Scribes Valley Notes

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?

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...

Our 11th annual short story writing contest is now accepting submissions. We are looking for stories that actually tell stories, stories that grab readers by the throat and won't let go, stories that make readers sit back, wipe their brow, and--if able to speak--say, "Wow!" We know you've worked hard on your story, pouring a little of your own soul into each word. You know your characters inside and out. You've actually lived in the setting and made it your own. It is now time to let others in. To share your work with the world. Click here to enter the Scribes Valley Writing Contest .