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Writers' Alliance of Gainesville

Bacopa Literary Review 2024
2024-11-10 14:30:00 2024-11-10 16:00:00 America/New_York Writers' Alliance of Gainesville Join us at 2:30 pm for our monthly meeting of the Writers' Alliance of Gainesville. This month enjoy readings from the newest Bacopa Literary Review. Millhopper Branch - Room A, Room B

Sunday, November 10
2:30pm - 4:00pm

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Millhopper Branch

Room A, Room B

Join us at 2:30 pm for our monthly meeting of the Writers' Alliance of Gainesville. This month enjoy readings from the newest Bacopa Literary Review.

On Sunday, November 10, at 2:30 p.m., join us at the Millhopper Branch for readings from the Bacopa Literary Review 2024.

Local authors whose works are featured in the journal will read from their works. Bacopa editors will read prizewinning works in Fiction, Flash Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Formal Poetry, and Free Verse Poetry. There will also be a presentation of the hybrid visual/verbal art form known as Visual Poetry.

The Bacopa editorial committee accepted submissions from March through May this year. There was no submission fee. The editors selected the best of the best from over 1,000 submissions received. 

Our 2024 prizewinners are as follows:

FICTION:
AWARD: “Museum of Lota Smith” by Wilson R. M. Taylor

HONORABLE MENTION: “Waking the Legend” by K. S. Dearsley

FLASH FICTION
AWARD: “Cowgirl’s Calling” by Cameron Edrich

HONORABLE MENTION: “Revolver Rita First Look” by Mandira Pattnaik

CREATIVE NONFICTION
AWARD: “Reenchanted” by Angela Townsend

HONORABLE MENTION: “Bones Within and Without: An Ode to the Wild Dead” by Marisca Pichette

FORMAL POETRY
AWARD: “Nothing Else Matters” by Sherre Vernon

HONORABLE MENTION: “Let Your Shadows Lengthen on the Sundials” by Andrew Alexander Mobbs

FREE VERSE POETRY
AWARD: “Things that Remind Me of Birds” by Desiree Remick

HONORABLE MENTION: “Sunrise in Future Goma without Roaming Bullets” by Eniola Arowolo

VISUAL POETRY
AWARD: “The Liberator” by Rebecca Loggia

HONORABLE MENTION: “The Breakup” by C. Maris Bounds

The Writers' Alliance of Gainesville (WAG) promotes encourages and supports aspiring and experienced regional writers. This goal is accomplished via monthly meetings, public readings, small critique groups, a literary journal, and writers' contests and collaborations with schools and civic organizations to foster creative expression through the written word. Learn more at https://writersalliance.org/

Bacopa Literary Review 2024 cover

AGE GROUP: | Adults (19 and up) |

EVENT TYPE: | Books, Authors, & Writing |

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Millhopper Branch
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Chiquita Quirin
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