WVW eNEws October 11, 2006

(From WVW President Emeritus Emeritus George Lies)

WVW Announces Categories for Contest;
Exhibits WV Authors at 6th Book Festival;
Unveils New Anthology: 'Mountain Voices'

West Virginia Writers at 6th WV Book Festival -
October 21 & 22 - Charleston Civic Center
WEB = http://www.wvhumanities.org/bookfest/bookfest2.htm

This is one of West Virginia’s premier literary fairs and this year’s line up is a class act. There's a low hum of excitement to be heard as publishers, authors, booksellers, and noted presenters hone their presentation in typical last moment preparation. Bobbie Ann Mason is one of the featured authors. Admission is free.

WV Writers will be kicking off their 2007 membership drive with non-stop drawings, giveaways, and plenty of info on their 2007 Spring Writing Competition. WVW awards more than six thousand dollars in prize money in the annual WVW Spring Writing Competition. Go to http://www.wvwriters.org/contest.html for the official entry form.

At WVW's exhibit, you will find the sparkling new WV Roundtable Anthology, ‘Mountain Voices’ - a collection of the best mountain stories by Mountain State authors - now available for the first time.

Visit the WVW Exhibit and meet WV Writers, Inc. members: award winning author, Keith Maillard; poet and editor of Wild Sweet Notes, Kirk Judd; author, publisher, and teacher, Delilah O’ Haynes; author of ‘Southern Fried Women’ and speaker, Pamela King Cable; author of ‘Attitude Therapy’ and motivational speaker, Deb Copeland; founder of Mountain Whispers.com audiobooks, Ross Ballard II; and author, chef, and weaver of Italian lore, Rosalyn Queen Alonso. Authors included in the anthology are Wilma and Rhonda who will be available to sign your new copy of Mountain Voices.

West Virginia Book Festival - WVW Schedule:

Saturday October 21 -
Kirk Judd Wild Sweet Notes - 10 & 11 a
Ross Ballard II Mountain Whispers - 1 & 2 p
Deb Copeland Southern Fried Women - 4 p

Mountain Voices Authors Signings (times)
Juice Fritzius (10a), Patsy Pittman (11a), Renita Sue Lloyd (12p)
Ed Davis Mountain Voices - 2 & 3p

Sunday October 22 -
Delilah O’Haynes - Character of Mountains - 12 p
Pamela King Cable - Southern Fried Women - 2 p
Mountain Voices Authors - 12 to 4 p

Make your way in to a virtual sea of vendors, and find one booth that is as charged with energy as the festival itself. WV Writers, Inc. will return again this year with Wilma Acree at the helm along with Rhonda White and Terry McNemar and a cast of * several.

Stop by the WV Writers, Inc. booth, and find out just why WVW is West Virginia’s largest writers' resource and service organization, serving literary interests in WV and beyond.

For the complete festival schedule, go to
http://www.wvhumanities.org/bookfest/events_all.htm

Each year the festival offers something for book lovers of all ages and interests: authors, publishers, book vendors, the Festival Marketplace, a special section just for children, a used book sale, meet the author events, workshops and panel discussions.

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