Patricia Boyle’s poem “Fog of Unreality” won an honorable mention award in Livermore’s science poetry contest Poetry in a Test Tube. James Morehead’s poem, “the silent roar of haleakalā” has been accepted for the 2022 Alameda County Fair. Art Tenbrink’s poem, “Summer’s Caprice” won an Honorable Mention in the 2022 Alameda …
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 …
Patricia Boyle’s poem, “First Night,” won 14th place in the 2021 Writer’s Digest Poetry competition. They gave awards to the top 25 poems. Patricia’s award comes with a gift card for the WD shop, her name and poem title listed in next summer’s magazine and website, and an “award logo” that one can use to …
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 …
Patricia Boyle’s poem, “Unidirectional Flow” (about rivers), won third place in the adult division of Livermore’s 5th annual Science Poetry contest. John Q McDonald‘s short story “The Lorentz Contraction” was accepted for publication on-line in an upcoming issue of Sequestrum Magazine ( https://www.sequestrum.org ) The journal is available as a digital download from Smashwords or print-on-demand from …
The Pleasanton Weekly.com published an interview featuring Patricia Boyle’s YA fantasy, Traitor in the Realm. https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2021/02/17/livermore-teens-tested-in-traitor-in-the-realm. Patricia was also interviewed by her hometown newspaper, the Schenectady Gazette. https://dailygazette.com/2021/03/13/rotterdam-natives-debut-novel-is-for-young-adults/ The Pleasanton Weekly interviewed Connie Hanstedt as part of a “Tri-Valley Life” feature on poets during the pandemic, highlighted TVW’s poetry critique group, and published Connie’s poem “Dissection.” …
Patricia Boyle’s YA fantasy novel, Traitor in the Realm, (January 19, 2021) is now available. Kallan MacKinnon, and her foster brother, Matthew Webbe, become trapped in a besieged medieval kingdom. Their friendship is tested when they meet magically gifted teens from the new world, and they must tangle with prehistoric creatures and magical beings in …
Patricia Boyle, a past president of Tri-Valley Writers, is the 2020 recipient of the Sue Tasker Memorial Service Award. Established to honor TVW founder Sue Tasker, the award is given to a member who has shown loyalty, dedication, and creative service to the branch. Patricia led the branch as president in 2016-2018, and just finished …
Have you poured your heart and soul into a draft of your novel or spent the month of November writing 50,000 + words for NaNoWriMo, and now don’t know what to do with all your effort? Are you stuck with your research? Or not sure if you’ve done enough to properly world build? Perhaps you …
