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Current Writing Opportunities

Below are current writing opportunities for CBW members. 

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The Golden Nib for 2024 is now over.  Look for details in 2025 for the next contest. 

There is also a Teen nib for high school aged children. Look for that as well in 2025. All announcements can be found on the Virginia Writers Club Website.

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Coming Soon 

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There is always opportunity to write for the newsletter. 

Email CBWreply@gmail.com if you are interested. 

The Golden Nib

 

The Golden Nib, started in 2005, is the Virginia Writers Club (VWC) annual writing competition in three categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. The contest has two tiers. CBW first place winners receive a cash prize and go on to compete in the VWC state-wide contest with cash prizes.

Golden Nib Winners 2024

CBW - Local Level

In fiction

1st: Andrew Zhou - A Warm Welcome

2nd: Bradley Harper- Ghost Writer

3rd: Amy Voltaire- The Japanese Maple

 

In Non-Fiction

1st: Denise DeVries Water and Lith – reflections on “Cabrini”

2nd: Patti Procopi - Atlantis

In Poetry

1st: Denise DeVries - Metroplex of Counterpane

2nd: Chris Green- Unrest

3rd: Diana Caron - Looking Back

VWC - State Level

In Fiction

1st: Linda Kay Simmons - Harry's Taxi Service

2nd: Maryel Stone - Vapor Trail

3rd Place: Roger Hammons - Bloom

 

In Non-fiction

1st: Caroline Crocker - If the Tree Could Speak

2nd: Deborah A. Burghardt - We Lived Lives

3rd: Andrea Yarbough -Lost and Found

 

In Poetry

1st: Sage Cohen - Where the Light Enters

2nd: Joe Sissler - Southern Breeze

3rd: Denise DeVries - Metroplex of Counterpane

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