Autumn 2013 Reading
November 23, 2013
Blacksburg Public Library
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Spring 2014 Reading
April 6, 2014
Blacksburg Public Library
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Spring 2015 Reading
April 26, 2015
Blacksburg Public Library
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Autumn 2015 Reading
November 15, 2015
Blacksburg Public Library
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Spring 2016 Reading
April 17, 2016
Blacksburg Public Library
Front row, left to right: Richard J. Bay (prose), Sara Lepley (poetry), Jane Hendrick (poetry), Jack Hencke (prose)
Back row, Left to right: Jane Goette (reading for winner Chelsea Adams -poetry), Jeff Saperstein (poetry), Charlie Katz (poetry), Kathleen Chadwick (prose), Victoria Mencio (Prose) and Joseph Womack (poetry)
Autumn 2016 Reading
November 13, 2016
Blacksburg Public Library
Front row, left to right: Kelsi Faley, Mindy Quigley, Laura Copan, Rob Neukirch, Caroline Sutphin
Back row, left to right: Nancy Leech, Susan Lazear, Piper Durrell, Megan Doney, Emilio Santini
Spring 2017 Reading
April 23, 2017
Blacksburg Public Library
Left to right are winners Chris Prokosch, poetry, Robert Brooks, poetry, Diane Goff, prose, Diana Lee Mazor, poetry, Matt Dhillon, poetry, Julia Simpson, poetry, Don Rude, poetry, Jeff Saperstein, poetry, and Chelsea Adams, poetry.
Winner Charlie Katz was unable to attend, and his prose piece was read by the Celebration’s Master of Ceremonies, Virginia Tech Theatre Arts professor David Johnson. Many thanks to David, who also coached and rehearsed all readers.
Deep appreciation to final judges Lisa Ress (poetry) and Jim Minick (prose) and to first-round readers: Diane Goff and Larsen Bowker (poetry); Joe Scallorn and Ana-Christina Gaspar de Alba (prose).
