Last year, I won first place in the Golden NIB contest from the submissions in my writers’ group, the Riverside Writers. This was the first time I entered a short story in a writing contest. Of course, I was ecstatic. This story zeros in on the struggles between the parents of a young child. OneContinue reading “NIB Contest 2022”
Author Archives: Malanna Carey Henderson
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield was an opera singer who lived during the ante-bellum era. What does an eighteenth-century opera singer teach us about perseverance? An enigma of her time, Elizabeth was dubbed “The Black Swan,” by newspapers. Compared to Jinny Lind, “The Swedish Nightingale,” critics praised her four-octave voice as superior. A compliment fewContinue reading “Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield”
Book Signing Event
There’s one thing I have to admit, I always forget to take a picture at my events. This month, I had two. One, of which I am very proud, was a book-signing event I coordinated myself on March 16, 2023. Finally, I took the initiative and planned and executed a marketing plan than resulted inContinue reading “Book Signing Event”
HappyThanksgiving
The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetary Memorial, 1001 S. Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia My husband and I were driving through Alexandria and noticed this cemetery. Our interest in Civil War history compelled us to stop and visit the memorial. First of all, I was struck by the sculpted narratives of newly freed people, such as theContinue reading “HappyThanksgiving”
Riverside Writers Golden NIB Contest 2022
Each year our chapter holds a writing contest called the Golden Nib Contest. There are three categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction and Poetry. The submissions of the first-place winners are entered into the Virginia Writers Club state-wide Golden Nib contest. I have been a member of the Fredericksburg chapter for at least five years and have neverContinue reading “Riverside Writers Golden NIB Contest 2022”