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Scribes Valley Publishing is proud to announce the winners our latest short story contrest. Come on over and meet these fine, talented authors . Our newest anthology is being built and will be released in the near future. Trisha Rickey - THE TRUTH IN TUSCALOOSA   - FIRST PLACE Ella St. John - WHERE DESERT FLOWERS BLOOM   - SECOND PLACE Vanessa Orlando - CLUB CRAZY Brenda Galloway Conway - ZINNIAS ON THE NIGHT STAND Rebecca Evans - POPPY-LIKE Michael Gigandet - THE WRECK OF SKEETER’S BEER CAVE Jay Goldin - FAIRY TALE FARRAGO Taria Karillion - THE PRICE OF A STOLEN DAY Leslie Muzingo - HAYDN’S STRING QUARTET NO. 76 Brian T. Sluga - ONCE I WAS SOMEONE'S DESIRE Steve Putnam - RESURRECTION OF BLOWN AWAY BY SOUND GUY MAX Richard Risemberg - A CITY OF HIDDEN CLOCKS Joseph J. Salerno - THE PLAYER, THE CRAZY IDEA Marlene Fabian Stiles - THE GREEN MAN IN THE RED SUIT Fred Thornburg - THE HUE OF A DREAM Richard Vetere - THE BALLAD OF THE YOUNG POET Av...

We are proud to announce our newest writing contest anthology: WHERE TALES GRIP Come meet the talented authors: Virginia M. Amis, William E. Burleson, Lynn C. Miller, Nancy Canyon, Ronna L. Edelstein, Denise P. Kalm, Phillip Frey, Theresa Jenner Garrido, Bear Kosik, Anna-Claire McGrath, Leslie Muzingo, JoDean Nicolette, Bill Frank Robinson, Joseph J. Salerno, Michelle Wotowiec, and Steve Putnam

Scribes Valley Publishing announces 2019 contest winners   We are excited to release the names of our 2019 Writing Contest finalists: Steve Putnam - Lone Strangers Strawberry Patched Virginia M. Amis – Turtle Tree William E. Burleson – When the Moon Gets in the Way of the sun Nancy Canyon – Holy Spirit Delivers Ronna L. Edelstein – The Monster Within Phillip Frey – Old Hat Theresa Jenner Garrido – An Abeyance Denise P. Kalm – Submission Bear Kosik – One Way Anna-Clair McGrath – The Professor Leslie Muzingo – Counting flowers JoDean Nicolette – The Ride Bill Frank Robinson – Pee Ja Joseph Salerno – Served Cold Michelle Wotowiec – Pearl Frank DiPalermo – The Friendship Gallery Lynn C. Miller - Is It Really You?

We’ve selected the top three stories from the finalists of our 2018 Short Story Contest . Please join us in congratulating these talent authors: FIRST PLACE:   Mike Tuohy – “Confetti Girl” SECOND PLACE:   Andrew K. Clark – “Tangled Limbs” THIRD PLACE:   Catharine Leggett – “The Oriole”

LOSE YOURSELF: Get Lost in the Words , Our newest short story anthology has been released , both in paperback and Kindle editions. Get lost! A simple phrase with complicated meanings. Taken one way, it can be considered quite rude and derogatory. Taken another way—the way this book intends—it is an extraordinarily great directive. Writers desire to achieve that blissful sensation of being lost in the words, to find that the story has taken over and is writing itself, causing even the author to breathlessly wait to see what is going to happen next. Readers also want that level of consciousness where their real world departs, and the words on the page transport them to places unknown. If you seek to lose yourself in the written word, to leave everyday life behind, to be elsewhere...you’ve come to the right place! The authors featured in this anthology have crafted remarkable stories with the capability and the power to take you out of this world. LOSE YO...

Lessons from the Gypsy Camp by Elizabeth Appell has been honored with an Honorable Mention in the 2013 Paris Book Festival! Amazing recognition for an amazing book! We couldn't be more proud. Come see what the fuss is about .  A girl...A gypsy...A murder...A choice