Club-Sponsored Events/Meetings: Guest Speaker's Showcase

 

CBW Luncheon Meeting

Winners at All-Stars Gala Announced: November 16th 2011

 

Riverwalk Restaurant, Yorktown,  VA

42 Members and guests selected winners from the 13 contestants who entered the writing competition.
 

Dorothy Holmes (1st Prize $75)

Sarah Collins Honenberger (2nd Prize $50)

Click Here to read "The Song of Silence"

Martha Anne King (3rd Prize $25)

Click here to read "Time Can Do So Much"

Mary Ann Carr (Richard V. Bailey Humor Award $25)

Click Here to read "If Only"

 

2011 Club-Sponsored Events/Meetings

 

Date of Event Topic of Presentation Speaker e-mail or Website
February 16 Sarah McCollum, Publisher & Senior Editor Capital City Books - Luncheon - Topic: Publishing Today Capital City Books Website
April 20 Tom Crockett - dinner - TOPIC: How to Save Time and Frustration and Make More Money Using Amazon's CreateSpace to Publish Your New Book or Republish Your Out of Print Book Email this Speaker
June 15 John Shulson - Writers and the Greater Arts Scene in Hampton Roads  
September 14 Luncheon Meeting - Sarah Collins Honenberger honenberger@gmail.com

http://readhonenberger.com/

November 16 All Stars Luncheon Gala Click here to view photos and read winning entries.

 

2010 Club-Sponsored Events/Meetings

 

Date of Event Topic of Presentation Speaker e-mail or Website
February 18 Election Meeting - Luncheon - No Program  
April 16 Wesley C. Wilson - dinner - Historical Research on T.C. Walker Voices of Freedom Website
June 16 Wilford Kale - Dinner - Researching an Historical book -- Techniques, Tips and Traps  
September 11 CBW Hosts VWC Board: Luncheon Speakers Brad Parks and Karen Jones

Brad Parks Website

Karen Jones Website

November 10 All Stars Luncheon Gala Click here to view photos and read winning entries.

 

2009 Club-Sponsored Events/Meetings

Date of Event Topic of Presentation Speaker e-mail or Website
February 18 John Conlee - Luncheon - Developing fictional Characters jwconl@wm.edu
April 15 Ann Shalaski - dinner - Tips on How to win writing contests ashalaski@msn.com
June 17 Jill Winkowski - Dinner - The Art and process of a Memoirist winkowski@usa.net
September 16 Sofia M. Starnes - Luncheon - The Process of Editing sofiamstarnes.com/
November 11 All Stars Luncheon Gala Click here to view photos and to read the winning entries.

2008 Club-Sponsored Events/Meetings

Date of Event Topic of Presentation Speaker (Click for Website)
February 20 Election of Officers/Business Meeting N/A
April 16 Neal Steele, Talk Radio Host of CBW Second Mondays at WXGM in Gloucester: How to make use of Radio to market yourself and your writing  
June 18 Dorothy Anderson on "Things you don't get in Creative Writing Courses" E-mail: delgae@tni.net
September 6 Meeting Cancelled - Tropical Storm Hanna  
October 25 Writers Workshop at Yorktown Library: Loree Lough  
November 12 All Stars Luncheon Gala Open Mic Writing Competition

2007 Club-Sponsored Events/Meetings

Date of Event Topic of Presentation Speaker (Click for Website)
February 21 Award-winning author of Nonfiction Childrens books Paul Fleisher, Topic: Getting Published PaulFleisher.com  His 33 Books
April 18 Gail Kenna, "Inventing the Truth: The Memoir as a Literary Form" Gailkenna@aol.com
June 20 Edward Cline, "Lacunae and Artistic License. Being true to the historical record - when there is a record" Link Expired
September 19 Eunice Hyer: Storytelling traditionaltales.com
October 20,27 Writers Expos in Northern Neck, Middle Peninsula and Williamsburg N/A
November 14 All Stars Luncheon Gala Open Mic Writing Competition

2006 Club-Sponsored Events/Meetings

Date of Event Topic of Presentation Speaker (Click for Website)
February 15 CBW Business Meeting - Election of Officers for 2006-2008 N/A
April 19 What Makes Writers Tick Lindsay Gibson, Psy.D.  (E-Mail)
June 21 "Flaying, Flogging and Flirting: what really happened at Jamestown when John Smith was there" Karla Kraynak (K.K.) Bruno
September 20 Poetry From Inspiration to Product Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda
October 28 Writers Expo in Northern Neck: Heathsville Public Library Open Mic and Book Signing
November 14 All Stars Luncheon Gala Open Mic Writing Competition

2005 Club-Sponsored Events/Meetings

Date of Event Topic of Presentation Speaker (Click for Website)
February 16 Incorporating Creative Nonfiction into your Writing Heidi Hartwiger
March 20 Round Table: Myers-Briggs & Character Development Mary Ann/Dave Carr
April 20 The Art of Writing Comedy for Performance Coach Tom Holaday
June 15 Character Development performed in Character Becky Mushco
September 21 Techniques to Develop Your Voice Linda Rae Johnson
November 16 All Stars Luncheon Gala Open Mic Writing Competition

 

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