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HRW's 2012 Traveling Pen Series Workshops

2012 Writers' Conference

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HRW thanks Towne Bank for partial sponsorship of this year's conference

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Congratulations to the winners of the 3 FREE writing contests that were part of HRW's Fourth Annual Writers' Conference.
Nonfiction Prize:
1st Place - John Cabeen
2nd Place - Sharon Poch
3rd Place - Jean McLeod Hendrickson
Hon. Mention - Alison Parson

2102 Frank Lawlor Memorial Fiction Prize:
1st Place - Dr. C. Thomas Somma
2nd Place - Leslye Reaves
3rd Place - Dr. Michael Owens
Hon. Mention - Hilary Benoit

Barbara Dunn Hartin Memorial Poetry Prize:
1st Place - Hilary Benoit
2nd Place - Rae Spencer
3rd Place - Cecelia Robbins
Hon. Mention - Jane Edwards

Want to honor or memorialize someone special? For a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE contribution of $750 or more, you can endow HRW's 2013 Nonfiction Prize in that person's name.

. . . Thanks to everyone who supported HRW's OPEN MIC and SHOW AND GROW YOUR PROSE EVENTS in 2012. Check out our 2013 Open Mic schedule . . . . Looking for an inexpensive writing workshop? . . . . See Other Literary Happenings in Hampton Roads . . . . Want a Writing Prompt/Exercise? . . . . Hear the Experts . . . . Meet our newest member. . . .

HRW thanks TowneBank and The Muse Writing Center in Norfolkfor their sponsorship of the 2012 Writers conference. We'd also like to thank Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission for a $500 grant in support of HRW's 2011 writers' conference and the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts for the generous supporting grant in 2010.

As of 3-25-2013, HRW's mailing address has changed to:
Hampton Roads Writers
P.O. Box 56228
Virgina Beach, VA 23456

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Hampton Roads Writers

Hampton Roads Writers, Inc. is a nonprofit, Virginia Beach, Virginia-based group of professional and aspiring writers, friends, and supporters of the arts who have joined together to promote the craft and passion of writing and the love of reading and literature in Virginia. We aim to encourage readers and writers of all ages and talents, as well as acknowledge and celebrate awareness of local and contemporary authors and their work. We serve as a resource to our community by creating and supporting literary events throughout the Hampton Roads area.

In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, HRW does not discriminate against persons with physical or mental disabilities and makes every effort to accomodate anyone who might need special assistance to partake of HRW sponsored activities.