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Established in 1977, West Virginia Writers, Inc. is the largest nonprofit, all-volunteer, writers' resource and service organization serving literary interests in West Virginia.

We are founded on the fundamental principle that the written word is one of the most distinguishing characteristics of all human endeavors. Our aim is to expand and develop creative writing and professional opportunities for writers and to connect the state's writers with others in the literary community and the public at large.

WV Writers sponsors both an annual writers conference and an annual writing competition.

4/1/13 WV Writers 2013 Summer Conference is now open for registration for both the conference itself and lodging and meal reservations with Cedar Lakes Conference Center.

Lodging and meal reservations are now open for the 2013 conference. Rooms are limited, so please don't wait

See the CONFERENCE PAGE for both registration forms as well as workshop presenter bios and workshop descriptions.

The WV Writers 2013 Annual Writing Competition is now closed for submissions! Thanks to all who submitted this year, and good luck.

The anthology collaboration between WV Writers and Woodland Press, Fed From the Blade is now available for purchase.

Edited by former WVW President Cat Pleska, and Woodland Press co-founder Michael Knost, Fed From the Blade features stories and poems by Sherrell Wigal, G. Cameron Fuller,
Kathleen Furbee, Karin Fuller, Llewellyn McKernan, Wilma Stanley Acree, Frank Larnerd, Joshua S. Robinson, Edwina Pendarvis, Diane Tarantini, Mary Lucille DeBerry, Barbara Smith, Belinda Anderson, Ginger Hamilton Caudill, Frances Lucretia Van Scoy, Jason Roth, Christine Roth, Marion R. Kee, Mathilde Hall, Beverly Bisbee, Patricia Hopper Patteson, Susan Sheppard, Lynne Schwartz-Barker, Laura Treacy Bentley, Rob Merritt, Susanna Holstein, John N. Mugaas, and Ethan Fischer.

Purchase it at Woodland Press's website.

WV Writers has started an online discussion forum for its members. It's a place to network with other writers, publishers and to have your work critiqued by peers. You do need to be a member of WV Writers to join the forum. If you're already a member, visit the online forum LINK to try it out.