Scribes Valley Notes

That's right, They Do Exist! We have released our newest short story writing contest anthology. Filled with stories that will amaze and delight you, THEY DO EXIST! is one of our best anthologies so far (of course, we say that about all our anthologies). With such authors as Bill Westhead, Catherine Lev, Claire Grasse, John M. Bourne, Julia Halprin Jackson, Karin B. Schlenker, Kristen Tsetsi, Lou Dischler, Mia Lazarewicz, Qing Yang, Ryan Bennett, Tricia Spencer, and Phillip Lynne; how could you not enjoy yourself between these sheets? Full author bios can be seen on our writing contest winner's page . The anthology is available for only $8.99 and can be purchased from our website . So, come on over, get your copy, and get ready to be enlightened that, yes indeedy, THEY DO EXIST!

Gee, this blogging thing is harder than I thought. Okay, well, maybe the blog itself isn't that hard. It's the writing that's the hard part. Actually, it isn't the writing it's the remembering to write it. Then again, we remember it pretty easily, it's the sitting down and actually doing it that's the hard part Okay, I guess the whole thing comes down to taking the time to write a blog. It's one of my resolutions for 2006 to keep up with it and keep it current. Anyway, to catch everybody up: We've announced the finalists in our 2005 Short Story Writing Contest: Bill Westhead , "Romeo and Sierra's Last Mission" Catherine Lev , "Operation Mickey Mouse" Claire Grasse , "Nona" John M. Bourne , "A Lake in the Park" Julia Halprin Jackson , "Mother's Day" Karin B. Schlenker , "What Could Have Been" Kristen Tsetsi , "But for Gloria" Lou Dischler , "Hemingway at the Ritz"...

Well, there we were, ready to jump on the BLOG wagon and do some regular postings. Seemed like a fairly simple thing to do. One thing we didn’t count on: finding the time to sit down and write the postings! We’ll try to do better in the future. A lot has happened since the last time. We’ve just released our new anthology of short story contest winners, entitled LIVE TO IMAGINE . And what an impressive list of authors! We’ve got famous authors, unknown-but-soon-to-be-famous authors, famous people who are becoming famous authors, just about any type of author you’d want. Francis W. Porretto (first place short story), Lenny Willoughby (second place short story), Jean B. Speights (first place poetry), JE (John) Moore, Karin Konoval, Alicia Davis, Edith Thornton, Ritch Brinkley, Tish Davidson, Gail Cauble Gurley, Elizabeth Appell, Carolyn Ann Aish, and Phillip Lynne all contribute their fantastic work to this anthology. An excerpt from the back cover: What could be more exciting than an ima...

Well, we've done it. We've created a BLOG. Seems like everybody has one these days, so we've jumped on the bandwagon and we're out of the chute. First, a bit about Scribes Valley Publishing . We're a small, independent publisher started in 2003, and based in Knoxville, Tennessee. We were founded on the idea that most "big" publishing houses have lost sight of their original purpose: to produce great, entertaining works while giving exposure to writers who have something to say. Instead, they concentrate all efforts on large profit margins and handle only those authors with the best commercial demographics. If you didn't have a bestseller last year, they won't even look at you. Which leaves us to wonder how many writing geniuses have been left in the dust, their aspirations squelched, because they didn't have the right agent, didn't know the cousin of a friend who married the daughter of a publisher, or weren't given the encouragement to...