http://www.writerscafe.org/writers/nevabryan The original writings of author Neva Bryan en-us Copyright 2009 Aresta Enterprise LLC 1258854696 Aresta RSS Generator 15 “Blacksnake.” Jimson Weed, vol. XXIV, new series vol. 8, no. 2 (Fall 2005). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/429844/ Hoffman and the critics http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/427145/ Cinquain http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/422342/ I'm excited to have my work appear in the book anthology We All Live Downstream alongside work by: • Earl Hamner (creator of the Waltons) • Ashley Judd • Robert Kennedy Jr. • Wendell Berry • Bobbie Ann Mason • Ann Pancake • Jean Ritchie • Silas http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/420099/ http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/419738/ “It’s one of the best novels I’ve read that uses this area as the frame around the story. You captured the beauty of . . . Southwest Virginia in a love story filled with twists and turns, and an ending that, like a fine dessert, left the reader satisfied. http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/418912/ Essay http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/417232/ An Essay http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/415601/ A poem that was read on Accents, a literary radio show on WRFL, Lexington, KY. http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/411885/ Live reading of "Anoint Me" http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/410299/ Sometimes people who read my first novel -- St. Peter’s Monsters -- come back to me wanting to know if part of the book, or all of it, is real. “Is the character Wren based on you?” they ask. “Who is Peter, really?” “Where is Pawpaw Ridge?” Initia http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/409203/ St. Peter's Monsters is the story of Peter Sullivan, a homesick college student teetering on the edge of alcoholism. He discovers bigger monsters than the bottle when a mysterious young woman enters his life. Wren has fled Peter's beloved Appalachian hill 23819000-1240850848.jpg http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/404911/ “Dirty Secret.” Poetry. 2006 Explorations, MECC, Honorable Mention. http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/265074/ “Housecleaning.” Jimson Weed, vol. XXV, new series vol. 9, no. 2 (Fall 2006). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/262931/ "Old Logging Road." Bluestone Review (Spring 2008). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/259378/ “Blacksnake.” Jimson Weed, vol. XXIV, new series vol. 8, no. 2 (Fall 2005). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/259131/ Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest, 2nd Place, 2003. http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/258756/ This poem is sad for me now, and kind of ironic. I divorced him the next year. http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/257459/ "Appalachia Man: Can You Dig It?" A! Magazine for the Arts, vol. 15, no. 4. (April 2008). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/257320/ “Partypooper.” Poetry. 2005 Lonesome Pine Poetry Contest, Third Place. http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/256677/ “Strawberry Season.” Jimson Weed, vol. XXV, new series vol. 9, no. 1 (Spring 2006). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/256224/ “Stings.” Jimson Weed, vol. XXV, new series vol. 9, no. 1 (Spring 2006). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/255726/ “Where I’m From.” The Bluestone Review (Spring 2007). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/255479/ “Husband.” Poetry. 2005 Explorations, MECC, First Place. http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/254724/ “Pushing Forty.” Jimson Weed, vol. XXIV, new series vol. 8, no. 2 (Fall 2005). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/254723/ “Autumn Sacrifice.” Poetry. 2006 Explorations, MECC, Third Place. http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/254722/ “Puttin’ Up for Hard Times.” Jimson Weed, vol. XXIV, new series vol. 8, no. 1 (Spring 2005). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/254720/ “Vast Mysteries.” A! Magazine for the Arts, vol. 15, no. 4. (April 2008), on-line. http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/254719/ “The Pawpaw Tree.” Short Story. 2006 Explorations, MECC, Second Place. http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/254718/ “Green Onions.” Appalachian Journal: A regional studies review, vol. 33, no. 1 (Fall 2005). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/254716/ “Sawmill Boys.” Appalachian Heritage, vol. 34, no. 4 (Fall 2006). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/254714/ “Sawmill Burning.” Jimson Weed, vol. XXV, new series vol. 9, no. 2 (Fall 2006). 2006 Appalachian Writers Association James Still Award for Poetry, Third Place. http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/254712/ “Sumac.” Clinch Mountain Review (2006). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/254711/ “Wise County Man.” The Bluestone Review (Spring 2007). http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/nevabryan/254709/