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Creative Writing Critiques
Creative Writing Critiques is a professional editing service, active since 1995, for writers of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. This service provides the following: stylistic suggestions to address any linguistic weakness in a particular work; overall considerations regarding flow, cohesion, climax, denouement, etc.; specific comments on word use, taking into account the range of tropes available to each form; comments on characterization (for prose or narrative poetry); suggestions regarding book organization, chapters, sections, etc.; line-by-line corrections of punctuation, spelling, phrasing, etc.; comments on specific concerns the writer may have regarding the work. The Critique service includes detailed editing notes on the manuscript itself, a critique letter which summarizes salient points and gives an overall assessment of the work, with follow-up correspondence, as needed. For further information, please contact me at smstarnes@widomaker.com, or using the e-mail address in the links sections.
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Selected Readings Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
Virginia Wesleyan College, Contemporary Poets Series, Norfolk, Virginia
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California
Muscarelle Museum, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Thomas Nelson Community College, Newport News, Virginia
Seabury Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois
Poetry Society of Virginia Annual Festival, Williamsburg, Virginia
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Bay Ridge Festival of the Arts, Brooklyn, New York
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Hofheimer Gallery, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, Virginia
Newport News Public Library (Inaugural Presentation), Newport News, Virginia
Williamsburg Regional Library (Poetry Month Celebration), Williamsburg, Virginia
Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Virginia
Wingate University, Charlotte, North Carolina Selected Awards First Prize Winner: Whitebird Poetry Prize, 2008 Best of the Decade Issue, Hawai'i Pacific Review, 2007 Outstanding Poetry Achievement Award, Virginia Writers Club, 2006 First Prize Winner: Conference on Christianity & Literature Poetry Prize, 2004 Editor's Prize, Marlboro Poetry Award, 2002 First Prize Co-Winner: The Aldrich Poetry Competition, 2002 Editor's Prize: Pavement Saw Press Transcontinental Poetry Award, 2001 Poetry Fellowship from the Virginia Commission for the Arts for the year 2000 First Prize Winner: Rainer Maria Rilke Poetry Award, 1997
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