Richard Peabody, local writer and editor of Gargoyle Magazine, recently sent this notice about his upcoming novel workshop. If you live...

How to Write a Knockout Book Proposal Sponsored by the Learning Annex WHAT: Agents and editors don\’t have time to read entire...

This Christmas season I did something I don\’t usually do. That is, instead of sending Christmas cards, etc., I decided to call friends...

Playwright Neil Labute and composer Paul Hindemith probably don\’t have much in common other than people might misunderstand their work....

Who knew that Monticello had a Jewish connection. Let me explain, my Montgomery College colleague Dr. Francine Jamin recently visited...

For those of you who are interested in Spanish to English translation, the workshop to be given by writer/poet/translator YVETTE NEISSER...

Wow, how did 2006 pass us by so quickly? It seems like I was just trying to figure out how 2006 was going to treat me. As it turned out,...

I have lived in Arlington since 1997 and have seen many changes to the area, especially Ballston but also the Clarendon area. In fact,...

In addition to collecting the prize of $1,000.00, Ms. Holmes\’ story will be published on the Gival Press website (Gival Press.com)....

Former Vice-President Al Gore has done us all a great service by bringing global warming to the attention to the world. Too bad that many...

On November 14, 2006 in Germany, twelve detainees, who were abused in military jails in Iraq and Cuba, filed a law suit against former...

On the Altar of Greece by Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, winner of the 2005 Gival Press Poetry Award, has been released by Gival Press. The book...

The Eighth Annual Gival Press Poetry Award ——————————————————————— Deadline: December 15, 2006 (postmarked). Our dates never change, if...

Per AP and NBC, Jim Webb has just been declared the winner of the Virginia Senate race which now gives the Democrats control of not only...

For those of you who live and are able to vote in the Commonwealth of Virginia, I ask that you read the following Ballot Question Number...

Sunday\’s panel at the Writer\’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland, was quite an eye-opener with regard to the literary scene in Washington,...

Local Washington, DC writers/poets are invited to attend the free panel of editors/publishers of local presses. The details are listed...

ArLiJo is currently featuring the shorty story Lady of the Seas by Agustín Cadena which is translated by writer C.M. Mayo. The English...

C. M. Mayo, editor of the collection Mexico: A Traveler\’s Literary Companion, has done Mexico and English readers a grand service, and...

If you love poetry or are a poet who doesn\’t quite understand the patterns used in poetic forms, Prosody in England and Elsewhere: A...