Award (1996)
Workshops: WVTF Public Radio, New York University, Warren Wilson College, Hollins University, Virginia Intermont College, Washington County Public Library, and others
Teaching: Roanoke College, Sweet Briar College, Hollins University, and others
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (college)
Fiction
Jody Brady
8941 Falling Creek Court
Annandale, VA 22003
703/978-7663
Publications: Short stories, A More Perfect Union (1999), At Our Core (1998), Agestes, ProCreation Confrontations (1999); Short stories in The Adoption Reader, The Road to Success and Other Stories, Black River Review, Untrod, Phoebe/SUNY, The Maverick Press, Independent Review, Hispanic Culture Review, Union Street Review, Epiphany; Poetry in RACS; Essays in Family Fun, Palo Alto Review, Writing at Center; Commentary and reviews, The Washington Post, Connection, Iowa Woman; Newspaper feature articles
Awards: Winner, F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Contest; Second place, Oceana Magazine Fiction Contest; Finalist, Canyon Lake Writer?s Guild Fiction Contest; First place, Northern Virginia Community College Festival of the Arts; Finalist, Alexandria Penwomen Fiction Prize
Workshops: Readings at Barnes and Noble, The Virginia Festival of the Book, The Alexandria Lyceum, Falls Church High School Writers? Conference, Manassas Center for the Arts; Workshops, Northern Virginia Writers Project, Penwomen, The Write Connection, George Mason University
Teaching: George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College; George Mason Writing Center
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction (juvenile)
Muriel Miller Branch
9315 Radborne Road
Richmond, VA 23236
804/323-1301 or 804/320-1765
804/320-2965
branch@stories-plus.com
www.stories-plus.com
Publications: Books, Dear Ellen Bee: A Civil War Novel of Two Union Spies (2000), Miss Maggie: The Story of Maggie Lena Walker, A Step Beyond, The Water Brought Us, The Story of Gullah-Speaking People, Juneteenth: Freedom Day, and others; Numerous articles included in About Time Magazine
Awards: Recipient, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Fellowship (1999); Recipient, Outstanding Educator (Region I), Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society (1998); Winner, Media One's Cable educator of the Year (1997); Recipient, Arthur Ashe Foundation Virginia Hero award; Richmond Community Foundation's R.E.B. Award for Teaching Excellence (1991)
Workshops: Numerous workshops and readings throughout Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, West Virginia, and South Carolina
Teaching: Virginia Union University
Fees: From $200-$300 (depending upon location); Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: All ages (readings); Students, grades 4-12 (workshops)
Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry
Angier Brock
8601 Grand Summit Road
Bon Air, VA 23235
804/272-8213
acaudle@saturn.vcu.edu
Publications: Poetry, Small Pond Magazine of Literature, The WREE-view of Women; Creative non-fiction essay Crone Chronicles; Poems in Sulpher River Literary Review, The Cream City Review, Fan Magazine, The Southern Poetry Review, River King Poetry Supplement, The Flints Hills Review, Visions International, Ariel XVI, Blackwater Review, South by Southeast: Haiku and Haiku Arts, Faith at Work
Awards: Winner, Triton College (Illinois) School of Arts and Sciences Salute to the Arts Competition (1997); Associate Artist-in-Residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida (1995); Graduate Poetry Award, Virginia Commonwealth University (1994)
Workshops: Workshops, the Governor's School Virginia Writers Conference; Poet-in- the-Schools, Chesterfield County; After-school poetry workshop, Chesterfield County; Readings, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Daytona Community College, coffeehouses in Orlando and Daytona, Richmond Women's Poetry Workshop
Teaching: Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Richmond, Various high schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12)
Fiction
David E. Bruce
5 Bellview Terrace
Hampton, VA 23669-2301
757/851-1564 (h) 757/562-7270 (w)
Publications: Fiction in New Blood, Iniquities, Tome, Twisted, The Bear Essential; Short stories in Phantasm, New Blood, Grue, Twisted, Mythellany, Dark Regions, 11:30 Club, Dementia, Thin Ice, The Tome, Sycophant, Best of Small Press Anthology, chapbook Virginia; Non-fiction essays, reviews, criticism in Twisted, 11:30 Club, Dementia
Awards: Winner, Christopher Newport College's Student Fiction Writing Award (1976); Nominations, Best Fiction Writer, the Small Press Writers and Artists Organization Excellence Awards (1986, 1987); Nomination, Stoker Award from the Horror Writers of America
Workshops: Readings at Barnes and Noble, Christopher Newport University; Workshops for The Poe Society
Teaching: Juvenile Boot Camp, Northampton County Schools, Hampton Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 6-12); All regions; (Tidewater/Peninsula preferred)
Fiction, Poetry
Nan Byrne
1121 North Inlynnview Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
757/481-1981
nanbyrne@hotmail.com
www.nanbyrne.com/index.html
Publications: Poetry in Turnings: Writings on Women's Transformations (2000), We Wear the Mask (1999), Straightway Dangerous (1996) and Criterion for Tune (1995), Anthologies; Uncertain Territory (1998), chapbook; Poetry included in So To Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language and Art, Cider Press Review, The Seattle Review, Skylark, Powhatan Review, Blue Collar Review: A Journal of Progressive Working Class Literature, Phoebe: A Journal of Feminist Scholarship, Theory and Aesthetics, Slipstream, Critical Matrix: The Princeton Journal of Women, Gender and Culture, The Cream City Review, Bottomfish, Sheila Na Gig, Hurricane Alice: A Feminist Quarterly, among other journals; Fiction included in the journal Steelhead Special: A Working Class Literary and Cultural Review
Awards: Listed in Who's Who in America (2001), the Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers (2000-2001), and the Minority and Women Doctoral Directory (2000-2001); Recipient, W.S. and M.E. Brower Literary Prize for Verse (2000); Winner, University of Bridgeport's Poet's Choice Award (1996); First place, Old Dominion University's Women's Studies Essay Contest (1994)
Workshops: Readings at 1708 Gallery (Richmond, Virginia), Virginia Beach Central Library, Riverbend Books, Feminist Works in Progress Conference
Teaching: Teaching assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University's Writing Center, Instructor at Old Dominion University and Virginia Wesleyan College
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students
Fiction, Poetry
John Edward Caldwell
412 Kellyhill Road
Atkins, VA 24311
540/781-0140
Publications: Poetry collections, Voyages of the Heart (1985), Rustlings Above Saururus Hollow (1985), A Synthesis From Dogwood Ridge (1975); Poems in International Poetry Review, Mountain Laurel, Beacon Review, Pegasus, and others; Short stories in Wind Literary Journal and others
Awards: Nomination, Governor's Awards for the Arts in Virginia (1985); Second prize, Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest; Governor's Award for the Arts in Southwest Virginia (1985); Third prize, Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest (1987); Poem The Red Bird Tree recognized by Writer's Magazine
Workshops: East China Shipbuilding Institute (People?s Republic of China), Mountain Empire Community College, Wytheville Community College, Blue Ridge Community College, Radford University, Emory and Henry College, and others
Teaching: East China Shipbuilding Institute, Virginia secondary and elementary schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; Some travel
Fiction
Martha Randolph Carr
29 Braeburn Drive
Richmond, VA 23238
804/545-3438
martha@martharandolphcarr.com
www.martharandolphcarr.com
Publications: Wired, Fiction
The Sitting Sisters (Cumberland House), Fiction
Awards: 1st Place VPA for Writing
Workshops: Summer Workshop for Young Writers, Petersburg, VA
Have given readings all over the country for both novels.
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: No Preferance
Poetry
Craig Challender
417 Second Street
Farmville, VA 23901
804/375-2159 (w) 804/392-6917 (h)
cchallen@longwood.lwc.edu
Publications: Dakota Time and Other Times (1984), The Family (1983), Familiar Things (1998), Collections of poetry; Fathers and Waters (1999), chapbook; Poems in English Journal, The South Carolina Review, Tar River Poetry, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Southern Poetry Review, Sycamore Review, Midwest Quarterly, Northeast and Connecticut Review
Awards: Nomination, Pushcart Prize (1999); included in the Anthology of American Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry (1996); Finalist, Virginia Prize for Poetry (1988); Oklahoma Poetry Award; Finalist, Capricorn Poetry Prize (1992)
Workshops: Workshops, The Blue Ridge Writer's Conference, Longwood College, Danville Community College, Southside Virginia Community College, Hampden-Sydney College; Readings at Randolph-Macon Women's College, Southern Connecticut State University
Teaching: Longwood College, Dakota Wesleyan University
Fees: $400 (reading or workshop); $500 (reading and workshop); Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction
Diane Chamberlain
P.O. Box 1331
Vienna, VA 22183
DCHAM@aol.com
www.dianechamberlain.com
Publications: Summer's Child, Breaking the Silence, The Escape Artist, Reflection, Brass Ring, Fire and Rain, Keeper of the Light, Secret Lives, Lovers and Strangers, Private Relations
Awards: RITA Award; winner, Romantic Times Achievement Award
Workshops: Writing and innovative characterization techniques workshops; conference keynote
Fees: $500 (1/2 day workshop); $400 (keynote); Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 8-12)
Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry
Kelly Cherry
1148 Swain Road
Halifax, VA 24558
434/476-9632
kcherry@facstaff.wise.edu
Publications: Books of poetry, Rising Venus (2002), Classical Physics: Selected Poems from the First Two Books (2001), History, Passion, Freedom, Death, Hope: Prose About Poetry (no date), An Other Woman (2000), Death and Transfiguration (1997), Time Out of Mind (1994), God's Loud Hand (1993), Benjamin John (1993), Natural Theology (1988), and others; Stories, The Society of Friends (1999), My Life and Dr. Joyce Brothers (1990); Essays and criticism, Writing the World (1995), The Poem: An Essay (1999); novels, The Lost Traveller's Dream (1984), In the Wink of an Eye (1983), Augusta Played (1979), and many others. Poetry and short stories included in The Atlantic, Esquire Magazine, Southern Review, The American Scholar, Ms. Magazine, Georgia Review, Best American Short Stories, Virginia Quarterly Review, Mademoiselle, Redbook Magazine, Iowa Review, and others.
Awards: Recipient, Distinguished Alumnus Award, Mary Washington College (2000), Bradley Major Achievement Award (2000); Winner, Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook Award (1999); Awarded, Leidig Lectureship in Poetry (1999), E.B. Coker Visiting Writing (1996); Recipient, Hawthornden Fellowship (1994), Arts American Speaker Award (1992), Wisconsin Notable Author (1991), Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Writers Exchange with Soviet Writers' Union (1990), Hanes Prize (1989), PEN Syndicated Fiction Award (1990, 1987, 1983); Yaddo Fellow (1989, 1979), National endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1979), Bread Loaf Fellow (1975), and numerous other honors and awards.
Workshops: More than 200 readings and workshops at Duke University, the University of Washington, Southampton University, Bennington College Writing Workshops, Mt. Holyoke College and Chenango Valley, and other colleges and institutions.
Teaching: Eminent Scholar, University of Alabama's Humanities Center, Writer-in-Residence, Hollins University, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Rhodes College, Tennessee, Western Washington University, among others.
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Students (college) and adults
Fiction
Alan Cheuse
Department of English
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
703/993-1183
Publications: Collections of stories, The Bohemians (1982), The Grandmothers' Club (1986), and The Light Possessed (1991), novels; Candace and Other Stories (1980), The Tennessee Waltz (1990), Lost and Old Rivers (1999); Non-fiction, Fall Out of Heaven (1987); Short stories in The New Yorker, The Black Warrior Review, Bennington Review, Quarterly West, Texas Review, and numerous journals and anthologies; Commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered
Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship; New York Times Notable Books of 1982 Citation, and others
Workshops: Hollins University, Baylor University, University of Tennessee, University of South Carolina, University of Southern California, University of Utah, and many others
Teaching: George Mason University, University of Virginia, University of Michigan, Bennington College Writing Workshops, University of the South, and others
Fees: $500 - $2,000 (reading); $250 - $500 (workshop); $600 - $2,000 (reading/workshop)
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Poetry
Nannie B. Christian
113 West Lancaster Road
Richmond, VA 23222
804/329-7912
Publications: Poems in The Good News Herald (1998-1999), Senior Center of Richmond Newsletters; A Little Book of Favorite Poems (co-author, 1984), American Poetry Anthology, Today's Best Poems, The Family Treasury of Great Poems, Today's Greatest Poems, Hearts of Fire.
Awards: Achievement Award, Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., Alpha Zeta Chapter (1999); The World of Poetry Golden Poet Trophy, National Poetry Convention; Young Authors Judge (Richmond)
Workshops: Workshops, National Conclave of Phi Delta Kappa, Richmond City Hall, Richmond Public Library, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Technical Center, Chimborazo, George Mason, Redd and R.C. Logan Elementary Schools and Mosby Middle School
Teaching: Richmond City Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; Richmond area
Fiction
Brenda W. Clough
1941 Barton Hill Road
Reston, VA 22091
703/476-2938
clough@erols.com
www.sff.net/people/Brenda
Publications: Novels, Doors of Death and Life (2000), How Like A God, (1997), The Name of the Sun (1988), The Realm Beneath (1986), The Dragon of Mishbil (1985), The Crystal Crown (1984); An Impossumble Summer (1992), children's novel; Short stories in Twilight Zone Magazine, Amazing, Aboriginal, and short story collections
Workshops: Science fiction conferences, Science fiction workshops at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction
Amanda Cockrell
1921 Cambridge Avenue, S.W.
Roanoke, VA 24015
540/343-0964 (h) 540/362-6024
acockrell@hollins.edu
Publications: Pomegranate Seed (novel), The Horse Catchers trilogy, The Deer Dancers trilogy; The Moonshine Blade, mystery/thriller; The Legions of the Mist, historical
Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction (1998)
Workshops: Presentations for the Blue Ridge Writers Conference, Appalfolks, the Kentucky Highlands Festival, the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, and others
Teaching: Hollins University, Mary Baldwin College, Roanoke College Community Education; Artist-in-Education, Roanoke County Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Sue Corbett
202 Hilton Terrace
Newport News, VA 23601
757/595-2359
scorbett1@aol.com
Publications: Fiction, Twelve Again (2002) and The Fabulous Feeling (in progress)
Awards: First place award, Stepping Stones Magazine; Third place, Christopher Newport University's Writing Contest
Workshops: Various schools
Teaching: Journalism instructor, Florida International University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 8-12)
Fiction
Lucy Corin
1458 Bluestone Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
540/568-2500; 540/568-3416
corinlx@jmu.edu
Publications: Short fiction collection, Who Buried the Baby (1998); At the Estate Auction in Retro Retro: An Anthology (1999), Wizened in Ploughshares (1998), Fringe in The Southern Review and Oxymoron (1998), Your Regular Trailer Park Woman in The North American Review (1995), The Man With the Arm in The Iowa Review (1994), among many others
Awards: Nomination, The Pushcart Prize Anthology (1994)
Workshops: James Madison University, Duke University, University of North Carolina Center for Public Television, North Carolina Writer's Network Festival, Quail Ridge Rooks, and others
Teaching: James Madison University, Duke University and Brown University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (college)
Fiction, Poetry
Terry Cox-Joseph
607 Burcher Road
Newport News, VA 23606-1503
757/930-1375
tjoseph@cnu.edu
Publications: Opening Night (1999), Yesterday's Tea (1998), Stoli Girl (1992), Gorbachov Hound (1993), O, Lonely Man (1984), Pray Forever the Woman/Child (1984) and Pregnant Pause at the California Sperm Bank (1983), Poems; Reviews in The Daily Press (1997), Plexus (1986), others
Awards: Second place, Christopher Newport University Writer's Contest for Poetry (1991); Honorable mention, Christopher Newport University Writer's Contest (1988); Honorable mention, Writer's Digest Magazine Writing Competition (1986); Third place, The Humanist Annual Essay Contest (1987)
Workshops: Christopher Newport University Writer's Conference Coordinator
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults
Fiction
Colleen Curran
603 North 27th Street
Richmond, VA 23223
804/474-3575
colleen@colleencurran.com
www.colleencurran.com
Publications: Whores on the Hill (May 2005)Short Stories: We Eat Hungry, Quick Fiction; The Boss’s Boyfriend, Blackbird: an online journal; Handicapped, Richmond Magazine; LDR, selected for the anthology The Dictionary of Failed Relationships; Miss Richmond’s Beauty Secret, JANE; Fine Young Woman, Meridan; No Postage Required, The Minetta Review
Awards: Winner of Jane Fiction Contest and Richmond Magazine Fiction Contest
Guest Speaker: Virginia Press Women?s Conference, Keynote Speaker; James River Writers Festival, Guest Author; Virginia Commonwealth University Novelist?s Festival, Judge
Teaching: Graduate Teaching Assistance and Adjunct Assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University; Writing Center Tutor, Virginia Union University; Writing Instructor, The Handworkshop and Art Center
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Highschool and Adults
Poetry
Peg Davis
Snow Spring Farm
HCR 32, Box 63
Cambell's Hollow Road
Middlebrook, VA 24459
540/885-6706
Pegdavi@aol.com
Publications: Book, This is How You Open Your Eyes (2000); poetry in Lullwater Review (1996), Switched-On Gutenberg (1996), Treasure House (1996), Onion River Review (1994-1995), Penumbra (1998, 1994), The Denny Poems (1993-1994); Entre Nous (1991)
Awards: Virginia Commission for the Arts Artist Project Grant; Able Trust Grant; second place, Penumbra (1998); second place, Treasure House (1996); honorable mention, Lullwater Review (1996); third place, Penumbra (1994); honorable mention, The Denny Poems (1993-1994)
Workshops: Coordinator, "Wordshop" programs; Writer-in-Residence, Augusta County Public Schools
Teaching: Virginia public schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Students (grades K-12); All regions (readings)
Poetry
Michael Davis
5911 North 14th Street
Arlington, VA 22205
703/532-4755 (h) 202/785-6873
72007.3132@compuserve.com
Publications: Poem, Upon Waking (chapbook, 1997); published in Poet Lore and Lip Service, anthologized in Open Door
Workshops: Readings at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland, The Library of Congress, Autumn in Arlington Series; workshops for elementary and high school students (1999)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Students (grades K-12); Northern Virginia preferred
Poetry
Katherine Y. Delorraine
2402 Westover Avenue, S.W.
Roanoke, VA 24105
540/344-7966
Publications: Poetry, Someone You Should Know (1989); poetry in Poet Lore (1987), Green River Review, The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review (1996, 1979)
Awards: Armstrong State College Chapbook Prize (1988); numerous prizes awarded by the Poetry Societies of Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia; fellowships, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Workshops: Longwood College, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia Tech, Hollins University
Teaching: Virginia Western Community College, Patrick Henry High School (Roanoke), Southside Virginia Community College, Andrew Lewis High School (Salem)
Fees: $300 (readings); Negotiable (workshops)
Preferences: Students (9-12, college)
Fiction
Elizabeth Denton
Box 204
Batesville, VA 22924
804/823-1290
Publications: Short story collection, Kneeling on Rice and Other Stories (1995); short stories in Kenyon Review, Carolina Quarterly, Sou'wester, Iris; Still Life with Children; stories in progress
Awards: Second place, Virginia Prize for Fiction, (1989-1990); Virginia Commission Individual Artist Grant (1992)
Workshops: Readings at Second Street Gallery, Williams Corner Bookstore, Writers Harvest Festival Against Hunger, University of Virginia, Hollins University, Mary Baldwin College, Hampden-Sydney College, Sweet Briar College, St. Lawrence University, Harbourfront International Writers Festival in Toronto, Canada
Teaching: University of Virginia, Sweet Briar College, UVA's Darden School, Yale University and City University of New York
Fees: $400; Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Denise Devries
197 Whittaker Lane
Kilmarnock, VA 22482
202/435-9718
denisedevries@yahoo.com
www.geocities.com/denisedevries
Publications: Wheat (chapbook); stories in Seattle Review, GW Review, Word Wrights, Minimus, Hispanic Culture Review, and others
Awards: Awards and recognitions from American Pen Women, Poetry Society of Virginia, Rock River Poetry Contest (1997)
Workshops: Readings for children and senior citizens at various locations
Teaching: English as a second language and Spanish
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Linda Dini Jenkins
4415 Old Fox Trail
Midlothian, VA 23112
804/744-6377
ldjenkins@aol.com
www.riverwords.com/writingprogs.htm
Publications: Journey of a Returning Christian: Writing Into God (Charlice Press), Poetry
The South Florida Review, Poetry
Bay Windows, Poetry
Tampa Review, Poetry
Arts Letter, Poetry
Writer to Writer, Poetry
Vermont Voices, Poetry
Awards: Finalist in 2004 Newsletters Literary Award in Poetry
Workshops: Readings:
Man Ray Poetry Series, New York, NY
BluR Reads, Boston, MA
Harvard Divinity School, Boston, MA
Women in the Arts Festival, Marblehead, MA
Salem State College, Salem, MA
Teaching: The Old South Church in Boston, MA
Bangor Seminary, Portland
Riverside Writing Programs
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Writers Conference: How to Break into the Commercial Market
Marblehead Festival of the Arts: Finding Connections, Exploring Creativity
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: 18 years plus
Poetry
Ben Doyle
Box 9654
Hollins University
8162B Faculty Lane
Roanoke, VA 24020
740/973-2065
benjdoyle@gmail.com
Publications: Selected Publications:
Books:
Radio, Radio (Louisiana State University Press, 2001)
Journals:
Denver Quarterly, forthcoming
Tin House, forthcoming
Boston Review, 2006
American Letters & Commentary 2005
Incliner, 2004
Forklift, Ohio, 2004
Conduit, 2004
Jubilat, 2003
The Canary, 2003
Volt, 2001
Open City, 2001
The New Republic, 2000
Colorado Review, 2000
Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, 1999
Online Journals:
Electronic Poetry Review, 2005
Conjunctions, 2004
Octopus, 2004
Verse Daily, 2003
American Poet, 2000
Awards: Verse Poetry Prize Finalist, 2005
Ahsahta Sawtooth Prize Semi-Finalist, 2005
Walt Whitman Award, 2000
Summer Teaching Award, University of Iowa, 2000
Academy of American Poets Prize, Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1998
Workshops: Selected Readings:
Danny's Poetry Series, Chicago
Emerging Writers Series, University of Chicago
West Virginia University Graduate Colloquium-Keynote Reader
Art Academy of Cincinnati Poetry Series
Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City
Jubilat Jones Reading Series, MA
Des Moines International Poetry Festival, IA
Teaching: Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Denison University, 2003-2006
Lecturer, Iowa Writer' Workshop, Summer 2004
Visiting Assistant Professor of English, West Virginia University, 2001-2003
Senior Instructor, Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Summer02
Education: MFA Poetry, Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
BA English, West Virginia University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All regions and ages
Fiction, Poetry
Jeannette Drake
PO Box 36298
Richmond, VA 23235
804/231-2247
lcswpoet@yahoo.com
www.jeannettedrake.com
Publications: Poetry in Dady, Can I Tell You Something: Black Daughters Speak to their Fathers; Honey Hush! An Anthology of African American Women's Humor; Xavier Review; New Virginia Review; Obsidian; The Southern Review; Callaloo; The Third Eye: Photographs by Jerome A. Bass; The Book of Hope and World Healing Book; Daughter of Abraham; Bulletin!; Pods and Peas: Summer Meditation.
Fiction: Invisible, Coloring Book: An Eclectic Anthology of Fiction and Poerty by Multicultural Writers.
Awards: Scholarship Award, Leonard E.B. Andrews Foundation; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowships (1984,1986,1987,1994); Virginia Commission for the Arts Artist Project Grants (1992, 1994); Virginia Commission's Artist Roster (1994-present); Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Fellowship Awards (Fiction 2001, 2002).
Workshops: Virginia State Penitentiary, Randolph Macon College, Society for the Study of Southern Literature, Daily Planet Homeless Shelter, Governor's School Young Writers Conference, Hanover Correctional Center, Trinity Episcopal School, Old Dominion University, Christopher Newport University, James Madison University, The Steward School, R.C. Longan Elementary School, The Underground Jazz Cafe, Writer?s Harvest, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Valentine Museum, Richmond Public Library, Virginia State Penitentiary, Richard Bland College, Virginia Union University, Virginia State University, Lee-Davis High School, others
Teaching: Resident Artist in Richmond City Public Schools, Louisa County Middle School, Short Pump Middle School; Poet-in-the-Schools, Richmond City Public Schools; Virginia Union University, Institute for Higher Healing Holistic Health Center; The Alchemist
Education: MFA, Fiction and Poetry, Virginia Commonwealth University
Masters in Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University
BA, Hampton University
Fees: $1000; Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students K-12; All regions
Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry
Barbara Drucker Smith
120 Selden Road
Newport News, VA 23606
757/599-6229
Publications: Poems in Cube Literary Magazine, Orphic Lute, The Poet's Domain - Vols. 6-9 and 13-16, Beacon (1999, 1993), Great American Poetry Anthology, Poetry Society of Virginia Anthology (1993), Currents; Flights of Fancy and the Daily Press; fiction in Fictitious and True, among others
Awards: Winner, Christopher Newport University Writers' Conference Prize for Poetry (1988); established Barbara Smith Christopher Newport University Writers' Prize Fund (1990); member, Virginia Writers' Club; charter member, Tidewater Writers' Association; member, Poetry Society of Virginia; first place, Tidewater Writers? Association Publication Award for Non-Fiction
Workshops: Tidewater Writers' Association, Barnes and Noble, Painter Gallery (1993), American Association of University Women (1992-1994), Poetry Society of Virginia, Christopher Newport University (CNU) Life Long Learning (1992, 1993), CNU Writer's Reading (1992, 1993), Collage Gallery (1997); workshops at Bethel High School (1998), Warwick High School (1991-1994), Epes Elementary School (1999)
Teaching: Public and private schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction
Tracy Dunham
10816 Ashburn Road
Richmond, VA 23235
804/330-4020
DUNGEM@aol.com
Publications: Novels, The Last Campaign (2000), The Eureka Trail (1999), The Ghost Trail (1998), The Changing Trail (1997), The Long Trail Home (1996), The Trail to Medicine Lodge (1994), The Trail of Mythmaker (1995), Morgan's Land (1983), On The Terror Trail (1989); poem in The Christian Science Monitor
Workshops: Presentations, Chesapeake Romance Writer's Conference, Chesterfield County Public Library Writers Conference, The Governor's School, 1708 Gallery, others
Teaching: Workshops for elementary students
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; Richmond area
Poetry
John Elsberg
422 North Cleveland Street
Arlington, VA 22201
703/243-6019
Publications: Collections of poetry, Sailor (1999), Small Exchange (1999), A Week in the Lake District (1998), Broken Poems for Evita (1997), Family Values (1996),The Randomness of E (1995), O F F S E T S (1994, revised, 1998), Father Poems (1993; revised, 1995), The Affair (1991), 10 Or Less (1989), Torn Nylon Comes With the Night (1987), Home-Style Cooking on Third Avenue (1982), The Limey and the Yank (1981), Walking as a Controlled Fall (1980), The Price of Reindeer (1979), Poems by John Elsberg and Lyn Lifshin (1978), Poems by George Cairncross and John Elsberg (1972), Cornwall and Other Poems (1972); poetry in Hanging Loose, Artemis, Amelia, Maryland Poetry Review, Gargoyle, Bakunin, On the Bus, Lost and Found Times, Spillway, New Orleans Review, Potpourri, and others
Workshops: Martin Luther King Library, The John Hopkins University, The Writers' Center (Bethesda, Maryland), Art Barn, D.C. Space, Cambridge (England) Arts Festival, and others
Teaching: University of Maryland, Northern Virginia Community College
Fees: $200; Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and young adults; 100-mile radius of Arlington
Fiction (juvenile)
Kathryn D. Erskine
1016 Blackburn Bluff
Charlottesville , VA 22901
434/973-9817
kathy@quakinglion.com
www.kathyerskine.com
Publications: Quaking, Philomel, 2007;
Ibhubesi: The Lion, PublishAmerica, 2004;
Awards: Smart Writer's Contest, 3rd Place in Young Adult, 2005;
Writer's Eye, University of Virginia Art Museum, Honorable Mention, 2004;
Achieve the Dream Children's Story Writing Contest, Honorable Mention, 1999;
Various ByLine Magazine Honorable Mentions, 1997 - 2001
Workshops: Virginia Festival of the Book;
Virginia Education Media Association;
Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression;
Various Elementary and Middle Schools;
Teaching:
Education: J.D. Washington College of Law, The American University;
BA, College of William and Mary
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: None
Fiction
Barbara Esstman
3413 Lyrac Street
Oakton, VA 22124
703/620-6072
703/620-9818
esstman@aol.com
www.geocities/esstman
Publications: Novels, Chao Co: A Greeting to a Woman (1999), The Other Anna (1993), Night Ride Home; anthology, A More Perfect Union: Poems and Stories About the Modern Wedding; short stories in Lear's, Confrontation, Cottonwood, Webster Review, and others
Awards: Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship; Night Ride Home adapted for The Hallmark Hall of Fame; National Endowment for the Arts' Grant (1990); honorable mention, Pushcart Prize (1991); The Other Anna adapted for ABC-TV
Workshops: Workshops at The Writer's Center (Bethesda, Maryland); readings for PEN Women, libraries, writer's groups, schools, others
Teaching: The American University, George Mason University, Fairfax County Jail, St. Louis Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, IBM
Fees: $150 (reading); Negotiable (workshop); Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Northern Virginia; Other areas with paid travel
Poetry
Sharon D. Ewing
1208 Morningside Lane
Alexandria, VA 22308
703/768-1961
Publications: Anthology: North Carolina Poets (2000); Nocturnes for the Right Brain Alone, chapbook (1990); poems in Arachne, Borderlands, The Connecticut River Review, Exit 13, Negative Capability, Phoebe, The Phoenix, Renegade, The South Dakota Review, Stone Country, Union Street Review, Windmills, Worcester Review
Awards: Phi Beta Kappa; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship and Cafritz Fellow
Workshops: Readings at AAUW's Arts Alive, The Writer's Center, Sherwood Hall Library, Lyceum, E.E. Wolensky's Medium Rare Series, Bewley's Cafe (Ireland), Kostroma Writers? Union (Russia), Takoma Park Library; workshops for the National Association of Poetry Therapy, Dublin Writers Centre, Nathan Mayhew Seminar; participant, Kennedy Center Artists as Educators seminar
Teaching: University of Oklahoma, Montgomery College, Northern Virginia Community College, George Mason University, The George Washington University, Cambridge School of Weston, Westford Academy, Hammond High School, Iliff Nursing Home, Hollin Hall Senior Center
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 8-12); All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Edward Falco
Virginia Tech English Department
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0112
540/961-3104
efalco@vt.edu
Publications: A Dream with Demons (1997), Acid (1996), Plato at Scratch Daniel's and Other Stories (1990), Winter in Florida (1990), Concert in the Park of Culture (1984); short stories in The Atlantic Monthly, TriQuarterly, Ploughshares, Virginia Quarterly Review, Playboy, Shenandoah, Gettysburg Review, Missouri Review, Greensboro Review, Georgia Review, and other journals; prose poems in Southern Review, Iowa Review, Western Humanities Review, New Letters, etc.
Awards: Winner, Pushcart Prize (1999); winner, University of Notre Dame Press - Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction; Best American Short Stories (1995); Virginia Quarterly Review - Emily Clark Balch Prize for Fiction; Mishima Prize for Innovative Fiction; Governor's Screenwriting Award (1991); Hampden-Sydney Playwriting Award (1992); Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Project Grant; Walter E. Dakin Fellowship; Sewanee Writers' Conference
Workshops: Notre Dame University, Hollins University, Randolph-Macon College, Syracuse Univiversity, Virginia Tech, SUNY (New Paltz), Marshall University, University of Toledo, Jacksonville Public Library, arts organizations, colleges, conferences, radio programs
Teaching: Virginia Tech, Syracuse University, LeMoyne College, Onondago Community College
Fees: $500 (reading and workshop)
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Paul Fleisher
2781 Beowulf Court
Richmond, VA 23231
804/795-5326
pfleishe@earthlink.net
www.paulfleisher.com
Publications: Gorilla (2000), Ice Cream Treats (2000), Tanglers Too (1998), Webs of Life (1998) Write Now! (1989), Looking Inside (1991), Changing Our World (1992), The Master Violinmaker (1993), Ecology A-Z (1994), Secrets of the Universe (1987), Our Oceans (1995), Tanglers (1991), Cycles of Life (1996), The Vocabulary of the Nuclear Arms Race (1987); others
Awards: Thomas Jefferson Medal for Excellence in Science Education; winner, Parent's Choice Award (1985) for Perplexing Puzzles (software); honorable mention, Media and Methods Awards (1988); honorable mention, National Educational Film and Video Festival;
Teaching: Richmond City Public Schools, University of Richmond, The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, Virginia Commonwealth University Continuing Education, Williamsburg and Petersburg City Public Schools, and others
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students
Fiction, Poetry
Scott M. Foran
375 Canterbury Drive
Halifax, VA 24558
434/476-6033
scottkimforan@yahoo.com
Publications: Poetry: Recently Wise, 2006; Pipes and Tobacco Magazine, 2006; Portfolio North, 2000, Free Zone Quarterly, Spring 2000; PW Review, Spring 2000; Poetry Magazine, Winter 1999. Fiction: Candor, 2006; The Blotter Magazine, 2006; Writers Studio: The Journal, 2006; Portfolio North, 1999.
Awards: "Silent Night" Honorable Mention in Short Fiction, Creative Writing Contest, California State University, 1996.
Workshops: Founder and Director of the Writers Studio, South Boston, VA; Director of Poetically Correct Readers Series, Carlbrook School; Co-Sponsor of poetry readings, The Prizery, South Boston, VA;
Teaching: Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, South Boston, VA; Southside Community College, South Boston, VA; Carlbrook School, Halifax, VA.
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: None
Fiction, Poetry
Rodney Allen Franklin
1917 Warrington Road, S.W.
Roanoke, VA 24015-3037
540/982-1654
AMPAW@aol.com
Publications: Poems in Artemis, The Archer, Modern Images, Southern Poetry, Best Poetry (1974), New Earth Review, Wildwood; short stories in Friends, The Chattahoochee Review, and Oui ; articles in This Week on Okinawa, Real West, Seargents, New Age, The Roanoker, and others
Workshops: Presentations, the Blue Ridge Writers Conference, Roanoke County Schools, Valley Writers, The Park Retirement Community
Teaching: Roanoke City Public Schools, Roanoke College Community Education Program
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Poetry
Serena Fusek
P.O. Box 3095
Newport News, VA 23603
757/887-9253
ulspin@visi.net
Publications: Poems in Poetry Motel, Poet Lore, Reflect, Artemis, Piedmont Literary Review and others; chapbooks, The Night Screams with Jaguars (1998), Miles Melt Like Winter (1997), The Color of Poison (1991), with Paul Weinman, Motel Picaresque (1992) and Black Leather on Weekend Wheels (1993)
Awards: Residency Fellowship at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation (2000); Poetry Society of Virginia Prizes; honorable mention (fiction), Deep South Writers Conference; National Poetry Week Finalist; recipient, Christopher Newport Writers Conference Poetry Prize; others
Workshops: The Williams School, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Warwick High School Writers' Exchange, Tidewater Readers Ensemble, University of Southern Colorado, James City County Recreation Department and others
Fees: $100 (reading); $150 (workshop); Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry
Louis Gallo
1602 Grove Avenue
Radford, VA 24141
540/831-5264
lgallo@runet.edu
Publications: Fiction in Glimmer Train, Greensboro Review, American Literary Review, Louisiana Literature, Mangrove, Brownstone Review, Habersham Review, New Orleans Review, Gaia, Black River Review, etc.; poems/essays in, Missouri Review, Mississippi Review, Critique, Modern Poetry Studies, Bellingham Review, Tales, Voices International, Maple Leaf Rag, etc.
Awards: South Carolina Arts Commission Award for Individual Artists (fiction); first place, Greensboro Review Annual Fiction Award
Workshops: University of Missouri, Stephens College, the University of New Orleans, the Spoleto Festival, Winthrop College, Radford University, etc.
Teaching: Radford University, Northeast Missouri State University, University of Missouri, University of New Orleans, Columbia College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: None
Fiction, Poetry
Ann Davison Garbett
931 Green Street
Danville, VA 24541
804/797-5770 (h) 804/791-5764 (w)
804/791-4392 (fax)
garbett@averett.edu
Publications: Poems in Artemis (1988, 1989, 1990), Chaminade Literary Review (1993), Embers (1993), Christian Century; chapbooks, Icarus (1994), Mt. Olive Review (1996)
Workshops: Friends of the Danville Public Library, College of Charleston, Mt. Holyoke College, Duke University Continuing Education, North Carolina Writers' Network, Poets? House, Island Magee, Northern Ireland
Teaching: Averett College, Duke University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Poetry
Patricia Garfinkel
900 North Stuart Street, #1001
Arlington, VA 22203
703/306-1070 (day) 703/524-6153 (evening)
pgarfink@nsf.gov
Publications: Books, Ram's Horn, From the Red Eye of Jupiter; magazines, Hollins Critic, California Quarterly, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Seattle Review, Negative Capability
Awards: Poetry-in-Public-Places (New York); first prize, Lip Service; winner, Washington Writer's Publishing House Manuscript Competition
Workshops: The Folger Library, St. Mary's College, Mount Vernon College, Miller Cabin Series, The Writer's Center (Bethesda, Maryland), The National Air and Space Museum
Teaching: Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools, The Writer?s Center
Fees: $100; Negotiable
Preferences: Northern Virginia (or college within 200-mile radius)
Fiction
Griffin T. Garnett
The Jefferson
900 North Taylor Street, #1904-06
Arlington, VA 22203
703/465-1293
sandscrape@aol.com
www.thesandscrapers.com
Publications: Novels, The Sandscrapers, Taboo Avenged, Sam?s Legacy (in progress)
Awards: Nomination, Library of Virginia Fiction Award
Workshops: Various sponsors
Fees: Fee: Negotiable
Preferences: Older adults; Northern Virginia (Washington Metro Area)
Poetry
Joseph Garrison
265 Thornrose Avenue
Staunton, VA 24401
540/885-7475
Publications: Poems in Artemis, Carolina Quarterly, Green's Magazine, Kansas Quarterly, Poetry Now, Poetry Northwest, Shenandoah, Southern Poetry Review, Theology Today, Wisconsin Review, and other journals and anthologies
Awards: Louise McNeill Poetry Prize; finalist, Phillips Poetry Award
Workshops: Piedmont Community College, Virginia Commonwealth University, Longwood College, Norfolk Academy, and others
Teaching: Duke University, The College of William and Mary, St. Andrew's Presbyterian College, Mary Baldwin College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Bernadette Geyer
2237 Loch Lomond Drive
Vienna , VA 22181
202/293-5500
bernadettegeyer.homestead.com
Publications: Book: What Remains; Poetry in Hotel Amerika, the Midwest Quarterly, South Dakota Review, Rattle, The Potomac Review, 32 Poems, Pebble Lake Review, La Petite Zine, The Marlboro Review. Rattle,
Awards: Winner: Moving Words 2007; Finalist: OSU Press/The Journal Award; Swink Editor's Award for Emerging Writers.
Workshops: Readings, IOTA Poetry Series, Library of Congress, Joaquin Miller Cabin Poetry Reading Series (Washington, D.C.), Galapagos Art Center (Brooklyn, New York), and others
Teaching: Arlington County Public Schools Pick a Poet workshops
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Readings: Adults; All regions; Workshops: Elementary School Children or Adults; Northern Virginia
Poetry
Rose Branch Gibson
3413 Montrose Avenue
Richmond, VA 23222
804/321-2220
Publications: The Special "Me" Poetry Book for Children
Awards: Virginia Economic Council
Workshops: Richmond City Public Schools, Henrico County Public Schools, others
Teaching: Richmond City Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades K-7)
Poetry
Gail Giewont
294 Waylands Mill Road
Culpeper, VA 22701
540/543-2273
gailgiewont@yahoo.com
Publications: 5 AM, Natural Bridge, Indiana Review, Café Review, Allegheny Review
Awards: Lynda Hull Memorial Prize Finalist, 2006
Academy of American Poets Prize, 2001
Edwin O Ochester Graduate Poetry Prize, 2001
Ione Shriber Creative Writing Award, 2000
Workshops: Experience with workshops for young writers since 1998
Readings at University of Pittsburgh MFA series
Teaching: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Floyd T. Binns Middle School, Culpeper,VA
Falk Laboratory School, Pittsburgh, PA
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: No Preference
Fiction, Poetry
Robert L. Giron
5200 North 1st Street
Arlington, VA 22203
703/351-0079
writerrobertgiron@yahoo.com
www.robertgiron.com
Publications: Poetry, Songs for the Spirit, Metamorphosis of The Sepent God, Songs for a Single String, Wrestling with Wood, Recuerdos, Impressions françaises, and numerous other works
Awards: Finalist, Violet Crown Book Award for Literary Prose/Poetry (2003)
Workshops: Arlington County (Virginia) Poets in the Schools Program
Teaching: Montgomery College, George Washington University, Austin Community College, University of Texas at San Antonio, St. Mary?s University (san Antonio), Southern Illinois University (Carbondale), and other institutions
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 6-12)
Poetry
Jane Ellen Glasser
7433 Dehlman Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23505
757/423-1038
Publications: Poetry collection, Naming the Darkness (1991); poems in Georgia Review, Hudson Review, Virginia Quarterly, New Virginia Review, Southern Review, Poetry Northwest and elsewhere, Light Persists, Tampa University Press, 2005
Awards: Multiple awards, The Poetry Society of Virginia and The Irene Leache Literary Contest; multiple awards, Irene Leache Literary Contest; Tampa Prize for Poetry 2005
Workshops: Old Dominion University, Tidewater Community College, Christopher Newport University, Florida First Coast Writers Festival, Chesapeake Poetry Festival, Poetry in Portsmouth Festival, etc.
Teaching: Virginia Beach City Public Schools Poet-in-the-Schools, Norfolk Academy, Norview High School
Fees: $300 (reading or workshop); $500 (reading and workshop); Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 8-12); All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Bill Glose
2 Marie Court
Poquoson, VA 23662
757/868-7298
bglose@cox.net
www.BillGlose.com
Publications: Book, The Human Touch (2007); fiction, Chautauqua Literary Journal (2007), The Endicott Review (2006), In Good Company, Volume 5 (2005), The Summerset Review (2004), Krax Magazine (2004), The Blackest Death anthology (2003), Hindsight (2002), American Feed (2002), Enigma (2002), Virginia Writers and Artists (2002), Short Stories Magazine (2001), Identity (2001), The Armchair Aesthete (2001), Virginia Adversaria (2001), Alembic (2001), The Black Rose (2001), Mystery Time Magazine (2000), and The Adirondack Review (2000); poetry, Main Street Rag (2007), Port Folio Weekly (2007), BaySplash (2007), Far West End Press (2006), Main Channel Voices (2006), Chrysanthemum (2006), The Poet’s Domain, Volume 22 (2006), The Blotter (2005), Red River Review (2004), Sabella (2002), Artemis Journal (2002), and Bound (2000)
Awards: Winner, Virginia Press Association First Place Award (2004); Winner, F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Award (2001)
Workshops: Christopher Newport University Writer's Conference, Chesapeake Writer’s Conference, Barnes and Noble, PEN Women, Newport News Book Festival, Ocracoke Island Writer’s Retreat, Jones/Brehony Writing Seminars, and at many colleges and high schools
Teaching:
Education:
Fees: $150 (reading); $300 (workshop)
Preferences: Adults and students (9-12, college); All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Ann Goette
509 Rose Avenue
Blacksburg, VA 24060
540/953-1785
Publications: Short stories in Crescent Review, Slipstream, Earth's Daughter, and others; poems in Salome, Anvil, Outer Bridge, The Southern Review, and others; Midnight Lemonade, novel (1993); libretto for ?Travels,? Opera Roanoke (1995)
Awards: Sewanee Fellowship; finalist, Discovery Prize for Best First Novel; first prize, Louisiana State Poetry Contest; short story nominated for Small Press Editors' Choice
Workshops: Virginia Tech, Unitarian Fellowship, Artemis, New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, and others; national book tour
Fees: $300 (reading); Negotiable (workshop)
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Bunny Goodjohn
798 Wheeler Road
Lynchburg , VA 24504
434/332-5127
bagoodjohn@ispwest.com
www.bagoodjohn.blogspot.com
Publications: Sticklebacks and Snowglobes, Permanent Press, 2007;
Lonesome Tonight, Streetlight Magazine, 2006;
Fetish,Inkpot, 2006;
Puppy Love, This Is It Magazine, 2005;
The Saginaw Ladder and Losing Color, The Texas Review, 2004;
Girl, Wind Magazine, 2005;
Awards: Second Place, This Is It Magazine, 2005;
Ist Place, Sarah Davis Prize for Literature, Randoplh-Macon College, 2004;
First Place, John P. Kirby Prize in Explication, Randolph-Macon College, 2004;
First Place, Margaret Raynal Award, Fiction, Randolph-Macon College, 2002 and 2004;
Workshops: The Living Space, Charlottesville;
Riverviews Art Space, Lynchburg
Teaching: English, Randolph College;
Creative Writing, Bower Center, Bedford
Education: BA, Randolph-Macon Women's College;
MFA in Poetry, Stonecoast at University of Maine
Fees: $150 and up
Preferences: Workshops and readings for teens and adults
Fiction, Short Stories
Linda Goodman
PO Box 1351
Chesterfield, VA 23832
804/778-7456
happytales@aol.com
Publications: Daughters of the Appalachians (Fiction)
Empty Wells (Play)
Serendipities (One-Act Play)
Awards: Excellence in Storytelling Award from Storytelling Institute (1995)
Storytelling World Honor Award for Tellable Adult Stories (1998)
Finalist, 1992 Onmibus One-Act Playwriting Competition
Workshops: Taught writing workshops on Cultural Journalism and Making Stories From Story Fragments at schools and universities throughout the country.
Storytelling performance venues include:
Three Apples Festival, Harvard, MA
Connecticut Storytelling Festival
Bread and Roses Festival, MA
Storyfest, Richmond, VA
Big Stone Gap Community College, VA
Emerson College
National Storytelling Conference
Barter Theater, VA
Storytelling Institute
Fees: $500 for one hour plus travel
Preferences: Grad 6 to Adult
Fiction
Bernice Grohskopf
116 Turtle Creek Road, #11
Charlottesville, VA 22901
804/296-8044
Publications: End of Summer (1982), Tell Me Your Dream (1981), Blood and Roses (1979), Children in the Wind (1977), Notes on the Hauter Experiment (1975), and Shadow in the Sun (1975), fiction; The Treasure of Sutton Hoo (1971), From Age to Age (1968), and Seeds of Time (1963), non-fiction; short stories in Woman's Day, Family Circle, Cosmopolitan, and others; articles, essays and book reviews in Virginia Quarterly Review, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Harvard Library Bulletin, and others
Awards: Cultural Exchange Program, Russia; PEN/NEA Fiction Project; Andrew Mellon Foundation Grant; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowships; Karolyi Foundation Fellowships; MacDowell Colony Fellowships; American Library Association Award; others
Workshops: Piedmont Community College, Randolph-Macon College, Sweet Briar College, University of Virginia, and others
Teaching: Sweet Briar College, Piedmont Community College, Highlands (North Carolina) Elderhostel
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults; All regions (with expenses paid)
Fiction (juvenile)
Clare Ham Grosgebauer
c/o Small Wonders Enterprises
12210 Fairfax Towne Center #901
Fairfax, VA 22033
703/352-0226
snickerdoodle@erols.com
www.snickerdoodleforkids.com
Publications: "Snickerdoodle! A Tall Tale About a Powerful Pee-Wee!", Small Wonders Enterprises,2005; "Snickerdoodle and the Roller-Skating Horse!", Small Wonders Enterprises, 2005; "Snickerdoodle's Star Spangled Fourth of July," Small Wonders Enterprises, 2005.
Awards: Winner, Mom's Choice Award, 2005; Winner, Best Children's Story, Virginia Highlands Literary Festival, 1975.
Workshops: Presentations at Northern Virginia preschools/schools; Exhibitor at Virginia School Library Media Specialists; National Educational Conferences for Early Childhood Educators; Professional Conferences for Storytellers; Virginia Book Festival; Texas Book Festival; St. Petersburg, Florida, Book Festival.
Teaching: Former Kindergarten Teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD; Storyteller for Project Head Start in Washington, DC.
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: PK-2, small groups up to 30 children in preschool,schools, or library story hour setting.
Fiction
Doris Gwaltney
1500 Magruder Road
Smithfield, VA 23430
757/357-4821
757/357-4821
dorisg@visi.com
Publications: George Purdie: Merchant of Smithfield (1997); Shakespeare?s Sister (1996), a novel; short stories in In Good Company (anthology),The Greensboro Review, William and Mary Review, and CUBE Magazine; poetry in Poet?s Domain, Vol. 12; poem, Behind the Mask
Awards: First place, Blue Skies Gallery Poetry Contest; third place, Chesapeake Writers? Conference Short Story Contest; honorable mention, Greensboro Review fiction contest; first prize (twice), Christopher Newport College Writers Conference Fiction Contest; second place, Chesapeake Writers? Conference Poetry Contest
Workshops: Virginia Festival of the Book, Thomas Nelson Community College, Chesapeake Writers Conference, Newport News Book Festival, Christopher Newport University, St. John?s Church, St. Luke?s Church; elder learner workshops, Hampton City Public Schools and Isle of Wight County Schools
Teaching: Christopher Newport University Life Long Learning
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Students; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Ellen Gwynn
2503 Brunswick Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
804/295-4681
Publications: Short story in Lutheran Woman; two pieces in Virginia Wildlife magazine; Passages to the Sea: A Book of the Outer Banks, North Carolina
Awards: Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Workshops: Workshop for the Governor's School Young Writers Conference; readings at First Colony Inn in Nags Head, North Carolina, St. Anne?s-Belfield School in Charlottesville
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 8-12); All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Neva Hamilton
3217 Dwina Road
Coeburn, VA 24230
276-762-5619
nevahamilton@gmail.com
Publications: "Sawmill Boys", Appalachian Heritage, vol 34, no. 4, 2006
"Sumac", Clinch Mountain Review, 2006
"October", Clinch Mountain Review, 2006
"Stings", Jimson Weed, vol. XXV, new series vol.9, no.1 (2006)
"Strawberry Season", Jimson Weed, vol. XXV, new series vol.9, no.1 (2006)
"Green Onions", Appalachian Journal: A regional studies review, vol.33, no.1, 2005
Awards: Third Place, "Sawmill Burning", 2006 Appalachian Writers Association James Still Award for Poerty
Second Place, "The Pawpaw Tree", Short Story, 2006 Explorations, MECC
First Place, "Husband", Poetry, 2005 Explorations, MECC
Third Place, "Partypooper", 2005 Lonesome Pine Poetry Contest
Workshops: Appalachian Writers Workshop, Appalachian Writers Association, University of Virginia at Wise, Lonesome Pine Regional Library
Teaching:
Education: University of Virginia, BA. Foreign Affairs
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults in Southwest Virginia
Fiction, Poetry
Cathryn Hankla
12424 Catawba Road
Troutville, VA 24175
540/362-6278 (o)
chankla@hollins.edu
Publications: Books of poetry, Afterimages (1991); Texas School Book Depository (2000), prose poems; poetry, Phenomena (1983), Negative History (1997), Poems for the Pardoned, Emerald City Blues; fiction, Learning the Mother Tongue (1987); novel, A Blue Moon in Poorwater (1988, reprinted 1998)
Awards: Academy of American Poets Prize; PEN Syndicated Fiction Prize; finalist, Virginia Commission for the Arts Virginia Prize for Poetry
Workshops: Roanoke College, Sedalia Center, Festival of the Book, Miami International Book Fair, Abingdon Public Library, John Fox, Jr. Festival, University of Michigan, Smith College, etc., and at events in states from Maine to Florida and in Europe
Teaching: Hollins University, Washington and Lee University, Randolph-Macon Woman's College Writer-in-Residence, University of Virginia
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 8-12); All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Susan Hankla
1109 West Avenue
Richmond, VA 23220-3719
804/353-8426
mudpie09@hotmail.com
Publications: Book, Sermons in Paint; Poetry chapbooks, I Am Running Home, Mistral for Daddy and Van Gogh; poetry in The New Virginia Review, Open Places, Laurel Review, Gargoyle, Southern Poetry Review, Poetry Northwest; fiction in Michigan Quarterly Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, Southern Exposure, The Sun, New Virginia Review; anthologies, Elvis in Oz, Glibquips, Funny Words by Funny Women, American Signatures: Nine New American Writers and Their Stories, and others
Awards: Residency at The Frost Place (2002, 1999); Virginia Commission for the Arts Fiction Fellowship (1999); participant, Robert Frost Poetry Festival (1999); finalist, Virginia Prize for Fiction (1985, 1989); Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowships (1985, 1989, 1990); Acknowledged Pushcart Prize; Nancy Thorp Poetry Prize and Hollins Critic Award
Workshops: Hollins University, Mary Washington University, The Governor's School, 1708 Gallery, University of Richmond, Randolph-Macon Women's College, Sweet Briar College, Williams Corner Bookstore, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Wheaton College, Rappahannock Fiction Writers' Workshop, others
Teaching: Brown University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School
Fees: from $200 - $300 (workshop); Negotiable; Travel and per diem expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students (9-12); All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Nancy Hamlett Harper
P.O. Box 598
Madison Heights, VA 24572
804/847-7953
Publications: Short stories in Imaginings, Lynchburg Magazine; poetry in Prism, Zephyr, Hail Muse, Etcetera
Awards: Imaginings awards, and others
Workshops: Amherst County Library, Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg College, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, James River Writers Guild, and others
Teaching: Liberty University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students ; All regions
Poetry
Henry Hart
English Department
The College of William and Mary
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
757/221-3922
hwhart@wm.edu
Publications: James Dickey: The World As a Lie (2000); The James Dickey Reader (1999); The Rooster Mask (1998); poetry, The Ghost Ship (1990), The Poetry of Geoffrey Hill (1986), Seamus Heaney: Poet of Contrary Progressions (1991), Robert Lowell and the Sublime (1995); poems in The New Yorker, TLS, Poetry, The Southern Review, The New England Review, The Hudson Review, and others
Awards: National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (1997); Mildred and J.B. Hickman Professor of Humanities; Phi Beta Kappa Award - The College of William and Mary (1991)
Workshops: Hollins University, Phi Beta Kappa Ceremony - The College of William and Mary, Chesapeake Library, William and Mary Writers Festival, Blue Moon Books (New York City)
Teaching: The College of William and Mary
Fees: $500 (reading); $200 (workshop); Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction
Lenore Hart
7018 Wildflower Lane
Franktown, VA 23354
757/442-3013
757/442-4202
wildflower@esva.net
www.lenorehart.com
Publications: Books, Wild Babies (2005), Treasure of Savage Island (2005), Ordinary Springs (2005), T. Rex at Swan Lake (2004), Waterwoman (2002), Svart Frikt (1999), Black River (1995); poetry and short stories in Powhatan Review, Chesapeake Life Magazine, QTR Review, Kalliope Magazine, Blackwater Review, SubTerrain Magazine, and numerous other journals and magazine
Awards: Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2003); recipient, The M.E. and W.S. Brower Literary Prize for Fiction (2000); Writer?s Digest Writing Competition (2000); second place, QTR Review Fall Poetry Competition (2000); second place, Anvil Press ?Last Poems? Competition (1999); recipient, Mid-Atlantic Poet?s Choice Award (1997), among other awards
Workshops: Florida Community College, Florida State University, Naval Academy at Annapolis, Cape May Institute, Tidewater Community College
Teaching: Eastern Shore?s Own Art Center, Old Dominion University, Eastern Shore Community College, Florida Community College, Florida Fine Arts Council Poets in the Schools, Flagler College, Tidewater Community College, Florida Arts Council Writer-in-Residence Pro
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses and accommodations are not included
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction
Heidi Hartwinger
200 Marl Ravine Road
Yorktown, VA 23692
757/898-6613
hhartwiger@aol.com
www.heidihartwiger,com
Publications: "The Secrets of Indian Knob," Frog Hollow Press, 2001; "Carport Appalachia," The Poet's Domain, Live Wire Press, 2003; "Bored," The Poet's Domain, Live Wire Press, 2003; "Zanesville Women," The Poet's Domain, Live Wire Press, 2003.
"A Gift of Herbs," Down Home Press, 1993; "All Join Hands: The Forgotten Art of Playing With Children," Down Home Press, 1994; "Keeper of the Stories: A Guide to Writing Family Stories," Parkway Publishing Inc., 2002.
Awards:
Workshops: Has given readings and workshops at civic organizations, schools, clubs, and book festivals.
Teaching: K9-12 English, York High School; Fiction Writing, Lifelong Learnering Society, Christopher Newport University; Fiction Writing, Rappahannock Community College.
Education: BA English, Merietta College, Ohio; Post graduate work, The College of William and Mary, Willimsburg, VA; Post graduate work, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA.
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages
Fiction
Charles L. Hayes
P.O. Box 6995
Radford, VA 24142
540/831-5231
Publications: Short stories and poems in St. Andrews Review, Northwoods Journal, Phoebe, Sou'wester, New Southern Writing, DeKalb Literary Journal, Hiriam Poetry Review, others
Awards: Governor's Screenwriting Prize (1998)
Teaching: Radford University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Poetry
Vance Philip Hedderel
1581 Colonial Terrace #101
Arlington, VA 22209-1428
703/522-7427
vphedderal@aol.com
www.tako.net
Publications: Poems in Poetry East, Ploughshares, Chelsea, Cape Rock, Hawaii Pacific Review, 1990 Quarterly, The James White Review, Phoebe and Ellipsis; essays in The Eugene O'Neill Review
Awards: Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Project Grant (1993); Mary Roberts Rinehart Poetry Award (1991); Overture for the Cultural Season Award (1989), New Orleans, Louisiana; winner, Alice Moser Claudel Prize - Academy of American Poets (1988)
Workshops: George Mason University, University of New Orleans, Reston Community Center
Teaching: George Mason University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; Northern Virginia preferred
Poetry
Barbara McKay Hewin
59 Winsterfax
Williamsburg, VA 23185
757/220-2858
Publications: Poetry in Modern Maturity Magazine, Vols. 1-16 of The Poet?s Domain, and Poetic Voices of America
Awards: First place, American Association of University Women Poetry Contest
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Poetry
Vance D. High
338 Cleveland Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434/977-3024
Publications: The Poetry Society of Virginia 80th Anniversary, Anthology of Poems (2003); Riverbanks to Mountaintops, Writings by Rural Virginians (2003); Root Me On, Poems and Thoughts about Life (2003); Speaking Our Own, Poems and Short Stories (2004).
Awards: Poem with a Point of View, Poetry Society of Virginia (2005) ; Ralph S. Coleman Award, Poetry Society of Virginia (2004)
Workshops: Reading/Workshops: Has given many poetry readings in the Charlottesville area.
Teaching: Has taught secondary science and mathermatics and biology at the college level.
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adolescents through middle aged adults
Fiction
Robert P. Hilldrup
10402 Lawnmeadow Court
Richmond, VA 23233
804/740-7535
Publications: Novels, To Die for a Golden Leaf (1980), Carry Me Back to Death (1982); Upper Brandon: Plantation on the James (1987), non-fiction; short stories in Negative Capability, Virginia Country, Alabama Sun, The Christian, and others
Awards: Educational Press Association Distinguished Achievement Award
Workshops: Rappahannock Community College, Christopher Newport College, Columbia University, libraries and regional writers' groups
Teaching: University of Richmond, Longwood College, University of Virginia Extension Program, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Virginia Commonwealth University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions (with travel expenses paid)
Fiction, Poetry
Linda Hudson Hoagland
305 Valleyview Street
North Tazewell, VA 24630
276/988-8303, Ext. 242 (w) 276/979-9373 (h)
lhoagland@tazewell.k12.va.us
lhhoagland@yahoo.com
Publications: "The Little Old Lady Next Door," 2006, PublishAmerica.
Poetry, essays and short stories published in Bluestone Review, Dan River Anthology, Joyous Publications, New England Writers Network, and on the Preservation Foundation and Wild Violet web sites.
Awards: Second Place, Wild Violet Fiction Contest (2004); Honorable Mention, Byline Magazine Contest (2003, 2002); Second and Third Places, and Honorable Mention, Virginia Highlands Festival Creative Writing Contest (2002, 2001, 2002); Honorable Mention, Professional and Amateur Writers Society Contest (2001), and others
Workshops: Reading at Tazewell Elementary School
Teaching:
Education: Associate Degrees in Accounting, Business Administration and Management from Southwest Virginia Community College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Southwest and Central Virginia
Fiction
Margaret Hoffman
215 Park View Place
Danville, VA 24541
804/793-4817 or 919/788-9539
blackbeard_the_pirate_2000@yahoo.com
Publications: Dead in the Water, Blackbeard: A Tale of Villainy and Murder in Colonial America, novels; poetry, short stories, essays in The Brown Bag, UNC-G Literary Magazine, Milton Quarterly, and other literary magazines and journals
Awards: Winner, Marietta Writers Contest (1976)
Workshops: Lectures and readings at several Barnes and Noble locations in North Carolina and in Richmond (Virginia), and for Cateret County Friends of the Library, the Wrightsville Beach Historical Museum, Virginia Wednesday Club, Chapin Memorial Library, Enloe High School (Greensboro, North Carolina), and on National Public Radio, North Carolina Public Radio and South Carolina Public Radio; workshops at The Writers Center (Bethesda, Maryland), City of Alexandria, Greensboro Center for Creative Arts, Georgia State University, Dekalb Community College, the Spoleto Festival (Charleston, South Carolina), among others
Teaching: Adjunct Faculty, Guilford Technical Community College and workshops at various educational institutions
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages (lectures); Students (grades 9-12) and adults (workshops)
Poetry
Frances Norton Honich
5403 Sasha Court
Williamsburg, VA 23188-1943
757/565-2256
Publications: Poetry in Connecticut River Review, Earth's Daughter, Proof Rock, Pegasus Review, An Anthology of Guilford Poets, Visions, A Celebration of Life, others; article in Highlights for Children
Awards: Third prize and an honorable mention, Irene Leache Literary Contest; Connecticut Poetry Society Awards; winner, Christopher Newport College Poetry Awards
Workshops: Readings of Unexpected Alchemy: Poems and Notations on Breast Cancer and Healing for Breast Cancer Awareness; readings at Christopher Newport University, First Night -Williamsburg, Gloucester Library, On the Hill (Yorktown), Blue Skies Gallery (Hampton), and literary groups; workshops at Grace Episcopal Church (Yorktown), The Collage Gallery (Smithfield), Warwick High School Writers Exchange (Newport News)
Teaching: Artist-in-Residence for Chesterfield County Public Schools and Virginia Beach City Public Schools (K-5)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students
Poetry
Chapman Hood Frazier
121 Poplar Hill Drive
Farmville, VA 23901
434/391-3581
frazierch@longwood.edu
Publications: Virginia Quartely Review
South Florida Poetry Review
Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review
Eclipse
The Maine Scholar
Echo Magazine
College English
English Journal
Appalachian Heritage
The Carolina Literary Quarterly
Poet and Critic
Awards: Second Place in Poetry, Bayly Museum’s The Writer’s Eye Contest
Honorable Mention, Appalachian Heritage
Workshops: University of Main
Longwood University
National Council of Teachers of English
Virginia Association of Teachers of English
Teaching: University of Virginia (English)
University of Virginia (Director of the Young Writers Workshop)
Longwood University (English)
University of Maine (English)
Murray High School (English)
Southside Virginia Community College (English)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: No Preference
Poetry
Greg Horn
P.O. Box 133
Pounding Mill, VA 24637
540/623-0323 (h) 540/964-7223 (w)
540/964-7554
greg_horn@sw.cc.va.us
Publications: Poems in Bloodroot, Ampersand Quarterly, VCCA Journal, Writers and Readers Newsletter; essays in Critical Survey of Short Fiction and Cyclopedia of World Literature
Awards: Winner, Collins Medal (1987); recipient, U.S. Peace Corps Writers and Readers Songwriting Award (1993)
Workshops: Emory and Henry College, Hollins University
Teaching: Southwest Virginia Community College
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: None
Fiction
Doug Hornig
2327 Tanbark Drive
Afton, VA 22920
540/456-6160
douna@cfw.com
Publications: Foul Shot (1984), Hardball (1985), The Dark Side (1986), Deep Dive (1987); suspense thrillers, Waterman (1987) and Virus (1989); political thriller, Stinger (1990); short stories in Ellery Queen, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Wooster Review, Albany Review, NSLM, others; articles in Playboy, Penthouse, The Writer and others
Awards: A.E. Coppard Prize for Fiction (1994); winner, Alligator Juniper Literary Competition (1997); nomination, Edgar Award, Mystery Writers of America (1984); nomination, Shamus Award, Private Eye Writers of America (1985); Governor's Screenwriting Award (1990)
Workshops: Chesapeake Writers' Conference, Danville Community College, Christopher Newport University, League of American Pen Women Writers' Conference, others
Teaching: Cape Cod Arts Workshop, Wildacres Writers? Workshop
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Elizabeth Huergo
4922-B Barbour Drive
Alexandria, VA 22304
703/566-5292 (h) 301/251-7255 (w)
ehuergo@crosslink.net
ehuergo@mc.cc.md.us
Publications: The Eternally Obvious, Pedro Valle Dreams, Saturnina, short stories; October Telling (in progress), novel; Sal, A Late Farewell to My Own Prospero, poetry; papers, essays and commentaries for academic and professional associations; translation (in progress) for the Modern Language Association; reviews in Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
Workshops: Reading sponsored by Potomac Review
Teaching: Montgomery College (Maryland), Northern Virginia Community College, The American University, Rhode Island College, Brown University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions (Northern Virginia preferred)
Fiction, Poetry
Lynn Dean Hunter
P.O. Box 4053
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
757/496-8289
LDHunter@aol.com
Publications: Memoir, Spy Hunter: Inside the FBI Investigation of the Walker Espionage Case; fiction in Thema, Green's, City and Crescent Review; poetry in Ghent, South Hill, Scrivener, Blackwater Review, The Poet?s Domain; book reviews, profiles, interviews, commentary and essays in Portfolio, Ghent, City and Virginian Pilot; articles in AWP Pedagogy Forum and College Creativity
Awards: Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; winner, Poet?s Choice Award (1997, 1995); Long Fiction Award (1994); Irene Leache Competition (1991); Mississippi Review Workshop "Intros" Fiction Contest; first prize, Tidewater Writer's Conference; nomination, Virginia Book Award
Workshops: Norfolk Academy Scholars Program, Portsmouth Poetry Conference, Harvest for the Homeless, Cumberland Fiction Writers? Conference, Carolina Publishing Institute, Associated Writing Programs National Conferences, Breadloaf Writers? Conference
Teaching: Tidewater Community College, elementary and middle schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions (with travel and per diem paid)
Fiction
Frances Hallam Hurt
1133 Halifax Road
Chatham, VA 24531
804/432-9338
Publications: History books, dramas produced, features in Commonwealth Magazine, Reader's Digest and others
Awards: National Press Women Awards; Virginia Press Women Awards; Virginia Cultural Laureate (1992); others
Workshops: Danville City Public Schools, Pittsylvania County adult education
Teaching: Pittsylvania County Public Schools, Amherst County Public Schools and Danville City Public Schools.
Fees: $150 - $200 (reading); $150 - $200 (workshop); $150 - $200 (reading and workshop)
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction
James A. Huston
300 Langhorne Lane
Lynchburg, VA 24501
804/846-0493
Publications: Double Cross Fire (in progress), A Hoosier Sampler: An Anthology of Indiana Authors; Tecumseh vs. William Henry Harrison (1987), historical novel
Workshops: Lynchburg College, Lynchburg Public Library
Teaching: Lynchburg College, Purdue University, The National War College, and others
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Joe Jackson
3948 Shady Oaks Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
757/363-9316
JoJackson@aol.com
Publications: How I Left the Great State of Tennessee and Went on to Better Things (2004); Leavenworth Train (2002); Dead Row (1999); short story in Great River Review; literary essays in various publications; co-author of Dead Run: The Shocking Story of Dennis Stockton and Life on Death Row in America; non-fiction narrative A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and 4,300-Mile Voyage of Her Survivors (2003)
Awards: Five nominations, The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; Finalist, Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime; Virginia Commission for the Arts Artist Fellowship (1998); Ohio Arts Council Fellowship; Mary Roberts Rinehart Fellowship; Stephen Graham Memorial Award (short fiction)
Workshops: Ohio public schools
Teaching: University of Toledo, Bowling Green State University, University of Arkansas
Fees: $50 (reading); $100-$150 (workshop); $150-$200 (reading and workshop); Negotiable; Travel expenses may be included
Poetry
Rosalie S. Jennings
106 South Grove Avenue
Edinburg, VA 22824-9401
540/984-4417
Publications: Anthologies, The Poetry Society of Virginia, World of Poetry, and Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum; poems in Shenandoah Valley Writers' Guild Showcase, First Decade; The Homemaker, Alura Quarterly, Orphic Lute, Sandpipers, and in eleven volumes of The Poets? Domain
Awards: Shenandoah Valley Arts Council Award (1994, 1988), Shenandoah Valley Writers' Guild Writer of the Year (1984); prizes from The Poetry Society of Virginia and Poets-at-Work
Workshops: Readings for the Valley Branch of the Natonal League of American PEN Women, the Valley Educational Center for Creative Arts, the Shenandoah County Historical Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Senior Center, and various writers' groups and churches; workshop at the Shenandoah Valley Writers' Guild
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; Northern Virginia
Fiction, Poetry
Agnes N. Johnston
708 South View Terrace
Alexandria, VA 22314-4924
703/548-2258
Publications: Collections, Bridges to Beginnings (1996), Beyond the Moongate (1987); poetry in Road Publishers' series, The Poet's Domain, Vols. 1-16, St. Anthony Messenger, Midwest Poetry Review, The Lyric, The China Connection, Chesapeake Literary Magazine, The Hollins Critic, Black Buzzard Review, Poetry Society of Virginia; short stories and articles
Awards: Poetry Society of Virginia Award (1999); second prize, Midwest Poetry Review Award; recipient, National League of American PEN Women National and Branch Awards; Chesapeake Literary Magazine Award (1997)
Workshops: Alexandria Lyceum, women's groups, churches, libraries, and others
Teaching: Alexandria City Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; Northern Virginia
Fiction (juvenile), Poetry
Jacqueline Jules
2800 North Dinwiddie Street
Arlington, VA 22207
703/237-9617
JacJules@aol.com
Publications: The Grey Striped Shirt (1995), Once Upon a Shabbos (1998), both juvenile fiction; essays in Woman's World, Citizenne, Nashville Banner; short fiction in Echoes Magazine, Young Judaean Magazine; poetry in Poet's Choice, The Sow's Ear Poetry Review, Lullwater Review, Slant, Pegasus, Aim, America, Cape Rock, South Ash Press, and others
Awards: Arlington Arts Moving Words Contest Award (1999); honorable mention, Sugarman Family Award (1999)
Workshops: Numerous readings in various settings
Teaching: Library media specialist
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Students (grades K-5); Northern Virginia
Fiction, Poetry
Derek Kannemeyer
4304 Hillcrest Road
Richmond, VA 23225
804/230-4507
dkannemeyer@st.chatherines.org
Publications: Poetry in Wind, Urban Spaghetti, The Antietam Review, Thin Air, Troubador, Rolling Stone, The Richmond Quarterly, others; short stories in The New Virginia Review, H.G. Roberts Awards Annual, and others
Awards: Thin Air Poetry Contest Winner (1999); George O. Squires Poetry Contest Winner (1996, 1997); awards, Irene Leache and The Poetry Society of Virginia Contests; finalist, Virginia Prize for Poetry (1986)
Workshops: Christopher Newport University College Writers Conference, Governor's School Writers Conference; readings at 1708 Gallery, Second Street Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Poetry Society of Virginia, Richmond Public Library, schools (K-12) throughout Virginia
Teaching: St. Christopher's School (Richmond, VA)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction
Lou Kassem
715 Burruss Drive, NW
Blacksburg, VA 24060
540/552-2241
LMK1931@aol.com
Publications: Short story, The Game of Love in Chicken Soup for Kid's Soul (1998); Sneeze on Monday (1997); The Innkeeper?s Daughter (1996), Odd One Out (1994), The Druid Curse (1994), The Treasures of Witch Hat Mountain (1992), A Haunting in Williamsburg, title change (1990), Secret Wishes (1988), A Summer for Secrets (1988), Listen for Rachel (1986), Middle School Blues (1986), Dance of Death (1984), novels for young audiences
Awards: Virginia Reading Association Award for Best Book for Young Readers; ALA Notable Book in Social Studies; John Gillespie's Best Books for Junior High Readers; listing in Contemporary Authors and International Authors and Writers Who's Who
Workshops: Presentations for the National Council of Teachers of English, the Virginia Library Association, VEMA, the Virginia Reading Association, the Virginia Council of Teachers of English; young authors conferences in Albany (New York) Glenns Falls (New York), Oak Ridge (Tennessee), Sringfield (Missouri), and in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee; workshops and readings in public schools and libraries throughout Virginia
Fees: $75 (reading); $300 (workshop); Negotiable; Travel and per diem expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
LuAnn Keener
604 Biltmore Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24502
804/846-0939
lkeener444@msn.com
Publications: Book, Color Documentary (1994); chapbook, Pudding House Greatest Hits 1984-2002 (2003); poems anthologized in The First Yes: Poems About Communicating (1996), Worlds in Our Words: Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers (1997), Buck and Wing: Southern Poetry at 2000 (2000); and A Fierce Brightness: Twenty-five Years of Women's Poetry (2002)
Awards: Americas Review Award for Poetry (1996); winner, Virginia Prize (1990); Writers At Work Award (1992); Chelsea Award for Poetry (1992); Hackney Award (1992); Mary Roberts Rinehart Award for Poetry (1991); Guy Owen Poetry Prize (1990); Irene Leach Award (1993)
Workshops: Virginia Tech Writers Series, St. Mary?s College of Baltimore, Radford University, The Writer?s Center (Bethesda, Maryland), Parthenon Poetry Series, Cranwell Center at Virginia Tech, Southeastern Women's Studies Association
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Sarah Kennedy
300 Newcastle Drive, #12
Colonial Heights, VA 23834
804/524-0974
sarahkennedy@juno.com
Publications: Book, From the Midland Plain (1999); selected poetry, Shopping (1999), The Last Temple Oranges (1999), The Starving Girl (1999), With the Amish (1999), The Pictures (1999), Grounded (1997), Taking Aim (1997), Leaving the Land (1997), Equinox (1996), The Departure (1995), The Quilter (1995), A Summer's Tale (1989), others; essays and reviews in Shenandoah, The Roanoke Times
Awards: Winner, Northern Lights Award (1997); recipient, Marjorie Lees Linn Poetry Award (1995); commendation, The Chester A. Jones Foundation Poetry Contest (1995); first place, White Rabbit Poetry Contest (1994)
Workshops: Presentations at the University of Virginia at Wise, Plattsburgh State University, Dakota State University, Ball State University; readings, Artemis Reading Series, Salem Lights Reading, Purdue University, others
Teaching: Virginia State University, Roanoke College, Purdue University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda
P.O. Box 90
Hardyville, VA 23070
804/776-9053 (h)
pforonda@oasisonline.com
Publications: Books of poetry, Greatest Hits (2001), In a Certain Place (2000), Death Comes Riding (1999); Contrary Visions (1988) and Gathering Light (1993), collections of poetry; poems in Poet Lore, Antioch Review, Mid-American Review, Antietam Review, California Quarterly, Hispanic Culture Review, New Mexico Humanities Review, Negative Capability, WPFW Anthology, Prairie Schooner, Passages North, 1985 Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry, and others
Awards: Rotary Meritorious Educator Award; Hodgson Award; National Scholastic Teacher Portfolio Award; Virginia Cultural Laureate Award (poetry); co-winner, Edgar Allan Poe Memorial Prize, The Poetry Society of Virginia; Virginia Educational Research Association Award; Achievement and Service Award, George Mason University; grant awards
Workshops: The Library of Congress, Mary Washington College, George Mason University, The George Washington University, Mount Vernon College, Folger Shakespeare Library, St. Mary's College, Northern Virginia Community College, Iliff Nursing Home, Shelter for the Homeless, Corcoran Art Gallery, Arlington Arts Center, Art Barn, Ellipse Arts Center, and others
Teaching: George Mason University, Fairfax County Public Schools, Alexandria City Public Schools, The Writer's Center (Bethesda, Maryland), Artists-in-Education Residency Programs, and others
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Poetry
Laurie Kutchins
P.O. Box 5
Singers Glen, VA 22850
540/833-5128
kutchill@jmu.edu
Publications: Weather Stories (in progress); poetry, The Night Path (1997), Between Towns (1993); poems in The New Yorker, The Georgia Review, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, Southern Review, Poetry, Tar River Review, Calyx, Nimrod, Blue Mesa Review, Yellow Silk, Denver Quarterly, Northern Lights, West Branch, Mid-American Review; numerous anthologies
Awards: Isabella Gardner Award for Poetry (1997); Virginia Commission for the Arts Poetry Fellowship (1995); Edna T. Schaeffer Award in the Humanities, James Madison University (1995); James Madison University Research Fellowship (1994); Texas Tech First-Book Poetry Series Award (1993); Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships (1993, 1990); residencies, Ucross Foundation (1990, 1995), the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (1994), MacDowell Foundation (1991), Yellowstone National Park (1992)
Workshops: Numerous workshops and readings throughout the United States
Teaching: James Madison University, University of New Mexico, Bucknell University, Taos Summer Writers Conference (UNM)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages
Fiction
Elizabeth Langhorne
250 Pantops Mountain Road
Charlottesville, VA 22901
804/980-9304
Publications: A Virginia Family and Its Plantation Houses (1989), Monticello, a Family Story (1987), Nancy Astor and Her Friends (1974); short stories in The Saturday Evening Post and The New Mexico Quarterly; essays in Folklore, Folklife in Virginia (1979), Albemarle (1992)
Awards: MacDowell Colony Fellowships; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowships
Teaching: University of Virginia, Piedmont Community College, Vassar College Symposium
Fees: $100 - $200 (reading)
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction (adult and juvenile), Poetry
Gretchen Moran Laskas
10518 Arrowood Street
Fairfax, VA 22032
703/250-0708
gretchenlaskas@aol.com
Publications: Novel, The Miner's Daughter, (fall 2007); Novel, The Midwife's Tale (2003); essays and short stories in Appalachian Heritage, American Girls About Town, The Heartlands Today, Senior Musician, Salt Hill Journal, Pleiades, Mobius, The Orange Coast Review, Inkwell Magazine, Wonderful West Virginia, Traditional Quiltworks
Awards: Plattner Award for Best Short Story, Appalachian Heritage (2005); Winner, Appalachian Writers Association's Book of the Year Award (2004); Appalachian Studies Association Weatherford Award (2004); Tri-State Young Adult Review Committee Book of Note (2004); nomination, Library of Virginia Award (2004); nomination, Southeastern Booksellers Association Book of the Year (2004); winner, Inkwell Magazine's Annual Short Story Award (1998); finalist, Virginia Festival of the Book Short Story Award; honorable mention, Harriette Arnow Short Story Award; winner, Appalachian Writers' Association Best Short Story Award
Workshops: Roanoke Public Schools, George Mason University, Appalachian Writers Workshop, Appalachian Studies Association, University of Virginia, Geneva College, Prince William County (Virginia) Public Libraries, Loudoun County (Virginia Public Libraries, Danville Community College, Firelands Writers Center (Ohio), West Virginia Book Festival, and others
Education: BA English, University of Pittsburgh
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All regions; All ages
Fiction
Monty S. Leitch
113 Huffville Road
Pilot, VA 24138
540/651-4502
mleitch@swva.net
Publications: Short stories in Virginia, Artemis XIV, Window; personal essays in Shenandoah, Union Street Review; books, In Appreciation of a Distinct Need: The 75th Anniversary History of St. Albans Hospital (1991), Baptized Into One Body: The First 165 Years of Christiansburg Presbyterian Church (1993); articles in Writer?s Digest and local publications; feature columnist for The Roanoke Times
Awards: Presbyterian Historical Society?s Robert Lee Stowe Award (1993); Shenandoah's Thomas H. Carter Prize for the Essay (1992); residencies, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (1990, 1991); B. Frank Vogel Scholar in Nonfiction, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (1989); National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow - Seminar for Critics of the Arts (1977)
Teaching: Roanoke College, Reynolds Homestead Continuing Education Center (Virginia Tech), Virginia Western Community College, public school workshops
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions (with travel and per diem expenses paid)
Poetry
Janet Lembke
210 North Madison Street
Staunton, VA 24401
540/886-4180
Publications: Poetry collections, Bronze and Iron (1973), Duo (1966); Electra (1994), Hecuba (1991), Persians (1981), Suppliants (1975), translations; poetry in Arion, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Carleton Miscellany, Inlet, Poetry Northwest; six volumes of creative non-fiction
Awards: Sierra Nature Writing Award (1989)
Workshops: Wisconsin Public Radio, Virginia Wesleyan College, Blue Ridge Writers Conference, Boston University, University of Kansas, Princeton University, Yale University, Roanoke Public Library, Second Street Gallery, many others
Teaching: Princeton University, Mary Baldwin College, Blue Ridge Community College, Coastal Carolina Community College
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Alice Leonhardt
174 Cider Mill Road
Mt. Sidney, VA 24467
540/248-1811
bbba@cfw.com
Publications: Hostage and Pursuit, Police Work series (2000); Shadow Horse, juvenile mystery (1999); Legend of the Vanishing Leopard, Why the Ocean is Salty, Wild Cats, Ocean Life: Tide Pool Creatures (1999); books in the Thoroughbred and Nancy Drew Mysteries series, as well as the writer's own series, Riding Academy; various educational materials
Workshops: Writer-in-Residence, Verona Elementary School; presentations, Staunton City Library, Augusta County Library, Writers Guild of Arcadiana, as well as schools in Virginia and Maryland
Teaching: Blue Ridge Community College, public schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry, Story Performer, Writer
Joan Leotta
1900 South Eads Street, Apt. #1104
Arlington, VA 22202
703/892-1991
JGL1@aol.com
www.voicesintheglen.org/tellers/jleotta
Publications: Horn Book, Road Publishers, American Conservatory, Humpty Dumpty, New Family Life; Massachusetts, Complete Guide to the Shenandoah Valley, books for adults and children; numerous articles and interviews in New York Poetry Review, Virginia Parent News, and other publications
Awards: Included in Italian American Poet; Edpress-Non Fiction for Children Award; Virginia Fine Arts Award for Performing Arts (storytelling)
Workshops: The Kennedy Center, various museums, libraries, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, bookstores; workshops on poetry as story and drama, the relationship of poetry to non-fiction writing, how to perform poetry
Teaching: Fairfax County Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry
Tim Lewis
311 5th Street SW
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434/249-5289
timrlewis@earthlink.net
www.piedmontwritersinstitute.com
Publications: Coventry Voices (Poetry and Short Stories), 1988
Pisspote’s Progress (Novel), 1991
The Human Shield (History), 1992
Moonlight Sonata (History), 1990
You Are All (Philosophy), 2001
Awards: Winner, Poetry Society of Virginia, Adult Poetry Prize, 2006
Teaching: I run The Piedmont Writers Institute Workshops and Courses and have taught in many schools. I have also been a wirter in residence at several colleges in England
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: No Preference
Fiction
Mark Stephen Lindensmith
969 Buck Mountain Road
Earlysville, VA 22936
804/973-7201 (h) 804/817-6574 (o)
Publications: Short stories in South Dakota Review, New Letters, Thema and Wind magazine; collection of short stories, Short-Term Losses (1996)
Awards: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fiction Fellowship; Virginia Commission for the Arts Fiction Fellowship (1995)
Workshops: Numerous presentations for bookstores, schools, and literary groups
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; Central Virginia preferred
Fiction
Kathryn Lively
2217 Estuary Court
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
757/306-2332
livelywriter@yahoo.com
www.kathrynlively.com
Publications: Little Flowers, novel; Saints Preserve Us, mystery; Dangerous Words, novella (with Bob Stanton)
Awards: Finalist, 2002 EPPIE Best Inspirational Novel Award
Workshops: Catholic Writer's Festival (Franciscan University of Steubenville)
Teaching: Duval County Public Schools (Florida)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages
Fiction, Poetry
D. S. Lliteras
P.O. Box 5216
Virginia Beach, VA 23471
757/464-2235
Publications: Novels,Judas the Gentile (1999), The Thieves of Golgotha (1998), Half Hidden by Twilight (1994), Six-Thirteen, (forthcoming), Into the Ashes (1993); In the Heart of Things (1992); book of poetry, In a Warrior's Romance (1991); Walking Shadows, a screenplay in pre-production negotiations
Teaching: Florida State University
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Rober Love Taylor
495 Rocky Top Lane
Independence, VA 24348
276/655-4344
rlovet@gmail.com
www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rtaylor
Publications: Lady of Spain (Algonquin), Fiction
The Lost Sister (Algonquin(, Fiction
Fiddle and the Bow (Algonquin), Fiction
Loving Belle Starr (Algonquin), Fiction
Georgia Review
Souther Review
Hudson Review
Best American Short Stories
New Stories from the South
Pushcart Anthology
Awards: Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction (The Lost Sister)
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship in Literature
Workshops: and Readings:
Carnegie Mellon University
State University of New York
Williamsport Area Community College
Pennsylvania State University
National Public Radio (Morning Edition)
Southern Festival of Books
American Booksellers Association
Oklahoma Festival of Books
Booktalk (national public television)
Teaching: Bucknell University (English)
University of Tennessee
Ohio University
Willows High School, CA
South Division High School, WI
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: No Preference
Poetry
Edward W. Lull
100 North Berwick
Williamsburg, VA 23188-6459
757/258-5582
ewlull@verizon.net
Publications: Poems: Where Giants Walked, 2005, Infinity Publishing; Vintage Wine and Good Spirits, 2000, Morris Publishing; Images of Williamsburg, 1998, City of Williamsburg. Historical Novel: Cabin Boy to Captain: A Sea Story, 2003, Morris Publishing
Awards: Grand Prize, Joseph V. Hickey Rights and Responsibilities Award, The Poets’ Forum, 1999; 1st Place, Carleton Drewry Memorial Award, The Poetry Society of Virginia, 2002; 1st Place, The Poetry Society of Virginia Cup Contest, 2002; 2nd Place, West Virginia Poetry Society Annual Contest, 2002.
Workshops: Monthly Poetry Readings in Williamsburg; Conducts three-day annual Poetry Festival for the Poetry Society of Virginia
Teaching: Has read and discussed poetry at: Lafayette High School, Williamsburg; Daniel Morgan Middle School, Winchester; Grafton Middle School, Grafton; Lees Corner Elementary School, Fairfax.
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: None
Fiction
Katie Letcher Lyle
110 West McDowell
Lexington, VA 24450
540/463-5439
Publications: Musical comedy, Free Mel Greenberg (1999); stories, Letters from Peking (1999) and When the Fighting is All Over, a Memoir (1998); novels, Finders Weepers (1983), Dark But Full of Diamonds (1981), The Golden Shores of Heaven (1976), Fair Day and Another Step Begun (1974) and I Will Go Barefoot All Summer for You (1973); The Foraging Gourmet (1995), The Wild Berry Book (1994), The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives (1986), Scalded to Death by the Steam (1983), non-fiction; short stories in VIVA International; stories in Shenandoah, Virginia Quarterly Review, others
Awards: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy Fellowship (1998); nominations, Newbery Award (1973, 1974); Bread Loaf Fellowship; first and second prizes, Irene Leache Memorial Essay Contest; second place, Hackney Award
Workshops: Virginia Wesleyan College, Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Old Dominion University, Ferrum College, University of North Carolina, Randolph-Macon Women's College, Hampden-Sydney College, others
Teaching: Hollins University, Southern Seminary Junior College, Washington and Lee University, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Elderhostel
Fees: $500 (readings); $1000/day (speeches/workshops); Travel and per diem expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Edward C. Lynskey
9124 Bramble Place
Annadale, VA 22003
e_lynskey@yahoo.com
Publications: The Tree Surgeon's Gift (1990), Teeth of the Hydra (1986), and Wrought Iron (1980), The Dirt-Brown Derby (2006), The Blue Cheer (2007); poems in Atlantic Monthly, Commonweal, New Letters, American Poetry Review, Chicago Review, Dalhousie Review, Hampden-Sydney Review, Carolina Quarterly, and others; reviews in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Sun-Times, and others; stories in Sou-wester and River Sedge
Awards: Semi-finalist, Virginia Prize for Poetry (1987, 1989); seven nominations, Pushcart Prize; Denny G. Plattner Award (twice); Plainsong Poem Award (twice)
Workshops: Hollins University, Mary Washington College, Georgetown University, Folger Shakespeare Library, and others
Teaching: George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction
Mary E. Lyons
1623 Bruce Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22903
804/971-1716
mlyons@cstone.net
www.comet.net/writersc/lyonsden
Publications: Ellen Bee (2000), Talking with Tebé (1998), The Poison Place (1997), Catching the Fire (1996), Keeping Secrets (1995), Deep Blues (1994), Master of Mahogany (1994), Stitching Stars (1993), Starting Home (1993), Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs (1992), Raw Head Bloody Bones (1991), Sorrow's Kitchen (1990)
Awards: Virginia Library Association Jefferson Cup Series Award; National Endowment for the Humanities Teacher/Scholar Award; Jane Addams Peace Association Honor Book Award (1993); Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children?s Book Writers and Illustrators (1992); Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Fellowships; and others
Workshops: Presentations for the National Association of Independent School Librarians, the Virginia Library Association Annual Conference, Eastern Mennonite University, the International Reading Association National Convention, the Virginia Festival of the Book, Radford University, the University of Richmond, the Richmond Area Reading Council, the Maryland Library Association among others; readings and visiting author at schools throughout the United States
Teaching: Public schools
Fees: $500 per day for schools; within 1 hour of Charlottesville); $750 per day for overnight travel; Travel and per diem expenses are not included; Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 6-12); All regions
Poetry
Michael H. Lythgoe
7707 Ontario Road
Gainesville, VA 20155
703/754-9334
m_lythgoe@apics-hq.org
Publications: Chapbook of poetry, Visions, Revisions (1992); poems, reviews, and interviews in Moveo Angelus, Pif Magazine, The Caribbean Writer, The South Dakota Review, Lull Water Review, Edge City Review, among others
Awards: Selected by U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky for inclusion in the Library of Congress' Favorite Poems Project (1999); honorable mention, Poet's Choice Awards (1999); Jenny McKean Moore Fellow, The George Washington University (1992); honorable mention, John David Johnson Poetry Competition - Poet Magazine (1992); recipient, Award of Excellence - Chapbook Awards (1992)
Workshops: Bennington College, Baylor University, Barnes and Noble, The New Virginia Review (panel), Northern Virginia Community College, Christendom College, Woodbridge High School, Flint Hill Wakefield School, Prince William County Libraries, art galleries, Syracuse University, among others
Teaching: Bennington College, Christendom College, Woodbridge High School, Flint Hill Wakefield School, Prince William County Libraries, art galleries, Syracuse University, others
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); All regions
Poetry
Michal Mahgerefteh
1320 Botetourt Gardens
Norfolk, VA 23517
575/625-8383
MichaliH@aol.com
Publications: Poetry in, Dream International Quarterly, The Bulletin, Poetry of the People, Mimaamakim, The Pen, Shemom, The Shepherd, The Writer Way, Aardvark Adventurer, The Image, Whispers of the Soul, and others
Awards: Winner, Blue Sky Waters' Best Poem Award of Merit (2002)
Workshops: Readings at Barnes and Noble (Norfolk), Prince's Books (Norfolk), and Elliott's Coffee Shop (Norfolk)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; Hampton Roads Region
Fiction
Kenny Marotta
1208 Meriwether Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
804/977-5795
Publications: Novel, A Piece of Earth (1985); short stories, A House on the Piazza (1998); short stories in Skyline, Western Humanities Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, VIA, Italian American and From the Margin to the Center: Writings in Italian Americana
Workshops: Virginia public schools
Teaching: University of Virginia, University of Pittsburgh, University of Idaho, Piedmont Community College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades K-12); All regions
Poetry
Marilyn Smith Marsh
113 Nottingham Court
Front Royal, VA 22630
540/636-4206 (h)
Publications: Collection of poems, The Attic Door; poetry in Backwoods Home Magazine, Black Buzzard Review, Restonian Magazine, the anthology Women, Poets Domain Vol. XII, Showcase
Awards: Placed, Shenandoah Writers Guild Contest and the Poetry Society of Virginia Contest
Workshops: Readings, The Blue Ridge Arts Council Gallery, The Gallery (Leesburg), Border's Bookstore (Tyson's Corner), Sitka (Alaska) Writers Symposium, Reston Art Gallery, Reston Community Center, Reston Regional Library, Potters House (Washington, D.C.)
Teaching: Workshops at Falls Church High School, as well as in Front Royal and Linden
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; Northern Virginia
Fiction
Roy Martin
5948 Lakemont Drive, S.W.
Roanoke, VA 24018
540/774-9279
rmart28@cox.net
Publications: Incident at Buffalo Beach (in progress), Whisper My Name (1997, 2003), novels; Williamsburg, An Artist's and Writer's Sketchbook (2001)
Workshops: Blue Ridge Writers Conference
Teaching: Roanoke City Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: None
Fiction
Elizabeth Massie
683 Brower Road
Waynesboro, VA 22980
540/943-5973
iritgud@cfw.com
Publications: Trilogy, Daughters of Liberty; short stories in The Horror Show, Bizarre Bazaar, Iniquities, Expressions of Dread, Deathrealm, Grue and other magazines; anthologies, Women of Darkness, A Whisper of Blood, Obsessions, Borderlands I and III, Year=s Best Fantasy, Still Dead: Book of the Dead II, Hottest Blood, Voices from the Night, Great Writers and Kids Write Spooky Stories; collection of stories, Southern Discomfort; novels, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Powers of Persuasion, Dark Shadows: Dreams of the Dark, Welcome Back to the Night, The Great Chicagor Fire: 1871, Sineater (adults) and American Chills (middle-grade suspense)
Awards: Finalist, Bram Stoker Award for Best Story Collection (1996); Horror Writers= Association=s Award for Best Novella (1991) and Best First Novel (1993); finalist, World Fantasy Award Novella (1991); winner, Parents= Choice Award for PBS Teleplay (1990)
Workshops: Readings, panels, workshops at horror and science fiction conventions throughout the country; readings at libraries amd for the American Association of University Women; workshops and readings in schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades K-12); All regions (if travel expenses are paid)
Fiction, Poetry
Kathy L. May
495 Underhill Lane
Charlottesville, VA 22911
804/295-5286
klmay@cstone.net
Publications: Molassas Man (2000), juvenile fiction; Door to the River (1992), poetry chapbook; The Hard Girl (2000) and Waiting at the Paradise (1997), short stories; poetry in Women Writing in Appalachia, Journal of Kentucky Studies, Cold Mountain Review, Iris, New Virginia Review, The American Voice, Mississippi Review, Kansas Quarterly, Southern Poetry Review, and other journals and poetry collections
Awards: Winner, Wind Short Fiction Competition (1997); winner, University of Western Florida Panhandler Press Poetry Chapbook Competition (1992); finalist, Academy of American Poets Walt Whitman Book Competition (1991); fellowship, MacDowell Colony (1987), among other honors
Workshops: Numerous workshops and readings at elementary schools in Virginia, as well as Piedmont Community College, Jefferson/Madison Regional Library (Charlottesvile), the Virginia Discovery Museum, the Virginia Festival of the Book, and the Southern Kentucky Festival of the Book
Teaching: University of Virginia Continuing Education, Piedmont Community College, Virginia Tech, and Indiana University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades PK-12); All regions
Fiction
Deirdra McAfee
1503 Willingham Road
Richmond, VA 23238-4727
804/750-1338
deirdra.mcafee@comcast.net
Publications: Fiction in Paper Street (2004), The Fifth Street Review (2003), The Diagram (2003), Meditations (2002), The Rio Grande Review (2002), Streetlight (2002), The Dead Mule of Southern Literature (2001), The Baltimore Review (1998), Confrontation (1995), Ambergris (1991), Turnstile (1991), G.W. Review (1990), Willow Springs (1990), The Union Street Review (1989)
Awards: Finalist Elixir Press Chapbook Award (2003); Finalist Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award (2003); Finalist Doris Betts Fiction Prize (2001); Finalist Sherwood Anderson Foundation Award (2001); Finalist Heekin Foundation?s James Fellowship for the Novel (1999); Winner, Poets and Writers Writers Exchange Competition (1998); Winner, Tennessee Williams Scholarship to Sewanee Writers? Conference (1998); Fiction fellowships to The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, The Ragdale Foundation, The Hambidge Center, The MacDowell Colony, The Ucross Foundation, The Artists? Enclave at I-Park
Workshops: Fifteen years experience including The Hand Workshop, New School University, The Sunday Salon at Soundz Lounge, Artspace Gallery, Bullseye Gallery, The Hambidge, Center, The Ragdale Foundation, Steward School, Henrico High School, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, The National Arts Club, Virginia Writers Club, Sewanee Writers? Conference, The Bibelot Bookstore, The MacDowell Colony, Atticus Books, Hermitage High School, Henrico County Public Schools, Wildacres Writers? Retreat
Teaching: Every level from elementary school through adult education, including college; substantial secondary experience with students of all kinds, including gifted, disadvantaged, and ESL
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; Within a three hour drive of Richmond
Poetry
David McAleavey
3305 North George Mason
Arlington, VA 22207
703/532-8546
Publications: Collections of poetry, Holding Obsidian (1985), Shrine, Shelter, Cave (1980), The Forty Days (1975), Sterling 403 (1971); poetry in Ascent, Cumberland Poetry Review, Epoch, Laurel Review, The New River Review, Poet Lore, Poetry, Virginia Quarterly Review, Intro, Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry, and many others
Awards: Poetry Society of America Award; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship; Corsono-Morrison Cornell University Poetry Prize, and others
Workshops: West Virginia Wesleyan College, The Writers' Center (Bethesda, Maryland), The Library of Congress, University of Virginia, Randolph-Macon College, George Mason University, and others
Teaching: Cornell University, The George Washington University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Donald McCaig
Yucatec Farm
Williamsville, VA 24487
540/925-2234
Publications: Poetry in Last Poems (1975); novels, The Man who Made the Devil Glad (1986), Nop's Trials (1984), Nop=s Hope (1994); non-fiction, Eminent Dogs, Dangerous Men (1988); An American Homeplace (1992), Jacob's Ladder
Awards: National Endowment for the Arts; Grand Prix de Literature Societe de Protectrice des Animaux; ALA Award for Military Fiction; John Cooke Award
Workshops: George Mason University, The University of Michigan; commentator, National Public Radio?s All Things Considered
Teaching: Dabney S. Lancaster Community College
Fees: $750 per day (reading or workshop); Travel and per diem expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Sharyn McCrumb
P. O. Box 495
Shawsville, VA 24162
540/268-2807
laree@infionline.net
www.sharynmccrumb.com
Publications: St. Dale (2005); the ballad novels, Ghost Riders (2003), The Songcatcher (2001), The Ballad of Frankie Silver (1998), The Rosewood Casket (1996), She Walks These Hills (1994), The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1992), If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O (1990); Elizabeth McPherson novels, PMS Outlaws (2000), If I?d Killed Him When I Met Him (1995), MacPherson's Lament (1992), Missing Susan (1990), The Windsor Knot,(1990), Paying the Piper (1988), Highland Laddie Gone (l986), Lovely in Her Bones (1985), Sick of Shadows (1984); satirical novels, Zombies of the Gene Pool (1992), Bimbos of the Death Sun (1987); short stories, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Short Story Collection (1997); essays, "A Cave on Mull" - From Here to There: Stories From a Mobile Virginia (1998), "The Celts and the Appalachians" (1998), "Keepers of the Legends" Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers (1998), "The Liminal State of Franklin: Magic Realism in Appalachia" (2001), "A Novelist Looks at the Land" (1998), "Of Time and the Writer" (1998)
Awards: Recipient of the Wilma Dykeman Award for Regional Historical Literature by the East Tennessee Historical Society (2003); AWA Outstanding Contribution to Appalachian Literature Award; Chaffin Award for Achievement in Southern Literature; Plattner Award for Short Story; Virginia Book of the Year nomination; 2 awards for Best Appalachian Novel; SEBA Best Novel nomination; St. Andrews College's Flora MacDonald Award for Achievement in the Arts by a Woman of Scots Heritage; and the Sherwood Anderson Short Story Award
Workshops: Workshops and readings at schools, public libraries, universities, and conferences throughout the world
Teaching: University of Kentucky (Donovan Scholars Program), Clemson University (Hartzog Lecture Series), University of South Carolina (Oswald Distinguished Writer Series), University of Georgia (Institute of Continuing Judicial Education), Hindman Writers Worksho
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults, high school and college students; All regions
Poetry
James J. McNally
6042 Newport Crescent
Norfolk, VA 23505
757/489-8426
Publications: Poetry in CEA Critic, Piedmont Literary Review, College English; anthologies, The Poetry Society of Virginia
Awards: Honorable mention, Virginia Highlands Festival Poetry Contest; Pennsylvania Poetry Society Award; second place, Piedmont Literary Review Poetry Contest; Poetry Society of Virginia Awards; Edgar Allan Poe Memorial (1989)
Workshops: Presentations, Poetry Society of Virginia, American Pen Women, Poetry in Portsmouth, Lynchburg Women=s Club, Prince Books (Norfolk), Mt. San Angelo; Old Dominion University
Teaching: Penn State University, Morris Harvey College, Old Dominion University
Fees: $100 (reading); $200 (workshop); Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Poetry
Semezdin Mehmedinovic
1107 South Washington Street, #62D
Alexandria, VA 22314
703/299-4442 (h) 703/203-2851 (cell)
Modrac@aol.com
Publications: Books, Modrac, Nine Alexandrias, Sarajevo Blues, Emigrant; short stories and articles published in numerous international journals
Awards: Recipient, Mediterranean Film Festval Critics and Audience Award (1995); winner, Human Rights Watch Hell/Hammett Award (1994); Bosnia's Young Writer Award (1984)
Workshops: Queens College (New York), Phoenix College, Islamic Cultural Center (New York), Rutgers University, The Bunting Institute, Boston College, The Poetry Center (San Francisco), University of Washington (Seattle), George Mason University, among others
Teaching: Tribina 08 (Sarajevo, Bosnia)
Fees: Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Erika Meitner
413 Red Maple Drive
Blacksburg , VA 24066
434/825-2159
meitner@vt.edu
www.erikameitner.com
Publications: Books of poetry: Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore (Anhinga Press, 2003), Fast Girls Die Hard (in progress)); poems in The American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Crab Orchard Review, The Southern Review, Prairie Schooner, North American Review, Third Coast, The Minnesota Review, The Paterson Literary Review, 5 AM, Mid-American Review, The Southern Review, The Cream City Review, Slate.com, Poet Lore, and elsewhere
Awards: Blue Mountain Center Residency (2006); Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residencies (2002, 2004, 2005); Two Pushcart Prize Nominations for Poetry (2004); Sewanee Writer's Conference John N. Wall Fellowship (2003); University of Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing - Diane Middlebrook Poetry Fellow (2001-2002); finalist, Paterson Poetry Prize (2004); recipient, Anhinga Prize for Poetry (2004); finalist, Utah State University's May Swenson Poetry Award (2001)
Workshops: Virginia Festival of the Book, University of Tampa, Florida State University, Dartmouth College, SUNY, Penn State University, among other colleges and universities
Teaching: Virginia Tech, Middle school (Brooklyn, NY), University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of California - Santa Cruz Charlottesville Writing Center
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction
Helen D. Melton
Canada House
270 North Main
Chatham, VA 24351
804/432-2172
Publications: Novels, Ride Into Darkness and A Cruel Wind Blowing; play, The Last Man Hanged
Awards: Nomination, The Library of Virginia Award for Fiction (1998)
Workshops: Readings throughout Southside Virginia
Teaching: Private schools in Virginia and New Jersey; petroleum institute in Algeria
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 8-12)
Poetry
Sandra Miller
Box 9654
Hollins University
8162 B Faculty Avenue
Roanoke, VA 24020
740/973-2065
sandra@journal1913.org
www.journal1913.org
Publications: Books:
Chora (to be published by Ahsahta Press in 2007)
Oriflamme (Ahsahta Press, 2005)
Selection of Journal Publications:
Aufgabe, 2006
Crowd, 2006
Denver Quarterly, 2006
Forklift, Ohio, 2006
Order & Decorum, 2006
Colorado Review, 2005
Electronic Poetry Review, 2005
Stimulus, 2005
jubilat, 2005
VOLT, 2005
Columbia Poetry Review, 2004
American Poet, 2003
Slope, 2003
Kalliope, 2002
Third Coast, 2001
Art Word Quarterly, 2001
Lit, 2001
SemText, 2000
Verse, 2003
American Letters & Commentary, 2000
The Massachusetts Review, 2000
Plastic, 2000
Awards: Selected Awards:
Nomination for the L.A. Times Book Award, 2005
Paul Engle-James Michener Fellowship, 2004
Fence Books Modern Poets Series Finalist, 2004
Iowa Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, 2004
Ahsahta Press Sawtooth Prize Runner-Up, 2004
Academy of American Poets Emerging Writer, 2003
NEA/Iowa Arts Council Project Grant, 2003
Iowa Arts Fellowship, 2001-2003
Poetry Workshop Teaching Award, 2002
PEN Writers Fund, 2001
Truman Capote Fellowship, 2000
Workshops: Selected Readings:
Clay Poetry, Cincinnati Art Institute
Larry's Reading Series, Columbus
Readings Between A&B, New York
AWP Conference, Austin
St. Mark's Poetry Project, New York
Harvard Advocate Reading Series, Amherst
Jubilat Jones Reading Series, Amherst
Artists in Schools, Greater Columbus Arts Council, 05/06
Teaching: Writing Instructor, Johns Hopkins CTY Distance Learning, 2005-2006
Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Cornell College, 2003-2004
Creative Writing Instructor, University of Iowa, 2001-2003
Poetry Writing Instructor, University of Chicago, 2001
Education: MFA Poetry, Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
MA Humanities, Cinema Studies Concentration, University of Chicago
BA Womens Studies, University of Washington
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All regions and ages
Fiction
Elaine Moore
420 Ole Dirt Road
Great Falls, VA 22066
703/444-3499
703/404-2010
elaine@elaine.moore.com
www.elainemoore.com
Publications: Children's books, See You Later Excavator (1999), The Trouble with Valentines (1998), Chocolate Daze (1997), Roly Poly Puppies (1996), Who Let Girls in the Boys= Locker Room? (1995), Good Morning City (1995), Grandma=s Smile (1995), The Substitute Teacher from Mars (1994), I'd Rather be Eaten by Sharks (1994), Grandma's Garden (1994), Mixed-Up Sam (1989), What Is a Family (1988), Grandma's Promise (1987), Grandma's House (1985), and others; short stories in Dark Starr, The Christian Science Monitor, Virginia Country, Phoebe, Modern Short Stories, Greenfeather and others
Awards: Recipient, The George Washington University Jenny Moore Fellowship for Fiction; American Booksellers Pick of the Lists; winner, IRA/CBC Children's Choice Awards (1991, 1992)
Workshops: Artist-in-Education Residency Programs in many schools; seminars and conferences throughout the country
Teaching: Fairfax County Public Schools, Arlington County Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Poetry
Miles David Moore
5913 Mayflower Court, #102
Alexandria, VA 22312
202/662-7211 (o) 703/256-9275 (h)
miles3855@aol.com
Publications: Chapbook, From the Fatslug Papers (1999); book of poetry, The Bears of Paris (1995). poetry and reviews in New York Quarterly, Poet Lore, Pivot, The National Review, Bogg, Sulphur River Literary Review, WordWrights, Light and others
Awards: Winner, Poet Lore Sidney Sulkin Prize (1998); winner, Potomac Review Poetry Prize (1996); winner, Rose Lefcowitz Prize for Prose (1994); two nominations, Pushcart Prize; two-time semi-finalist, Discovery-The Nation Prize
Workshops: Readings at St. Alban's School, the Brooklyn Public Library (Main Branch), the National Poetry Slam (1993) in San Francisco, the New York Public Library (East 96th Street), The Library of Congress, The Writer=s Center, and many others; founder and host, IOTA Poetry Reading Series, Arlington
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; Northern Virginia (weekdays); All regions (weekends)
Fiction
Charlotte Morgan
Route 1, Box 78C
Goshen, VA 24439
540/862-4246, Ext. 234 (w) 540/997-0335 (h)
Publications: Novel, One August Day; short fiction in Thema, Potomac Review, Phoebe, Pearl (1995), Feedback, Virginia Highland Voices, Pushcart Prize Collection XXIV
Awards: Nomination, The Library of Virginia Award for Fiction (1999); winner, Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest (1994); fifth place, AAmerica=s Best@ National Short Story Contest (1994); winner, Virginia Highlands Festival Award for Novel (1993)
Workshops: Numerous readings and workshops
Teaching: Dabney S. Lancaster Community College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults
Fiction, Poetry
James W. Morrison
80 Chickadee Circle
Moneta, VA 24121-2342
540/721-1991
EZWriter@worldnet.att.net
Publications: Poetry in Fit to Print: The 1998 Sampler; poetry and short stories in Blue Ridge Traditions magazine
Awards: First place, Virginia Highlands Festival Creative Writing Contest (1998); third place, Wytheville Chatauqua Festival Creative Writing Contest (1997); honorable mention, Wytheville Chatauqua Festival Creative Writing Contest (1996)
Workshops: Readings for writing organizations, clubs, and Barnes and Noble Bookstore
Teaching: Elementary school tutor
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions (southwest Virginia preferred)
Poetry
John Most
4734 Amber Ridge Court
Charlottesville , VA 22901
646/240-9599
johnmost@gmail.com
www.johnmost.com
Publications: Books:
Atelier (AQP Collective, 2005);
Persephone (AQP Collective, 2005);
Journals:
Boog City, can we have our ball back?;
Pettycoat Relaxer;
sidereality;
Word For/Word;
The MAG;
Lungfull;
Jacket;
melancholia's tremulous dreadlocks;
Awards:
Workshops: Selected Readings: Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY; Zinc Talk/Reading Series, New York, NY; Battle Hill Reading Series, Brooklyn, NY.
Teaching:
Education: University of Virginia, BA, Religious Studies and Psychology;
Virginia Commonwealth University, MA in English;
European Graduate School, PhD in Media
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: None
Poetry
Fred Motley
453 Old South Main Street
Danville, VA 24541
804/793-9313
Publications: Anthologies, Homecoming and A Time to Listen; poems in Late Knocking, Maryland Muse, Wayard Review, The Harford Poet, Poetry, Darlington Times, Piedmont Pedlar, Straight Ahead
Awards: First place, Field of Earth Symposium; second place, Harford Community Poet Symposium; second place, Southern Rose
Workshops: Presentations for The Harford Poet Society, Artscape Literary Arts Poetry Reading (Baltimore), Danville Community College Celebration of the Arts, Piedmont Arts Association African Connection, Blue Ridge Community College; coordinator, Danville Poetry Reading Series; toured with Poetry Alive
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Lucille (Lu) Motley
2718 East Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23223
804/918-5403
804/371-3263
maybliz@comcast.net
Publications: Short stories in Tides, Volume 2 (1996, 1994); The Southern Writer (1997); Sunny and Old Blue, In Good Company, Volume 5 (2005); Rituals, In Good Company, Volume 5 (2005); poetry in Spirit of the Buffalo Literary Magazine (1997); Poems in Poet's Domain, Road Publishers, Volumes 10,11,13; The Poet's Domain, Live Wire Press, Volumes 18,19,20,21,22.
Awards: Finalist, Ragdale (1995); An Ode to Music arranged and performed at the University of Cincinnati
Workshops: Readings, Artspace, University of Richmond, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, J.Sargeant Reynolds Community College, libraries, bookstores; workshops at George Wythe High School, Armstrong High School, John Marshall High School, Huguenot High School, Open High School (all in Richmond)
Teaching: Rappahannock Community College, Virginia Union University, J.Sargeant Reynolds Community College, John Tyler Community College, other public and private schools
Education: MA, University of Louisville
Certified in Virginia to teach English, Music, Theater and Speech
BA Music Education, University of Cincinnati
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Richmond area
Poetry
Elisabeth A. Murawski
6804 Kenyon Drive
Alexandria, VA 22307
703/768-4504
EMURAWSKI@JUNO.COM
Publications: Chapbook, Troubled by an Angel (1997); poetry in Moon and Mercury (1990), American Poetry Review, Grand Street, Shenandoah, Ohio Review, Poetry Northwest, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Literary Review, Hollins Critic, New Virginia Review, Antietam Review and forthcoming in Field, Quarterly West, Meridian; journals including Crazyhorse, Haydens Ferry Review, Doubletake
Awards: Winner, Washington Writer's Publishing House Prize; grants for writers, The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation (1988, 1990, 1991, 1993)
Workshops: Readings at The Library of Congress, the National Air and Space Museum, the Folger Library, the Writer's Center (Bethesda, Maryland), the Art Barn, Catholic University, George Mason University, Mt. Vernon College, on WAMU and WPFW's "Poet and the Poem"
Teaching: The Johns Hopkins University Part-time Writing Program in Washington, D.C. (1999); University of Virginia's Academic Center
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Becky Mushko
8 Listening Hill Road
Penhook, VA 24137
540/576-3339
rmushko@infionline.net
home/infionline.net/~rmushko
Publications: Books, Patches on the Same Quilt, The Girl Who Raced Mules and Other Stories; included in Poets Domain Series and Anderie Poetry Press anthologies; work included In Good Company: An Anthology of Short Stories by Virginia Writers, Christmas Memories: Selected Short Stories from the Roanoke Times Christmas Memory Contest
Awards: Winner, Lonesome Pine Short Story Contest (2004, 1999, 1996, 1994); winner, Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest (2002, 1998, 1996); winner, Wytheville Chautauqua Short Story Contest (2001); winner, Traveler?s Chapter of Virginia Writers Club Short Story Contest (2002); nomination, Pushcart Prize (1997); winner, Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest - western division (1996); and other honors
Workshops: Virginia Writer's Club Mid-Atlantic Symposium on Publishing, Young Writers? Conference, Ferrum Internet radio, Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Center, Bedford Library Bookfest, Regional AAUW meeting, Roanoke Public Library Bookfest, Rtoanoke Public Library Author Series, Moorman Lectureship Smith Mountain Lake Newcomers Club, Homespun
Teaching: Ferrum College, Roanoke City Public Schools, York County Public Schools, Charleston County (South Carolina) Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (K-12)
Poetry
Myreen Moore Nicholson
1404 Gates Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23507
757/623-7827 757/623-4448
Publications: Poetry in The Poetry Society of Virginia Anthologies, The Virginian Pilot (The Coast); A Place for the Genuine, A Sense of Ocean and Old Trees; poetry collection, Ghent Stories: A Collection of Poems; Poet-in-the Schools Anthology; Criterion for Tune; Those Move Easiest Who Have Learned to Dance; others
Awards: Winner, Irene Leache Contest for Free Verse; nomination, Governor's Award for the Arts; included in, Marquis' Who's Who in America (1998-2000), Who's Who of American Women (1987-1996), Who's Who in the World (1989-2000); winner, Academy American Poets Literary Contest; recipient, The College of William and Mary Tricentennial Alumni Award
Workshops: Old Dominion University Tech Theatre, Cogan's Instant Art, the Poetry Society of Virginia, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, International Platform Association Annual Conferences, Walden Books, Christopher Newport University, J.M. Prince Coffeehouse and Bookstore
Teaching: Central Texas College, Chesapeake City Public Schools, Norfolk City Public Schools and Summer Programs for the Gifted, Palmer Junior College, Penn School (John's Island, South Carolina), Virginia Beach City Schools' Poet-in-the Schools Program, Norfolk li
Fees: $200; Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction
Lisa Norris
1904 Gardenspring Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
540/951-4112
lnorris@vt.edu
athena.english.vt.edu/~lnorris/homepage/homepage.htm
Publications: Fiction in Blue Moon Review, Cross Connect, South Dakota Review, Kansas Quarterly, Arkansas Review, So To Speak, Westview, Primavera, Treasure House, Wind, Northwest, Blackwater Review, High Sky Overall: Idaho Fiction at the Centennial; creative non-fiction published in Fishtrap Anthology, Blackwater Review, Grand Tour, Iris, New Press Literary Quarterly
Awards: Fellow, Fishtrap Writers Gathering (1997); honorable mention, Treasure House Emerging Fiction Writers= Competition (1995); second place, Irene Leache Competition; Myra Sklarew-Best MFA Thesis, The American University (1992); winner, Northwest Young Fiction Writers= Competition (1987)
Workshops: Readings for the Writers= Harvest, Artemis, Virginia Tech Writers= Series, and at Oregon State University, Cranwell International Center - Virginia Tech and The American University
Teaching: Virginia Tech, Idaho State University, Oregon State University, Willamette University, The American University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Poetry
Debra Nystrom
638 Evergreen Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22902
804/296-8148
Publications: Poetry collection, A Quarter Turn (1991); poetry in The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, The Threepenny Review, The Boston Review, TriQuarterly, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and other journals
Awards: Virginia Commission for the Arts Award; winner, The Virginia Quarterly Review Emily Clark Balch Prize; fellowship, Yaddo Colony; University of Virginia Hoyns Fellowship; nominations, Pushcart Prize; winner, Shenandoah Magazine's Boatwright Prize
Workshops: Presentations at Dartmouth College, Sarah Lawrence College, Sweet Briar College, the University of Virginia, Cambridge Blacksmith House, Warren Wilson College, the Aspen Writers' Conference, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University and others
Teaching: The University of Virginia, Aspen Writers' Conference
Fees: $400 (reading); $400 (workshop); $600 (reading/workshop)
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); All regions
Fiction
George O'Brien
4736 North 7th Road
Arlington, VA 22203-1423
703/525-7381
obrien1@gusun.georgetown.edu
Publications: Co-editor, The Ireland Anthology (1997); autobiographies, The Village of Longing (1987), Dancehall Days (1988),Out of Our Minds (1994); criticism, Brian Friel (1990); research guide, Brian Friel (1995); contributor, The Guinness Book of Ireland (1995); short stories in Irish Press/New Irish Writing, Dublin Magazine, Ulster Tatler, and The Journal of Irish Literature
Awards: Winner, John Edeyryn Hughes Prize (1990); recipient, Hennessy/New Irish Writing Award (1973); winner, Ulster Tatler Short Story Prize (1976); recipient, Irish Book Awards Silver Medal (1988)
Workshops: Presentations at Vassar College, Georgetown University, Trinity College (Dublin), the Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival, the Irish Consulate in New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area Book Fair, Ireland House (New York University)
Teaching: Trinity College (Dublin) Writer-in-Residence, Georgetown University, University of Warwick, Vassar College, Clare College, Cambridge, University of Birmingham (England)
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults and students; Northern Virginia (within 50-mile radius of Arlington)
Poetry
Tom O'Grady
P.O. Box 126
Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943
804/223-8209
804/223-3508
Thomaso@HSC.EDU
Publications: Remote Controls: 3 One-Act Plays (1997); collections, Sun, Moon and Stars (1996), In the Room of the Just Born (1990), The Farmville Elegies (1981); book-length poem, Establishing a Vineyard (1977); chapbook, Carvings of the Moon (1992); essays, Shaking the Tree (1993); play, The Gardens of November (1996); translations, Mozart In Prague., J. Seifert (1985), Eight Days (1986), Dressed In Light (1989); poetry/stories in The Paris Review, New Virginia Review, New Laurel Review, New Letters, Stone Country, Anthology of New American Poetry, and many others; co-translator, The Casting of Bells, poems by Jaroslov Seifert (winner, 1984 Nobel Prize for Poetry)
Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Residency: winner, Commentator's Press Book Award; winner, Irene Leache Prize for Poetry; recipient, Homeland Award for Literature; Virginia Prize for Poetry (1989), and others
Workshops: Virginia Wesleyan College, Randolph-Macon College, James Madison University, University of Maryland, Virginia Military Institute, Longwood College, University of Virginia, Folger Shakespeare Library, University of Rhode Island, many others
Teaching: The Johns Hopkins University, the University of Delaware, Hampden-Sydney College, Randolph-Macon College, others
Fees: $500 (reading); Negotiable (workshops); Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults and students; Some travel
Poetry
Virginia P. O'Keefe
2713 Esplanade Court
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
757/430-8020
okeefev@aol.com
Publications: Poetry in Visions Magazine (1997, 2000, 2001), Virginia Adversaria (2001), The Powhatan Review (2001), Yet Another Small Magazine (1984)
Awards: Honorable mention, Poetry Society of Virginia (2000, 2001); third place, Maryland Writer's Association Children's Fiction Book Contest (1999); third place, National League of American Pen Women (1998); second and third places, Poetry Society of Virginia (1997); finalist, Deus Loci White Mice Contest (1997); first place, Chesapeake Writers Conference (1996)
Workshops: Chesapeake Public Library, Poetry Society of Virginia, Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Virginia beach Reading Council, National Council of Teachers of English, National Communication Association
Teaching: George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College, Tidewater Community College, Fairfax County Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction
Bill Oliver
205 White Street
Lexington, VA 24450
540/463-3118
Publications: Women and Children First: Stories (1998); Lives of the Saints (forthcoming); fiction in Kansas Quarterly, Antietam Review, Cimarron Review, Carolina Quarterly, Descant, Florida Review, Indiana Review, Virginia Quarterly Review
Awards: Winner, Mid-List Press' First Series Award for Short Fiction; winner, The Kansas Quarterly Seaton Fiction Prize; winner, Descant's Frank O=Connor Prize
Workshops: Emory and Henry College (1999), Rockbridge Regional Library (1999), University of Texas at San Antonio, Trinity University, Washington and Lee University, Virginia Military Institute
Teaching: Washington and Lee University, Virginia Military Institute, t he University of Texas at San Antonio
Fees: From $50 - $250; Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Gregory Orr
2006 Hessian Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
804/293-4831
gso@virginia.edu
Publications: Poems, City of Salt (1995), New and Selected Poems (1987), We Must Make a Kingdom of It (1986), The Red House (1980), Salt Wings (1980), Gathering the Bones Together (1975), Burning the Empty Nests (1973); poetry in The New Yorker, Harper's Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, American Poetry Review, The Nation, Paris Review, Antaeus, Shenandoah, Transatlantic Review, Antioch Review, and numerous journals and anthologies
Awards: Finalist, The Los Angeles Times Poetry Prize (1996); winner, Virginia Prize for Poetry (1984); Fulbright Scholar; Guggenheim Fellowship; National Endowment for the Arts' Fellowship; winner, The Academy of American Poets Prize; fellowship, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference; and others
Workshops: Presentations at Sweet Briar College, Mary Washington College, George Mason University, The College of William and Mary, The Library of Congress, The Academy of American Poets, Cornell University, Harvard University, Dartmouth University, on the BBC's Poetry Program (London), as well as for many other institutions
Teaching: University of Virginia, University of Hawaii
Fees: $700 (reading); $700 (workshop); $700 (reading/workshop); Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); All regions
Fiction
Carolyn Page
3732 Columbia Pike, #8
Arlington, VA 22204
703/920-1142
Publications: Stories in Potomac Review; productions, Censorship: The Temperature At Which Books Burn (1998), 5 Easy Pieces (1997), Roving Poets (1997)
Awards: Finalist, New Century Writer's Award (1998); nominations, Pushcart's Best of the Small Presses and Editors' Book Award (1996,1992); winner, PEN/Nelson Algren Fiction Award (1989); Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellowship (1989)
Teaching: Georgetown University, Northern Virginia Community College, Arlington County Adult EducationNegotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Allen W. Parker
12211 Coalboro Road
Chesterfield, VA 23838
804/339-0325
allenparker@publishedauthors.net
www.publishedauthors.net/allenparker
Publications: Novels, A Mouse Among Us (upcoming in 2004), Nudist Among Us (2003)
Teaching: Various lectures, classroom presentations and group discussionsNegotiable
Fiction (juvenile)
Nancy Ruth Patterson
2723 Stephenson Avenue, SW
Roanoke, VA 24014
540/342-4128
540/342-4128
nrpatters@aol.com
Publications: The Shiniest Rock of All (1991), The Christmas Cup (1989)
Awards: Recipient, National Scholastic Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award
Workshops: Numerous workshops throughout the country
Teaching: Roanoke City Public Schools, Virginia's Artists-in-Education Residency Program
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Poetry
Jay S. Paul
1 University Place
Newport News, VA 23606
757/877-0365
757/594-8870
jpaul@cnu.edu
Publications: Book, Going Home in Flood Time (1999); poetry in The New Virginia Review, Artemis, Poetry Northwest, Southern Poetry Review, Southwest Review, Shenandoah, Christian Century, and many others; short stories in New England Review, Wind, Cimarron Review, and others
Awards: Honorable mention, Houghton Mifflin Best Story of the Year (1983)
Workshops: Tidewater Community College, Christopher Newport University, Old Dominion University, Longwood College, Northern Illinois University, Michigan State University, Newport News City Schools, others
Teaching: Christopher Newport University, Northern Illinois University, Illinois Poet-in-the-Schools Program
Fees: $200 (reading); $100 (workshop); $250 (reading and workshop); Negotiable ;Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults;All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Richard Peabody
3819 North 13th Street
Arlington, VA 22201
703/525-9296
703/525-9296
hedgehog2@erols.com
Publications: Novel, Sugar Mountain (2000); fiction chapbook, Monaural; short story collections, Parafin Days (1995), Open Joints on Bridge (1999); poetry collections, Mood Vertigo (1999), Sad Fashions (1990), Bouyancy and Other Myths (1995), I'm in Love with the Morton Salt Girl (1979); short stories in USAToday.com, Georgetown Review, George Washington Review, Spitball, Washington Review, Bakunin, Potomac Review, and others; poetry in Hollins Critic, Kansas Quarterly, Plum Review, Baltimore Sun Magazine, Windsor Review, Maryland Poetry Review; co-editor of anthologies including, Mondo James Dean (1997), Mondo Marilyn (1995), Mondo Barbie (1993); essays and reviews in numerous publications
Awards: London (UK) Arts Board Magazine Grant (1998); fellow, Blue Mountain Center (1997); D.C. Arts Center Arts Award (1990); fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (1990); Maryland Individual Artist Grant for Fiction (1997); Montgomery County (Maryland) Individual Artist Grant for Fiction (1997), others
Workshops: Readings and presentations in Washington, D.C., New York, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Detroit, Cleveland, Richmond, Annapolis, Harrisburg, and other localities; presentations at The American University, the Folger Shakespeare Library, George Mason University, The George Washington University, The Library of Congress, Maryland Institute of Art, institutions, book stores, art centers, conferences
Teaching: The Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia Division of Continuing Education, University of Maryland, Georgetown University Continuing Education Program, The Writer's Center (Bethesda, Maryland), St. John's College Continuing Education Fine Arts
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Natalie Peeterse
3888 Campbell Road
Troy, VA 22974
434/589-2075
npeeterse@hotmail.com
Publications: Poetry in The Bitter Oleander, Sonora Review, Blackbird, Hiram Poetry Review, Streelight Magazine, Analecta 27, Cut Bank, Puerto del Sol; book of poetry, La Madrugada (in progress)
Awards: Recipient, Arizona Commission on the Arts Fellowship (2003)
Teaching: University of Montana, J. Sargent Reynolds Community College (Virginia), Central Texas College (distance learning programs)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: None
Fiction
Leslie Pietrzyk
3201 Elmwood Drive
Alexandria, VA 22303
703/329-9398
Lpietr@aol.com
Publications: Novel, Pears on a Willow Tree (1998); short stories in TriQuarterly, Columbia, Massachusetts Review, The Iowa Review, Gettysburg Review, Epoch, New England Review, Shenandoah, Crescent Review, The Journal, The Sun, Seattle Review, High Plains Literary Review, Mondo Marilyn, Nebraska Review, Descant, North Dakota Quarterly, Willow Springs, Literal Latte, Cottonwood, Whetstone and others
Awards: Fellow, Sewanee Writers' Conference (1998); fourth place, Story Short-Short Contest (1998); recipient, Jeanne Charpiot Goodheart Prize for Fiction (1996) and The Whetstone Prize (1996); second place, Virginia Prize for Fiction (1990); four nominations, Pushcart Prize (1992, 1996); finalist, Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Contest (1993); first place, University of Alaska Southeast Fiction Contest (1995); first place, Madison Review Chris O?Malley Fiction Prize (1995)
Teaching: Northern Virginia Community College, Central Arizona College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction
Richard Plant
2713 Knollwood Drive
Staunton, VA 24401
540/886-1430
plant@cit.mbc.edu
Publications: Short stories in Antietam Review (1997), Three Novellas (1997), Artemis, The Laurel Review, Cimarron Review, Antioch Review, South Dakota Review, Sudden Fiction (1996), Best Stories From New Writers (1989), Prize Stories 1988: The O. Henry Awards; essays in The Christian Science Monitor, Witness, Westview, Sport Literate, Pennsylvania English
Awards: O. Henry Prize Story; finalist, Flannery O?Connor Award; finalist, George Bennett Fellowship
Workshops: Touro College, Mary Baldwin College, Blue Ridge Community College, public schools and civic groups
Teaching: Mary Baldwin College, SW Oklahoma State University, Washington University (St. Louis)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction
Simone Poirier-Bures
7547 Cedar Grove Lane
Radford, VA 24141
540/731-1814
Poirier@VT.edu
Publications: Novel, Candyman, (1994); memoirs, Nicole (2000), That Shining Place (1995); stories/ creative non-fiction, VeriTales: Beyond the Norm (1994), Bless Me Father: Stories of Catholic Childhood (1994), Two Worlds Walking (1994), Mother of the Groom (1995), An Inn Near Kyoto (1998), A Jeffersonian Harvest: 75 Years of The Virginia Quarterly Review (2000); journals, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Florida Review, The Connecticut Review, New Brunswick Reader; essays on WVTF-FM
Awards: Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship (1999); Evelyn Richardson Award (1996); four awards, Irene Leache Contest; fellowships, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (1999, 1997, 1993, 1992, 1990)
Workshops: Virginia Tech, Roanoke City Schools; readings in Virginia, Iowa, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
Teaching: Virginia Tech
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); All regions
Fiction
David Poyer
7018 Wildflower Lane
Franktown, VA 23354
757/442-3013
www.poyer.com
Publications: Books, The Command (2004), A Country of Our Own (2003), Black Storm (2002), Fire on the Waters (2001), Winter Light (2001), Thunder on the Mountain (1999), Tomahawk (1998), Down to a Sunless Sea (1996), As the Wolves Winter (1996), The Only Thing to Fear (1995), The Passage (1995), Louisiana Blue (1994), Winter in the Heart (1993), The Circle (1992), Bahamas Blue (1991), The Gulf (1990), Hatteras Blue (1989), The Med (1988), The Dead of Winter (1988), Stepfather Bank (1987), The Return of Philo T. McGiffin (1983), Star Seed (1982), The Shiloh Project (1981), White Continent (1980), The Insiders Guide to the Outer Banks of North Carolina (1979), The Insiders Guide to Southeastern Virginia (1978); numerous stories and articles
Awards: Nomination, Robert F. Kennedy Prize in Fiction (1996); first place, Irene Leache Contest
Workshops: 20 years experience conducting readings and workshops in a variety of settings and locations
Teaching: United States Naval Academy, Flagler College (Florida), University of Pittsburgh
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses not included
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Poetry
Laura Qa
P.O. Box 19425
Alexandria, VA 22320-0425
703/683-5877
703/683-5877
Publications: Books of poetry, Tribute to the Hound (1995), The Voice of the Image (1992); co-author, Personal Values: Writings by Uncommon Women (1994); poetry in The Dragon Chronicle International Journal (UK), Articulate Contemporary Art Review, Lucidity, The Journal of New Thought, and others; anthologies, Olympus, Carnival Nights, and others
Awards: Alexandria Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Project Support Grant in Literature (1995-1996); Commission, New Poem and Reading by the Pearl Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland (1996)
Workshops: The Library of Congress Professional Association Poetry Workshop; readings at Minás Gallery (Baltimore, Maryland), Club Heaven and Hell (Washington, D.C.), Joe's Movement Emporium (Mt. Rainier, Maryland), Chicago House (Austin, Texas), DC-Space, Mt. Lodge #6 (Washington, DC), Atticus Books, Olsson's Books, Borders Books, Bibelot Bookstore, and The Raven Bookshop, and other bookstores; radio programs, WPFW-FM and WMUC-FM (University of Maryland)
Teaching: Consultant (management, information technology, course design, etc), Elgin (Illinois) Community College, Ecumenicon VI at Mt. Vernon College, Ecumenicon VII (Herndon, Virginia)
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Gina Quartermaine
Alexandria, VA 22309
quartermaine@juno.com
www.ginaquartermaine.com
Publications: Poetry: Rhodes Fulbright International Library; Poe Sesquicentennial Anthology; Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot Anthologies, RiverRun, Dream International Quarterly (Japan), Docs (France), Psychopoetica (U.K.), Tower Poetry Society (Canada), Enright House (Ireland) and others
Awards: Finalist: Lamia Ink! International Play Contest (1995, 1997); nomination, Outstanding Emerging Artist, Washington D.C. Mayor's Arts Awards; Poetry Society of America; Mary Carolyn Davies Award; finalist, Actor's Theatre of Louisville New Play Program; Marquis' International Who?s Who of Poetry and Who's Who of American Women
Workshops: Numerous readings
Teaching:
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Rita Sims Quillen
US Highway 23 North, Box 458A
Weber City, VA 24251
Publications: Essay in Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers; collections of poetry, Counting the Sums (1995) and October Dusk (1987); poetry in Journal of Kentucky Studio, Georgia Journal, Laurel Review, Now and Then, Old Hickory Review, Appalachian Journal, Appalachian Heritage, Cumberland, and others
Awards: First place, Mockingbird Poetry Contest; first place, Virginia Highlands Festival Creative Writing Contest
Workshops: Southern Festival of Books, Appalachian Writers Workshop, Radford University Summer Institute, Emory and Henry College, Mountain Empire Community College, Virginia Highlands Festival, Appalachian Studies Conference, and others
Teaching: Northeast State Community College, Mountain Empire Community College, East Tennessee State University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions (with expenses paid)
Fiction (juvenile)
Candice F. Ransom
6819 Orchid Lane
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
540/786-8382
kencfr@fls.infi.net
Publications: Children's books, Maria von Trapp (forthcoming), George Washington (forthcoming), Danger at Sand Cave (2000), Mother Teresa (2000), The Promise Quilt (1999), The Ghost Town Mystery (1999), Children of the Civil War (1998), The Outer Space Mystery (1997), Listening to Crickets: A Story About Rachel Carson (1993), among many others; editions published in German, Swedish, Hebrew, Spanish, Polish and many other languages
Awards: Awards from American Bookseller, The New York Times, Children's Choice, among others
Workshops: Workshops for children and adults, as well as at conferences; school visits in Virginia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania; presentations for the New York Library Assocation, Greater Washington Reading Council, Virginia Festival of the Book, Connecticut Book Fair, VEMA Roanoke Regional Conference, and Let the Reading Begin! in Albany, New York
Teaching: Northern Virginia Community College, Fairfax County's Adult Education Program
Fees: $300 - $600
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Kristen Staby Rembold
2321 Barracks Road
Charlottesville, VA 22901
804/296-3086
Publications: Novel, Felicity (1994); poetry, Coming Into this World (1992); poems in South Dakota Review, CQ, Appalachia, Artemis, Nimrod, Phoebe, Iowa Woman, Antietam Review, Cimarron Review
Awards: Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; recipient, Mid-List Press First Novel Series Award
Workshops: Readings at Williams Corner, Second Street (Charlottesville), Buffalo (NY) Public Library System, bookstores in New York and Virginia, group readings around Virginia
Teaching: Albemarle County Public Schools
Fees: $250 - $350 ; Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction
Merry Reymond
8816 Commodore Drive
Norfolk, VA 23503
757/747-9758
Publications: Novels, If Wishes Were Horses (2004), Burning Down the House (1994), Dog People (1998); "An Introduction to Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence" (1998)
Awards: Recipient, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant (1998); winner, University of Alabama's H.E. Francis Short Story Award (1998); finalist, Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction (1997); first place, Writers Workshop International Short Fiction Contest (1996); first place, Pacific Northwest Writers Literary Contest (1996)
Workshops: Readings at Barnes and Noble, Doubleday, Borders Books, independent book sellers
Teaching: Syracuse University, the University of Michigan, Washtenaw Community College (Michigan)
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses may not be included
Preferences: All ages; Hampton Roads region preferred
Fiction
Kurt Rheinheimer
1862 Arlington Road, SW
Roanoke, VA 24015
540/981-1307
Publications: Short stories in Michigan Quarterly Review, Redbook, Black Warrior Review, Story Quarterly, Indiana Review, Appalachian Heritage, Playgirl, Southern, and many others; stories anthologized in New Stories From the South (1986, 1989, 1999)
Awards: Third place, Virginia Prize for Fiction (1989); 3 citations, Pushcart Prize - Stories; 3 citations, Best American Short Stories; winner, Lawrence Foundation Prize for Fiction; recipient, Black Warrior Review Fiction Award
Workshops: Virginia Intermont College, Bath County Library, Rockbridge Regional Library, University of Alabama, Hollins University Blue Ridge Writers' Conference, Galax Fiddlers Convention Literary Awards
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories
Suzanne Underwood Rhodes
1400 Water Mill Circle
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
757-270-0163
capriole10@yahoo.com
www.RhodesNotTaken.com
Publications: Books:The Roar on the Other Side (Canon Press, 2000), What a Light Thing, This Stone (Sow's Ear Press, 1999), Sketches of Home (Canon Press, 1998), Weather of the House (Sow's Ear Press, 1994)
Anthologies:Words and Quilts (Quill Books, 1994)
Awards: She was a resident fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, a nominee for a Pushcart Prize, a first-place winner in poetry at the Virginia Highlands Festival Creative Writing Contest, and a winner of other prizes and awards as well.
Workshops: Emory and Henry College, Virginia Highlands Community College, Peace Presbyterian Church, Grundy High School, home school groups
Teaching: Old Dominion University, King College, St. Leo University, East Tennessee State University, Virginia Intermont College
Teaching:
Education: She received her M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars where she was a teaching fellow, and she graduated magna cum laude from James Madison University with a bachelor's degree in English
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Prefers to work with Adults and Students
Fiction, Poetry
Dorothy Marie Rice
3725 Cedar Grove Road
Richmond, VA 23235
804/323-5710
804/323-5710
dmrice@pen.k12.va.us
Publications: Furious Flower Anthology (2000); co-author, Pennies to Dollars and The Seventh Child; Obsidian II, Poet?s Domain, Second Glance, Postscript
Awards: Nomination, The Library of Virginia Center for the Book Award for Non-Fiction (1999); honorable mention, Irene Leache Contest (1992, 1993); third place, Virginia Poetry Society (1993)
Workshops: Richmond City Public Schools Poet-in-the-Schools, Virginia Historical Sociary, The Library of Virgina, Maggie L. Walker Historical Foundation, Chesterfield County Library
Teaching: Elementary and middle schools, gifted education programs, adult education, GED, Poetry Plus Adult Seminar, Womanist Seminar
Fees: $100 per hour; Negotiable; Travel and per diem expenses are not included
Preferences: All ages; All regions (central Virginia preferred)
Fiction
Barbara Rich
767 Madison Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22903
804/293-8648
Publications: Short stories in Redbook, The South Carolina Review and IRIS; interviews, profiles, reviews, essays for newspapers and magazines including Charlottesville Weekly, The Observer, Albemarle Magazine
Awards: First place, Virginia Press Association Award for Critical Writing (1995); second place, Virginia Press Association Award for Critical Writing (1993); second place, Virginia Press Association Award (1991); honorable mention, Bayly Museum's Writer's Eye Award (1989)
Workshops: Workshops in Wallingford (Pennsylvania), Charlottesville, Southern Writers' Conference (South Carolina), FOCUS Panelist
Teaching: Charlottesville Library, FOCUS
Fees: $75 - $200
Preferences: Adults and students (8-12); Charlottesville/Albemarle County
Fiction, Poetry
R. Flowers Rivera
8115 Saxony Drive
Annandale, VA 22003
703/207-1709
gptms@promethea.com
www.promethea.com
Publications: Fiction, A Trip (2000), Human Body, Human Mind (2000), The Iron Bars (1999), Cole (1998); poetry in Ashville Poetry Review (fall, 2002), New Stone Circle (2002), Artisan: A Journal of Craft (2002), The Southern Review (2001), Urban Spaghetti (2001), Janus Head (2001, 2000, 1999), The Baltimore Review (2001), American Poets and Poetry (2000), Cold Mountain Review (1998) among many other jounals; poetry included in New Sister Voices: Contemporary Women Poets Since 1954, an anthology of poetry
Awards: Finalist, Mary Swenson Award (2001, 1999); finalist, Journal Award in Poetry (2001); semi-finalist, Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize (2001); finalist, Gary Snyder Memorial Award (2000); semi-finalist, New Millennium Writing Award (2000); winner, Peregrine Prize (1999); finalist, Naomi Long Madgett Award for Poetry (1999); recipient, Clifford E. Clark Fellowship (1999), Hollins University Creative Writing Fellowship (1994), Georgia Council for the Arts Individual Artist Grant (1994), and other awards and honors
Workshops: University of North Caolina (Chapel Hill), University of the District of Columbia, Louisiana State University, Valdosta State University, Texas Tech University, Duquesne University, Binghamton University
Teaching: University of the District of Columbia, Northern Virginia Comunity College, Binghamton University
Fees: From $300-$500
Preferences: Adults and students (college); All regions
Fiction
Mara Rockliff
,
mara@mararockliff.com
www.mararockliff.com
Publications: "My Heart Will Not Sit Down" (Knopf) and "The Busiest Street in Town" (Knopf), to be released in 2008
"Stressbusters" (Kane Press), coming in 2007
"The Real Me" (Kane Press), coming in 2007
"Check It Out!" (Kane Press), 2006
"Pieces of Another World" (Sylvan Dell), 2005
"Next to an Ant" (Scholastic), 2004
Awards: Runner-up grant, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators/Judy Blume for contemporary novel, 2002
Workshops: Frequent speaking engagements include school and library visits and museum events as well as appearances at bookstores, writing classes and workshops, conferences, and literary festivals.
Teaching:
Education:
Fees: See www.mararockcliff.com/visit.com for current rates
Preferences: Elementary schools and children’s programs at public libraries and museums. Also available to speak to writing classes and writer's groups.
Fiction
John L. (Nickell) Romjue
410 Willow Oaks Boulevard
Hampton, VA 23669
757/851-1644
Publications: Short stories in The Missouri Review, Cimarron Review, Writers Forum, Beyond Baroque, Sou'wester, DeKalb Literary Arts Journal, Karamu, Cream City Review, Aura Literary Arts Review, and Roanoke Review
Awards: Nomination, Pushcart Prize (1988); finalist, Virginia Prize for Fiction
Workshops: Tidewater Writers' Association
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Martha J. Ross-Rodgers
2442 Annie Circle
Chesapeake, VA 23323
757/558-4964
MRossrodge@aol.com
Publications: Woman to Woman (2000), Awakenings (1998)
Workshops: Hampton University, Norfolk State University, Elizabath City (NC) State University, Chesapeake Alternative School, Northside School, Salem Middle School, Education and Training Center, Woman's Show - Norfolk
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and Students (grades 6-10); All regions
Fiction
Arlene Sanders
,
arlenesanders@dellmail.com
www.arlenesanders.com
Publications: TIGER BURNING BRIGHT: STORIES (Jefferson Press, 2008);
“Wish You Were Here,” The Dos Passos Review (2007); “Cabbage Roses,” Cantaraville (2007) and Willard & Maple (2006); “The Arrival,” Cairn, New Works Review, Sound and Literary Art Book (2006); “All Quiet in My Heart,” The Dublin Quarterly (2006); “The Companion,” The Edgar Literary Magazine and Slow Trains (2006); “Red Horse Rocking,” The Georgia State University Review (2006); “Tiger Burning Bright,” Iconoclast (2006); “Heist,” The MacGuffin; “High in a Hot Blue Sky,” Perigee (2006); “Two Writers Talking,” Pindeldyboz (2006); “Knickers and Red Suspenders,” Sanskrit (2006); “The Locket,” Terra Incognita; “Cherries in the Snow,” Sugar Mule (2006); “Fire and Ice,” Tertulia Magazine (2006); “Vishnu as a Boar in His Third Avatar,” Taj Mahal Review and The Writers Post Journal (2006); “Felony,” Mindprints (2006).
Awards: Pushcart Prize nomination for “Fire and Ice”; Finalist, Jefferson Press Prize for Best New Voice in Fiction for TIGER BURNING BRIGHT: STORIES (2007); Finalist, Glimmer Train Short-Story Award for New Writers for “Tiger Burning Bright” (2006); First Place, ByLine Magazine New-Talent Short Story Contest for “The Arrival” (2006); Honorable Mentions, Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition for “The Arrival” and E. M. Koeppel Short Fiction Awards for “Red Roses” and “Charlie Feathers” (2006); Finalist, Future Writers-USA Annual Short Story Competition; Brodie Herndon Memorial Poetry Competition
Honorable Mention for “Sea Glass”; Robert S. Sergeant Memorial Poetry Competition Honorable Mention for “Wild Geese” (2007); Special Honorable Mention, ByLine Magazine New-Talent Short Story Contest, for “The Companion”; Special Honorable Mention, ByLine Magazine Short Story Contest,
for “Cherries in the Snow”; Honorable Mention, ByLine Magazine First Chapter
of a Novel Contest; Honorable Mention, ByLine Magazine New-Talent Short Story Contest, for “Cabbage Roses”; Honorable Mention, ByLine Magazine Flash Fiction Contest, for “Felony”; Honorable Mention, ByLine Magazine Short Story Contest, for “The Blue Dahlia.”
Workshops:
Teaching:
Education: BA English, Phi Beta Kappa; Johns Hopkins University MA degree candidate
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults
Poetry
M.A. Schaffner
1814 North Taylor Street
Arlington, VA 22207-3138
703/525-0275
Schaffner.Michael@pbge.gov
Publications: Collection of poetry, The Good Opinion of Squirrels (1996); poetry in Fine Madness, The Florida Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Wales, Poet's Voice (Austria), Imago (Australia), Paris/Atlantic, New York Quarterly, The Boston Phoenix, Yellow Silk, Antietam Review, Hellas, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Folio, Pivot, Sparrow, and others
Awards: Awards from Poet Lore, The Lyric, and Orbis; winner, Columbia Book Award (1997); recipient, Washington Writer's Center Annual Prize (1996)
Workshops: Readings at the Art Barn, DC/AC, The Parthenon, Takoma Park Public Library, Grace Church (Georgetown), Ellipse Art Gallery (Arlington), the Leesburg Art Gallery, the Reston Community Center, the Frederick (Maryland) Community Center, New York City Public Library (96th Street)
Teaching: West Potomac High School (Fairfax), St. Alban's School (Washington, D.C.)
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); Northern Virginia
Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry
Nancy Schoenberger
110 North Trace
Williamsburg, VA 23188
757/253-0190
Publications: Poetry, Long Like A River (1998), Girl on a White Porch (1987), The Taxidermist?s Daughter (1979); biography co-authored with Sam Kashner, A Talent for Genius: The Life and Times of Oscar Levant (1994); non-fiction co-authored with Sam Kashner, Hollywood Kryptonite: The Bulldog, The Lady, and The Death of Superman (1996)
Awards: Recipient, New York University Poetry Prize (1997); recipient, Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Project Grant (1992); winner, Devin Award for Poetry (1987); National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship (1984)
Workshops: Readings at Virginia Wesleyan College, The College of William and Mary, the University of Indiana, Poetry Society of America, University of Arizona, Goucher College, Randolph Macon Women's College, and others
Teaching: Faculty, The College of William and Mary; workshops at Columbia University and The Academy of American Poets (New York City)
Fees: $500; Travel and per diem expenses are not included
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction (juvenile)
Judie Schrecker
3346 Kirkwood Court
Keswick, VA 22947
804/245-9975
Publications: Santa's New Reindeer (1996), The Pet Shop Mouse (1995)
Workshops: Presentations at elementary schools in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania
Teaching: Elementary schools
Fees: $100 - $300
Preferences: Adults and students (grades PK-7)
Fiction
Joan V. Schroeder
2344 Jones Road
Winchester, VA 22602
540/722-0845
Publications: Novels,The Hearts of Soldiers (1999), Solitary Places (1995); reviews, essays in The New York Times, The Washington Post, among others; stories in Yankee, Antietam Review, Thema, River City, Artemis, and others
Awards: Virginia Commission for the Arts Fiction Fellowship (1998); nomination, Pushcart Prize; winner, Hohenberg Award; winner, NLAPW Daniels Award for Essay and Short Story; Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship
Workshops: Readings and workshops throughout Virginia, Washington, D.C., Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, Pennsylvania
Teaching: St. Olaf College, Averett College, Lord Fairfax Community College, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, University of Minnesota, Alleghany Highlands Public Schools, Roanoke County Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); Within 200-mile radius preferred
Fiction
Paula Schwartz
8303 The Midway Drive
Annandale, VA 22003
703/978-3872
Publications: Rachel's Passage (1999); novels, A Morning Moon, To Spite the Devil; more than 30 Regency novels
Awards: Winner, Waldenbooks- Romantic Times: Best Regency Writer Award (1983); winner, Irene Leache Memorial Award, Literary Competition (1974); recipient, Jane Austen Society Grant; other awards for drama
Workshops: Numerous women?s groups
Teaching: George Mason University, New York City Public Schools, New York University, The American University, Dunbarton College (Washington, D.C.)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Billie Jean Scott
P.O. Box 503
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
540/523-0905
Publications: Poetry, Sprig of Basil, Reflections; prose in, Chalkdust and Children; poetry anthology, Poetry Society of Virginia (1993); poetry and research on the Seminary United Methodist Church, Southwest Virginia Historical Society, and other historical research projects
Awards: Lifetime Achievement, Virginia Educational Media Association
Workshops: Southwest Virginia Museum, Wise County School Librarians Association, Iota State Convention, KeoKee Elementary School (Lee County)
Teaching: Wise County Public Schools, Lincoln Memorial University Summer Session
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Roanoke, southwestern Virginia
Poetry
Darlene Anita Scott
2 South 17th Street # 26
Richmond, VA 23219
804.649.0426
scottgyrl@hotmail.com
Publications: California Quarterly; Warpland; X Literary Magazine; Dialogue; Love Poems for the Media Age (Ripple Effect Press, 2003); Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art (Third World Press, 2002); Defining Moments: An Anthology of Teachers' Writings; Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices From Marginalized Spaces (GirlChild Press, 2006); The Hoot and the Holler of Owls: An Anthology of the Hurston Wright Foundation (2003)
Awards: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts fellow (2006); Julia and David White Artists' Colony Second Runner-Up (2006); Just Poetry Grant Slam Second Runner-up (2005); Amateur Division (2005); University of Arizona Summer Residency fellow (2005); Philip Roth Residency in Creative Writing finalist (2004); 1st place (Amateur Division) -- National Arts Program Richmond (2003);
Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship finalist (2002), Associated Writing Programs Intro Journals Project; semifinalist, Stadler Center for Poetry Fellowship (2001);
fellow, Hurston/Wright Foundation Summer Writers Week (2001, 2000, 1999)
Workshops: Oak Knoll Middle School, Writer in Residency (2006); Richmond Department of Recreation and Parks, Poetry Project Coordinator (2001-2005); Writers in the Schools, RIchmond City Public School (200-2004); Huguenot High School, Festival of Words (2001,2003)
Teaching: Courses taught at Virginia Union University, John Tyler Community College, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia State University
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 7-12); All regions depending upon travel arrangements
Fiction
Janet Shaffer
11037 Timberlake Road
Lynchburg, VA 24502
804/525-1456
Publications: Novel, Peter Francisco: Virginia Giant (1976); short stories in Teen Times, Evangel, Freeway, Jack and Jill, Highlights for Children, Three/Four and Twelve/Fifteen, and others
Workshops: Randolph-Macon College, Lynchburg Writers Workshop, local book clubs and public schools
Fees: $100 (reading); $150+(workshop); $100 (combination)
Preferences: Adults and students (daytime only); Lynchburg area preferred
Poetry
Andrew Shannon
210 Hahn Place
Newport News, VA 23602
757/877-0792
Publications: Reading, Writing and the Road to Fluvanna (1994), A Spirit of Happiness (1992), An Insight on Life (1988)
Awards: Winner, Celebrating the Family Award (1995); nomination, Best New Male Writer (1992), nominations, New Hanover County Human Relations Poetry Award (1978, 1979)
Workshops: Winston-Salem State University, Newport News Public Schools, New Hanover Public Schools, Hampton Public Schools, Southeast Community Festival, radio and television
Teaching: Virginia Public Schools, North Carolina Public Schools, Fluvanna Public Schools, Fluvanna Community Center, Doris Miller Community Center, North Newport News Community Center, Forsythe County
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Poetry
Leslie Shiel
2312 Maplewood Avenue
Richmond, VA 23220
804/359-7638
Publications: Poetry in Mondo Barbie (1993), The Southern Review, Santa Barbara Review, New Virginia Review, Richmond Quarterly, The Sun, Crab Orchard Review, Kestrel, Defined Providence
Awards: Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Project Grant (1993); Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida (1995)
Workshops: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Barnes and Noble, The Three Arts Club (Chicago), Virginia Commonwealth University, John Tyler Community College, Randolph Macon College, Carriage House Bookstore, 1708 Gallery, Goochland Women?s Farm, Capitol Writing Project, Partners in the Arts, and at the Atlantic Center for the Arts
Teaching: University of Southern Indiana, Virginia Commonwealth University, public schools (grades 9-12), private workshops
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction (juvenile)
Ellen H. Showell
1200 North Cleveland Street
Arlington, VA 22201
703/525-8872
eshowell@erols.com
Publications: Books, The Trickster Ghost (1992), Our Mountain (1991), Cecelia and the Blue Mountain Boy (1983), The Ghost of Tillie Jean Cassaway (1978), and numerous plays and non-fiction
Awards: Recipient, Parent's Choice Award for Literature; recipient, South Carolina Children's Book Award (1982); recognition, NSTS Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies and the Women's National Book Association
Workshops: Numerous readings and workshops in public schools
Fees: $150+ per hour; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Students (grades 4-6)
Poetry
Grace Simpson
Box 666
Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943
804/223-8476
HASSELLS@HSC.EDU
Publications: Poems in The Formalist, The Ledge, Plains Poetry Journal, San Fernando Poetry Journal, Christian Century, Cincinnati Poetry Review, Cumberland Poetry Review, Cotton Ball/Atlanta Review Dominion Review, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Hiram Poetry Review, Hydra, Kudzu, New Laurel Review, The Lyric, Nebo, Negative Capability, Poet Lore, Riverside Quarterly, St. Andrews Review, Southern Poetry Review, Small Pond Magazine, Snake Nation Review, Virginia Writing, New Virginia Review, Zone 3
Awards: Winner, Florida State Writing Competition; winner Rainmaker Award for Poetry (1991); awards from, The Poetry Society of Virginia and The Poetry Society of Ohio; winner, Irene Leache Memorial Contest Awards
Workshops: Readings at Share Our Strength's Writer's Conference, Longwood College Visual Art Center, Longwood College, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia Commonwealth University, various organizations in Keysville, Charlotte Court House, Lynchburg, Gloucester Point; workshops for the Farmville Women's Club, Prince Edward County Public Schools and Amelia County High School
Teaching: Prince Edward County High School, Florida State University, Auburn University, Longwood College
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: All ages; Central area of southern Virginia (within 100-mile radius preferred)
Fiction, Poetry
William Reuben Smith
3750 Woodside Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24503-3044
804/384-2027
Publications: Poetry in Piedmont Literary Review, The Lyric, Poetry Society of Virginia Anthology; Midwest Poetry Review, Vols. 3, 7 and 10, The Poet's Domain Series of Regional Anthologies, Orphic Lute; publisher/editor, Piedmont Literary Review; magazines
Awards: Winner, Poetry Society of Virginia Contest; recipient, Lynchburg Poetry Festival Award; winner, Piedmont Literary Review Poetry Contest
Workshops: New Covenant School, Liberty University, Longwood College, Poetry Society of Virginia; local cable television
Teaching: Central Virginia Community College
Fees: $35 per hour; Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); The southern and central regions of Virginia preferred
Fiction (juvenile)
Blanche Smith
5100 Monument Avenue, #309
Richmond, VA 23220-3622
804/285-0423
Publications: Numerous articles; co-editor of three books; audio-tape co-editor; poems; children's book, The Brown Paper Box
Awards: Recipient, National Association of University Women (Richmond) Outstanding Achievement in Education, Civic Responsibility and Human Relations (1974); service and leadership award, Virginia Association of Teachers of English (1984); teaching excellence certificate, Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, (1984)
Workshops: Presentations, Chapter I Teachers, Richmond City Public Schools (1984)
Teaching: Richmond City Public Schools; Buckingham County Summer Program; Virginia State University Extension Program; Learning Disabled Programs
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Poetry
Ron Smith
616 Maple Avenue
Richmond, VA 23226
804/282-2753
smithjron@aol.com
Publications: Collection of poems, Running Again in Hollywood Cemetery (1988); poetry in The Nation, Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, and other magazines and anthologies
Awards: Winner, Guy Owen/Southern Poetry Review Prize; winner, Theodore Roethke/Poetry Northwest Prize; Bread Loaf Scholar-in-Poetry; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, and others
Workshops: Virginia Commonwealth University, 1708 Gallery, Guilford College, Rappahannock Community College, Virginia Writers Club, Winston-Salem State University, Poetry Society of Virginia, Second Street Gallery, Richmond Public Schools Writer-in-the-Schools Program, Chesapeake Poetry Festival, Randolph-Macon College, Noble and Greenough School, Lycoming College, Tuckahoe Middle School, The Governor's School, and others
Teaching: University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Mary Washington College, St. Christopher's School
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
R. T. Smith
530 Reid Road
Lexington, VA 24450
540/463-8908 540/464-1328 (h)
rodsmith@wlu.edu
Publications: Books, Messenger (2000), Split the Lark: Selected Poems (1999), Trespasser (1996), Hunter-Gatherer (1996), Faith: Stories (1995), The Cardinal Heart (1991), and others; chapbooks, Illumination (1999), But with Blood (1999), Gristle (1996), The Names of Trees (1991), Banish Misfortune (1988); recent poetry in Triquarterly, Gettysburg Review, Southern Humanities Review, Commonweal, Irish Times, Southern Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Hollins Critic, Georgia Review, Black Warrior Review, Poetry Northwest, and others
Awards: Winner, Salmon Publishing Transatlantic Poetry Award (1999); recipient, Arts International Grant (1993); National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1990); winner, Alabama Governor's Award for an Individual Artist (1989); Alabama Arts Council Literature Grant (1986, 1991); recipient, Poetry Society of America's John Masefield Award (1982)
Workshops: Workshops at Sewanee Writer's Conference and Vermont College Summer MFA Program
Teaching: Auburn University, Appalachian State University, East Mecklenburg High School
Fees: $700-$1200
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Margo Solod
P.O. Box 113
Lexington, VA 24450
540/464-6252
margosolod@rockbridge.net
Publications: Still Life with Trucks, Outside the Kremlin, Photo Cries Real Tears (chapbooks); 100 Days, What Have You Lost, Women and Death, Body and Wonder (anthologies); poetry in Baltimore Poetry Review, Art News, California Quarterly, Onion River Review, Cedar Hill Review, 360 Degrees, among other journals
Awards: Recipient, Kingman Page Award (1996); nomination, Pushcart Prize (2001)
Workshops: Readings throughout the country
Teaching: Workshops on form and composition
Fees: $50 - $450; Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Katherine Soniat
300 Fincastle Drive, S.E.
Blacksburg, VA 24060
540/953-5049 540/231-5138
Publications: Poetry collections, Alluvial (2001), A Shared Life (1993), Cracking Eggs (1990), Winter Toys (1989), Notes of Departure (1985); poetry in Amicus, Virginia Quarterly Review, Gettysburg Review, Harvard Review, The Nation, The New Republic, Manoa, Kenyon, Poetry, Yale Review, Southern Review, and many others
Awards: Second place, Poetry Society of America's Ford and Medwick Awards (1999); winner, Faulkner Gold Medal Award for Poetry (1998); winner, Edwin Piper Award/Iowa Poetry Prize (1993); recipient, Virginia Prize for Poetry (1989); winner, Camden Poetry Prize (1984); residencies, Yaddo and MacDowell Colony; fellowship, Bread Loaf Writer's Conference (1989); second place, Ann Stanford Award/University of Southern California, and others
Workshops: Extensive experience in colleges/universities, communities, schools
Teaching: Virginia Tech
Fees: $500 (readings); Negotiable (workshops)
Preferences: Students (grades 9-12, college)
Fiction, Poetry
Bruce Souders
208 Stafford Drive
Winchester, VA 22602-7431
540/667-7195
Publications: Poetry in The Poet's Domain - Poetry Society of Virginia Anthology, Georgia State Poetry Society Anthology, Fitting the Pieces Together (1995), To a Student Dying Young and Other Poems (1978); work included in Southern Humanities Review, Humanities in the South, The Lyric, The Piedmont Literary Review, The Rolling Coulter, The Bird Watcher's Digest
Awards: National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship; winner, Shenandoah Arts Council Award in Literature (1995); recipient, Shenandoah Valley Writers Award, Lord Fairfax Community College (1987); Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship (1983)
Workshops: Readings, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, as well as for poetry societies, libraries and colleges in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.; workshops for Frederick County Public Schools, Shenandoah University, Lord Fairfax Community College, Roanoke College
Teaching: Elderhostels in (Pennsylvania, Area Center for Higher Education, Lebanon Valley College, Shenandoah University, Lord Fairfax Community College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); All regions
Poetry
Lisa Russ Spaar
102 Surrey Road
Charlottesville, VA 22901
804/924-6675 (w)
Publications: Poems, Glass Town (1999), Acquainted With the Night: Insomnia Poems (1999), Blind Boy on Skates (1987), Cellar (1983); poetry in Ploughshares, The Kenyon Review, Shenandoah, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry, Crazyhorse, Poetry East, Carolina Quarterly, Southern Poetry Review, American Literary Review and several anthologies
Awards: Recipient, Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Project Grant (1995); winner, AAUW Virginia Poetry Prize, University of Richmond (1984); recipient, Hoyns Fellowship in Poetry, University of Virginia (1980); winner, Academy of American Poets Prize (1978)
Workshops: Numerous readings of poetry for the University of Virginia, James Madison University, The University of North Texas, and others
Teaching: University of Virginia, The University of North Texas, James Madison University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages
Poetry
Sophia M. Starnes
4951 Burnley Drive
Williamsburg, VA 23188-8806
757/220-8595
whsstarnes@widomaker.com
Publications: Chapbook, The Soul's Landscape (2002); book of poetry, A Commerce of Moments (2002); poems in The Southern Poetry Review, The Laurel Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Huibbub, The Marlboro Review, Pleiades, Gulf Coast, Willow Review, Folio, Hawaii Pacific Review, among others
Awards: Winner, Aldrich Poetry Competition (2001); recipient, Editor's Choice, Transcontinental Poetry Award (2001); Virginia Commission for the Arts' Poetry Fellowship (2000); nominated, Pushcart Prize (1998); winner, Rainer Maria Rilke Poetry Award (1997)
Workshops: Christopher Newport University, Thomas Nelson Community College, Chrysler Museum, The Hofheimer Gallery at Virginia Wesleyan College, The Muscarelle Museum at The College of William and Mary, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art (Ridgefield, CT), Williamsburg Regional Library, Newport News Public Library, Suffolk Museum, Bay Ridge Festival of the Arts (Brooklyn, NY), Barnes and Noble, Norfolk Academy, among others
Teaching: Extensive experience, high school through adult levels
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); All regions
Fiction
Mariflo Stephens
717 Northwood Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22902
804/295-7981
Publications: Short stories in The Washington Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Gamut, Iowa Woman, The Walden Review, Catalyst; work in anthologies including, Worlds Within Their Words: Contemporary American Women Writers and Barbie Chronicles: A Real Doll Turns Forty (1999)
Awards: First place, Virginia Highlands Festival Contest for Best Novel (1999); second place, Virginia Highlands Festival Contest for Best Short Story (1999, 1995); winner, The Washington Review Prize for Fiction (1997); nomination, Pushcart Prize (1997-1998); second place, Virginia Highlands Festival Contest for Best Essay (1995); Virginia Center for the Creaive Arts Fellowship; finalist, Sherwood Anderson Literary Festival; finalist, Irene Leache Literary Festival Contest; winner, Thomas Griffis Prize for the Short Story (University of Virginia); winner, The Writer's Eye Competition (Bayly Museum, Charlottesville)
Workshops: Presentations at Kaf Kafe, Second Street Gallery, Williams Corner Bookstore
Teaching: University of Virginia Fellow, Hampden-Sydney College
Fees: $100 (reading or workshop); Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: All ages; Central and southwest Virginia
Fiction
Andy Straka
P.O. Box 6608
Charlottesville, VA 22906
434/973-1866
andy@andystraka.com
www.andystraka.com
Publications: Cold Quarry; A Killing Sky; A Witness Above (NAL/Signet/Penguin Group (USA); The Talon and the Sword (op-ed), Charlottesville Daily Progress; Call it Dead Time (short story), And The Dying is Easy (anthology) Signet ; A Garden Never Comes (essay) Albemarle Magazine; Directions for Disassembly of an Old Set of Swings (short story), Albemarle Magazine
Awards: Shamus Award 2004 - Best Paperback Original PI Novel; Anthony Award Finalist 2003 - Best Paperback Original Novel; Anthony, Shamus, and Agatha Award Finalist 2002 - Best First Novel; Library of Virginia Literary Award Nominee 2003 and 2004.
Workshops: Teaching: University of South Florida Suncoast Writers Conference Faculty 2003
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Highschool and Adults
Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry
Dan Stryk
300 Meadow Drive
Bristol, VA 24201
540/669-5979
Publications: Collections of poetry, Death of a Sunflower: Prose Parables and Poems (1999), A Sea Change (1996), Lives (1990), The Artist and the Crow (1984), To Make a Life (1980); poems and creative non-fiction in Poetry Northwest, TriQuarterly, Kayak, Western Humanities Review, Southern Humanities Review, Southwest Review, Southern Poetry Review, Missouri Review, Hollins Critic, Chariton Review, The Prose Poem, Commonweal, The Nation, and Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, and other journals; anthologies, A Year in Verse (1995) and the Terra Nova Water Anthology (2000)
Awards: National Endowment for the Arts' Poetry Fellowship; Illinois Arts Council Artists Grant Award for Poetry; winner, Utah Arts Council Poetry Prize; and others
Workshops: Indiana Poetry Circuit, including Manchester College, Taylor University, University of Evansville, and Saint Joseph's College, as well as Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University, University of Utah, Appalachian Center for Poets and Writers, Bristol Public Library, Northern Lights Bookstore, and numerous colleges, organizations, high schools, and coffee houses
Teaching: Virginia Intermont College (Bristol), Hillsdale College (Michigan), Northern Illinois University, University of Utah, Waubonsie Valley High School, Galena High School
Fees: $200 (reading); $200 (workshop); $250 (reading and workshop); Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; The southwestern region of Virginia
Fiction, Poetry
Dabney Stuart
30 Edmondson Avenue
Lexington, VA 24450
540/463-5663
Publications: Poetry collections, Settlers (1999), Long Gone (1996), Light Years: New and Selected Poems (1994), Narcissus Dreaming (1990), Don't Look Back (1987), Common Ground (1982), Rockbridge Poems (1981), Round and Round (1977), Friends of Yours, Friends of Mine (1974), The Other Hand (1974), A Particular Place (1969), and The Diving Bell (1966); short story collections, The Way to Cobbs Creek (1997) and Sweet Lucy Wine (1992); short stories and poems in The New Yorker, Kenyon Review, North American Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, Shenandoah, Southern Poetry Review, The Gettysburg Review, The New England Review, The Paris Review, and other journals and anthologies
Awards: Recipient, Virginia Governor's Award for the Arts; National Endowment for the Arts' Fellowships (twice); winner, Poetry Society of America's Dylan Thomas Prize; Guggenheim Fellowship; and many others
Workshops: The University of Richmond, Virginia Wesleyan College, James Madison University, the University of Hawaii, Harvard University, Loyola University, the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina, and others
Teaching: Colorado College, Washington and Lee University, University of Virginia, Trinity College, Ohio University, The College of William and Mary, Middlebury College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Gerldine Lee Susi
7939 Kettle Creek Drive
Catlett, VA 20119
540/788-1152
rsusi@mnsinc.com
Publications: Looking for Pa: A Civil War Journey from Catlett to Manassas (1995); articles in The Language Arts Journal and The Reading Teacher Journal
Awards: Winner, Fauquier County Award for Best Local Book (1996)
Workshops: Presentations at schools in Virginia, New York, California and Arizona, as well as the Virginia State Reading Association and the Blue Ribbon Librarians Conferences
Teaching: Fairfax County Public Schools, George Mason University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction (juvenile)
Julie A. Swanson
2118 Owensville Road
Charlottesville , VA 22901
434/977-2824
jules9swanson@earthlink.net
www.julieaswanson.com
Publications: Going for the Record, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2004;
Awards: Great Lakes Book Award, 2004; IRA Young Adult Choice List, 2006; IRA Children's Book Award Notable, 2005; Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Awards, Finalist, 2004
Workshops: Christopher Newport University Writers' Conference, 2004; Virginia Festival of the Book;Charlottesville High School; Henley Middle School
Teaching:
Education: Institute of Children's Literature Correspondence Courses; Various writing workshops and conferences including the Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop and the Skyland Resort Novel Revision Retreat; BA Math Education
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: None
Poetry, Short Stories
Frances W. Terrell
3815 El Cerrito Place
Alexandria, VA 22309
703/360-1090 202/286-3868
franwrites2@aol.com
Publications: Poetry in Vibrant Soul-Four Generations of Poets (2004), A Time to Be Free (1999), Memories and Daydreams (1997)
Awards: Entry in The Semifinalist (1997-1999); Poem made into a song (1999)
Workshops: Experience since 1999
Teaching: Alexandria City Public Schools, Prince William County Schools, Fairfax County Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction
William Tester
8 Partridge Hill Road
Richmond, VA 23233
804/784-3267
wtester@saturn.vcu.edu
Publications: Collection of stories, Head (2000); novel, Darling (1992); stories in Bomb, North American Review, Black Warrior Review, TriQuarterly, Witness, Story Quarterly, Grand Street, Esquire, Prairie Schooner, others; reviews in Review and 7 Days
Awards: Winner, Mary McCarthy Prize for Fiction (1999); Virginia Commonwealth University Grant (1999); Virginia Commission for the Arts' Fellowship (1998); fellowship, Constance Saltonstall Foundation (1997); finalist, Story Magazine Short Story Contest (1998, 1996); National Endowment for the Arts' Grant (1992); fellowship, Edward Albee Foundation (1991)
Workshops: Virginia Festival for the Book, University of Chicago, Virginia Commonwealth University, Columbia University, Syracuse University; NPR's All Things Considered, and others
Teaching: Virginia Commonwealth University, Columbia University, State University of New York (Oneonta), Syracuse University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (college)
Poetry
Hilary Tham
2600 North Upshur Street
Arlington, VA 22207-4026
703/527-4568
703/527-9384
Hilarytham@aol.com
www.geocities.com/Solto/9926
Publications: Lane with No Name: Memoirs of a Malaysian-Chinese Girlhood (1997), Everything is Tough When You're a Teen (1996); collections of poetry, Men and Other Strange Myths (1994), Tigerbone Wine (1992), Bad Names for Women (1989), Paper Boats (1987, reprinted in 1993) and No Gods Today (1969); poems and short stories in Antietam Review, Pulpsmith, Gargoyle, Wind, Maryland Poetry Review, Visions, others
Awards: Third place, Paterson Poetry Prize (1990); fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (1990); second place, Virginia Prize for Poetry (1988); finalist, Virginia Prize for Fiction (1987)
Workshops: Presentations on cable television (Maryland), National Public Radio's Saturday Edition, WPFW Radio World Bank, as well as for the United Nations International Poetry Festival, USIA Israel, numerous colleges, community centers and schools; Artist-in-Education Residency Programs in Virginia (1989-present); Poet-in-Residence for Howard County (Maryland) Schools
Teaching: Public schools in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., as well as in southwest Virginia; adult poetry workshops for The Writer?s Center
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); All regions
Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry
Jack Trammell
8411 Cross Country Road
Mineral, VA 23117
804/306-3785
jtrammel@rmc.edu
www.geocities.com/jacktrammell
Publications: Washington Times
Richmond Times Dispatch
America's Civil War
Linn's Stamp News
Scholastic Magazine
Gifted Education Press
The Crucial Link
Working Writers
Virginia Adversaria
The Fauquier Poetry Journal
Snowapple Journal
Gray (Xlibris, subsidiary of Random House), Fiction
Sarah's Last Secret (Hardshell), Fiction
Return to the Treasure Island (Hardshell), Fiction
The Saints Departed (Hardshell), Fiction
Appalachin Dreams (Escape Press), Poetry
Beyond the Country Line (Escape Press), Poetry
Math in History (Pieces of Learning), Non-fiction
Awards: Eppie Finalist for Young Adult Novel (2000)
Winner of the History Book Club Essay Contest (2001)
Nominee for People to People Ambassador Program to South Africa (2002)
Semi-finalist in the International Poetry Contest (2004)
Second Place Voicesnet International Poetry Competition (2004)
Workshops: Emory & Henry College
Christopher Newport University
Poe Museum
Hanover County Schools, VA
National Council for Community and Education Partnerships
Teaching: Taught nine years in Virginia Public Schools
University of Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
Randolph Macon College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Prefer working with youth and individuals with disabilities
Fiction
Gayle Trent
13335 Holbrook Street
Bristol, VA 24202
276/645-0301
gd830@hotmail.com
hometown.aol.com/gayletrent/index.html
Publications: Anything for a Buck, Photo Finish, adult fiction; Mama Liked Blue, juvenile fiction
Awards: 2001 Sime-Gen's Reviewer's Choice Award Children/Young Adult Fiction (electronic category)
Workshops: Various schools, community groups
Teaching: Freelance writing mentor
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Southwest and central Virginia; All ages
Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry
Eric Tretheway
Box 9613, Hollins University
Roanoke, VA 24020
540/384-6825 (h) 540/362-6279 (Hollins)
Publications: The Long Road Home (1994), Evening Knowledge (1991), Dreaming of Rivers (1985), collections of poems; poetry in The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, The Paris Review, New Virginia Review, The Georgia Review, The American Scholar, and Poetry; stories in New Letters, The Dalhousie Review, The Fiddlehead
Awards: Winner, Anhinga Press/Cynthia Cahn Prize in Poetry; winner, Virginia Prize for Poetry; Governor's Screenwriting Award; Bread Loaf Fellowship; Academy of American Poets Prize; fellowships, Yaddo and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Workshops: Breadloaf Writer's Conference, Cleveland State University Writer-in-Residence, Tulane University, the Tennessee Williams - New Orleans Literary Festival, and others
Teaching: Hollins University, Cleveland State University, University of New Brunswick, Tulane University, Kentucky State University
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); All regions
Poetry
Amy Tudor
530 Pennsylvania Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23508
Publications: Antioch Review, New York Quarterly, Antietam Review, Sow?s Ear Poetry Review, Maryland Poetry Review, Poetry Motel
Awards: Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship (1995-1996)
Workshops: Numerous readings including a reading with Larry Levis and Greg Donovan at 1708 Gallery
Teaching: University-level courses
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12)
Poetry
Patricia Flower Vermillion
125 Garrett Drive
Hampton, VA 23669
757/838-0482
Publications: Poetry in Architrave: A Journal of the Arts, The Writer, Poet, Thema, Orphic Lute, Theology Today, Black Bear Review, BlackWater Review and several anthologies
Awards: First place, Chesapeake Bay Branch - NLAPW Poetry Contest (1999); first place, Poetry Society of Virginia (1995, 1994); finalist, Poetry Society of Virginia (1993); first place, Christopher Newport University (CNU) Writers Conference Prize for Poetry (1997, 1996); first place, CNU Writers Conference Prize for Juvenile Fiction (1994, 1990); first place, CNU Writers Conference Prize for Fiction (1993); finalist, Connecticut Poetry Society (1992); first place, Tidewater Writers Competition (poetry); first place, Blue Skies Prize for Juvenile Fiction (1995, 1993)
Workshops: Readings at Blue Skies Art Gallery, Hampton Arts Center, Thomas Nelson Community College, Rappahannock Community College, Christopher Newport University, St. John?s Church, Grace Church, St. Luke?s Church; coordinator and reader for the 1994 Writers? Harvest; Artist-in-Education Residency Programs (1993-present) at R.E. Lee Elementary School (Petersburg), Raleigh Court Elementary School (Roanoke), and a workshop as an Appomattox Training Curriculum Specialist in Hampton
Teaching: Christopher Newport University, St. Leo College, Langley Air Force Base
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Peppino N. Vlannes
2934 Beau Lane
Fairfax, VA 22031-1304
703/280-1186
703/280-0274
Publications: Poetry in Poems of the World, Vols. 3, #'s 2-4 (1998-1999), Poets Anonymous (1995, 1997), The Sound of Poetry (1995), Kaleidoscopes in Rhyme (1994), The Senior Connection (1994), Voices of the South (1993), Poets? Voice (1992), Yarn Spinner (1992); Southern Poetry Association Anthology (1991-1996), the National Library of Poetry Anthology (1995, 1996, 1998)
Awards: Winner, International Society of Poets Poet of Merit Award (1996-1999); winner, Southern Poetry Association's Blue Ribbon Award (1990-1994, 1996, 1998); recipient, National Library of Poetry Editor?s Choice Award (1995); Southern Poetry Association's Who?s Who in Poetry (1994); Southern Poetry Association's Poets Choice Award (1993); others
Workshops: Presentations for the International Society of Poets Convention, Poets Anonymous, the Poetry Society of Virginia, and Duke University's Writers Workshop
Teaching: U.S. Military, lectures in schools in Northern Virginia
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Karen Wade
4521 Stonewall Road, N.E.
Roanoke, VA 24017
540/362-3930
Publications: Poetry included in Fly Magazine (1997), Appalachian Womens Journal, Lonzie's Fried Chicken Literary Journal (1998), and BMa The Sonia Sanchez Literary Review (1998), Rhapsody in black (1998);
Awards: Nomination, Who's Who of American Women
Workshops: Readings for numerous community groups in a variety of settings
Teaching: Roanoke City Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
James Miller Walter
2721 Carolina Avenue, SW
Roanoke, VA 24014
540/345-1356 212/674-1466
Publications: Poetry in Making An Angel: Poems, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review and Anthology (1975-1990), Artemis, The New York Times, Western Humanities Review, Croton Review, The Literary Review, The New York Quarterly, Pulpsmith, Poet Lore, The Gallatin Review
Awards: Recipient, Charles Angoff Award for Excellence in Poetry (1982)
Workshops: Presentations at the University of Rhode Island, Hofstra University, New York University, the Blue Ridge Writers Conference, Hollins University, Figaro Coffee House (Greenwich Village, New York City)
Teaching: Colorado State University, New York University (Emeritus Professor of English)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (9-12)
Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry
Steve Watkins
1408 Stafford Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
540/371-3935
swatkins@mwc.edu
Publications: Book, The Black O: Racism and Redemption in an American Corporate Empire (1997); poetry, stories, articles in North American Review, Poets and Writers, The World, Witness, The Nation, LA Weekly, Quarterly West, George Mason Review, Georgetown Review, Mississippi Review, Sun Dog - The Southeast Review, Snake Nation Review, Sequoia, Crescent Review, Greensboro Review, Short Story, Sonora Review, Denver Quarterly, Confrontation, Fiction and Drama, Mediphors, The Washington Review, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, New Mexico Humanities Review
Awards: Winner, Virginia College Store Association's Best Book by a Virginia Writer (1997); finalist, Southern Regional Council's Lillian Ross Non-Fiction Book Award; winner, Pushcart Prize; winner, Snake Nation Fiction Prize; finalist, Flannery O?Connor Award; semi-finalist (twice), University of Iowa Short Fiction Award; first prize, Charlie Award; second prize, Charlie Award; Florida Magazine Association Feature Writing Award; second place, Playboy College Fiction Award; finalist, PEN/Nelson Algren Award for Novel-in-Progress, and others
Workshops: Numerous presentations in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia
Teaching: Florida State University, Mary Washington College
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction (adult and juvenile), Poetry
Evelyn Dunbar Webb
403 - F Kerry Lane
Lynchburg, VA 24502
434/237-2557 or 434/942-7033
motherworld2002@yahoo.com
Publications: Poetry in Hail, Muse!, The Greater Lynchburg Guide, Cairn, The Gihon River Review; poetry for young readers, Bats in the Belfry (in progress); fiction, Ethelred in the Land of Time (2002), Aresti: Planet of the Red God (in progress), and other creative non-fiction and articles
Awards: Second place, Battle of the Bard Poets' Contest (2002); honorable mention, American Academy of Poets Prize (2001); third place, Margaret Walker Memorial Poetry Prize (2001); first place, Helen Calvert Ekphrasis Award (2001); honorable mention, Margaret I. Raynal Fiction Award (2000)
Workshops: Readings at The Lipscomb Library Reading Chain and Bookends; workshops at the University of Connecticut at Avery
Teaching: University of Connecticut (Avery)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Lesley Wheeler
202 Myers Street
Lexington, VA 24450
540/463-6443
wheelerlm@wlu.edu
Publications: Poetry in American Writing, Critical Matrix, Northeast Journal, American Standard, SPSMandH, Interim; in addition to essays and reviews
Awards: Class of 1962 and Hewlett-Mellon Fellow Endowments (2000-2001), AAUW Summer Faculty Fellowship (1996), Garden State Fellowship (1989-1993); Glenn Grants (1995-2002), Robert E. Lee Research Grant (1995), among other grants and fellowships
Workshops: Readings at Washington and Lee University, Princeton University
Teaching: Washington and Lee University, Princeton University, Young Scholars Institute
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction
Linda Wirkner
616 Old Dominion Road
Yorktown, VA 23692
757/989-4679
LindaRyter@aol.com
Publications: Story in The YG Book of Short Stories (1999); books, Mystery of the Blue-Gowned Ghost (1994), Moby Dick, an adaptation (1998), Summer Romance (1985), Martinis (1998); stories in Appleseeds, Boys' Quest, Hopscotch, Child Life, Children's Digest, Guideposts for Kids, Young Generation, The Flicker, Dolphin Log, Key Horizons, Byline, Vibrant Life, On the Line, and others
Awards: Work selected for the Children's Book Council Summer Reading List
Workshops: Numerous conference presentations
Teaching: Christopher Newport University Continuing Education; Institute of Children's Literature
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Diana Woodcock
5811 S. Crestwood Avenue
Richmond , VA 23226-1801
804/794-8524
dwoodcock@qatar.vcu.edu
Publications: Poetry: Nimrod International Journal, Atlanta Review, Hawai’i Pacific Review, Istanbul Literature Review, Other Voices International Project, Wisconsin Review, Litchfield Review, Tiger’s Eye, Blue Fifth Review, Creekwalker, Boys’ Quest, Brooklyn Review, Chrysalis, Creative Juices, Drumvoices Revue, Hobble Creek Review, White Heron, Homestead Review, Insects are People Too, Quercus Review, Riverrun, Sandcutters, Small Brushes, The World and I, Pudding 39, Trails to Black Canyon.
Least-loved Beasts of the Really Wild West (Native West Press/anthology, Spring 1997), Pig Iron Press’s Frontier: Custom and Archtype, Susan B & Me, and Treasured Poems of America, Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum (anthology, Winter 1997).
Prose: Letter from Qatar,Michigan Quarterly Review, Fall 2006.
Awards: Creekwalker Prize for Poetry (2007); Robert G. Cohn Prose Poetry Award (Honorable Mention, 2007); Finalist in Litchfield Review’s 2007 poetry contest; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts residency (2008); Everglades National Park Artist-in-Residence (2007); Summer Literary Seminars/Russia Select Scholarship as a finalist in poetry (2007); poem “The Pol Pot Soldier Tells His Side” selected to be included in Hawaii Pacific Review’s Best of the Decade issue, 2007; Honorable Mention for Nimrod’s Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry (2006); International Publication Prize, Atlanta Review (2006); Vermont Studio Center month-long writer’s residency; Faculty Development Grant recipient, VCUQ, to attend Art Workshop International-Assisi (2005); Finalist, Violet Reed Haas Award for a full-length poetry collection (2004); Poetry Graduate Award/Honorable Mention, Virginia Commonwealth University (2003); Creative Nonfiction Graduate Award/First Place, VCU (2003); First Place Nonfiction Award from the American Association of University Women and The New Virginia Review (1985).
Workshops: American School, Doha; Vermont Studio Center; Art Workshop International-Assisi, Italy; 1708 Gallery/VCU’s Movable Feast; Community Poetry Workshops, VCU-Qatar; Poetry Workshop, Richmond Hill Retreat Center.
Teaching: Assistant Professor of English, Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU-Qatar College of Design Arts (Currently)
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Retreat centers, prisons and juvenile correctional facilities, ESL students (high school and middle school), senior citizen groups, divorce recovery groups
Poetry
Charles Wright
940 Locust Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22901
804/979-2373
Publications: Collections of poetry, Black Zodiac (2000), Appalachia (2000), Negative Blue (2000), Chickamauga (1995), The World of the Ten Thousand Things (1990), Zone Journals (1988), The Other Side of the River (1984), Country Music: Selected Early Poems (1982), The Southern Cross (1981), China Trace (1977), Bloodlines (1975), Hard Freight (1973), The Grave of the Right Hand (1970); chapbooks and pamphlets of poetry and poems in various journals and anthologies
Awards: Winner, The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; National Book Critics Circle Award; The Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Virginia Prize for Poetry; National Endowment for the Arts' Fellowship; Guggenheim Fellowship; Academy of American Poets Edgar Allan Poe Award; recipient, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award; co-winner, National Book Award for Poetry; Ingram Merrill Fellowships; winner, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, others
Workshops: George Mason University, Emory and Henry College, The College of William and Mary, Virginia Tech, Randolph-Macon College, and others
Teaching: University of Virginia, University of California (Irvine), University of Iowa, Columbia University, Princeton University
Fees: $2,000 (reading)
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction
Irene Ziegler
1612 Palmyra Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
804/553-8202
i.ziegler@comcast.com
Publications: Collection of short stories, Rules of the Lake (1999)
Awards: Winner, New York Pubic Library Best Book Award; Winner, Mary Roberts Rinehart Award in Drama; Recipient, Fellowship in Fiction from the Virginia Commission for the Arts; Winner, Community Writers? Association Short Story Award; 2nd Place Winner, Redbook Magazine Fiction Award; Finalist, Redbook Magazine Fiction Award; Winner, Nit and Wit Magazine Fiction Award; Winner and 3rd Place, Irene Leach Memorial Foundation Award for Fiction; Winner, Hemingway Days Festival Short Story Award; 2nd Place Winner, Connecticut Writer Fifth Annual Writing Award; 3rd Place Winner, Whiskey Island Fiction Award; Hnery Hoyns Fellow in Fiction, University of Virginia; Silver Screen Award, US International Film and Video Festival; Golden Eagle CINE Award; HR Magazine?s Top Ten Human Resource Training Product; Gold CINDY Award
Workshops: Extensive experience
Fees: $500 (Negotiable)
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Kristin Camitta Zimet
217 Brookneill Drive
Winchester, VA 22602
540/869-0046
johnz563@yahoo.com
Publications: Book of poetry, Take in My Arms the Dark (1999); poetry in Appalachian Heritage, Long Island Quarterly, Cold Mountain Review, Sow's Ear, SunDog, Appalachian Journal, and other magazines; poems in HomeWorks: A Book of Tennessee Writers, Frontier: Custom and Archetype and Grrr
Awards: Winner, Appalachian Heritage's Denny C. Plattner Award for Excellence in Poetry (1997); recipient, Now and Then Award (1994)
Workshops: Readings in Virginia, Texas, New York, Colorado, Tennessee, Connecticut, and at Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions