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N'omi Rose

Welcome to Recognitions! A monthly column to recognize those students of Writers' Village University who have won recognition of their writing achievements!

What a feast of writer's Recognitions we have for you this month! April showers did bring out May flowers and here are some of those who blossomed!

GWEN AUSTIN has been honored with her poems, "Miasma," "Rogue Rain," "Through a Dusty Lens" being chosen for the April 2002 "A Celebration of 21st Century Poets" presented by Writers' Village University in honor of National Poetry Month.

Originally from New England, Gwen Austin is a retired therapeutic recreation specialist, who currently resides in Graham, WA. She writes poetry, free-lance articles and short stories. She is author of two novels, "Twilight Manor" and "Fateful Days." Gwen hangs out with Senior Poets' Workshop.

LINDA J. AUSTIN was honored with her poems: "How Many Coats of Paint?," "A Minute of the Mother Dance," and "Adiathermanous" being accepted by WVU's "A Celebration of 21st Century Poets" in honor of National Poetry Month.

In addition, Linda's poem, "A Flume of Hostility," was published in February 2002 issue of The Writers' Ezine - T-Zero Xpandizine.

Linda J Austin is retired from several careers. She is pursuing a degree in art therapy. She lives on a Norway, Maine mountainside in an antique Cape Code home with her beloved, three dogs and a cat. Linda is a member of The Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and has published several poems and articles. Linda is a former member of Senior Poets' Workshop.

KORIE BETH BROWN has been honored with her poems "Chuang-tzu and the King (after Italo Calvino)","A Study in Charlotte For Charlotte Bronte" and "After Hearing the Poet Read For Garrett Hongo," being chosen for the April 2002 "A Celebration of 21st Century Poets" presented by Writers' Village University in honor of National Poetry Month.

In addition! Korie Beth's poem, 9/11/2001, was published in February 2002 issue of The Writers' Ezine - T-Zero Xpandizine. She also facilitates Poetry 115 - Introduction to Japanese Poetry Forms at WVU.

Korie Beth is a teacher, poet and writer of creative nonfiction. She has had her work previously published on the Web at Lynx, a poetry webzine and at The Writers' Ezine - T-Zero Xpandizine. She awaits future publication in print in Gargoyle.

An avid reader, athlete, and knitter, she lives in Sierra Madre, CA with her husband and two pet birds. She feels WVU has helped her writing, and the "feedback has been tremendous." In addition, the chance to read the writings of other remarkably talented authors has been an amazing experience. "Creativity seems to me to be like lightning -- it passes from person to person! I've noticed that one person with an idea will spark off a string of pieces from different authors," she comments. Korie Beth tends to hang out in True Life Tales and in Nature Lovers. However, she spends much time at the Senior Poets.

MOLLY CRITCHLOW has been honored with her poems, "Knowing the Oak Tree" and "Anasazi Alchemy" being accepted by WVU's "A Celebration of 21st Century Poets" in honor of National Poetry Month, April 2002.

"I started writing at WVU, I believe in the first year it was on the Web," she says. She was a Mentor for the Introductory Course for a couple of years, along with Margaret I. Carr and Arlene Lawson. Molly Co-Menotred the POV course, peer tutored by Margaret I. Carr, several times. "Italo Calvino inspired me to start writing poetry after taking the Six Memos course."

Molly does not submit much, as she is "...not itching to be published. I feel I have much more to learn before what I have been doing will be ready for that." She feels her background in Art History and Printmaking tends to push her towards Desktop Publishing and an art book including Sumi and poetry.

Molly has been a member of WVU since 1998. She has written fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Molly hangs out in Seniors Poets workshop.

JIM HALL has been honored with his eight, yes, count them, eight of his poems and short stories being accepted by The Dana Literary Society. The journal has had either a story or a poem of his in every issue from October 2001 through May 2002! Their April issue published "Here There Be Dragons," a poem dealing with dragons old and new. Their May issue will have a reprint of his first published short story, "Two Out, Three On" about a pitcher on a junior high baseball team who finds that his prejudice against Hispanics is not tenable. In addition, their August 2002 issue has just accepted Jim's poem, "A Childhood Friend," for its Online Journal. This acceptance marks Jim's sixth acceptance in 2002! Way to go, Jim!

Jim says it was his reading of "Technicians of the Sacred", edited by Jerome Rothenberg, some years ago which promoted poetry to an important position in his intellectual life. When editors began to select his poetry work for their publications, he was "convinced that I had read the right book. "

Jim has enjoyed participation in the Round Table, as well as several courses. "The most valuable part of my experience has been facilitating Poetry 103," he says. Jim plans to make some revisions in the curriculum and peer-tutor this course again, time permitting.

Net Author's E2K will get you to the current issue of the online journal. From there, you can reach the archived issues. Two of the poems they have accepted but not yet displayed are a haiku cluster titled "What Vivaldi Says" dealing with the four seasons, and "A Windy Night" that exploits the difference between the way oaks and willows handle the wind.

Jim also has had two books published. "Rites of Passage", an E-Book, is now available for preview at Galleyproof.com where you can purchase it with check or money order, and at in the Authorme Store, where you can use credit cards.

"A Balcony in Brooklyn," a collection of short stories including sketches for impending novels, is now available as an E-Book or in paperback.

Presently, Jim is working on a second book of poetry, provisionally titled "Projective Geometry." Also, he is trying to find a print publisher for his E-Book, "Rites of Passage."

Jim's membership started in 1999, and has since upgraded to Life Membership.

R. JOYCE HEON has been honored with her poems, "Josefina’s Plain Song for Miguel Hernandez," "Work Boots," "Fall From Grace Bridge" being accepted by WVU's "A Celebration of 21st Century Poets" in honor of National Poetry Month, April 2002.

Joyce lives in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Worcester County Poetry Association. She has featured at various Worcester area open mikes, as well as read at the Annual Celebration of Worcester County Poets.

Joyce says, "In working with the classes and P123, I am taken to developing areas of poetry I would not necessarily study on my own, sometimes develop a skill I wouldn't have thought to work on. Even subject matter gets stretched. Learning from peers is different from learning in a class environment where mostly you have your own outlook and the professor's, and are only exposed in a limited fashion to the thoughts of your fellow classmates. Moreover, working with peers is the best way to develop as a writer."

Joyce gets her poems from just about everywhere. She writes about nature, the news, the Smithsonian or National Geographic, books of photography, family stories, an endless list. "I particularly like to write about trees. Go figure." She has been writing poetry for about six years now. As part of P123, Joyce developed some Poetry Triggers.

Joyce has individual poems published with "Tapestries," "The Issue," "Diner," "Voices Along the River," and a self-published chapbook entitled "Winter Keeping Apples." All of the above are from print publishers, not online.

Joyce is currently working on a second chapbook. She hangs out with Senior Poets Group.

GLENNIS HOBBS has been honored with her poems "Happy Birthday, Canada," "Abandoned Mine," and "Snow Quilts" being accepted by WVU's "A Celebration of 21st Century Poets" in honor of National Poetry Month, April 2002.

Glennis Hobbs (Glenda Walker-Hobbs) is a Canadian poet/novelist/book reviewer from a mining city in Manitoba. She is co-founder of a local writers’ group and currently serves as its secretary. She has given several writing workshops including peer tutoring for several WVU workshops. Glennis has been a member of Writers Village University for five years, is a member of the Senior Poets Workshop, a Contributing Editor for The Writers' Ezine - T-Zero Xpandizine as well as co-facilitator of two online poetry courses at WVU.

Glennis's work has been published in Bridges, HERizons, Freelance, Pulse Magazine, WordWrap, Collective Consciousness, Library Cat Newsletter and The Writers' Ezine - T-Zero Xpandizine as well as the anthologies, Between Beaver and Athapap; a Northern Anthology, and Tales by Marie Therese. She is also a webmistress for the Flin Flon Writers Guild and maintains two writers' resource pages.

ARLENE LAWSON has been honored with her poems, "The Dying Town," "My Ghostly Arm," and "Leaving Stalag 17," being accepted by WVU's A Celebration of 21st Century Poets in honor of National Poetry Month, April 2002.

"Leaving Stalag 17" was also published in prestigious JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), which is available in hard copy as well as posted online

"Most of my previous writing had been business-oriented, year-end reports, etc. I started writing fiction when I joined WVU in 1998. Two years later, I discovered poetry was my passion. Without WVU, none of that would have happened. I would have been without purpose or direction to my writings."

Recently, Arlene had a chapbook of her poems self-printed, as well.

Arlene has written for and peer-tutors P124 and P125, "The Pleasures of Reading Poetry." She has been one of the poets who have added Poetry Triggers to WVU's list of trigger courses.

Arlene Lawson has been an active member of WVU since the fall of 1998. She lives in the outskirts of Vancouver, B.C. Arlene has been published in JAMA, The Writers' Ezine - T-Zero Xpandizine, Writer's Choice, Poetic Reflections, Poetic Voices, and Clever Ezine. Arlene hangs out in Senior Poets group.

CAROL MALLEY has been honored with her poems "The Gray Men of Springfield," "Hats That Talk," and "Conversation with Myself" being accepted by WVU's "A Celebration of 21st Century Poets" in honor of National Poetry Month, April 2002.

Carol feels that being a member of WVU makes her work "harder at craft." "I have made many friends at WVU and am currently exchanging novel chapter manuscripts with another WVU member."

She feels she does not send her work out "often enough, but I have been lucky or perhaps I have targeted my markets well. I usually get an acceptance for every six to 10 manuscripts sent out."

Carol peer-tutors P127 - Finding the Poet Within, P129 - Working with the Muse, and the P117, 119 and 121 series, Advanced Poetry Free Form. Carol is also a formal instructor for a course at Online-University-- The Poet's Toolbox.

Carol wants to make sure that we understand that "Everyone in P123, the Senior Poets Workshop, shares in facilitating the course, developing assignments and leading discussions. The senior poets were also the sponsors of the unfacilitated 41 poetry trigger courses."

"Conversation with Myself" was accepted by the first journal to which she submitted. It was published in the award winning "The Larcom Review" spring/summer 2001 issue. "The Larcom Review" is a journal of the arts and literature of New England. Their new webpages are still under construction. What a feather in your cap, Carol!

"'The Gray Men of Springfield' is based on a news story I wrote for the daily newspaper where I am a reporter," Carol says. "'Hats That Talk' resulted from an assignment I developed for P117, and is part of a series of poems I am working on which bear witness to the events and culture of the past. I actually do have a great-aunt Osia, but I have no idea if she ever wore hats."

Carol Malley is a reporter for the Springfield Union-News and Sunday Republican. Her poetry and fiction have been published in several literary journals and in anthologies, including When a Lifemate Dies Fairview Press, (1997) and Inside Grief, Wise Press (2001). She is the editor of Raised Voices (1997), Beyond Raised Voices (1998), and Listen to My Spanish Blood by Nicole Feliciano (2001), and served as poetry editor of Peregrine a literary magazine, Issues XVIII and XIX. She recently received a commendable award for a poem in the William Penn Warren contest sponsored by New England Writers. She participates in an Irish and American Writers’ Exchange Program in Amherst and Sligo, leads writing workshops for inner city women and teenagers and is a poetry instructor at Online-University. Carol also offers e-mail tutorials in poetry.

Carol is in and out of Word Weavers and Binary Bards study groups, plus the Senior Poets workshop!

BOB MOULESONG’S essay entitled "Home" was published in the December issue of Clever Ezine. The essay deals with adapting to the tragedies of 9/11/01. It is listed under the section entitled Tragedy. The essay was written 10/31/01, sent to Clever about 11/10/01, and was published in the December issue.

Bob has been a member of WVU since June of 2000. He is currently writing and posting in Flash Fiction, and is the coordinator of that study group.

ROLLY DELOS SANTOS has been honored with his poems "Politics in the Street (A bloodless revolution)," "My Moon Shines," and "The Opening of Limbo's Gates," accepted by WVU's "A Celebration of 21st Century Poets" in honor of National Poetry Month, April 2002.

Rolly's poem "Truce," was published in April 2002 issue of The Writers' Ezine - T-Zero Xpandizine.

His poem, "Mr. Right" will be published in the anthology Idiots of the World by Lighthouse Publishers (2002).

Rolly delos Santos is an art teacher at De La Salle-Zobel College. He is a member of Writers' Village University and discovered the pleasure of writing poetry two years ago.

Rolly says WVU has changed his writing very much. "I hardly wrote anything at all before WVU. It just started out of curiosity." Well, that curiosity has evolved into wonderful writings!

Also a visual artist, he has had two showings in galleries in Manila. Rolly hangs out with the Senior Poets group.

TOM SPENCER has recently published a collection of poems co-authored with a poet friend, called "America on Fire." It is a collection of work about September Eleventh. It is published by Cames Publications out of Harrisbutg Pennsylvania and is available through Amazon.com Boarder online

Being a member of WVU "has given me the underpinning I needed to build confidence in my capabilities. You might say WVU provided the nurturing rain and mist to grow my confidence and improve my writing skills through interaction with the other writers and their work."

Tom has tended to submit when he "thought there was a poem that needed to be exposed to the critical eyes and minds of the experienced writer."

Tom peer-tutors for The Single Effect Theory and One Hundred Years Of Solitude. "I enjoy both courses as a respite from my arduous regimen of writing."

Tom's E-Book, Word Castles, was the first electronic book published by Writopia's Epress-Online. It is a collection of 186 poems in different forms and genres. It is available at Epress-Online. Tom has also been published in various literary journals. Tom has been a WVU member since 1998.

JILL STEGMAN’S short story, "The Crazy Life," has been published in "The Sidewalk's End" January 2002 edition.

Jill has been teaching high school for about 20 years in various areas in Southern California. She finally decided that she had many stories to tell and took the plunge with "The Crazy Life." She received good feedback from her students, who thought it was very realistic. "There are lots of writers in my family including my eleven-year-old daughter, who has been winning poetry contests since she was nine."

Jill has been with WVU ever since she took F2K.

KATHLEEN J. STOWE has been honored with her poem "Summer" being published in April's issue of The Writers' Ezine - T-Zero Xpandizine.

Also, Kathleen's short story "Oh Sure--I Understand, Honey" is scheduled to be published in the spring/summer 2002 issue of Virginia Adversaria. Kathleen finds that the discipline of writing poetry teaches her to write better fiction.

Kathleen is a new member of WVU. Her background includes nursing, teaching and working as a flight attendant. She has previously published a mystery novel, Whalebone Junction.

Kathleen is currently working on her second novel in the Jules Fiore series. It is entitled Southern Shores.

KATHY TALLO, whose short story, "Of Remembered Cornfields, Being a Short History of Our Farm and the Search for Danny," won first prize of $350 in Futures magazine, in their annual Fire to Fly Contest for 2001. Her short story was published in their February/March edition.

She has taken numerous courses throughout the year at WVU. "It's been a wonderful resource for me as a beginning writer." Kathy has been a member here at WVU since January 2001. She is an active member in the Mystery Writer's study group.

My huge thanks to all of you for letting me know that you had received recognition as a writer! Your words help to encourage other writers to write, to submit, to publish and to be proud of their writing accomplishments.

If you, or someone you know, has received recognition for writing, and are a member of W.V.U,. please send me your info at recognitions@wvu.org

N'omi Rose
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