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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 […]

Psychics, fish-eyeball pizzas and pirates will be the themes for the Gaithersburg Book Festival’s fourth annual short story writing contest for Washington, D.C. metropolitan area high school students which officially launched on August 19. To participate, individuals must be enrolled in grades 9-12 at public or private school, or in a homeschool program for the […]

The founder of the Gaithersburg Book Festival (GBF), Jud Ashman, also a City Council member, received a standing ovation at the May 20 Gaithersburg City Council meeting for his leadership and vision for the popular event. Despite less than perfect weather, Ashman reports that approximately 18,500 people attended this year’s event. That’s up slightly from […]

Homeless girls, vanishing brothers and forced trips to the moon will be the themes for the Gaithersburg Book Festival’s third-annual short story writing contest for Washington, D.C., metropolitan area high school students, which officially launched on Aug. 21. To participate, individuals must be enrolled in grades 9-12 at a public or private school, or in […]