Jeanette Cheezum
Charter member of Hampton Roads Writers
Jeanette writes women's fiction, mystery, suspense, poetry, childrens books and flash. She has completed six full length novels.
WAS NOMINATED FOR A 2014 PUSHCART PRIZE FOR HER POEM "Holding On" AT Vox Poetica.
Visit her website Cavalcade of Stars
Her writing appears:
Jeanette's fifteenth ebook, Short Stories Told Big, was released to Amazon and Barnes and Noble April 2021 for your reading pleasure. She has also been published in nineteen other peoples/groups books.
March 2021~~The Barrister @ Six Sentences
- October 30, 2019--she will be published on Writing in a Woman's Voice.
- July 17, 2019--Jeanette has approximately eighty poems on Vox Poetica and in four of their books. Her latest, "Bricks and Stones," was published in July.
On October 30, 2019 she will be published on Writing in a Woman's Voice.
- June 1, 2018--Jeanette has written 700 Six word memoirs and has been published in five of Smith Magazine's print books.
- October 30, 2017--Jeanette has written 676 Six word memoirs and has been published in five of Smith Magazine's print books.
- October 20, 2017--Vox Poetica Today's Youth.
- July 17, 2017--Vox Poetica Prompt: Venice.
- July 10, 2017--Vox Poetica Today's word, ALONE.
- June 2017--Vox Poetica --her poem "Life's Treasures" for their Today's Words and "Hope" for their June prompt.
- May 2017--Jeanette has written 660 Six word memoirs and has been published in five of Smith Magazine's print books.
- May 2017--Vox Poetica --her poem "Mr. Softee" for their May prompt.
- May 2017--Jeanette has written 656 Six word memoirs and has been published in five of Smith Magazine's print books.
- NEW BOOK May 2017--Prose Poetry Collection Two
- March 2017--Jeanette has written 635 Six word memoirs and has been published in five of Smith Magazine's print books.
- February 2017--Jeanette has written 610 Six word memoirs and has been published in five of Smith Magazine's print books.
- January 21, 2017--Vox Poetica
- December 2016--Vox Poetica
- September 21, 2016--Vox Poetica Photo Prompt and Poem Love and Orchids
- September 20, 2016--Vox Poetica Today's Words page--a poem entitled "That Little Girl"
- September 16, 2016--Honorable Mention in HRW's 8th annual conference poetry contest
- September 2016--Jeanette has written 580 Six word memoirs and has been published in five of Smith Magazine's print books.
- August 2016--Vox Poetica Today's Words page--a poem entitled "Memories"
- July 7, 2016--Vox Poetica Today's Words page--a poem entitled "Intoxication"
- June 2016--Vox Poetica Today's Words page--a poem entitled "Golden Years"
- May 2016--Vox Poetica prompts page--a poem entitled "Words"
- June 2016--Jeanette has written 575 Six word memoirs and has been published in five of Smith Magazine's print books.
- March 2016--Jeanette has written 543 Six word memoirs and has been published in five of Smith Magazine's print books.
- November 2015--Smith Magazine's latest book, The Best Advice in Six Words.
- July 2015--Epub children's book, Little Red, available at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com.
- July 2015, Jeanette has written 500 six word stories for Smith Magazine and is in four of their print books
- June 2015--Vox Poetica--a poem entitled "Destination"
- June 2015--epub Amber Galloway, found at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com.
- April 14, 2015, Jeanette has written 486 six word stories for Smith Magazine and is in four of their print books
- April 8, 2015--Vox Poetica--a poem entitled "High"
- February 27, 2015, Jeanette has written 481 six word stories for Smith Magazine and is in four of their print books
- January 13, 2015, Jeanette has written 470 six word stories for Smith Magazine and is in four of their print books
- January 11, 2015--Vox Poetica--a poem entitled "Hungry Mornings and Thirsty Nights"
- December 18, 2014--Vox Poetica--a poem entitled "Lament"
- November 9, 2014--Vox Poetica--a poem entitled "After the Epitaph"
- October 8, 2014--as of this date, she has written 465 six word stories for Smith Magazine and is in four of their print books
- October 7, 2014--Blink Ink--a story entitled "Future"
- October 2014--Vox Poetica--a poem entitled "Intoxication"
- August 23, 2014-- King Gostav's Folly--a children's book
- August 23, 2014--as of this date, she has written 465 six word stories for Smith Magazine and is in four of their print books
- February 21, 2014--Vox Poetica--a poem entitled "Ballerina"
- January 30, 2014--Vox Poetica--a poem entitled "Dressed to Kill"
- January 2014--Her first collection of poetry--Poetry Collection
- October 2013--Her fifth novel--When Good Becomes Evil
- July 2013--Vox Poetica--a poem entitled "Unhappy"
- 2013--7 stories in Six Sentences
- May 1, 2013--Helium
- July 2, 2013--as of this date, she has written 451 six word stories for Smith Magazine and is in four of their print books
- January 2013--Vox Poetica--a poem entitled "A Question of Confusion"
- Sept 27, 2012--Fictionaut-- a poem entitled "Times Remembered"
- Sept 4, 2012--Vox Poetica -- poem on Today's Page
- 2012--Helium Network--2 articles and 1 prose poem
- 2012--Six Sentences--8 stories
- May 18, 2012 --Thrillers, Killers, 'N' Chillers --"The Stroke of Midnight"
- May, 2012 --Helium --"Five Reasons to Take a Cruise"
- May, 2012 --Vox Poetica -- 5 poems from the monthly prompts
- May, 2012 --Six Sentences -- 6 new stories
- February, 2012 --Vox Poetica's Prompts--"Destination Decease"
- January, 2012 --Vox Poetica's Prompts--"With You I Celebrate"
- 2011--At The Bijou: Center Stage 2011--A Sidewalk Caf', 1 The Vic, 2 The Perp and 3 The Fiance, And Ring, Ring, Hello, Preceding an interview by Kate Pilarcik
- 2011--in Vox Poetica'sInspiration Collection 3
- 2011--released her fourth novel Lacryma Christi(ebook), available only at Barnes and Noble
- 2011--in Smith Magazine's new Anthology Six Words of Work
- December, 2011 --Vox Poetica's Prompts--"Blink, Blink, Blink"
- November, 2011 --Vox Poetica's Prompts--"Dear Arthur"
- October, 2011 --Vox Poetica's Prompts--"Promises"
- October 2011--Mudjob--"Miss Emma"
- 2011--Westcott-McTavish (#3 in the Seeds of Adversity series), a novel for sale at Amazon.com (KINDLE) and Barnes and Noble.com (NOOK)
- 2011--Twisted Branches (#2 in the Seeds of Adversity series), a novel for sale at Amazon.com (KINDLE) and Barnes and Noble.com (NOOK)
- 2011--Sticky Feet and Two Big Teeth, a children's story for sale at Amazon.com (KINDLE) and Barnes and Noble.com (NOOK)
- June 22, 2011--Microw, quarterly print and online
- June 21--Vox Poetica
- June 20, 2011--Lit Fire
- June 20, 2011--Big Stories, Told Short, an e-book for sale at Barnes and Noble.com (NOOK)
- June 9, 2011--Fish Wife (#1 in the Seeds of Adversity series), a novel for sale at Amazon.com (KINDLE) and Barnes and Noble.com (NOOK)
- June 9--Vox Poetica
- April 2011--Pen Ten Scribes
- April 3, 2011--Vox Poetica
- March 2011--The Sphere
- March 2011--Pen Ten Scribes
- March 18, 2011--Full of Crows Blink Ink Journal #6--in print
- March 18, 2011--Full of Crows On the Wing
- March 1, 2011--Not From Here Are You
- February 2011--Vox Poetica's third collection--Love Be Write
- 2010--Spherezine magazine (print)
- December 2010--"A Bark, A Shell and a Squiggly Tail"--an animation she wrote and produced
- December 2010--"Grumpy Sarah Claus"--an animation she wrote and produced
- December 2010--Blink Ink, Print
- December 19, 2010--Vox Poetica, Photo and Prompt
- December 2010--Thinking Ten-A Writers' Playground Anthology (Academic Edition book)
- December 2010--Vox Poetica Poetry Collection 2--Inspirations: Images and words
- November 20, 2010--MuDJoB, What If and Underground Hope. (Two stories)
- November 20, 2010--Pen Ten Anthology Book
- November 10, 2010-- A children's book of short stories through Barnes and Noble's Nook e-Book Pubit, A Bark, A Shell and a Squiggly Tail
- October 30, 2010 in Listen to the voices13 Days of Horror
- October 2010 in Vox Poetica under the Prompt Friend section
- September 2010--Honorable Mention in Not From Here are You Blogspot's The Dog Days of Summer first E-Chapbook
- August 24, 2010 in At The Bijou , a story entitled "Hook the Illusion"
- August 2010 in Vox Poetica prompts section, 1 poem entitled "Neptune"
- July 2010 in Vox Poetica prompts section, 2 poems entitled "Love Thy Children" and "Waves Against the Rocks"
- July 2010 in Poem Factory Summer Issue 2010, a poem entitled "Mom"
- July 2010 in Thinking Ten A Writers Playground
- July 2010 in Six Sentences, 2 stories "Underground" and "Shoreline Preparations"
- June 28, 2010 in an anthology from Six Sentences entitled, The Mysterious Dr. Ramsey
- June 22, 2010 in Vox Poetica
- June 14, 2010 in Blink Ink--entitled "Nothing is Sacred"
- June 2010 in an anthology from Six Sentences entitled Mind Games
- May 2010 in MuDJoB--entitled "Little Black Dress"
- May 2010 at The Bijou--two poems, "Bobby Socks and Hot Rods" and "A Poem to Mom"
- May 2010 Vox Poetica: A Collection of Poems--print and online
- April 2010 in Thinking--Ten A Writers Playground--entitled "Dysfunctional"
- April 2010 in The Sphere, entitled "Another Day"
- April 2010 6S Vol 3 in paperback
- March 2010 in On the Wing
- March 17, 2010 in Blink-Ink
- March 15, 2010 in Thrillers, Killers N' Chillers
- March 15, 2010 in Vox Poetica
- Mar 5, 2010 in Allie Dressers's Gloom Cupboard 117
- Mar 4, 2010 in Paul David Brazill's Flashback
- February 22, 2010 in Vox Poetica--Poem entitled "For Valentine's Day"
- February 2010 in 6 Sentences's--Print Anthology, entitled 6S The Love Book
- February 2010 in 6 Sentences--Volume 2's--Print Anthology
- February 2010 in Smith Mag's--Print book entitled IT ALL CHANGED IN AN INSTANT
- February 2010 in Smith Mag's--Revised and expanded Not Quite What I Was Planning--(hardcover)
- February 2010 in At the Bijou
- January 16, 2010 on The Mind Worm
- January 8, 2010 in The Poem Factory--"Hope"
- January 4, 2010 in Gloom Cupboard--A flash entitled "Lydia"
- December 24, 2009 in Vox Poetica--"Prince of Peace"
- December 10, 2009 in Vox Poetica--"He Said You Looked Good in Red"
- Nov 20, 2009 in # Flash Friday
- Nov 17, 2009 in At the Bijou
- Oct 21, 2009 in Blink Ink
- Oct 16, 2009 in Pen 10 Scribes--entitled "Twila"
- September 21, 2009 in Word Salad, a poem entitled "Humble Wishes"
- August 5, 2009 in The Verb--as a semifinalist in their Dynamic Dialogue Contest
- July 21, 2009 in Six Sixes Magazine--this is her 2nd time to appear in Six Sixes
- June 2009 in Not From Here Are You--Piece is entitled Life Struggles
- June 2009 in Word Salad: Haiku Ramblings--Piece is entitled Eternity
- May 30, 2009 in Issue #54 of Doorknobs & BodyPaint-- Story is entitled, Retribution
- May 12, 2009 in Robert Swartwood--Story is entitled, Honeymoon
- April 2009 in Six Sixes Magazine
- April 2009 in Thrillers, Killers, N Chillers
- April 1, 2009 in Six Word Memoirs, The Sequel: by Writers Famous and Obscure
- April 2009--in Print in the second Volume of Six Sentences, Volume 2 (Paperback)
- February 2009 in Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak: by Writers Famous and Obscure (Paperback)
- January 2009--the chalkboard section of The Verb
- September 2008--Pen Pricks
- August 1, 2008-- Hampton Roads Pilot Online
- April 11, 2008--Six Sentences
- July 8, 2008-- The Verb's Chalkboard
WRITING AWARDS
- July 2013--Silver Creative Writing Award at Helium -- 10 published pieces
- December 2010--Her story, "What's in the Cellar?", was chosen as one of The Top Five Crime Short Stories Of 2010.
- September 2010--Honorable Mention in Not From Here are You Blogspot's The Dog Days of Summer first E-Chapbook
- February 2010--Helium's Creative Writing Bronze Star
- October 2009--Semi-finalist in the Verb's "Dynamic Dialogue" contest on Reading Writers
- October 2009--Helium's Market Place Writer Award
- October 23, 2008--Helium's Premium Writing Award
- September 2008--Runner up in E-Muse Zine writing contest
- May 31, 2008--Winner in the The Verb's 5th Anniversary Party (Scroll to the bottom of the page)
- February 2008--Finalist in the Six Sentences "Mixed Drinks Contest #3