Chesapeake Bay Writers

Williamsburg Book Festival

Williamsburg Book Festival
Will be on Saturday, Feb 4 - 10 AM to 4 PM
Stryker Center and Williamsburg Community Building
The Williamsburg Book Festival's mission is to promote and support the art of literary composition in the Williamsburg area and expose writers to the reading public. Our free event includes authors from various genres, speakers, illustrators, and publishers from Virginia and beyond. We hope you'll join us for a family-friendly day of celebrating books and book lovers as we fill the Stryker Center and the Williamsburg Community Building.

The 2023 Membership Renewal form is below. Renewing now lets the Board set the budget for programs in January. We look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

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The All Stars Gala Luncheon at the Two Rivers Country Club in Williamsburg, Wednesday, November 16 was a stunning success!

Those attending enjoyed a meal of Autumn Salad, Salmon on Autumn Salad, Prime Rib Panini with fruit, or Chicken Salad Wrap with fruit and a desert of New York Cheesecake with fresh fruit.

Fifteen members read their work in the All Stars Contest.

All Star Contest Winners:

Sally Honenberger - FIrst Place
Ginny Brock - Second Place
Roger Gosden - Third Place and Rick Bailey Humor Award

The 2022 CBW Golden Nib Contest winners:
Poetry

First Place – “Gossip Central” Norma I. Cofresí, Ph.D.
Second Place – “Green Room” Denise DeVries
Third Place – "Third Place – “We the People” Sharon Canfield Dorsey

Fiction

First place – "The Treasured House" Donna-Lin Pratt
Second Place –" Happy Jack's" Peter Stipe
Third Place – "The Bloody Altar" Robert L. Webb

Nonfiction

First Place – “A Field of Dreams Remembered” Diana Farrar Caron
Second Place – "The Price of Democracy” Sharon Canfield Dorsey

Sign up now for your chance to be on the CBW Second Monday Radio Show on Xtra 99.1 FM

Neal Steel interviews authors with new books every second Monday of the month. This is a wonderful, FREE, way to promote your new book.
Check out some authors that have gone before you. For more details contact Patti Procopi

NEW! See Resources Page for List of Book Reviews from
Chesapeake Style's Books in Style

Chesapeake Style Magazine offers Books in Style reviews for authors of recently published books. Members of CBW or its critique groups are encouraged to ask someone request guidelines and write an original 500-word review and send it with a high-resolution image of the book's front cover. Reviews are not limited to members, but CBW folks should take advantage of this special opportunity to share news of your work in issues with a distribution of 10,000 copies in the Middle Peninsula, Northern Neck and Williamsburg.

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How to Join Virginia Writers Club

VWC Membership is independent of CBW Chapter Membership and requires a separate application and dues payment. If you wish to join the Virginia Writers Club (VWC), click here.

CBW Current Events

CBW Membership runs from January 1 to December 31. Time to renew!

2023 Membership Renewal Form available now here and on home page! New Member form follows!

February 4, 2023 Williamsburg Book Festival

February 11 and 25, 2023 Coffee Shop Conversations-With Charles W. Sutherland. Talk about your current work in progress at Column 15 coffee shop, 701 Merrimac Trail, Williamsburg, VA 23185. Show up with a smile.

February 13, 2023 Second Monday Radio Show on Xtra 99.1 FM Neal Steel interviews Patti Gaustad Procopi about her book I’ll Get By.

March 11 and 25, 2023 Coffee Shop Conversations-With Charles W. Sutherland. Talk about your current work in progress at Column 15 coffee shop, 701 Merrimac Trail, Williamsburg, VA 23185. Show up with a smile.

March 13, 2023, Second Monday Radio Show on Xtra 99.1 FM Neal Steel interviews Drema Deòraich about her book Entheóphage.

March 19, 2023, Open Mic at the Williamsburg Library Stryker Center, 1:00 to 3:00

April 1, 2023, Kristen Overman will be talking about writing endings for novels and memoirs. Location TBA For more information about Kristen, check out her website: https://www.goodstoryediting.com/kristen

April 10, 2023, Second Monday Radio Show on Xtra 99.1 FM Neal Steel interviews Caterina Novelliere about her book House of Arsceneux.

April 30, 2023, Newspaper Sparks with Sally Honenberger.
3:00 p.m. Hidden arsonist tendencies when you’re writing? Here’s your chance to try something to fan the flames of creativity. I’ll share newspaper scraps and give a few brief sparks of tinder-ready advice, then you can start your own conflagration of characters and challenges. We’ll write and read and write some more. This is not show off but show down time. We’ll read anonymously, poke the embers a bit with polite critique, and then try another newspaper spark. This will be intense fun, coals under your feet, but no pain. A chance to blaze away and send sparks across the galaxies. Location: Settlement at Powhatan Creek, Community Center
GPS: Coordinates get you close - use 4000 River Moor Road. However, after you turn off Monticello road, pass the pond, and get to the intersection of Saunders Bridge and River Moor, turn right at the traffic circle and turn right into the parking lot.

May 7, 2023, How to Effectively Critique a Manuscript—An Interactive Presentation for Readers and Writers
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
A Joint Presentation with the Williamsburg, Library
Presented by Sally Stiles
Stryker Center
412 N Boundary St, Williamsburg, VA 23185

November 13, 2023, Second Monday Radio Show on Xtra 99.1 FM Neal Steel interviews Sarah Collins Honenberger about her book The Mouse in the House.

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About the Chesapeake Bay Writers

The organization is here to help all aspiring and established writers achieve their individual writing needs and goals.

Founded in 1991, Chesapeake Bay Writers is a chapter of the Virginia Writers Club. CBW serves writers from the Middle Peninsula, the Northern Neck and Williamsburg and adjacent areas.

Become a Member

Questions, comments or suggestions, please email
CBWreply@gmail.com

Members! Add your book to our store.

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Chesapeake Style Magazine offers Books in Style reviews for authors of recently published books. Members of CBW or its critique groups are encouraged to have someone request guidelines and write an original 500-word review and send it with a high-resolution image of the book's front cover. Reviews are not limited to members, but CBW folks should take advantage of this special opportunity to share news of your work in issues with a distribution of 10,000 copies in the Middle Peninsula, Northern Neck and Williamsburg.

Join the Virginia Writers Club

Chesapeake Bay Writers is a chapter of the Virginia Writers Club. The VWC has additional statewide contests and events. Membership is separate from CBW. Please visit the VWC website for more information.

https://www.virginiawritersclub.org