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Amy Tan won the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival at Glenview Mansion in Rockville on Saturday. Tan is the 24th to be honored at the festival. During the festival, Tan was interviewed by her friend and fellow writer, Mark Childress. Childress told MyMCMedia that […]

Award-winning author Amy Tan will be honored at the 23rd Annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival in Rockville on Oct. 12. The literary festival was started in 1996 to honor the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald — who’s buried in a small Rockville cemetery with his wife, Zelda Fitzgerald — and other influential American literary […]

Here are some of our weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar: Friday, November 27 The Gaithersburg Winter Lights display opens today through December 31. Located at Seneca Creek Park, this drive through display opens nightly at 6 p.m. Glen Echo’s Holiday Art Show & Sale opens today at 10 a.m. The show continues through January […]

As part of the 19th Annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival taking place October 10, local writers are encouraged to enter the Short Story contest for a chance to win $500. The winner will have the opportunity to speak briefly at the Festival and their story will be published in the Festival program. Residents of […]

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler will receive the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature at the 17th Annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival Oct. 26 at the Rockville campus of Montgomery College. The Festival includes writing workshops, screening of The Great Gatsby and panel discussions. Visit the festival schedule […]