This week I’m joined by Paul Davis, prize-winning journalist and Brown University grad. As a freelance writer and reporter, he has written for large and small newspapers from the Tampa Tribune to The New York Times. At the Providence Journal, he chaired the newspaper’s in-house writing committee. He won awards for his stories about the homeless, New England’s struggling fishermen, the Narragansett Indians and the working poor. The Journal submitted his seven-part series on the Rhode Island-South Carolina-West Africa slave trade for a Pulitzer Prize. Paul’s also our SCWA Vice President and chair of the Events & Education committee which is responsible for the upcoming Fall 2023 Storyfest event (more on that later).

Ash Smith, another SCWA Board member with a BFA in creative and professional writing. Ash is currently are working on their first novel. We met at the Fall 2022 Pawley’s Island Conference for SCWA and were fast friends. Ash has served with the Membership Committee in the capacity of outreach at events including Charleston’s AtomaCON in April and Columbia Writers’ Alliance’s Literary Arts Festival in May. As with most volunteer positions, once is never enough and everytime I’ve asked Ash to serve, they’ve stepped forward with enthusiasm. So thanks, both of you for being here.

We’re going to talk a LOT about Storyfest and what it is and how people can learn more and get registered.

Full show notes out on the blog here.