Las Positas College’s 2022 Havik has accepted the following submissions for publication from TVW members: Poem: “Conversations of a Silent Bystander” by Patricia Boyle Poems: “The Who That You Are,” “I Imagine Him Saying Thank You” and “Compassion” by Linda Drattell Poems: “Dear Jack Kerouac” and “Devotion” by Constance Hanstedt Poem: “Seeing” by Rose Owens …
John Q. McDonald’s short story “The Lorentz Contraction” has been published in the online literary journal Sequestrum. About 2/3 of the story is available free, with a subscription suggested in order …
Constance Hanstedt’s poem “Acceptance” has been named a finalist in the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Competition in the poetry category. …
Four Tri-Valley Writers’ members have pieces in the CWC 2021 Literary Review. Patricia Boyle for her poem, “Unidirectional Flow,” Connie Hanstedt for her poems, “Holding On for Dear Life” and “Letting Go,” Julaina Kleist-Corwin for her memoir, The Town Crier,” and Coralyn McGragor for her poem, “Rooted.” In addition, two members have their photos included: Monique …
Back in January, Yvonne Carder took part in a writers’ retreat beginning with a train ride from Los Angeles to Oakland and ending with a residence in the Bay Area where authors collaborated on stories inspired by the history and culture of California. The byproduct of the hard work culminated in an anthology titled, Journeys …
Celebrate the new year with others whose passion for writing is as strong as your own! Our Winterfest celebration will be a member-led Workshop à La Carte. The workshop is designed to help writers polish their work for anthologies such as Tri-Valley Writers fourth anthology to be published in late 2018, writing contests, collections of …
Eloise Hamann’s story, “Reboot,” is included in Glimpses, an eclectic collection of humorous and creepy fantasy stories. “Reboot” is realistic until the surprise ending. Free ecopies are available until late August. Click here to claim your free ecopy for any ereader. It will be published on Amazon and other venues after the free prepublication period. Constance Hanstedt’s …
On Tuesday, January 24, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., Tri-Valley Writers will hold an “author meet and greet” evening at Pleasanton’s Towne Center Books (555 Main St). Fifteen authors will be on hand to talk about and sign their books and chat about writing. This is a great opportunity to support our local independent bookstore and meet …
