Member Successes: Various Publications

Tri-Valley Writers members have been busy, busy, busy. Here are some recent publication successes. Stephanie Bolanos’s flash fiction story, “Faces”—the one she read at TVW’s September general meeting—has been selected as a finalist in the 2015 Short Story America contest.       George Cramer’s short story, “Why Me?” is published in 0-Dark-Thirty, The Veterans Writing Project.  

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Sept. 19, 2015: Writing and Promoting a Very Personal Memoir: It May Not Be About Profit ― It’s All About Connections

Dr. Hanson is a seasoned health educator, public speaker, workshop facilitator and writer residing on the Monterey Peninsula. Former co-chair of the Monterey/Santa Cruz chapter of The National Writers Union, she has emceed Open Mikes for Writers monthly for 15+ years. She lectures nationally on Aging Positively and is a columnist for the magazine Crone: Women Coming of Age (www.cronemagazine.com) and GRAND

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TVW & Open Mic Featured in Bay Area News Group

Tri-Valley Writers and Open Mic with My Friends at the Pleasanton Library was featured in the July 30, 2015 Valley Journal of the Bay Area News Group. Correspondent Beth Jensen interviewed TVW President Deborah ‘Jordan’ Bernal along with TVW members and Open Mic attendees Fred Norman and Shelley Riley for an article that highlighted the benefits of

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Members Speak at Conference

George Cramer participated in two panels, “Writing in Different Genres” and “The Art of Writing Novels and Short Stories,” at the Public Safety Writers Association annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada in July. George’s short story “Why Me?” won third place.   Julie Royce also took part in the panel entitled “Writing in Different Genres” at the Public Safety

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