Chesapeake Bay Writers

CBW Critique Groups

Please contact the group facilitator for more information

Rappatomac Writers Critique Group
Areas: Middle Peninsula/Northern Neck/Anywhere!
Meets in Two locations
            Meets online at one p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. For more information contact:
          Denise DeVries denisedevries@gmail.com
            or Janet Fast marshrose@hughes.net

Williamsburg Writers Critique Group
            Areas: Williamsburg, Gloucester, Hampton, Newport News, Smithfield
            Meeting in person on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays at the James City County Library (no zoom)
            Contact: Peter Stipe by pstiper@cox.net or call 401-300-9183.

The Williamsburg Writers Gathering
            This group of writers meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month
            Contact: Lou Hamilton louhamwrites@gmail.com for more information

Saturday Poetry Series
            Contact: Ed Lull (757) 258-5582, (757) 258-6167 (cell) for more information

Flash Fiction Tuesday
Join us on the first Tuesday of each month for a flash fiction challenge. This is a virtual event.
Contact: Sonja McGiboney smcgphoto@gmail.com for more info.

NETWORKING

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Information About Chesapeake Bay Writers and Current Events

2022 Member Dues Renewal Form
2022 New Member Application

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CALENDAR NOTES

May 25, 2022. Applications due for the Williamsburg Book Festival

June 4, 2022, Saturday, 10:00 a.m.
Flash Ekphrastic writing at the Muscarelle Museum of Art. There is no registration, just show up but you will need to pay the entry fee for the museum which is $10.00. We'll gather in a gallery, secretly choose a piece of art to write about, write, then share our work. Then, everyone guesses which artwork you wrote about. We can adjourn to lunch somewhere afterward.

June 4, 2022, Saturday 10:30 a.m.
Coffee Shop Conversations-With Charles W. Sutherland. Talk about your current work in progress at Column 15 coffee shop, 701 Merrimac Trail, Williamsburg, VA 23185. Show up with a smile.

June 7, 2022, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
Flash Fiction Zoom - prompt-write-share.

June 8, Wednesday, 2022,11:30 a.m.
General Meeting & Luncheon

The Theme of Forms and
the Form of Themes
with Dr. Jason Ray Carney
Rocco's Smokehouse Grill

June 11, 2022, Saturday,
11 - 2, Zoom Lunch and Learn:
FREE - 3-hour Marketing Presentation by Adam Alexander Haviaras.
Adam is the author of the #1 best-selling Eagles and Dragons historical fantasy series.

Registration is required to receive the zoom invitation.

June 13, 2022, CBW Second Monday Radio Show, 8:05 a.m.
Ted Hale interview with Neal Steele on 99.1 FM on his series, Carronia Incursion.

June 18, 2022, Saturday 10:30 a.m.
Coffee Shop Conversations-With Charles W. Sutherland. Talk about your current work in progress at Column 15 coffee shop, 701 Merrimac Trail, Williamsburg, VA 23185. Show up with a smile.

July 6, 2022, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m
Zoom Social with Bradley Harper: Reflections on his studies in Scotland.

July 11, 2022, CBW Second Monday Radio Show, 8:05 a.m.
Jeff Schnader interview with Neal Steele on 99.1 FM on The Serpent Papers.

July 15, 2022, Golden Nib Entries for the CBW chapter are due.

August 8, 2022, CBW Second Monday Radio Show, 8:05 a.m.
Ginny Brock interview with Neal Steele on 99.1 FM on The Writers Cottage.

September 12, 2022, CBW Second Monday Radio Show, 8:05 a.m.
Patti Procopi interview with Neal Steele on 99.1 FM on I'll Get By.

November 14, 2022, CBW Second Monday Radio Show, 8:05 a.m.
James Tobin interview with Neal Steele on 99.1 FM on When We Were Wolves.

December 12, 2022, CBW Second Monday Radio Show, 8:05 a.m.
Roger Gosden interview with Neal Steele on 99.1 FM on his children's book, The Boy Who Could Bee.

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Chesapeake Style Magazine offers Books in Style reviews for authors of recently published books. Members of CBW or its critique groups are encouraged to have someone request guidelines and write an original 500-word review and send it with a high-resolution image of the book's front cover. Reviews are not limited to members, but CBW folks should take advantage of this special opportunity to share news of your work in issues with a distribution of 10,000 copies in the Middle Peninsula, Northern Neck and Williamsburg.

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About the Chesapeake Bay Writers

Founded in 1991, Chesapeake Bay Writers is a chapter of the Virginia Writers Club. CBW serves writers from the Middle Peninsula, the Northern Neck and Williamsburg and adjacent areas. For questions, comments or suggestions, email CBWreply@gmail.com

Chesapeake Bay Writers is a chapter of the Virginia Writers Club. Click on the link for information on upcoming events and membership in the statewide Virginia Writers Club. This is a separate membership in addition to CBW.