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Welcome fellow writers, editors, publishers, reading enthusiasts, friends, acquaintances, and all who love a good story whether on the page, audio recording, film, or stage!

I hope you'll enjoy my website, my work, get to know me, and enjoy sharing our time together as I navigate the world of writing, reading, poetry, all things pertaining to the human experience and imagination through storytelling.

2023 WRITING CONFERENCES AND MEDIA EVENTS COMING!

The League of Utah Writers Pre-Quill Conference - April 29, 2023
Storymakers Conference - May 11-13, 2023
The League of Utah Writers Quill Conference - August 10-13, 2023
LDSPMA Conference - October 2023
Click this link to my Events Page for details: https://writer@alicembatzel.com/*-events

2022 WRITING AWARDS:

GOLD QUILL AWARD from THE LEAGUE OF UTAH WRITERS

Contributing Author, IN SPITE OF THE DARK: A Collection of Poetry and Prose,

in the COLLECTIONS CATEGORY of the annual published book contest.

See the award recognition and read my four poems that were published in this collection:

AUGUST https://www.alicembatzel.com/august

FIRST WINTER DAYS https://www.alicembatzel.com/first-winter-days

NIGHT FRENZY https://www.alicembatzel.com/night-frenzy

SPRING WHISPERS https://www.alicembatzel.com/spring-whispers

BRONZE TYPEWRITER AWARD from THE LEAGUE OF UTAH WRITERS

Author of BEACH THERAPY, poem, in the PUBLISHED POETRY CATEGORY of the annual published writing contest.

See the award recognition and read my award-winning published poem here: https://www.alicembatzel.com/beach-therapy

2023 BLOG POST UPDATES:

Read my Blog Posts

Most recent: Jan. 6, 2023

Click here to read the Blog posts:

https://writer@alicembatzel.com/*blog

PUBLISHED WORK IN 2021:

I was pleased to have poetry and humor published in these three books. Awards were garnered in 2022 for some of these!

You can read more about these publications and my contributions here: https://www.alicembatzel.com/*published

AS A FEATURED GUEST WRITER: January 27, 2020

It was an honor to be invited to be a featured writer on the LDSPMA BLOG. My article is, "From The Writer's Toolbox: Thematic Purpose." You can read it at this link: https://www.ldspma.org/from-the-writers-toolbox-thematic-purpose/

AS A MOVIE REVIEWER: August 2019

Movie Review: THE FIGHTING PREACHER

LDSPMA has published my movie review on their website's blog and they have also featured it in their membership's August 2019 newsletter.

You can read their blog post with my reiew at this link:

https://www.ldspma.org/the-fighting-preacher-delivers-a-knockout-and-tugs-at-the-heart/

You can also read their newsletter with my review at this link:

https://mailchi.mp/1c8fae0fcd3d/february-newsletter-2058649?e=bac13f9acf

AS A PLAYWRIGHT:

Performance contracts, script sales, electronic script sample, etc. for my western comedy/mystery stage production, WHO SHOT THE SHERIFF? can be obtained from the publisher, Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., at this link: