Sarah Stewart Taylor is the author of the Sweeney St . George series , set in New England , the Maggie D ’ arcy mysteries , set in Ireland and on Long Island , and AGONY HILL , the first in a new series set in rural Vermont in the 1960s . Sarah has been nominated for an Agatha Award , the Sue Grafton Memorial Award and for the Dashiell Hammett Prize , and her mysteries have appeared on numerous Best of the Year lists . A former journalist and teacher , she writes and lives with her family on a farm in Vermont where they raise sheep and grow blueberries .
Sarah Stewart Taylor is the author of the Sweeney St . George series , set in New England , the Maggie D ’ arcy mysteries , set in Ireland and on Long Island , and AGONY HILL , the first in a new series set in rural Vermont in the 1960s . Sarah has been nominated for an Agatha Award , the Sue Grafton Memorial Award and for the Dashiell Hammett Prize , and her mysteries have appeared on numerous Best of the Year lists . A former journalist and teacher , she writes and lives with her family on a farm in Vermont where they raise sheep and grow blueberries .
SarahStewartTaylor . com
Write and Shine Vermont .
If you ’ re an aspiring or accomplished writer in Vermont , now ’ s your time to shine . It ’ s the Vermont Magazine and Green Mountain Power Vermont Writers ’ Prize – honoring the literary legacy of Ralph Nading Hill , Jr ., writer , historian and longtime member of Green Mountain Power ’ s Board of Directors .
This year , there are two categories : prose and poetry , each with a $ 1,250 prize . To enter , write an essay , short story , play or poem about Vermont - its people , places , values or history in 1,500 words or less .
The deadline to enter is January 1 , 2025 . Enter today at vermontwritersprize . submittable . com / submit
For details , visit greenmountainpower . com , vermontmagazine . com or call ( 888 ) 835-4672 .
Entries must be unpublished . Must be a Vermont resident . Previous winners and employees of GMP and Vermont Magazine cannot enter .
VTMAG . COM FALL 2024 57