Directories
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
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
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
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