Directories
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
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
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
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
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
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