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Member Successes: Published

  Stephanie Bolanos’ short story, “A Stranger in the House,” has been accepted for publication by the 3Elements Review. It will be available online this summer.   Victoria Emmons’ poem,”Sir Chemo” has been published on the Poetry Wall at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto.   Lakshmi Warrier’s feature article, “The Little Independent Bookstores that Could” has been published …

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2015 Alameda County Fair Poetry

LaDonna Fehlberg had three poetry submissions juried into the 2015 Alameda County Fair. “Two of Me”—photo/poem was awarded Silver. Photo/poem “Dune Maiden” and poem “Finally” were awarded Honorable Mentions. Art Tenbrink’s poem, “Sesquicentennial,” won Best of Theme (Rock Red, White, and Blue) in the 2015 Alameda County Fair.  

Las Positas 2015 Anthology, Impressions

Tri-Valley Writers award-winning members published in 2015 Las Positas anthology, Impressions. Patrick Coyle won first place in prose for his piece, “Time of Your Life”. Patricia Boyle won Honorable Mention in Prose for her piece, “Pathfinder”. Alice Kight won Honorable Mention in Poetry for her piece, “Glimpse”. Julaina Kleist-Corwin won Honorable Mention in Prose for her piece, …

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Member Successes: Short Stories Published

Stephanie Bolanos’ short story, “Child of the Mountain Peaks”, has been accepted for publication in the fall 2015 issue of Bosque magazine. Another Stephanie Bolanos’ short story, “Assembly Required”, appeared in the spring 2015 edition of Barbaric Yawp, the literary magazine of BoneWorld Publishing.   J. Mills’ fiction short story, “Blizzard”, was accepted by The …

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Poems, Poems, and More Poems Published

Alice Kight had three poems recently published. The first, “A Visit to Alden Lane”, is posted in the passageway at Alden Lane Gardens and Nursery in Livermore. “Diary” and “Verities”, two winter poems, were published in the February issue of Song of the San Joaquin.

Deborah Grossman Article in Huffington Post

Deborah Grossman co-authored an article, “Spring Wine, Food and Activity Tour in Paso” with Joan Gelfand which was published on March 27, 2015 in the Huffington Post. Check it out at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan-gelfand/spring-wine-food-and-activity-tour-in-paso_b_6890392.html.

Violet Carr Moore Book Release

Violet Carr Moore and her twin, Vi Parsons, launched Double Take, their short-story memoirs of growing up in Chowchilla, California on March 10, 2015 at a luncheon at Farnesi’s and a Meet the Authors open house at the Chowchilla Branch Library. The book is available on Amazon.com and Carr Twins & Co. 

Member Successes

Stephanie Bolaños placed runner-up at the 2015 San Francisco Writers Conference for her fiction piece, “As Snow in the Time of Harvest.” Alice Kight’s poem, “Post Office Rush” received an Honorable Mention in Benicia’s annual poetry contest.