{"id":6394,"date":"2014-12-19T08:47:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T13:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/?p=6394"},"modified":"2023-07-07T22:43:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T02:43:52","slug":"spotlight-on-all-star-storytellerslarry-ivkovich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/2014\/12\/19\/spotlight-on-all-star-storytellerslarry-ivkovich\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on All-Star Storytellers:<\/i>
Larry Ivkovich<\/br>"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Larry<\/a>It’s almost here. Not Christmas. Not New Year’s Eve. I’m talking All-Start Storytelling, the event that will feature this year’s top storytellers from Story Night @ Riley’s Pour House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With fewer than two weeks to go to the event, I’d like to begin highlighting some of the storytellers who will be appearing at our\u00a0year-end competition.<\/p>\n

First up is Story Night regular\u00a0Larry Ivkovich<\/a>, who\u00a0made his first Riley’s appearance at the Writers on Writing<\/a>\u00a0session back in May. He then returned in July for Midsummer Night Stories<\/a> and again in August for Mannequin Adventures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"sixth-precept-front-cover-lighter-shade\"<\/a>Larry has a personable, folksy style that complements the intimate setting of Riley’s, and we’re excited to have him returning for an\u00a0encore\u00a0performance.<\/p>\n

In addition to telling stories, Larry is an accomplished writer, with a number of short story credits in various publications, including\u00a0Penumbra Magazine<\/a>, Twisted Cat Tales<\/a>, Abaculus III<\/a>, and Triangulations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His short fiction has also earned him distinction as a\u00a0 finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future<\/a> contest and\u00a0a recipient of\u00a0the 2010 CZP\/Rannu Fund Award<\/a> for fiction.<\/p>\n

His novels include\u00a0 The Sixth Precept<\/em><\/a> and Blood of the Daxas<\/a><\/em>. The latter debuted earlier this month at Rickert & Beagle Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Connolly<\/a>All-Star Story Night at Riley’s begins at 8:00 PM on Tuesday, December 30. Other storyteller will include Michael A. Arnzen, Joe Collucio, Owen Kilbane, Michael McBurney, Marlene Pendleton, Karyn Rok, Martha Swiss, Richard “Shaug” Shaughnessy, C. S. Wyatt, and Stephanie Wytovich.<\/p>\n

For more information, please see\u00a0Bob Podurgiel’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/em> feature article<\/a>, which includes a review of our holiday-themed November event as well as an All-Star Night preview. It’s good reading.<\/p>\n

More storyteller spotlights will be coming soon. Until then . . . scop on!<\/p>\n

Image Credits:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Larry Ivkovich at Writers on Writing @ Riley’s, May 2014. Photo by Karen Yun-Lutz.
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The Sixth Precept. IFWG Publishing, 2011.
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The 21st Century Scop hosting Holiday Stories @ Riley’s, November 2014.
\n<\/em>by\u00a0Michael Henninger\/Post-Gazette.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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