Denver Woman’s Press Club

Congratulations to the winners of our 2012 Unknown Writer’s Contest in the categories of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Our judges, made up of DWPC members, enjoyed reviewing many quality entries from writers on a wide range of topics. View a list of all the winning entries here and read the entries from select winners who wished to be published online. Thank you to all the participants and DWPC volunteers who made this year’s contest a success and helped raise money for our scholarship program.

DWPC member Suzanne Young announces the release of MURDER BY MISHAP. This third edition of the Edna Davies mystery series finds our heroine back home in Rhode Island. A nice “cozy” read for the weak at heart, this mystery is devoid of blood, gore and profanity, but full of unexpected twists and turns. MURDER BY MISHAP is available through Amazon.com and also for Kindle and other e-readers. More about Suzanne and her novels can be viewed at www.SuzanneYoungBooks.com.

Vista TV’s “Grill vs. Grill” is looking for female contestants in the Denver area to go head-to-head in a cook-off. If you think you’re a Grill Master and want to compete, email Megan Golliday megangolliday@gmail.com or apply via the link below. It’s sure to be a fun experience and great opportunity, and a chance to show that men don’t always rule the grill. Generous prize for the winner!

Register here: http://www.vistatvdenver.com/grill-vs-grill-registration

The travel section of Forbes magazine recently featured DWPC member Page Lambert’s “Literature and Landscape of the Horse retreat” in their travel section. Read the article here.

Lambert’s essay, “A Shape-Shifting Land” (West of 98: Living and Wrting the American West, Universtiy of Texas Press), is a finalist for the Colorado Authors League 2012 Awards. On April 4, Lambert joined the Advisory Board for Writing for Peace, A Colorado nonprofit dedicated to cultivating cultural empathy through education and creative writing. She is also on the Advisory Board for the Rural Lit Rally Initiative, Buffalo State College, New York.

April 20-May 2, Lambert will be in Peru co-leading her 12-day “Weaving Words & Women” retreat with Laura Tyson, founder of the Women’s Wilderness Institute in Boulder.

On March 13, The Denver Post featured Lambert in their “Colorado People You Should Meet” section. Read the article here.

DWPC member Twist Phelan’s short story, “Happine$$”, from the anthology “Mystery Writers of America Presents the Rich and the Dead,” was nominated for Best Short Story of the Year by the International Thriller Writers Association. Winners will be announced during ThrillerFest in July in NYC. Members, contact Twist if you would like a copy of the story e-mailed to you. Learn more at: http://www.twistphelan.com.

The Writers Studio at Arapahoe Community College announces its 8th Annual Writers Studio Literary Contest for unpublished work in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. $250 prize, publication in Progenitor, ACCs award-winning literary magazine, and invitation to the Spring Literary Festival will be awarded to first-place winners in each category. Second place winners will be invited guests at the literary festival. The contest is open to all Colorado residents and the deadline to submit work is March 1, 2012.

Final judges for this year’s contest are Harrison Fletcher (creative nonfiction), author of Descanso for My Father: Fragments of a Life, a Bakeless Literary Award finalist, and selection for the University of Nebraska Press American Lives Series edited by Tobias Wolff, Dan Beachy-Quick (poetry), author, most recently, of Circle’s Apprentice (Tupleo 2011) and Wonderful Investigations (Milkweed 2012), a book of poetry and a book of essays, mediations, and tales (respectively). (poetry) and Jennifer Davis (fiction), author of Her Kind of Want, winner of the Iowa Award for Short Fiction and Our Former Lives in Art, selected by Barnes and Noble for their Discover Great New Writers series. The judges will also serve as writing faculty for the 2012 Spring Literary Festival on Saturday, April 21.

New this year: we will be accepting electronic submissions only for art and literary pieces through Submittable, the online submission manager. For submission guidelines or about the Writers Studio, visit the Writers Studio Web site at ACC Writers Studio General Submission Guidelines or e-mail the Writers Studio at writerstudio@arapahoe.edu.

DWPC member Barbara Wright’s new book, Crow (Random House), will be released January 10 at local bookstores. This young adult historical fiction story centers around a black boy growing up in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, when his family is devasted by a racist uprising.

“An intensely moving, first-person narrative of a disturbing historical footnote told from the perspective of a very likable, credible young hero.” –Kirkus Starred Review

Barbara Wright has published two other novels, Easy Money and Plain Language. Learn more about Barbara and read an excerpt of Crow here.

Patricia Cox’s memoir about her husband, We Keep Our Potato Chips in the Refrigerator, was the debut book of the Colorado Branch of the Alzheimer’s Association. The book is an honest view of what it is like to live with a victim of Alzheimer’s. By reading this book, caregivers, as well as friends and relatives of dementia sufferers, can find a connection and realize they are not alone in their dire situations. Caring for or even knowing a victim of Alzheimer’s is not an easy path. Patricia’s stories make the unreal seem real, the impossible seem possible.

Learn more about Patricia Cox’s book and other writing here.