Directories
Fiction
Arlene Sanders
,
arlenesanders@dellmail.com
www.arlenesanders.com
Publications: TIGER BURNING BRIGHT: STORIES (Jefferson Press, 2008);
“Wish You Were Here,” The Dos Passos Review (2007); “Cabbage Roses,” Cantaraville (2007) and Willard & Maple (2006); “The Arrival,” Cairn, New Works Review, Sound and Literary Art Book (2006); “All Quiet in My Heart,” The Dublin Quarterly (2006); “The Companion,” The Edgar Literary Magazine and Slow Trains (2006); “Red Horse Rocking,” The Georgia State University Review (2006); “Tiger Burning Bright,” Iconoclast (2006); “Heist,” The MacGuffin; “High in a Hot Blue Sky,” Perigee (2006); “Two Writers Talking,” Pindeldyboz (2006); “Knickers and Red Suspenders,” Sanskrit (2006); “The Locket,” Terra Incognita; “Cherries in the Snow,” Sugar Mule (2006); “Fire and Ice,” Tertulia Magazine (2006); “Vishnu as a Boar in His Third Avatar,” Taj Mahal Review and The Writers Post Journal (2006); “Felony,” Mindprints (2006).
Awards: Pushcart Prize nomination for “Fire and Ice”; Finalist, Jefferson Press Prize for Best New Voice in Fiction for TIGER BURNING BRIGHT: STORIES (2007); Finalist, Glimmer Train Short-Story Award for New Writers for “Tiger Burning Bright” (2006); First Place, ByLine Magazine New-Talent Short Story Contest for “The Arrival” (2006); Honorable Mentions, Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition for “The Arrival” and E. M. Koeppel Short Fiction Awards for “Red Roses” and “Charlie Feathers” (2006); Finalist, Future Writers-USA Annual Short Story Competition; Brodie Herndon Memorial Poetry Competition
Honorable Mention for “Sea Glass”; Robert S. Sergeant Memorial Poetry Competition Honorable Mention for “Wild Geese” (2007); Special Honorable Mention, ByLine Magazine New-Talent Short Story Contest, for “The Companion”; Special Honorable Mention, ByLine Magazine Short Story Contest,
for “Cherries in the Snow”; Honorable Mention, ByLine Magazine First Chapter
of a Novel Contest; Honorable Mention, ByLine Magazine New-Talent Short Story Contest, for “Cabbage Roses”; Honorable Mention, ByLine Magazine Flash Fiction Contest, for “Felony”; Honorable Mention, ByLine Magazine Short Story Contest, for “The Blue Dahlia.”
Workshops:
Teaching:
Education: BA English, Phi Beta Kappa; Johns Hopkins University MA degree candidate
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults
Poetry
M.A. Schaffner
1814 North Taylor Street
Arlington, VA 22207-3138
703/525-0275
Schaffner.Michael@pbge.gov
Publications: Collection of poetry, The Good Opinion of Squirrels (1996); poetry in Fine Madness, The Florida Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Wales, Poet's Voice (Austria), Imago (Australia), Paris/Atlantic, New York Quarterly, The Boston Phoenix, Yellow Silk, Antietam Review, Hellas, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Folio, Pivot, Sparrow, and others
Awards: Awards from Poet Lore, The Lyric, and Orbis; winner, Columbia Book Award (1997); recipient, Washington Writer's Center Annual Prize (1996)
Workshops: Readings at the Art Barn, DC/AC, The Parthenon, Takoma Park Public Library, Grace Church (Georgetown), Ellipse Art Gallery (Arlington), the Leesburg Art Gallery, the Reston Community Center, the Frederick (Maryland) Community Center, New York City Public Library (96th Street)
Teaching: West Potomac High School (Fairfax), St. Alban's School (Washington, D.C.)
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); Northern Virginia
Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry
Nancy Schoenberger
110 North Trace
Williamsburg, VA 23188
757/253-0190
Publications: Poetry, Long Like A River (1998), Girl on a White Porch (1987), The Taxidermist?s Daughter (1979); biography co-authored with Sam Kashner, A Talent for Genius: The Life and Times of Oscar Levant (1994); non-fiction co-authored with Sam Kashner, Hollywood Kryptonite: The Bulldog, The Lady, and The Death of Superman (1996)
Awards: Recipient, New York University Poetry Prize (1997); recipient, Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Project Grant (1992); winner, Devin Award for Poetry (1987); National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship (1984)
Workshops: Readings at Virginia Wesleyan College, The College of William and Mary, the University of Indiana, Poetry Society of America, University of Arizona, Goucher College, Randolph Macon Women's College, and others
Teaching: Faculty, The College of William and Mary; workshops at Columbia University and The Academy of American Poets (New York City)
Fees: $500; Travel and per diem expenses are not included
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction (juvenile)
Judie Schrecker
3346 Kirkwood Court
Keswick, VA 22947
804/245-9975
Publications: Santa's New Reindeer (1996), The Pet Shop Mouse (1995)
Workshops: Presentations at elementary schools in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania
Teaching: Elementary schools
Fees: $100 - $300
Preferences: Adults and students (grades PK-7)
Fiction
Joan V. Schroeder
2344 Jones Road
Winchester, VA 22602
540/722-0845
Publications: Novels,The Hearts of Soldiers (1999), Solitary Places (1995); reviews, essays in The New York Times, The Washington Post, among others; stories in Yankee, Antietam Review, Thema, River City, Artemis, and others
Awards: Virginia Commission for the Arts Fiction Fellowship (1998); nomination, Pushcart Prize; winner, Hohenberg Award; winner, NLAPW Daniels Award for Essay and Short Story; Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship
Workshops: Readings and workshops throughout Virginia, Washington, D.C., Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, Pennsylvania
Teaching: St. Olaf College, Averett College, Lord Fairfax Community College, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, University of Minnesota, Alleghany Highlands Public Schools, Roanoke County Public Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); Within 200-mile radius preferred
Fiction
Paula Schwartz
8303 The Midway Drive
Annandale, VA 22003
703/978-3872
Publications: Rachel's Passage (1999); novels, A Morning Moon, To Spite the Devil; more than 30 Regency novels
Awards: Winner, Waldenbooks- Romantic Times: Best Regency Writer Award (1983); winner, Irene Leache Memorial Award, Literary Competition (1974); recipient, Jane Austen Society Grant; other awards for drama
Workshops: Numerous women?s groups
Teaching: George Mason University, New York City Public Schools, New York University, The American University, Dunbarton College (Washington, D.C.)
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Billie Jean Scott
P.O. Box 503
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
540/523-0905
Publications: Poetry, Sprig of Basil, Reflections; prose in, Chalkdust and Children; poetry anthology, Poetry Society of Virginia (1993); poetry and research on the Seminary United Methodist Church, Southwest Virginia Historical Society, and other historical research projects
Awards: Lifetime Achievement, Virginia Educational Media Association
Workshops: Southwest Virginia Museum, Wise County School Librarians Association, Iota State Convention, KeoKee Elementary School (Lee County)
Teaching: Wise County Public Schools, Lincoln Memorial University Summer Session
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Roanoke, southwestern Virginia
Poetry
Darlene Anita Scott
2 South 17th Street # 26
Richmond, VA 23219
804.649.0426
scottgyrl@hotmail.com
Publications: California Quarterly; Warpland; X Literary Magazine; Dialogue; Love Poems for the Media Age (Ripple Effect Press, 2003); Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art (Third World Press, 2002); Defining Moments: An Anthology of Teachers' Writings; Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices From Marginalized Spaces (GirlChild Press, 2006); The Hoot and the Holler of Owls: An Anthology of the Hurston Wright Foundation (2003)
Awards: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts fellow (2006); Julia and David White Artists' Colony Second Runner-Up (2006); Just Poetry Grant Slam Second Runner-up (2005); Amateur Division (2005); University of Arizona Summer Residency fellow (2005); Philip Roth Residency in Creative Writing finalist (2004); 1st place (Amateur Division) -- National Arts Program Richmond (2003);
Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship finalist (2002), Associated Writing Programs Intro Journals Project; semifinalist, Stadler Center for Poetry Fellowship (2001);
fellow, Hurston/Wright Foundation Summer Writers Week (2001, 2000, 1999)
Workshops: Oak Knoll Middle School, Writer in Residency (2006); Richmond Department of Recreation and Parks, Poetry Project Coordinator (2001-2005); Writers in the Schools, RIchmond City Public School (200-2004); Huguenot High School, Festival of Words (2001,2003)
Teaching: Courses taught at Virginia Union University, John Tyler Community College, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia State University
Education:
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 7-12); All regions depending upon travel arrangements
Fiction
Janet Shaffer
11037 Timberlake Road
Lynchburg, VA 24502
804/525-1456
Publications: Novel, Peter Francisco: Virginia Giant (1976); short stories in Teen Times, Evangel, Freeway, Jack and Jill, Highlights for Children, Three/Four and Twelve/Fifteen, and others
Workshops: Randolph-Macon College, Lynchburg Writers Workshop, local book clubs and public schools
Fees: $100 (reading); $150+(workshop); $100 (combination)
Preferences: Adults and students (daytime only); Lynchburg area preferred
Poetry
Andrew Shannon
210 Hahn Place
Newport News, VA 23602
757/877-0792
Publications: Reading, Writing and the Road to Fluvanna (1994), A Spirit of Happiness (1992), An Insight on Life (1988)
Awards: Winner, Celebrating the Family Award (1995); nomination, Best New Male Writer (1992), nominations, New Hanover County Human Relations Poetry Award (1978, 1979)
Workshops: Winston-Salem State University, Newport News Public Schools, New Hanover Public Schools, Hampton Public Schools, Southeast Community Festival, radio and television
Teaching: Virginia Public Schools, North Carolina Public Schools, Fluvanna Public Schools, Fluvanna Community Center, Doris Miller Community Center, North Newport News Community Center, Forsythe County
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Poetry
Leslie Shiel
2312 Maplewood Avenue
Richmond, VA 23220
804/359-7638
Publications: Poetry in Mondo Barbie (1993), The Southern Review, Santa Barbara Review, New Virginia Review, Richmond Quarterly, The Sun, Crab Orchard Review, Kestrel, Defined Providence
Awards: Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Project Grant (1993); Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida (1995)
Workshops: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Barnes and Noble, The Three Arts Club (Chicago), Virginia Commonwealth University, John Tyler Community College, Randolph Macon College, Carriage House Bookstore, 1708 Gallery, Goochland Women?s Farm, Capitol Writing Project, Partners in the Arts, and at the Atlantic Center for the Arts
Teaching: University of Southern Indiana, Virginia Commonwealth University, public schools (grades 9-12), private workshops
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction (juvenile)
Ellen H. Showell
1200 North Cleveland Street
Arlington, VA 22201
703/525-8872
eshowell@erols.com
Publications: Books, The Trickster Ghost (1992), Our Mountain (1991), Cecelia and the Blue Mountain Boy (1983), The Ghost of Tillie Jean Cassaway (1978), and numerous plays and non-fiction
Awards: Recipient, Parent's Choice Award for Literature; recipient, South Carolina Children's Book Award (1982); recognition, NSTS Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies and the Women's National Book Association
Workshops: Numerous readings and workshops in public schools
Fees: $150+ per hour; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Students (grades 4-6)
Poetry
Grace Simpson
Box 666
Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943
804/223-8476
HASSELLS@HSC.EDU
Publications: Poems in The Formalist, The Ledge, Plains Poetry Journal, San Fernando Poetry Journal, Christian Century, Cincinnati Poetry Review, Cumberland Poetry Review, Cotton Ball/Atlanta Review Dominion Review, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Hiram Poetry Review, Hydra, Kudzu, New Laurel Review, The Lyric, Nebo, Negative Capability, Poet Lore, Riverside Quarterly, St. Andrews Review, Southern Poetry Review, Small Pond Magazine, Snake Nation Review, Virginia Writing, New Virginia Review, Zone 3
Awards: Winner, Florida State Writing Competition; winner Rainmaker Award for Poetry (1991); awards from, The Poetry Society of Virginia and The Poetry Society of Ohio; winner, Irene Leache Memorial Contest Awards
Workshops: Readings at Share Our Strength's Writer's Conference, Longwood College Visual Art Center, Longwood College, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia Commonwealth University, various organizations in Keysville, Charlotte Court House, Lynchburg, Gloucester Point; workshops for the Farmville Women's Club, Prince Edward County Public Schools and Amelia County High School
Teaching: Prince Edward County High School, Florida State University, Auburn University, Longwood College
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are included
Preferences: All ages; Central area of southern Virginia (within 100-mile radius preferred)
Fiction, Poetry
William Reuben Smith
3750 Woodside Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24503-3044
804/384-2027
Publications: Poetry in Piedmont Literary Review, The Lyric, Poetry Society of Virginia Anthology; Midwest Poetry Review, Vols. 3, 7 and 10, The Poet's Domain Series of Regional Anthologies, Orphic Lute; publisher/editor, Piedmont Literary Review; magazines
Awards: Winner, Poetry Society of Virginia Contest; recipient, Lynchburg Poetry Festival Award; winner, Piedmont Literary Review Poetry Contest
Workshops: New Covenant School, Liberty University, Longwood College, Poetry Society of Virginia; local cable television
Teaching: Central Virginia Community College
Fees: $35 per hour; Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); The southern and central regions of Virginia preferred
Poetry
Ron Smith
616 Maple Avenue
Richmond, VA 23226
804/282-2753
smithjron@aol.com
Publications: Collection of poems, Running Again in Hollywood Cemetery (1988); poetry in The Nation, Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, and other magazines and anthologies
Awards: Winner, Guy Owen/Southern Poetry Review Prize; winner, Theodore Roethke/Poetry Northwest Prize; Bread Loaf Scholar-in-Poetry; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, and others
Workshops: Virginia Commonwealth University, 1708 Gallery, Guilford College, Rappahannock Community College, Virginia Writers Club, Winston-Salem State University, Poetry Society of Virginia, Second Street Gallery, Richmond Public Schools Writer-in-the-Schools Program, Chesapeake Poetry Festival, Randolph-Macon College, Noble and Greenough School, Lycoming College, Tuckahoe Middle School, The Governor's School, and others
Teaching: University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Mary Washington College, St. Christopher's School
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction (juvenile)
Blanche Smith
5100 Monument Avenue, #309
Richmond, VA 23220-3622
804/285-0423
Publications: Numerous articles; co-editor of three books; audio-tape co-editor; poems; children's book, The Brown Paper Box
Awards: Recipient, National Association of University Women (Richmond) Outstanding Achievement in Education, Civic Responsibility and Human Relations (1974); service and leadership award, Virginia Association of Teachers of English (1984); teaching excellence certificate, Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, (1984)
Workshops: Presentations, Chapter I Teachers, Richmond City Public Schools (1984)
Teaching: Richmond City Public Schools; Buckingham County Summer Program; Virginia State University Extension Program; Learning Disabled Programs
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
R. T. Smith
530 Reid Road
Lexington, VA 24450
540/463-8908 540/464-1328 (h)
rodsmith@wlu.edu
Publications: Books, Messenger (2000), Split the Lark: Selected Poems (1999), Trespasser (1996), Hunter-Gatherer (1996), Faith: Stories (1995), The Cardinal Heart (1991), and others; chapbooks, Illumination (1999), But with Blood (1999), Gristle (1996), The Names of Trees (1991), Banish Misfortune (1988); recent poetry in Triquarterly, Gettysburg Review, Southern Humanities Review, Commonweal, Irish Times, Southern Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Hollins Critic, Georgia Review, Black Warrior Review, Poetry Northwest, and others
Awards: Winner, Salmon Publishing Transatlantic Poetry Award (1999); recipient, Arts International Grant (1993); National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1990); winner, Alabama Governor's Award for an Individual Artist (1989); Alabama Arts Council Literature Grant (1986, 1991); recipient, Poetry Society of America's John Masefield Award (1982)
Workshops: Workshops at Sewanee Writer's Conference and Vermont College Summer MFA Program
Teaching: Auburn University, Appalachian State University, East Mecklenburg High School
Fees: $700-$1200
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Margo Solod
P.O. Box 113
Lexington, VA 24450
540/464-6252
margosolod@rockbridge.net
Publications: Still Life with Trucks, Outside the Kremlin, Photo Cries Real Tears (chapbooks); 100 Days, What Have You Lost, Women and Death, Body and Wonder (anthologies); poetry in Baltimore Poetry Review, Art News, California Quarterly, Onion River Review, Cedar Hill Review, 360 Degrees, among other journals
Awards: Recipient, Kingman Page Award (1996); nomination, Pushcart Prize (2001)
Workshops: Readings throughout the country
Teaching: Workshops on form and composition
Fees: $50 - $450; Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Poetry
Katherine Soniat
300 Fincastle Drive, S.E.
Blacksburg, VA 24060
540/953-5049 540/231-5138
Publications: Poetry collections, Alluvial (2001), A Shared Life (1993), Cracking Eggs (1990), Winter Toys (1989), Notes of Departure (1985); poetry in Amicus, Virginia Quarterly Review, Gettysburg Review, Harvard Review, The Nation, The New Republic, Manoa, Kenyon, Poetry, Yale Review, Southern Review, and many others
Awards: Second place, Poetry Society of America's Ford and Medwick Awards (1999); winner, Faulkner Gold Medal Award for Poetry (1998); winner, Edwin Piper Award/Iowa Poetry Prize (1993); recipient, Virginia Prize for Poetry (1989); winner, Camden Poetry Prize (1984); residencies, Yaddo and MacDowell Colony; fellowship, Bread Loaf Writer's Conference (1989); second place, Ann Stanford Award/University of Southern California, and others
Workshops: Extensive experience in colleges/universities, communities, schools
Teaching: Virginia Tech
Fees: $500 (readings); Negotiable (workshops)
Preferences: Students (grades 9-12, college)
Fiction, Poetry
Bruce Souders
208 Stafford Drive
Winchester, VA 22602-7431
540/667-7195
Publications: Poetry in The Poet's Domain - Poetry Society of Virginia Anthology, Georgia State Poetry Society Anthology, Fitting the Pieces Together (1995), To a Student Dying Young and Other Poems (1978); work included in Southern Humanities Review, Humanities in the South, The Lyric, The Piedmont Literary Review, The Rolling Coulter, The Bird Watcher's Digest
Awards: National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship; winner, Shenandoah Arts Council Award in Literature (1995); recipient, Shenandoah Valley Writers Award, Lord Fairfax Community College (1987); Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship (1983)
Workshops: Readings, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, as well as for poetry societies, libraries and colleges in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.; workshops for Frederick County Public Schools, Shenandoah University, Lord Fairfax Community College, Roanoke College
Teaching: Elderhostels in (Pennsylvania, Area Center for Higher Education, Lebanon Valley College, Shenandoah University, Lord Fairfax Community College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); All regions
Poetry
Lisa Russ Spaar
102 Surrey Road
Charlottesville, VA 22901
804/924-6675 (w)
Publications: Poems, Glass Town (1999), Acquainted With the Night: Insomnia Poems (1999), Blind Boy on Skates (1987), Cellar (1983); poetry in Ploughshares, The Kenyon Review, Shenandoah, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry, Crazyhorse, Poetry East, Carolina Quarterly, Southern Poetry Review, American Literary Review and several anthologies
Awards: Recipient, Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Project Grant (1995); winner, AAUW Virginia Poetry Prize, University of Richmond (1984); recipient, Hoyns Fellowship in Poetry, University of Virginia (1980); winner, Academy of American Poets Prize (1978)
Workshops: Numerous readings of poetry for the University of Virginia, James Madison University, The University of North Texas, and others
Teaching: University of Virginia, The University of North Texas, James Madison University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages
Poetry
Sophia M. Starnes
4951 Burnley Drive
Williamsburg, VA 23188-8806
757/220-8595
whsstarnes@widomaker.com
Publications: Chapbook, The Soul's Landscape (2002); book of poetry, A Commerce of Moments (2002); poems in The Southern Poetry Review, The Laurel Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Huibbub, The Marlboro Review, Pleiades, Gulf Coast, Willow Review, Folio, Hawaii Pacific Review, among others
Awards: Winner, Aldrich Poetry Competition (2001); recipient, Editor's Choice, Transcontinental Poetry Award (2001); Virginia Commission for the Arts' Poetry Fellowship (2000); nominated, Pushcart Prize (1998); winner, Rainer Maria Rilke Poetry Award (1997)
Workshops: Christopher Newport University, Thomas Nelson Community College, Chrysler Museum, The Hofheimer Gallery at Virginia Wesleyan College, The Muscarelle Museum at The College of William and Mary, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art (Ridgefield, CT), Williamsburg Regional Library, Newport News Public Library, Suffolk Museum, Bay Ridge Festival of the Arts (Brooklyn, NY), Barnes and Noble, Norfolk Academy, among others
Teaching: Extensive experience, high school through adult levels
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); All regions
Fiction
Mariflo Stephens
717 Northwood Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22902
804/295-7981
Publications: Short stories in The Washington Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Gamut, Iowa Woman, The Walden Review, Catalyst; work in anthologies including, Worlds Within Their Words: Contemporary American Women Writers and Barbie Chronicles: A Real Doll Turns Forty (1999)
Awards: First place, Virginia Highlands Festival Contest for Best Novel (1999); second place, Virginia Highlands Festival Contest for Best Short Story (1999, 1995); winner, The Washington Review Prize for Fiction (1997); nomination, Pushcart Prize (1997-1998); second place, Virginia Highlands Festival Contest for Best Essay (1995); Virginia Center for the Creaive Arts Fellowship; finalist, Sherwood Anderson Literary Festival; finalist, Irene Leache Literary Festival Contest; winner, Thomas Griffis Prize for the Short Story (University of Virginia); winner, The Writer's Eye Competition (Bayly Museum, Charlottesville)
Workshops: Presentations at Kaf Kafe, Second Street Gallery, Williams Corner Bookstore
Teaching: University of Virginia Fellow, Hampden-Sydney College
Fees: $100 (reading or workshop); Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: All ages; Central and southwest Virginia
Fiction
Andy Straka
P.O. Box 6608
Charlottesville, VA 22906
434/973-1866
andy@andystraka.com
www.andystraka.com
Publications: Cold Quarry; A Killing Sky; A Witness Above (NAL/Signet/Penguin Group (USA); The Talon and the Sword (op-ed), Charlottesville Daily Progress; Call it Dead Time (short story), And The Dying is Easy (anthology) Signet ; A Garden Never Comes (essay) Albemarle Magazine; Directions for Disassembly of an Old Set of Swings (short story), Albemarle Magazine
Awards: Shamus Award 2004 - Best Paperback Original PI Novel; Anthony Award Finalist 2003 - Best Paperback Original Novel; Anthony, Shamus, and Agatha Award Finalist 2002 - Best First Novel; Library of Virginia Literary Award Nominee 2003 and 2004.
Workshops: Teaching: University of South Florida Suncoast Writers Conference Faculty 2003
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Highschool and Adults
Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry
Dan Stryk
300 Meadow Drive
Bristol, VA 24201
540/669-5979
Publications: Collections of poetry, Death of a Sunflower: Prose Parables and Poems (1999), A Sea Change (1996), Lives (1990), The Artist and the Crow (1984), To Make a Life (1980); poems and creative non-fiction in Poetry Northwest, TriQuarterly, Kayak, Western Humanities Review, Southern Humanities Review, Southwest Review, Southern Poetry Review, Missouri Review, Hollins Critic, Chariton Review, The Prose Poem, Commonweal, The Nation, and Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, and other journals; anthologies, A Year in Verse (1995) and the Terra Nova Water Anthology (2000)
Awards: National Endowment for the Arts' Poetry Fellowship; Illinois Arts Council Artists Grant Award for Poetry; winner, Utah Arts Council Poetry Prize; and others
Workshops: Indiana Poetry Circuit, including Manchester College, Taylor University, University of Evansville, and Saint Joseph's College, as well as Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University, University of Utah, Appalachian Center for Poets and Writers, Bristol Public Library, Northern Lights Bookstore, and numerous colleges, organizations, high schools, and coffee houses
Teaching: Virginia Intermont College (Bristol), Hillsdale College (Michigan), Northern Illinois University, University of Utah, Waubonsie Valley High School, Galena High School
Fees: $200 (reading); $200 (workshop); $250 (reading and workshop); Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; The southwestern region of Virginia
Fiction, Poetry
Dabney Stuart
30 Edmondson Avenue
Lexington, VA 24450
540/463-5663
Publications: Poetry collections, Settlers (1999), Long Gone (1996), Light Years: New and Selected Poems (1994), Narcissus Dreaming (1990), Don't Look Back (1987), Common Ground (1982), Rockbridge Poems (1981), Round and Round (1977), Friends of Yours, Friends of Mine (1974), The Other Hand (1974), A Particular Place (1969), and The Diving Bell (1966); short story collections, The Way to Cobbs Creek (1997) and Sweet Lucy Wine (1992); short stories and poems in The New Yorker, Kenyon Review, North American Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, Shenandoah, Southern Poetry Review, The Gettysburg Review, The New England Review, The Paris Review, and other journals and anthologies
Awards: Recipient, Virginia Governor's Award for the Arts; National Endowment for the Arts' Fellowships (twice); winner, Poetry Society of America's Dylan Thomas Prize; Guggenheim Fellowship; and many others
Workshops: The University of Richmond, Virginia Wesleyan College, James Madison University, the University of Hawaii, Harvard University, Loyola University, the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina, and others
Teaching: Colorado College, Washington and Lee University, University of Virginia, Trinity College, Ohio University, The College of William and Mary, Middlebury College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults; All regions
Fiction, Poetry
Gerldine Lee Susi
7939 Kettle Creek Drive
Catlett, VA 20119
540/788-1152
rsusi@mnsinc.com
Publications: Looking for Pa: A Civil War Journey from Catlett to Manassas (1995); articles in The Language Arts Journal and The Reading Teacher Journal
Awards: Winner, Fauquier County Award for Best Local Book (1996)
Workshops: Presentations at schools in Virginia, New York, California and Arizona, as well as the Virginia State Reading Association and the Blue Ribbon Librarians Conferences
Teaching: Fairfax County Public Schools, George Mason University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction (juvenile)
Julie A. Swanson
2118 Owensville Road
Charlottesville , VA 22901
434/977-2824
jules9swanson@earthlink.net
www.julieaswanson.com
Publications: Going for the Record, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2004;
Awards: Great Lakes Book Award, 2004; IRA Young Adult Choice List, 2006; IRA Children's Book Award Notable, 2005; Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Awards, Finalist, 2004
Workshops: Christopher Newport University Writers' Conference, 2004; Virginia Festival of the Book;Charlottesville High School; Henley Middle School
Teaching:
Education: Institute of Children's Literature Correspondence Courses; Various writing workshops and conferences including the Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop and the Skyland Resort Novel Revision Retreat; BA Math Education
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: None
Poetry, Short Stories
Frances W. Terrell
3815 El Cerrito Place
Alexandria, VA 22309
703/360-1090 202/286-3868
franwrites2@aol.com
Publications: Poetry in Vibrant Soul-Four Generations of Poets (2004), A Time to Be Free (1999), Memories and Daydreams (1997)
Awards: Entry in The Semifinalist (1997-1999); Poem made into a song (1999)
Workshops: Experience since 1999
Teaching: Alexandria City Public Schools, Prince William County Schools, Fairfax County Schools
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: All ages; All regions
Fiction
William Tester
8 Partridge Hill Road
Richmond, VA 23233
804/784-3267
wtester@saturn.vcu.edu
Publications: Collection of stories, Head (2000); novel, Darling (1992); stories in Bomb, North American Review, Black Warrior Review, TriQuarterly, Witness, Story Quarterly, Grand Street, Esquire, Prairie Schooner, others; reviews in Review and 7 Days
Awards: Winner, Mary McCarthy Prize for Fiction (1999); Virginia Commonwealth University Grant (1999); Virginia Commission for the Arts' Fellowship (1998); fellowship, Constance Saltonstall Foundation (1997); finalist, Story Magazine Short Story Contest (1998, 1996); National Endowment for the Arts' Grant (1992); fellowship, Edward Albee Foundation (1991)
Workshops: Virginia Festival for the Book, University of Chicago, Virginia Commonwealth University, Columbia University, Syracuse University; NPR's All Things Considered, and others
Teaching: Virginia Commonwealth University, Columbia University, State University of New York (Oneonta), Syracuse University
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (college)
Poetry
Hilary Tham
2600 North Upshur Street
Arlington, VA 22207-4026
703/527-4568
703/527-9384
Hilarytham@aol.com
www.geocities.com/Solto/9926
Publications: Lane with No Name: Memoirs of a Malaysian-Chinese Girlhood (1997), Everything is Tough When You're a Teen (1996); collections of poetry, Men and Other Strange Myths (1994), Tigerbone Wine (1992), Bad Names for Women (1989), Paper Boats (1987, reprinted in 1993) and No Gods Today (1969); poems and short stories in Antietam Review, Pulpsmith, Gargoyle, Wind, Maryland Poetry Review, Visions, others
Awards: Third place, Paterson Poetry Prize (1990); fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (1990); second place, Virginia Prize for Poetry (1988); finalist, Virginia Prize for Fiction (1987)
Workshops: Presentations on cable television (Maryland), National Public Radio's Saturday Edition, WPFW Radio World Bank, as well as for the United Nations International Poetry Festival, USIA Israel, numerous colleges, community centers and schools; Artist-in-Education Residency Programs in Virginia (1989-present); Poet-in-Residence for Howard County (Maryland) Schools
Teaching: Public schools in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., as well as in southwest Virginia; adult poetry workshops for The Writer?s Center
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); All regions
Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry
Jack Trammell
8411 Cross Country Road
Mineral, VA 23117
804/306-3785
jtrammel@rmc.edu
www.geocities.com/jacktrammell
Publications: Washington Times
Richmond Times Dispatch
America's Civil War
Linn's Stamp News
Scholastic Magazine
Gifted Education Press
The Crucial Link
Working Writers
Virginia Adversaria
The Fauquier Poetry Journal
Snowapple Journal
Gray (Xlibris, subsidiary of Random House), Fiction
Sarah's Last Secret (Hardshell), Fiction
Return to the Treasure Island (Hardshell), Fiction
The Saints Departed (Hardshell), Fiction
Appalachin Dreams (Escape Press), Poetry
Beyond the Country Line (Escape Press), Poetry
Math in History (Pieces of Learning), Non-fiction
Awards: Eppie Finalist for Young Adult Novel (2000)
Winner of the History Book Club Essay Contest (2001)
Nominee for People to People Ambassador Program to South Africa (2002)
Semi-finalist in the International Poetry Contest (2004)
Second Place Voicesnet International Poetry Competition (2004)
Workshops: Emory & Henry College
Christopher Newport University
Poe Museum
Hanover County Schools, VA
National Council for Community and Education Partnerships
Teaching: Taught nine years in Virginia Public Schools
University of Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
Randolph Macon College
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Prefer working with youth and individuals with disabilities
Fiction
Gayle Trent
13335 Holbrook Street
Bristol, VA 24202
276/645-0301
gd830@hotmail.com
hometown.aol.com/gayletrent/index.html
Publications: Anything for a Buck, Photo Finish, adult fiction; Mama Liked Blue, juvenile fiction
Awards: 2001 Sime-Gen's Reviewer's Choice Award Children/Young Adult Fiction (electronic category)
Workshops: Various schools, community groups
Teaching: Freelance writing mentor
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Southwest and central Virginia; All ages
Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry
Eric Tretheway
Box 9613, Hollins University
Roanoke, VA 24020
540/384-6825 (h) 540/362-6279 (Hollins)
Publications: The Long Road Home (1994), Evening Knowledge (1991), Dreaming of Rivers (1985), collections of poems; poetry in The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, The Paris Review, New Virginia Review, The Georgia Review, The American Scholar, and Poetry; stories in New Letters, The Dalhousie Review, The Fiddlehead
Awards: Winner, Anhinga Press/Cynthia Cahn Prize in Poetry; winner, Virginia Prize for Poetry; Governor's Screenwriting Award; Bread Loaf Fellowship; Academy of American Poets Prize; fellowships, Yaddo and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Workshops: Breadloaf Writer's Conference, Cleveland State University Writer-in-Residence, Tulane University, the Tennessee Williams - New Orleans Literary Festival, and others
Teaching: Hollins University, Cleveland State University, University of New Brunswick, Tulane University, Kentucky State University
Fees: Negotiable; Travel expenses are not included
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12); All regions
Poetry
Amy Tudor
530 Pennsylvania Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23508
Publications: Antioch Review, New York Quarterly, Antietam Review, Sow?s Ear Poetry Review, Maryland Poetry Review, Poetry Motel
Awards: Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship (1995-1996)
Workshops: Numerous readings including a reading with Larry Levis and Greg Donovan at 1708 Gallery
Teaching: University-level courses
Fees: Negotiable
Preferences: Adults and students (grades 9-12)