FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Liz Stein JULY 24, 2020 Email: Liz@lizsteinconsulting.com 1455 Celebrates the Success of the Community with a Blockbuster Attendance at the Second Annual Literary Festival Winchester, VA — 1455’s…
Certain things are anathema to the mature writer: hyperbole, cliché, groupthink, money--just kidding, (mostly). Sometimes, and the instances are rare enough to be exceptions to the rule, one can speak…
THINGS TO DO FEATURES WINCHESTER’S 1455 SUMMER LITERARY FESTIVAL GOES VIRTUAL Despite the pandemic dampening in-person plans for the festival’s second year, the team has moved all workshops, speakers and…
Special gratitude to Kayla Randall, Arts Editor for Washington City Paper, for this feature on 1455. We discuss the back story, future plans, and, of course, the upcoming Lit Fest (register today;…
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