Each NOVA-WC meeting features a guest speaker from a writing-related field or a writing-related event. NOVA-WC's relaxed, informal meetings give you the opportunity to ask questions of speakers, chat with NOVA-WC's members, and share news and tips.

Meetings are currently free to members, $5 for guests.

Interested in being a speaker? Like more information about our meetings? Please contact chapter president Matt Iden at miden6@yahoo.com.

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Schedule of Events

Please join us to hear from Laura Shovan, poet, author and educator. Her alter ego is the popular Mrs. Poems, who delights in teaching poetry workshops in elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the region. She was recently awarded the Clarinda Harriss Poetry Prize.

Visit Laura's blog Authoramok.com.

Library information
Richard Byrd Library
7250 Commerce Street
Springfield, VA 22150-3499
703-451-8055

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October - Ruth Stewart | Prose Editor, The Northern Virginia Review
Saturday October 23rd | Time: 1:00 - 3:30
Thomas Jefferson Library

Please join us to hear from Dr. Ruth Stewart of The Northern Virginia Review as she talks about her experiences as the prose editor of a literary journal. Learn more about The Northern Virginia Review at www.nvcc.edu/depts/nvreview/.

About Ms. Stewart
Ruth Stewart is a writer, editor, and literary historian. She has won awards for her poetry and creative non-fiction and contributed articles on writing and literature to national and international publications. A professor of English at Northern Virginia Community College, Dr. Stewart teaches film, American literature, and writing -- the perfect combination, she says, for nurturing her current narrative history projects. She is also the prose editor of The Northern Virginia Review, where she enjoys working with emerging and established writers from across the D.C. region.

Library information
Thomas Jefferson Library
7415 Arlington Boulevard
Falls Church, VA 22042-7409
703-573-1060

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Tentative Meeting Dates & Important Events

November
No chapter meeting. Please make plans to attend the Virginia Writers Club Annual Meeting, Saturday, November 13, at the Mount Vernon Inn.

December
Chapter meeting - Dec. 18, 1:00 - 3:30, Location TBA

Archived Meetings

Update: 27 August 2010