Welcome to the Website of Valya Dudycz Lupescu, writer and founding editor of
Conclave, A Journal of Character and ABNABooks.com

Check back for news about her novel,
The Silence of Trees, and other upcoming publications.

Interview about Small Press Month

Interview with Valya Dudycz Lupescu about Wolfsword Press for Small Press Month in Chicago:

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/2010/03/small-press-month-wolfsword-press.html

Notes on Character and Conclave on NewPages

New Pages Blog recently listed an entry about the editorials in Conclave: A Journal of Character and American Short Fiction:

Some Notes on Character

“I ran across a couple of great editorials in the most recent issues of American Short Fiction and Conclave. Both speak the the nature of character in writing as well as, for Conclave, in photography. Below are some excerpted portions which create a kind of conversation between them.”

Click here to read more.

Conclave Journal Announces Character Prizes

Conclave and Wolfsword Press are happy to announce the 2009 CONCLAVE CHARACTER PRIZE in fiction, poetry, and photography!

Our contest will award prizes of $100 in fiction, poetry, and photography. Winners will be published in Issue 2: 2009 of the international literary magazine Conclave: A Journal of Character. The Conclave Character Prize is open to all writers in English.

Fiction entries should be no more than 6,500 words. Poetry entries should be three poems totaling 10 pages or less, Photography entries should include up to three black and white photographs.

For more information refer to the Conclave Character Prize page.

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