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​AUGUST 2020 Theme: Market Day
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June Contest Winners Announced!
Poetry: From Here to There by Eric Nixon
Prose: On the Road Again
by Patricia Power
To read the winning works, CLICK HERE.

EPIC Member Wendy Kendall launches Kat Out of the Bag

Author and EPIC member Wendy Kendall will be featured at two upcoming events to launch her recently published mystery Kat Out of the Bag. For more information, ​​visit EPIC's Book Launch page or Click Here.

Congratulations to Bobbi Miles!

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Congratulations to author and EPIC member Bobbi Miles, who recently published her novel The Wistful Scent of Lilac. It's a story set in the Pacific Northwest at the time of the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. It is available for purchase on Amazon. Click HERE for more information or to purchase a copy.

The 2020 EPIC Writing Contest has ended. Congratulations to the winners!

The 2020 EPIC Writing Contest has ended and our judges have selected the winners. The judges commented that this was not an easy task – the submissions this year were extraordinary! Click HERE to read the winning works.

Student Prose Winners
  • First Place -- The Flood by Emma Howlett
  • Second Place -- It and I by Ava Rudensey
  • Honorable Mention -- Red Paint by Kriti Dokania
Student Poetry Winners
  • First Place -- i want a billiards room by V. Keteyian
  • Second Place -- Dear rain / Petrichor & Pine by Ava Rudensey
Adult Prose Winners
  • First Place -- Still Life by Karen Stone
  • Second Place -- Songs of Spring by Naomi Wark
  • Honorable Mention -- Harley & Gramps by Tom Frank
  • Honorable Mention -- Bird Conspiracy! by Kipling Knox
  • Honorable Mention -- Good Enough for the Gods by Richard Porter
Adult Poetry Winners
  • First Place -- have mercy by Karen Stone
  • Second Place -- My PBS Special by Richard Porter
  • Honorable Mention -- Flattening the Curve by Christine Traxler

Gerald Bigelow re-releases his book of poetry,
​Memories Looking Through a Screen Door

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EPIC Member Gerald Bigelow has just re-released his book of poetry, Memories Looking Through a Screen Door.
​"Our ability to sense and observe our surroundings creates the foundation upon which memories are built. Although memories are as unique as snow flakes, they serve as a common thread, sewing the human family together."
To purchase Gerald’s book, visit his page on Amazon.
 
Gerald leads the popular EPIC Poetry Group, welcoming all poets on the second Tuesday of the month at Sno-Isle Library in Edmonds. Important note: As of March 13, all meetings at the Sno-Isle Library are temporarily suspended due to the novel coronavirus. Watch for notification of when EPIC writing group meetings at the library will resume.
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Need some writing inspiration or just a reason to write? Want to get to know other writers? Love to be part of a group learning experience? EPIC offers free writing groups each week!
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Book Events & Signings
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Annual Writing Contest
Each year EPIC is proud to sponsor its Annual Writing Contest for Adults and Student Authors (grades 8 through 12) in Prose and Poetry categories. Check back for more information about EPIC's 2020 Writing Contest.
We Stand in Solidarity
EPIC Group Writers stands in solidarity as we grieve the heartbreaking death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
 
We want to assure our members and the public we serve that our core values are rooted in diversity and inclusion. As a writing organization made up of community members, EPIC GROUP WRITERS is dedicated to providing a safe place for writers of all colors to voice their sense of grief, rage and fear and for the rest of us to listen to their stories and reflect on their experiences.  
 
In addition, as a community of writers and artists, we will actively search for ways for all our members to create and share their dreams through listening, expressing, and finding words to build a better future.​
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