Hector Timourian honored with Sue Tasker Award

Hector Timourian (left) and Paula Chinick, president (right)
Hector Timourian (left) and Paula Chinick, president (right)

On June 21, 2014, Tri-Valley Branch honored Hector Timourian with the Sue Tasker Memorial Service Award. Hector is a charter member who joined in 2005 during the organizational year. Hector has been published in several anthologies including the Las Positas College Anthology where he won first prize for his poem “Abraham’s Hope” He has also published a memoir Gifts from America, describing humorous vignettes of immigrant family new to the United States. He has also contributed poems and short stories for both TVW anthologies First Press and Encore.

In 2007, Hector established the first critique group and set the standard rule “be nice” to foster and encourage new members. When the critique group grew too large, he initiated the first separation of critique group for novelists. He was the first person to hawk tickets for our book drawing. He attends most of the monthly meetings and rallies and invites new writers to come to meetings. Many have joined including Neva Hodges and most recently Sheran Clark. He served on the anthology committee for Encore and wrote the “Declaration for Independent Publishing” for the opening pages.