Bonus Post: Calling All Writers!

The Virginia Festival of the Book is coming up! After our YA Author Panel here in Harrisonburg on March 19, Charlottesville will be packed with authors from March 17-22. One of the very cool panels will be for teen writers. Submit a short story and get feedback from three authors! One of the authors is Jodi Meadows, who will be at our YA Author Panel. (How many times can I promote our YA Author Panel in one post??)

Here's the information about submitting a story: 

StoryFest & Pub Day: First Pages for Teen Writers

Sat. March 21, 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Village School

215 E High Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902

Hosted by: Charlottesville-Albemarle creative writing teachers and Young Writers Workshop of the University of Virginia

A StoryFest and Pub Day Event! Are you a teen (13 to 18) who likes to write? Teen writers may each submit one page (no horror or erotica) to receive anonymous feedback from authors Jen Karetnick, Jeff Martin, and Jodi Meadows. Priority will be given to pages submitted to VABookTeenWriters@gmail.com by March 16. You may bring a page to the panel, but we cannot guarantee that it will be discussed. 

Important! To make sure that we have time for as many entries as possible, each page must be no longer than 250 words AND properly formatted. (Se example here: Teen 1st pages submission format.) We will return improperly formatted submissions.

Why Should You Attend?

You will have a terrific opportunity to learn from the authors' feedback, but only if you submit!