THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, April 21, 1996 TAG: 9604190634
SECTION: COMMENTARY PAGE: J3 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 47 lines
The winners of the 1996 Irene Leache Literary Contest were announced last Sunday in a ceremony at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk. The top prizes went to Wendy J. Cholbi of Charlottesville for fiction (short story); James McNally of Norfolk for non-fiction (essay, memoir); C.B. Landers of Raleigh, N.C., for traditional verse; Karen Hirsch of Greensboro, N.C., for free verse; and Debbie W. Parvin of Montgomery, Ala., and formerly of Norfolk, for light verse. For a complete list of award winners, call 625-6293.
William J. Burgess will sign copies of his new book, Piercing the Shields of Justice, about criminal investigations, today, 2 to 3 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, 4485 Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach. Call 671-2331.
Diane Williams, the author of three short-story collections, including ``The Stupefaction,'' to be published next month, will read from her work on Friday, at 7:30 p.m.; and Marne Davis Kellogg will sign copies of her novels, Bad Manners and Curtsey, on Friday, 12:30 to 2 p.m., both at Prince Books & Coffeehouse, 109 E. Main St., Norfolk. The Williams reading is being sponsored by the MFA Program at Old Dominion University. Call 622-9223.
Local Civil War authors Peggy Vogtsberger, Edward Longacre, L.B. Taylor Jr. and Gerry and Ralph Poriss will meet the public Saturday, 3 to 5 p.m., at Sandpiper Books, Village Square Shopping Center, 5007-G Victory Blvd., in Yorktown. Call (804) 874-0001.
Brimmers' Books is celebrating National Poetry Month with poetry for children on Saturday, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. (pre-school) and 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. (primary school); a ``Live Poets'' reading on Sunday, April 28, 4 to 6 p.m.; and a ``Dead Poets'' reading on Tuesday, April 30, 4 to 6 p.m. For more information, call Brimmers' Books, 236 London Bridge Shopping Center in Virginia Beach, at 631-6357. by CNB