VAlerie Nichols
\\ Writer //
Huh?//
The world is out there. It's a bit strange at times. That's why we need cutting-edge poetry, prose, paintings, clothes, whatever. How can we express the newness, the strange things out there with ordinary means? We can't. So push the boundaries, while keeping it understandable and connected to a recognizable structure we can grab a hold of, to allow us to explore something new.
VALERIE NICHOLS
BASIC INFO
origin//
Difficult one. USA, Australia, UK, Ireland, France Spain, Netherlands. Enough?
genres//
Poetry
Short Stories
Creative Non-Fiction
Performance Scripts
Novels
years active//
1969-present
Full time since 2020,
learning//
1979 B.Sc. (Hons)
1984 B. App. Sci.
2003 Poets' Master Class
2006 Master of Education
2020-2022 Online Writing Technique Courses
2022-Present Mentoring (Martin Keaveney)
2024, 2025 Arvon Short Courses
2024 Master Classes (Faber Academy)
2024 Edit and Submit Your Novel (Faber Academy)
professional groups//
2003 Castlebar Writer's Group
2021-present Eindhoven Creative Writer's Group (Co-organizer)
publications//
Poems
appearing in: "Years of Mondays-24 Mayo Writers"
Short Stories
"Monet's Garden" appearing in "The Sandy River Review"
https://sandyriverreview.com/2023/12/11/monets-garden/
"Keem Bay" appearing in "CommutorLit"
https://commuterlit.com/?s=Nichols
"A Dutch Christmas"
appearing in the "Avalon Literary Review", Winter 2025 (Print or Digital upon payment) (https://www.avalonliteraryreview.com/Contributors-Winter-2025.html)
Script Written and Performed
"The Adventures of Soldier Juan Álvaro Rodriguez" 19 May 2024, Kelder van Gent Theatre, Utrecht
Creative Nonfiction
"How I Became a Poodle"
appearing in "Wordgathering"
https://wordgathering.com/vol18/issue2/creative-nonfiction/nichols/