Category: writing

DNA Short Story Reading by Yvonne Randle

Watch the July 2016 Winning Short Screenplay Reading.  Story performed by actor Val Cole DNA by Yvonne Randle Get to know the winning writer: 1. What is your 1pg Short Story about? My story is about how people closest to us betray us and alter our lives, but God takes even those valley experiences and brings… Continue reading DNA Short Story Reading by Yvonne Randle

TEARS OF JOY Short Story Reading by I E Hughes

Dec 13, 2014; Baltimore, MD, USA; Cadets and Midshipmen from Army and Navy shake hands during a prisoner exchange ceremony before a game between the Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen at M&T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Danny Wild-USA TODAY Sports

Watch the July 2016 Winning Short Screenplay Reading.  Story performed by actor Julian Ford TEARS OF JOY by I E Hughes Get to know the winning writer: 1. What is your 1pg Short Story about? “Tears of Joy” recalls my experience as a plebe member of the victorious 1995 Army Football team following the 96th Army… Continue reading TEARS OF JOY Short Story Reading by I E Hughes

June 2016 Novel & Short Story Winners

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Watch the June 2016 Winning Novel & Short Story Performance Readings. All stories read and performed by professional actors:

Winning Short Story Reading: INSIDE OUT by Phaedra Greenwood

Watch the June 2016 winning short story. INSIDE OUT  by Phaedra Greenwood Performed by Marsha Mason Get to know writer Phaedra Greenwood: 1. What is your 1pg Short Story about? My one-page short story is about a man who has his prayers answered. But not the way he expected. 2. What genres would you say… Continue reading Winning Short Story Reading: INSIDE OUT by Phaedra Greenwood

Winning Short Story Reading: DESTINY OF JOY by Mary Eastham

Watch the winning June 2016 short story.

DESTINY OF JOY by Mary Eastham

Winning Short Story: AFTERNOON CABARET by Grey Hall

Watch the May 2016 Winning Short Story Reading. Watch AFTERNOON CABARET: Get to know writer Grey Hall:  Matthew Toffolo: What is your 1pg Short Story about? Grey Hall: It is about meeting Andrea Marcovicci in NYC as part of my research on a book about Carolina Ballet. MT: What genres would you say this short… Continue reading Winning Short Story: AFTERNOON CABARET by Grey Hall

Interview with Novelist Laurie Buchanan (Note to Self: A Seven-Step Path to Gratitude and Growth)

For the past fifteen years Laurie Buchanan has worked as a holistic health practitioner and transformational life coach. Embracing the philosophy that “whatever you are not changing, you are choosing,” Buchanan has helped hundreds of clients turn intention into action, bridging the gap between where they are and where they want to be—body, mind, and… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Laurie Buchanan (Note to Self: A Seven-Step Path to Gratitude and Growth)

Interview with Novelists Jan Porter (Soul Skin)

Jan Porter finds the magic of the past and cosmos within every day unsung heroes and the human condition to share with you. She is a philosophical ponderer of human nature, quantum physics, spirit world, nature and of the cosmos, hence she does not hold to any one particular tradition as a one higher truth… Continue reading Interview with Novelists Jan Porter (Soul Skin)

Winning Short Story: Held Up by Bree Katz

Don’t worry about how much your first draft is going to suck. Just get the words out there. Editing is a special hell all its own, but once you reach that stage, you’re partway through. If you obsess over making the story perfect before you even sit down to write it, you’ll never get started.