Member Publication

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Linda Drattell’s second poetry collection, The Lighter Side of Horse Manure, is now published by Finishing Line Press. This collection shares the humorous (intentional or not) wisecracking wit of Linda’s mischievous aging farm animals. Pre-order now until August 23, 2024 for a discounted price of $17.99 plus shipping. After that date, the price will increase. Books will be shipped in October. https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-lighter-side-of-horse-manure-by-linda-drattell/.

Member Success—Awards

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Jim Rowson’s Uncommon Scents (written with Bruce Berls and published in 2022) was shortlisted for the prestigious Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize. The Eric Hoffer Book Award is one of the largest international book awards for small, academic, and independent presses. Fewer than five percent of nominated books are shortlisted for the grand prize. Uncommon Scents was also a finalist for the First Horizon Award, given to debut authors, and received an Honorable Mention in the Science Fiction/Fantasy category. Uncommon Scents was a finalist in the First Novel category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the largest International awards program for indie authors and independent publishers.

Member Successes

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The following TVW members have pieces published in Las Positas College’s anthology, 2024 HAVIK: Linda Dratell for her poems “adapting to my life as an expat in españa,” “Deaf and Dealing with Bêtise at the Bistro,” and “Interlude Interrupted;” James Morehead for his poems “Two hundred and ten minutes later,” Twenty ways to start a poem about being bullied,” and “memories of a bullet” (1st Place); Rose Owens for her nonfiction article, “A Nag of a Different Color;” Abbey Lynne Raysfor her poems “Minnie Foster” and “Make It a Double;” and Monique Rardin Richardson for her three poems, “Beso Perfecto,” “Stardust,” and “Trust.”

Member Success

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Constance Hanstedt’s poem, “Holding on for Dear Life” has been published in the May issue of The Valley Scribe, the newsletter of CWC’s San Fernando Valley Branch.

Member Success

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Linda Drattell has been busy. She presented in the Netherlands at the Stichting Plotz & Laat Doven Congres about writing as a tool for coping with hearing loss. Her two books, Remember This Day and Who Wants to be Friends With a Dragon? will be featured at a book signing/author showcase event at the ADARA conference this year. And she had a flash fiction story, “The Appointment” published by Loft Books and a poem, “In My Jewelry Box” published by Zoetic Press.

July and August 2024

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Tri-Valley Writers takes a brief summer hiatus during the months of July and August. The Board of Directors will be busy planning for the 2024-2025 term. Critique groups, Pull Up a Chair and Write, and the Zoom Sit Down and Write will continue during the summer, so please forge on with your writing.
Check back here for updated activities.

We look forward to seeing you soon. Write On!