Scribes Valley Notes

Okay, I'm fed up. It's supposed to be cool now. The temperatures are supposed to be in the mid to lower seventies. Breezes are supposed to be crisp. Leaves are supposed to be turning beautiful colors. Quilts are supposed to be moving from closets to beds. Instead...we're sweating as humidity threatens to smother us as we set on our back porches, work in our yards, walk through the woods. What the heck? Where is Autumn? Where is it hiding? Where has it gone? Scribes Valley Publishing

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”

Greetings! Listed below are the finalists of our 2018 Short Story Writing Contest . Please visit our 2018 Winners page , and get to know these talented authors. Virginia M. Amis  -  WOOD AVENUE Katelyn Andell  -  EUPHORIA, VA Patricia L. Baker  -  THE WHISPERERS Colin Brezicki  -  STAGE STRUCK Andrew K. Clark  -  TANGLED LIMBS Carol Cooley  -  NEVER IN GRACE Ronna L. Edelstein  -  THE MALLEABILITY OF MEMORY John Francis Istel  -  DEVILED EGGS Catharine Leggett  -  THE ORIOLE Leslie Muzingo  -  IN MY DADDY'S SHOES Steve Putnam  -  SELTZER CAN ON A BLUE TRACTOR PAINTED ORANGE Mike Tuohy  -  CONFETTI GIRL Michelle Wotowiec  -  PICTURES AND STORIES AND GHOSTS

Scribes Valley Publishing is accepting submissions for our 16th annual short story writing contest. All finalists are published in an annual contest anthology, both print and electronic versions. Monetary prizes for top 3 finalists are based on contest participation – the more entries we receive, the bigger the prize amounts. In addition, all finalists receive a copy of the finished anthology. Thrill us…amaze us…entertain us…TELL US A STORY! Deadline:   November 30, 2018 Winners announced around January 30, 2019 Word limit: 5,000 Entry Fee:   $7.00 US You can enter by snail mail or online submission. Complete submission guidelines and rules on our website: http://www.scribesvalley.com .

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...

Scribes Valley has released THE COMMON SENSE LIFE: Tales from a Long-ago Forest by Donald R. Repsher. Deprived of their land by the treachery of a colonial government, this is the story of Lenape Indians who clung tenaciously to their heritage and how the lessons they learned can help us now.      The story of the Lenape points to a long, complex tradition of hospitality and assimilation in Lenape-hocking, which includes southeastern New York State, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The word Lenape means “people.” The name is symbolic of the kind of people they were, continually welcoming and assimilating newcomers and thereby creating through thousands of years the original “melting-pot” of civilization on the North American continent. A more specific name is “Delawares,” which is an English term for the river that runs through their ancient homeland, and a reminder of the place of origin for the people who are now living elsewhere. ...