Wow! What a great response to our Tennessee Williams Festival Literary Contest. We had 35 entries in just 3 weeks and they were from all over the US. Our theme was Tennessee Williams and the Delta, but some of the submissions were about all aspects of the south, growing up in the south, working and living in the south. It was a hard job, but after much reading we decided (by a votes and number system) that Billy Howell, from Clarksdale, MS. won first prize with his submission entitled Howell Reflections at Cutrer. He will hopefully be presenting his paper at the luncheon at the Cutrer mansion on Friday during the TWF. We had a tie for 2nd with Dr Hillard Lackey's God Bless the Boon and Cal Trout with A Day on the Farm. I think the newspaper will be publishing these entries, we will see on Monday.
ANyway Congrats! to our winners. This is our first contest for a very young group...so we learned as we went. I wish we could give prizes to all of the contest entries.
Thanks again to our writers and judges!
PS Look for these winning submissions right here on our web blog!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Next meeting of the DWA
Our next meeting of the DWA is coming up shortly...Sept 18th at 6:30 at Cutrer Mansion on Clark Street. If you dont know where this is, you must be a newbe like me. It seems that everyone in Clarksdale knows where everything and everybody is, was and will be!
We got a great lead to publish an anthology about Clarksdale and specifically about the women of Clarksdale (or the Delta). Put your thinking caps on and tell us a story. I have a tape recorder:) If you would like contribute, please contact us!
Also we are winding down our TWF contest. Thank you so much for the submissions. One more day to get them in...so hurry! We will have our submissions displayed at the Mansion and present awards at our next meeting and the TWF. You all are wonderful. This just goes to prove that Mississippi has some wonderful and gifted people. I keep saying that Clarksdale, and the Delta, is an unpolished diamond!
Anyway hope to see you at the meeting. If you cant make it, please email us and we can put you on our mailing list. We have contests/markets going out everyday.
Later!
V
We got a great lead to publish an anthology about Clarksdale and specifically about the women of Clarksdale (or the Delta). Put your thinking caps on and tell us a story. I have a tape recorder:) If you would like contribute, please contact us!
Also we are winding down our TWF contest. Thank you so much for the submissions. One more day to get them in...so hurry! We will have our submissions displayed at the Mansion and present awards at our next meeting and the TWF. You all are wonderful. This just goes to prove that Mississippi has some wonderful and gifted people. I keep saying that Clarksdale, and the Delta, is an unpolished diamond!
Anyway hope to see you at the meeting. If you cant make it, please email us and we can put you on our mailing list. We have contests/markets going out everyday.
Later!
V
Friday, September 5, 2008
Delta Writers Association - a beginning!
Yippee! The newest Chapter of the Mississippi
Writer's Guild is up and running in Clarksdale, MS.
Newly named the Delta Writer's Association with respect to the Delta , its history, culture and presence of its magical influence on its writers. What a joy!
Our first meeting was just a month or so ago, but already people are excited. We have ten members and many more to come.
We meet the 3rd Thursday of the month at 6:30 at the historically, inspiring Cutrer Mansion, also the home of the Coahoma County Continuing Educational Center. We also have a critique meeting on the first Sat of the month at the Resthaven Restaurant
at 9 am. For further information you can call 1 800 381 2306 or email us at deltawritersassociation@yahoo.com. We welcome all that are interested in writing, sharing their writing and ideas and speakers for our group. Listeners are always welcome too!
We are currently sponsoring a literary contest with the theme Tennessee Williams or the Delta to win entry to the Festival Sept 25-26 in Clarksdale, MS. We are looking for fiction or non-fiction, poetry, short story or one act plays, approximately 1200 words to be submitted on or before September 16 via email at deltawritersassociation@yahoo.com or faxed to 662 253-4931. Any questions, please email or call.
As president, I am looking forward to a very literary Clarksdale!
Writer's Guild is up and running in Clarksdale, MS.
Newly named the Delta Writer's Association with respect to the Delta , its history, culture and presence of its magical influence on its writers. What a joy!
Our first meeting was just a month or so ago, but already people are excited. We have ten members and many more to come.
We meet the 3rd Thursday of the month at 6:30 at the historically, inspiring Cutrer Mansion, also the home of the Coahoma County Continuing Educational Center. We also have a critique meeting on the first Sat of the month at the Resthaven Restaurant
at 9 am. For further information you can call 1 800 381 2306 or email us at deltawritersassociation@yahoo.com. We welcome all that are interested in writing, sharing their writing and ideas and speakers for our group. Listeners are always welcome too!
We are currently sponsoring a literary contest with the theme Tennessee Williams or the Delta to win entry to the Festival Sept 25-26 in Clarksdale, MS. We are looking for fiction or non-fiction, poetry, short story or one act plays, approximately 1200 words to be submitted on or before September 16 via email at deltawritersassociation@yahoo.com or faxed to 662 253-4931. Any questions, please email or call.
As president, I am looking forward to a very literary Clarksdale!
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