The ongoing podcast for West Virginia Writers, Inc., the Mountain State's largest organization dedicated to writers. Hosted by Eric Fritzius, from atop a hill in Greenbrier County, each podcast will feature information about WV Writers related events as well as readings and interviews with the writers of West Virginia and Appalachia.

This podcast features music by Pops Walker.

Friday, December 24, 2010

Bonus Show 12: Christmas Bonus with Live Readings and Vicious Dogs


For a special Christmas Bonus Show, we're playing a recorded live reading of a Christmas-set short story by our own podcast host, Eric Fritzius. This story was recorded at the November 16 Brown Bag Reading he did at Carnegie Hall WV in Lewisburg.

Introducing the show, unfortunately, are Eric's usual Bonus Show co-hosts, his dogs, with a Christmas story of their own.

TO LISTEN: to save the file to your computer. Listen to it at your convenience using Windows Media Player (or whatever product Mac offers for media).

West Virginia Writers Podcast Bonus Show 12

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Episode 47: THE 2011 CONTESTCAST #1


ContestCast 2011 serves as your primer for all things related to the WV Writers 2011 Annual Writing Contest, which will began accepting entries January 2, 2011.

Joining us to help explain all the whys and wherefores of the contest are WVW President Cat Pleska and WVW 1st VP Teresa Newsome.

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West Virginia Writers 2011 Contestcast (a.k.a Episode 47)


Download Contest Entry Forms As Reference for the Podcast


Entry Form (.doc) Entry Form (.pdf)



Student Entry Form (.doc) Student Entry Form (.pdf)

Friday, December 3, 2010

Episode 46: Holiday Recorded Live Reading with Diane Tarantini and Ted Webb

Podcast Episode 46 is holiday-centric version of our patented Recorded Live Readings. (Q: "If they're recorded, then how can they be live?" A: "Come over here and ask me that again.") The readers for this event were Ted Webb and Diane Tarantini and it was recorded on November 5, 2010 at the Zenclay Gallery in Morgantown.

Ted Webb is a cofounder of Morgantown Poets. Diane Tarantini is a member of WV Writers and won four awards in our 2010 Annual Writing Competition. Together, they put on a holiday reading full of humorous essays and poetry.

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West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 46

LINKS TO TOPICS FROM SHOW

Friday, November 19, 2010

Episode 45: Woodland Press Writing and Publishing Panel

Podcast Episode 45 is a landmark recorded live reading of the Woodland Press Writing and Publishing Panel from October 23 at Taylor Books on Capitol Street in downtown Charleston. This is a panel designed to be a brief overview on publishing using a variety of methods from traditional to self-publishing as well as some of the ins and outs of the publishing business.

Featured in the panel are Woodland Press authors Karin Fuller, Geoff Fuller, Eric Fritzius, Michael Knost, Jason L. Keene, Frank Lanerd and Brian J. Hatcher. The panel is led by 2010 Bram Stoker Award winner Michael Knost, editor with Woodland Press.

Taylor Books, by the way, is a fantastic bookstore and they stock not only titles by Woodland Press but also WV Writers own anthology Seeking the Swan.

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West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 45


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Friday, November 5, 2010

Episode 44: Tim Armentrout Brown Bag Recorded Live Reading


Episode 44 is another of our patented Recorded Live Readings (Q: "But if it's recorded, how can it be live?" A: "What is this, the Inqusition? Get off it already.") This one is a recording of Carnegie Hall's October Brown Bag Reading featuring poet Tim Armentrout. Tim reads from a variety of his poems and prose pieces.

By the way, the Community Poetry Reading mentioned at the end of the podcast will take place at 7 p.m. on November 16, rather than 5:30 as stated.
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West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 44

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Friday, October 22, 2010

Episode 43: Interview with author Richard A. Lewis


Episode 43 of the WV Writers Podcast features an interview with WV Writers' own Richard A. Lewis. Richard has served the organization in the past as Parliamentarian, First Vice President and Treasurer. He recently published his first collection of short fiction entitled Naked Man's Rock. We joined him at his home in Lewisburg to talk about it.

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West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 43



Links mentioned in Podcast:
  • Naked Man's Rock
  • WV Writers 2011 Writing Contest forms
  • Friday, October 8, 2010

    Episode 42: Carnegie Hall Brown Bag Tuesday with Belinda Anderson (Recorded Live Reading)

    We return with Episode 42 of the WV Writers Podcast, another of our patent-pending recorded live readings (Q: "But if it's recorded, how can it be live?" A: "Zzzzzzzzipit")

    This recorded live reading comes from the September 21st Brown Bag Tuesday session at Carnegie Hall WV in Lewisburg and features WV Writers' current parliamentarian, author Belinda Anderson. Belinda will be reading a selection from her three collections of short stories, The Well Ain't Dry Yet, The Bingo Cheaters and Buckle Up, Buttercup assisted by Elizabeth Spangler and Dr. Larry Davis.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 42

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    Friday, September 24, 2010

    Episode 41: 2010 Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading with Miles Dean


    We return with Episode 41 of the WV Writers Podcast, another of our patent-pending recorded live readings (Q: "But if it's recorded, how can it be live?" A: "Shhhh. Don't you worry your purty little head.")

    This recorded live reading comes from the September 16th Literary Tea session at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg. WV Writers' featured reader is Miles Dean, honorable mention in the Humor Category of the 2010 WVW Annual Writing Contest as well as voted the 1st place winner in poetry for the Writers Wall at the 2010 Summer Conference.

    The Literary Tea series continues October 7 and October 14. They take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in downtown Lewisburg.

    If you're a member or extended friend of WV Writers, Inc. we invite you to submit your own recorded live readings to wvwpodcast@gmail.com.

    TO DOWNLOAD: Right mouse click on the link below and choose Save Link Target As to save the file to your computer. Listen to it at your convenience using Windows Media Player (or whatever product Mac offers for media).West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 41

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    Friday, September 10, 2010

    Episode 40: 2010 Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading


    Episode 40 of the WV Writers Podcast is a super-sized episode with another of our patented recorded live readings (Q: "But if it's recorded, how can it be live?" A: "You couldn't just let it go, could you?")

    This recorded live reading comes from the September 9th session of the Greenbrier Valley Theatre's Literary Tea series. The WV Writers featured reader is Bob Clark reading a portion of his wife Brenda Clark's 2nd place win in the Children's Book category of the 2010 WVW Annual Writing Competition. The featured reader from the GVT staff is Kurtis Donnelly reading a short story by playwright Arthur Miller.

    The Literary Tea series continues September 16, October 7 and October 14. They take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in downtown Lewisburg.

    If you're a member or extended friend of WV Writers, Inc. we invite you to submit your own recorded live readings to wvwpodcast@gmail.com.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 40

    Links mentioned in Podcast:
    Greenbrier Valley Theatre
    Belinda Anderson
    Tim Armentrout
    Explanation of the Scotish Play in Podcast Bonus Show #5

    Tuesday, September 7, 2010

    Dear City Letters Still Wanted for Upcoming Podcast

    Back in July, we worked with a producer of National Public Radio's show State of the Re:Union to drum up support for their "Dear City" letters segment to help them find material for their upcoming show based in West Virginia. We thought it would be fun to do something similar for our podcast and, with their consent, are going to do so.

    The Dear City Letters are basically what they sound like: people writing a letter TO their city. These can be written from a place of love, anger, humor and beyond, addressing the likes and dislikes or breaking misconceptions. As part of our collaboration, the WV Writers Podcast opened its voicemail hotline to listeners to phone in such letters. We forwarded those we received to State of the Re:Union and are planning to also use them for an upcoming podcast.

    If you would like to participate with your own Dear City letter, please do so, for there is still time.

    Here are your instructions:

    • People can feel free to be as creative as they'd like... the only constraint is to keep it under 400 words.
    • All the letters should start the same way with "Dear _____ [your town name here],” i.e. if you live in Parkersburg, you should start “Dear Parkersburg.”
    • Also, remember to refer to your home in the second person (You). We want these to sound like you're speaking directly to your home.
    • Once your letter is written, phone up the WV Writers Podcast voicemail hotline so we can record it. The number is 304-661-9745.
    • When you call, you will have 2:45 sec to record your dear city letter. If your letter runs longer, feel free to call back and record the rest.
    • If you mess up, just say 3…2… 1 and start where you left off; we can edit out the errors.

    Friday, August 27, 2010

    Episode 39: Seeking the Swan Recorded Live Reading at Taylor Books


    After three weeks away, we're back with Episode 39, a recorded live reading of some of the authors featured in our anthology Seeking the Swan as produced at Taylor Books in Charleston. This was the second of three events West Virginia Writers put together for Charleston's FestivAll 2010.

    Included are Geoff Fuller, Wilma Acree, Edwinna Pendarvis, Laura Treacy Bentley, and Lywellyn McKernan.

    Our thanks go out to Taylor Books for inviting us to put this reading together. It's a great store, located on Capitol Street in downtown Charleston. If you're in the area, please stop in and feel free to purchase a copy of Seeking the Swan from them.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 38

    LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST

    Friday, July 30, 2010

    Episode 38: Tamara Woods and the Poets' Guide to Metaphor & Marketing Workshop

    8/1/10 LINK TO PODCAST NOW WORKS


    Episode 38 is an interview with writer Tamara Woods, co-founder of Morgantown Poets. Tamara will be one of the leaders of a poetry workshop called Poets' Guide to Metaphor & Marketing, taking place Saturday, August 7, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Monongalia Arts Center in Morgantown. We talk about the workshop itself, as well as Tamara's background as a writer and producer of poetry slams, Morgantown Poets history, and our shared love of writer Neil Gaiman.

    You can register on the day of the workshop, or you can pre-register if you send your registration form postmarked by Friday July 30. Pre-registering attendees will receive a $5 discount. Students automatically receive a $10 discount. If you would like to register, please use the Poets' Guide to Metaphor and Marketing registration form.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 38


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    Friday, July 16, 2010

    Episode 37: The Appalachian Inquisition Panel Recorded Live Reading


    Episode 37 is a recorded live reading of the historic Appalachian Inquisition Panel recorded at the WV Writers 2010 Summer Conference. The panel featured WV literary notables: Irene McKinney, Denise Giardina, Kirk Judd, Norman Jordan, Daniel Boyd, Gretchen Moran Laskas and Tim Poland fielding questions about the state of Appalachian literature, as pitched by moderator Cat Pleska.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 37

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    Thursday, July 15, 2010

    State of the Re:Union’s requests “Dear City” Letters from West Virginia Writers (we also request them for podcast)

    National Public Radio's show State of the Re:Union devotes part of each program to what they call "Dear City" letters. With Dear City Letters, people who are making a difference where they live are asked if they'd be willing to write a letter TO their city. These can be written from a place of love, anger, humor and beyond, addressing the likes and dislikes or breaking misconceptions. The producers of State of the Re:Union would like to read your Dear City letter and have invited the members of West Virginia Writers, as well as any other resident of West Virginia, to submit such letters.

    The producers of the program will be visiting our state in mid July to record stories by those writers whose letters are chosen. Some of those recordings will be broadcast as part of the program and will also be posted to their website. (Similarly, WV Writers will also be producing a podcast of telephone readings of such letters.)

    If you have a letter you'd like to write to your town, here are the submission guidelines for State of the Re:Union.

    • People can feel free to be as creative as they'd like... the only constraint is to keep it under 400 words.
    • all the letters should start the same way with "Dear _____ [your town name here],” i.e. if you live in Parkersburg, you should start “Dear Parkersburg.”
    • Also, remember to refer to your home in the second person (You). We want these to sound like you're speaking directly to your home.
    • Letters can be sent to the show's producer, Tina Antolini, by email at: Tina@stateofthereunion.com.
    Deadline for Dear City Letter submissions will be July 20.

    Semi-separate from the above: If you would like to record your letter for use in a special WV Writers Dear City Letter podcast, you can do so via our voicemail hotline. To record your voicemail, just phone 304-661-9745. You will have 2:45 sec to record your dear city letter. If your letter runs longer, feel free to call back and record the rest. And if you mess up, just say 3…2… 1 and start where you left off; we can edit out the errors. Deadline for these will also be July 20.

    Again, the podcast recording is separate from the State of the Re:Union submission process, so be sure to submit your letter to them at Tina@stateofthereunion.com first. We do plan to allow the producer of the show to listen our voicemail recordings as well, but ours is not the official submission outlet.

    Friday, July 2, 2010

    Episode 36: Memories of Conferences More Recent 2010


    For Episode 36, we speak again to our favorite resident of Memory Lane, Rhonda Browning White, concerning our Memories of Conferences More Recent 2010. In this, we talk about the most memorable parts for us of the 2010 WVW Summer Conference.

    If you were unable to attend, this will give you some highlights.

    (For more such memories, see our other Memories of Conferences Past episodes.)

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 36


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    Friday, June 25, 2010

    Episode 35: WVW FestivAll Publishing Panel at Taylor Books


    This week we're podcasting a recorded live reading of the Publisher's Panel we produced at Taylor Books in Charleston as the first of three events West Virginia Writers is participating in for Charleston's FestivAll 2010. The panel is moderated by incoming WVW president Cat Pleska and features Abby Freeland of WVU Press, Brian Hatcher & Michael Knost of Woodland Press, and Cathy Teets with Headline Books. The panelists discuss the modern state of publishing from big house publishers to smaller in-state outfits as well as academic publishing.

    Our thanks go out to Taylor Books for inviting us to put this panel together. It's a great store, located on Capitol Street in downtown Charleston.

    We've split the recording up into two parts for faster downloading.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 35 Part 1
    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 35 Part 2

    LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST

    Tuesday, June 8, 2010

    Episode 34: Pitching to Agents 101 with Christine Witthohn


    This week we present our much heralded interview with Christine Witthohn from Bookcents Literary Agency in Charleston. Christine is a guest at this coming weekend’s 2010 WV Writers Summer Conference. There, she'll be joining fellow agent Kelly Mortimer and Sourcebooks, Inc, editorial manager Peter Lynch to take pitches from conference attendees for potential representation or publication.

    To prep our attendees for the sessions, Christine and one of her clients, writer S.G. Redling, will be leading a workshop on Saturday morning on how to pitch to agents and editors. However, I thought it would be good to get a podcast preview of that information here so that our listeners who want to pitch can go into the conference with a heads up on the process. Christine also explains what kind of material she is looking for at Book Cents.


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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 34

    LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST
    Book Cents Literary Agency
    WV Writers 2010 Summer Conference Pitch Session Info
    Conference Schedule
    Workshop Descriptions
    S.G. Redling

    Friday, May 28, 2010

    Episode 33: Belinda Anderson Interview


    This week, we speak with Belinda Anderson, writer, journalist, nomination for WV Writers' parliamentarian and presenter at the 2010 WV Writers Summer Conference. We cover Belinda's extensive past history with WV Writers, what she will be teaching at the conference and cover some of her current and past writing projects that she's involved with, including an oral history project detailing the history of a lost community located atop Wolf Creek Mountain, near Alderson, WV.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 33


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    Friday, May 21, 2010

    Episode 32: ConferenceCast 2


    This week we present WV Writers 2010 ConferenceCast 2 (a.k.a. Episode 32), detailing all the updates we have on the 2010 Summer Conference. Among the choice bits of information presented is an update to the workshop presenters list, including some unfortunate deletions to the roster and some fortunate replacements. We also talk about the Friday night entertainment and how you can possibly participate, our plans to Tweet the Saturday Night Awards Banquet, some new information about the editor and agent pitch sessions and how in the very near future this podcast will help you prepare for such a session.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 32


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    Sunday, May 9, 2010

    Episode 31: MOMCAST 2010


    This week we celebrate Mother's Day with a triple-sized MOMCAST 2010, featuring stories, poems, essays and memories as phoned in by our listeners.

    Contributing to the program today are: Elvera Denning, Terry McNemar, Tracy Seiffers, Sandra Clay, Barbara Wittington, Llewellyn McKernan, Sal Buttacci, Kate Dooley, John Nagle, C.J. Farnsworth, Dianne Tarantini, Tim Armentrout, Susan DeVan, Charlotte Sneed, Linda Hoagland, Barbara Smith, Cat Pleska, Heidi Hartwicker and Eric Fritzius.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 31

    Friday, April 30, 2010

    Bonus Show 11: Mary Lucille DeBerry Interview REBROADCAST


    Concluding our National Poetry Month celebration, this week for the WVW Podcast Bonus Show 11, we play a rebroadcast with poet Mary Lucille DeBerry, originally posted as Episode #13 last July. In it we speak to Mary Lucille about her poetry collection Bertha Butcher's Coat. The interview also features several readings from that work as well as discussions of the techniques Mary Lucille has used to inspire those poems.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Bonus Show 11

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    Friday, April 23, 2010

    Episode 30: Independent Theatre Collective's Spoken Word Event Recorded Live Reading


    We continue our celebration of National Poetry Month with more Recorded Live Readings. This two-part episode features poetry recorded at the Spoken Word Event sponsored by the Independent Theatre Collective in Wheeling, WV, as part of the Oglebay Institute's Imagination Celebration 2010.

    In Part 1 we feature John E. Reilly reading from Diane Gilliam Fisher's Kettle Bottom, and some original poetry by Wheeling poet Duncan Kinder.

    In Part 2 we feature Independent Theatre Collective president and co-founder Jeremy Richter reading Mark Twain's posthumously published The War Prayer. We also have a recording of a moving poem by a young Wheeling poet named Creighton Hill.

    4/25/10 PART 1 IS NOW UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE KETTLEBOTTOM SEGMENT.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 30 Part 1
    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 30 Part 2

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    Mother's Day Stories Sought for Podcast

    UPDATE 5/6/10: The Hotline for the WV Writers MomCast 2010 is now closed.

    In honor of Mother's Day (May 9, 2010), the WV Writers Podcast is seeking your poems, short stories and essays on the topic of your mom. Furthermore, we'd like to broadcast you reading them.

    In order to do this, we've set up a special Mother's Day Hotline which will allow us to record your poems, stories, etc. and be able to play them back on our Mother's Day Podcast, which will be posted May 9.
    The instructions for this are as follows:
    1. Have your piece in hand.
    2. Phone our Mother's Day hotline at 304-661-9745 (this is a WV-based cellular number, so long distance charges may apply). Wait for the voicemail to pick up (usually after 4 rings) and listen to the opening.
    3. After the beep, please state your name, your town and anything you think people might need to know about your piece. After that...
    4. Read your story, essay or poem. Please try to keep them under 2 minutes 45 seconds in length. Anything longer than this will be automatically cut off by the voicemail. If you have a longer piece, feel free to call back and continue it in a second segment. However, please limit the entire piece to between 4 and 5 minutes. Preference may be given to pieces shorter than 2:45. Depending on the number of pieces we receive, we may or may not be able to use all of them.
    5. If you mess up while reading, it's no problem. Just pause and then say "THREE, TWO, ONE..." and start where you left off. We'll edit out the messups on our end.
    6. The hotline will take Mother's Day pieces through May 8, 2010. (After that, we'll try to keep the line open for Recorded Live Readings for possible use in future shows.)
    This is something of an experiment, so please help us out by participating. Everybody's got a good mother story in them, so please share yours.

    Participation is not limited to WV Writers members, though if we have more entries than we can use preference will be shown to our members.

    Friday, April 16, 2010

    Episode 29: Poetry Tea Recorded Live Reading Part 2


    We continue our celebration of National Poetry Month in WV Writers Podcast Episode 29. We also celebrate our own 1st anniversary as a podcast. (Whoo hoooo!)

    This week we have part 2 of our recorded live poetry reading from the Greenbrier Valley Theatre's Poetry Literary Tea this past November.

    Featured poets this week include Ellen Broudy, Tim Armentrout and your host Eric Fritzius, reading a Cheryl Denise poem as recorded at a reading in Mercer County this past December.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 29

    LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST

    Friday, April 9, 2010

    Bonus Show 10: Dana Wildsmith Interview REBROADCAST


    Continuing our National Poetry Month Theme, this week's bonus show is a rePodcast of our interview with Georgia-based poet Dana Wildsmith from Episode #5. In it Dana speaks about her journey to becoming a poet, her time spent as a Writer in Residence around the country, her love of music and Garrison Keillor's reading voice, she recites some of her own poetry, and tells us about the workshops she was preparing for the 2009 WVW Summer Conference.

    We're happy to say that Dana will be a returning presenter for the 2010 WVW Summer Conference. You can find out what she'll be presenting by visiting our conference page and checking out the full Workshop Descriptions.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Bonus Show 10


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    Friday, April 2, 2010

    Episode 28: Poetry Tea Recorded Live Reading Part 1


    In celebration of National Poetry Month, this month the podcast will be featuring all things poetry.

    For WV Writers Podcast Episode 28, we feature part 1 of a recorded live poetry reading done as part of Greenbrier Valley Theatre's Literary Tea series poetry edition this past November, in Lewisburg. Featured poets this week include the Tea's featured poet, WVW 2009 Writing Contest winner Sarah Crickenberger, and WVW member Sammye Lewis.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 28

    LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST
    Greenbrier Valley Theatre

    Friday, March 26, 2010

    Todd Burge's tribute podcast for Keith Pitzer

    Singer/songwriter Todd Burge has posted a podcast tribute to his friend Keith Pitzer, whose memorial service was last weekend.

    Hear it for yourself at Todd's SongWriterNight podcast page.

    Friday, March 19, 2010

    Bonus Show 9: Comedy Talk with Steve Goff


    For our 9th Bonus Show we talk comedy with WV Writers Writing Contest Coordinator Steven Goff. Steve's a comedian who did standup at the 2009 Summer Conference. We talk about our favorite comedians of today and yesteryear plus tell a couple of stories about encounters with famous comedians (or at least with professional wrestlers who once worked with famous comedians, who one of us once interviewed at a Kia dealership grand opening in Columbus, MS).


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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Bonus Show 9



    LINKS TO COMEDIANS MENTIONED IN SHOW

    Friday, March 12, 2010

    Episode 27: S.G. Redling Interview


    The WV Writers Podcast Episode 27 is now online featuring an interview with 2009 WV Writers Summer Conference success story Sheila "S.G." Redling. Sheila is a morning radio show cohost at WKEE in Huntington and the author of a book called Storyteller that is currently making the rounds of publishers via her literary agent. The details of how she came to be in this position are illuminated in this podcast. (We'll give you a hint: it has something to do with the 2009 WV Writers Summer Conference, not to mention a healthy dose of talent.)

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 27


    LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST
    Sheila's "I Don't Believe In Reality" blog
    Book Cents Literary Agency
    Sourcebooks, Inc.

    Wednesday, March 10, 2010

    New Blog Address

    Since the beginning of this podcast, nigh on a year back, we’ve repeatedly given out our web address so that you can find us online. Thanks to some technobabble-worthy issues behind the scenes, though, our address has had to change.

    While the old address will still get you here (at least after 30 seconds, when it forcibly bounces you), the new address for the show is now and will hopefully forever more be Podcast.WVWriters.org. Similarly, address for the West Virginia Writers blog has also changed and is now Blog.WVWriters.org.

    We're not complaining, as this is a simpler address to remember than our old one and the move has allowed us to do lots of modification on the site that would otherwise have been more difficult to do. Expect some visual changes and new features (not to mention a sidebar that gets updated more often) on both the podcast page and the blog.

    All of the old posts of both the blog and the podcast are now in place at the new addresses and RSS feed service should be working fine. So if you have us bookmarked anywhere, please change us to the new addresses.

    Friday, February 26, 2010

    Episode 26: CONFERENCECAST 2010


    The WV Writers ConferenceCast 2010 (a.k.a. Episode 26) is now online.

    In it we reveal the full list of presenters for the 2010 Summer Conference. We'll also have information on the guest editors who will be there as well as on the pitch sessions and one on one critique sessions they are offering.

    We'll also reveal the exact date we will begin pre-registration for the conference, (as well as when Cedar Lakes will begin accepting pre-registration forms for rooms and meals). A hint: it's VERY soon.


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    West Virginia Writers ConferenceCast (a.k.a Episode 26) Part 1

    West Virginia Writers ConferenceCast (a.k.a Episode 26) Part 2


    LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST
    Our 2010 Summer Conference Page

    Wednesday, February 24, 2010

    This week (shhhh!)

    There is a rumor going round, that I may or may not have started, that says this Friday's episode of the WV Writers Podcast will be chock full of information concerning the upcoming Summer Conference.

    The rumor mentions something about a full list of presenters being revealed.

    It continues that information on guest editors and the pitch and one on one critique sessions they will be conducting will also be revealed.

    It goes on to say that workshop descriptions and quite possibly a full schedule are in the works for release in the very near future.

    It wraps up that the exact date when registration will be opened is also a revelation to be imparted.

    One might say that it will be a very good episode to download and that one would be wise to do so this Friday (or perhaps late Thursday if one subscribes with iTunes).

    Just what I heard.

    Friday, February 19, 2010

    Episode 25: CONTESTCAST 2

    Now that we're a wee bit past the mid-way point for the 2010 WV Writers Annual Writing Contest, we thought it would be prudent to check in with our contest coordinator, Steve Goff, to find out how things are going and answer some more of your frequently asked questions, discuss the list of contest judges and reveal some of the categories in which your odds are better for winning this year.


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    West Virginia Writers Contestcast 2 (a.k.a Episode 25)


    LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST


    Download Contest Entry Forms


    Entry Form (.doc) Entry Form (.pdf)



    Student Entry Form (.doc) Student Entry Form (.pdf)

    Wednesday, February 17, 2010

    THIS WEEK...

    ...our CONTESTCAST 2 episode, marking the half-way point of the 2010 Annual Writing Contest. We'll cover some frequently asked questions, discuss the list of contest judges and reveal some of the categories in which your odds are better for winning.

    Join us for Episode 25 this Friday, February 19, right here (or late night Thursday on iTunes).

    Thursday, February 11, 2010

    Bonus Show 8: Writer's Toolkit


    Our 8th bonus show is extry short, but is important if you're going to be in the Charleston area on February 13 and if you're interested in improving your writing.

    The Writer's Toolkit event will be taking place at the cultural center, featuring free writing workshops for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and nonfiction research. The event is brought to you by the WV Division of Culture and History in collaboration with the WV Library Commission. You can find specific details about it at our BLOG, but get an overview by listening to the bonus show.

    PLEASE NOTE: According to the Charleston Gazette, State Poet Laureate Irene McKinney will not be able to attend the annual Writers' Toolkit as originally scheduled due to weather concerns, but the program will still continue with the authors below and poet and essayist Doug Van Gundy will step in to take the workshop spaces left by McKinney.

    As an added bonus to the bonus, you also get to hear the host of the show play his brand new cigar box guitar and the cohosts of the show supply their critique.


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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Bonus Show 8

    Friday, February 5, 2010

    This Week...

    ...there is no new podcast. Awww.

    Cause the wife and I will off celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. Yay!

    Back in a couple.

    Friday, January 29, 2010

    Bonus Show 7 featuring Sal Buttaci


    Our 7th bonus show is an extry-long entry into our Recorded Live Reading series. (Q: "But if it's recorded, how can it be live?" A: "Ahhhh, mind your Ps and Qs, Mack.")

    This live reading was recorded at a poetry reading given by Salvatore Buttaci at the Princeton Public Library on December 3, 2009. Sal is the author of A Dusting of Star Fall: Love Poems, Boy on a Swing and Other Poems, A Family of Sicilians: Stories and Poems, Sun Sparks The Day and Sal Buttaci's Greatest Hits 1970 - 2000 published in the Pudding House books Greatest Hits series. He is also the author of Painless Poetry, which is a workshop for educators teaching poetry appreciation and creative writing. His most recent book is called Flashing My Shorts a collection of flash fiction.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Bonus Show 7


    LINKS

    Salvatore Buttaci's website
    A Family of Sicilians

    Friday, January 22, 2010

    No podcast this week...

    ...due to the double-sized nature of our first two of the year. Please join us here next week for podcast bonus show #7, featuring a recorded live reading of WV Writers member Sal Buttaci's December poetry reading in Mercer County.

    In the meantime, please enjoy this video of the smaller of my two bonus show co-hosts, recorded this past autumn.


    Friday, January 15, 2010

    Episode 24: Keith Pitzer Tribute with Pops Walker

    “It’s with a heavy heart that I write to you today, for we have lost a great friend and performer, Keith Pitzer. Keith passed on this morning after a courageous fight with cancer. His wife Joan, and his four grown sons mourn the loss of their loved one, as do I, Bobbi, and anyone who knew Keith.” -- Pops Walker

    This is the opening paragraph from a letter written by Keith's friend and our podcast composer, Pops Walker. Written on December 22, the day Keith passed, it is how many of us first learned the news. Keith was not only a friend of this podcast, but he was a friend of our organization as well.

    I thought for today’s special double-sized podcast it would be nice to speak with Pops in tribute to Keith. I wanted to get Pops' perspective on Keith the man and hear about his tireless work with Friends of the Cheat, and also hear of his skill as a musician. We'll also hear some of the outtakes from my interview with him last June, including some of the amazing music he made alongside his wife Joan.


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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 24


    LINKS FOR THIS PODCAST


    Friday, January 8, 2010

    Episode 23: THE 2010 CONTESTCAST

    For our first new episode of 2010, we're doing a gargantu-sized two part episode we're calling THE CONTESTCAST. That's right, this is your primer for all things related to the WV Writers Annual Writing Contest, which began accepting entries mere days ago.

    Joining us for the podcast are WV Writers President Terry McNemar and Adult Contest Coordinator Steve Goff.



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    West Virginia Writers Contestcast (a.k.a Episode 23 Part 1)

    West Virginia Writers Contestcast (a.k.a Episode 23 Part 2)



    Download Contest Entry Forms As Reference for the Podcast


    Entry Form (.doc) Entry Form (.pdf)



    Student Entry Form (.doc) Student Entry Form (.pdf)

    Wednesday, January 6, 2010

    THIS WEEK!

    For the first new episode of the new year, we'll be talking up the WV Writers Spring Writing Competition 2010. Our guests for this special extra-sized episode will be WV Writers President Terry McNemar and Contest Coordinator Steve Goff.

    If you have any questions about the contest, likely they'll be answered as part of this podcast. It also serves as a great introduction to the contest in general. And stick around for the end of the episode when we'll have a sneak preview of some of the guests for the 2010 Summer Conference.

    Join us here this Friday for Episode 23.

    Friday, January 1, 2010

    Episode 9: Keith Pitzer (REBROADCAST)

    This week we're rebroadcasting Episode 9 of the podcast in honor of the recent passing of musician Keith Pitzer. We spoke with Keith last June in preparation for he and his wife Joan's appearance at the WV Writers Summer Conference 2009. Unfortunately, Keith and Joan were unable to attend last year because of a sudden turn in Keith's health stemming from the cancer that took him on December 22, 2009.

    The WV Writers Podcast will soon have a brand new episode dedicated to celebrating Keith Pitzer as a performer and human being, including an interview with Keith's friend and friend of the podcast, Pops Walker. We will also be including some outtake material from that interview.

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    West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 9 (REBROADCAST)