Kathy Urban was honored for seven years of service to California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch at the September 15, 2012 meeting. Kathy, a founding member, was instrumental in the branch organizational and has served on the Board of Directors since the 2006 charter. She has resigned from the board to pursue her writing career but …
Congratulations to Stacey Gustafson a contributor to the Pleasanton Patch who has been invited by the Vine, a select group of Patch power users, to share her insights on local issues, food, fashion, family, health and much more.
Violet Carr Moore, CWC Tri-Valley member, received a Howard T. Collins Memorial Scholarship at a ceremony in Hayward, California on August 2, 2012. This grant, sponsored by Eden Housing, was awarded to enhance her educational endeavors in creative writing. In recognition of this award, Violet received commendation certificates from John Garamendi, United States Congress; Ellen …
Congratulations to Albert Rothman for his nonfiction story “A New Traveler in the Adventure of Love” published in Heartscapes: True Stories of Remembered Love, an anthology by Spruce Mountain Press. The anthology theme is every love is special. Heartscapes is available online at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
California Writers Club Tri-Valley members Marilyn Slade, Sherry Smith, Alice Kight, and LaDonna Fehlberg won numerous awards for a juried poetry exhibit at the Alameda County Fair 100th anniversary celebration. Poems were read on June 24 and published in the 6th Annual Poetry Reading Book. Marilyn Slade won the Fair Theme Award with “The Honorable …
Rock ‘N Roll in Locker Seventeen by Shannon Brown placed in the first round of book pitches in a recent Amazon contest. Now Shannon has published her book through Lucky 17 Publishing Company. It’s available on Amazon CreateSpace, Kindle, and Smashwords.
Annette Langer was featured in an April 26, 2012 CNN iReport for her volunteer work at the Pleasanton Police Department. The article also describes her writing successes and book in progress: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-781423
An article by CWC Tri-Valley member Wendy Smith to promote Cushing’s Awareness Day was published in the Pleasanton Patch:http://pleasanton.patch.com/articles/cushing-s-survivor-and-pleasnaton-resident-danielle-ziatek-tells-patch-how-a-nutritionist-s-hunch-saved-her-life?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001
Four CWC Tri-Valley poets were honored at Livermore in Art & Words artist reception April 14, 2012. Among the poems displayed were “Devinely Vine”, “Imagine This” and “Like Fine Wine” by LaDonna Fehlberg; “Welcoming Committee” and “Visit to Alden Lane” by Alice Kight; “Vineyards of Livermore” and Twenty Minutes to Sunset” by Marilyn Slade; and …
Stacey Gustafson has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Mothers & Daughters.
