Directories
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