| Award-Winning Journalist Valarie Watersun’s ten year career as a reporter led to feature and cover stories appearing in periodicals such as Nelson County Times, Charlottesville/Albemarle Observer, Albemarle Magazine, Inside UVA, Emory & Henry Alumni Magazine and Virginia Review. Her book review column appears regularly in The Wishing Well magazine. Journalism awards have included three Virginia Press Association awards. Award-Winning Author First published as a child, with a short poem in a children’s magazine, Watersun has enjoyed a life devoted to the written word. Most recently, her fiction has appeared in Sinister Wisdom and Candor. Her story, "Jane Bishop’s Eyes" appeared recently in All in the Seasoning, an anthology by Bywater Books. Another recent collection, The Blue Ridge Anthology by Cedar Creek Publishing, offers two of her award- winning works. Watersun has won fiction honors from Writer's Digest, Muse Magazine, Writers in Virginia, The Virginia Writing Club, Piedmont Writing Institute and Writers of the Future. Poet Watersun’s poem, "Womanwalk", recently won first place in the Virginia Writing Club (VWC), Charlottesville, and third place in the VWC state competition. Other poems have appeared in Lynchburg Magazine, The Wishing Well, Muse Magazine, Witness to the Bizarre, Worlds of Surrealism, and Emerald Isle. Novelist Watersun’s first novel, The Quality of Blue, was released July of 2004 and can be found at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. Playwright Watersun’s play, Truman’s Word, premiered March, 1993. Produced by the Women’s History Project, it was directed by Maxine Fox, noted Broadway producer who produced several award-winning plays, including Grease and Over There. Writing Advocate In tandem with the Writers in Virginia Program, Watersun works with area youth, teaching journalism and creative writing. She also taught under the Nelson County Summer Enrichment Program for many years and served five years as a judge in the Piedmont Area Reading Council's Young Authors Program. Editor / Proofreader / Systems Manager As an editor, Watersun has served with the Small Press Writers and Artists Organization, VaNOW, Byrd Newspapers, County of Nelson, Virginia and Carden Jennings Publishing. She currently edits for Hampton Roads Publishing. Watersun has edited the fiction anthology All Aboard, released by AE Press, California, the memoir, Pieces of Pie: Surviving Love, by Pie Dumas, released by Skye’s the Limit Publications, Virginia and Excuse Me, Your God Is Waiting by Michelle Prosser, released by Hampton Roads Publishing. Watersun is the Editorial Systems Coordinator for Clinical Chemistry, a scientific journal. Her duties include managing and editing manuscript submission software and maintaining hardware capabilities. |
| Publishing History Non-Fiction Periodicals Albemarle Magazine, 2 issues Business Quarterly Charlottesville/Albemarle Observer, 2 issues Charlottesville Albemarle Auto Review Charlottesville Home, 3 issues Charlottesville Kids Emory & Henry Alumni Magazine Genre Press Digest Inside UVA Juggler’s World Nelson County Times, 7 years Observer Christmas Guide Observer Magazine, 7 issues, 6 covers Our Town: A Charlottesville Guide Scene Magazine, 2 issues The Observer: Charlottesville Seniors The Observer: Health and Fitness Magazine The Observer: House and Home Magazine Thumbprints Virginia Review Writers Info Non-Fiction Books: Albemarle Magazine, proofreader, 3 years Roaming Apple Feast, editor The Retrospect, editor Pieces of Pie: Surviving Love, editor Excuse Me, Your God Is Waiting, editor 2009 Blue Ridge Anthology, fiction editor Newsletters/Periodicals: CHOICES, Virginia National Organization for Women, editor First Contact News, editor Nelson County Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, editor Small Press Writers and Artist Organization Newsletter, editor Wishing Well Magazine, book reviewer Fiction Publications Artemesia’s Magick Candor Ellipsis Lynchburg Magazine Mythic Circle Spidereyes Magazine, 2 issues The Rhetorician, 2 issues The Spirit of Rockfish Witness to the Bizarre Worlds of Surrealism Sinister Wisdom Plays: Truman’s Word, premiered locally March 1993 Fiction Books: All Aboard, AE Press, Concord, CA, editor Gospel The Way of Kinship The Quality of Blue All in the Seasoning The Blue Ridge Anthology Contests/Awards: Housewife Writers Forum Piedmont Writers Institute Small Press Writers and Artist Organization The Virginia Writers Club, 3 awards Virginia Press Association Award, 3 awards Writer’s Digest, 3 awards Writers of the Future, 2 awards Writers in Virginia, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Valarie Massie Watersun valariewatersun@yahoo.com valariewatersun.com watersuneditorial.com |
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