Scribes Valley Notes

We are proud to announce the winners of our 2014 Writing Contest . Dana C. Smith - SEARCHING FOR ALEXANDRA CHAMPION Jeff Spitzer - THE LAST ORDEAL OF JAMES WILLOUGHBY Kathy Bjornestad - SUMMER BIRDS ON THE ALBION Ronna L. Edelstein - THE DAY BETWEEN SUNDAY AND MONDAY Herb Wakeford - SAFE ON AN ERROR Marlene Olin - HOW WILL I LIVE WITHOUT HIM Paul Andrews - TWINKLE Evan Guilford-Blake - NOT BECAUSE WE WILL Simone Hanson - LEEWARD John Bauer - A SON'S LOVE Chelle Wotowiec - OUR FATHERS Joseph Horst - PROMETHEUS Joyce Munro - SUSTAINED PRESSURE Brenda Watterson - THE JOURNEY These authors and their stories will be featured in our upcoming contest anthology, ESCAPE YOUR WORLD.

We have published Elizabeth Appell's novel, Lessons From the Gypsy Camp , as an ebook on Smashwords.com. Smashwords distributes ebooks in just about every ebook format there is to major online retailers, including libraries. Click on book to view on Smashwords  Lessons From the Gypsy Camp is Elizabeth Appell's debut novel that has garnered many rave reviews. You can find it on Smashwords by clicking HERE . Check out our 2014 Short Story contest. The deadline is September 3, 2014. You work hard to be an author, and we want to see what you've been working on!

Scribes Valley Publishing is accepting submissions for their 12 th annual short story writing contest . All finalists (around 10-15 stories) are published in annual contest anthology. Monetary prizes for top 3 finalists are based on contest participation – the more entries we receive, the bigger the prize amounts. Thrill us…amaze us…entertain us…TELL US A STORY! Deadline:   August 31, 2014 Word limit: 5,000 Entry Fee:   $7.00 US Winners announced: around October 15, 2014 You can enter by snail mail or online submission. Complete submission guidelines and rules on our website: http://www.scribesvalley.com . Contests are open to everyone, regardless of nationality, age, or publishing history, as long as it is legal in the entrant's place of residence. All work must be original and unpublished. The author must own all rights to the submitted material. We require only First Anthology Rights for those stories we publish. All other rights remain with the a

A while back, I saw something that really set me to thinking. It was one of those East Tennessee scorchers: temperatures in the middle 90s and the humidity even higher. I was in a department store, leaning on a clothes rack, enjoying the air conditioning more than the shopping, and I observed a woman wearing a garment that covered her from head to toe, leaving only her face exposed, walking toward front of the store. Since her feet were not visible, she seemed to be gliding along the floor. Coming from the opposite direction was a young lady dressed in short shorts, a low-cut, belly-exposing top, and noisy flip-flops. As they passed each other right in front of me, they exchanged the briefest of glances, and continued on their way. These two women didn’t stare at each other, they didn’t smirk or scoff; they merely registered the presence of the other, and moved on with their lives, completely accepting their differences. The differences are what got me to thinking. We all