Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin! This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list on groupspaces.com. It contains announcements of events in PEI and around Canada that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers.
If you want to share any announcements, articles, interesting or useful links that you think other subscribers will be interested in, send them to mimrlith@yahoo.com; this weekly is sent out on Sunday or Monday every week, so please do not send announcements that need to be sent out immediately.
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PEI LOCAL
Interested writers from the Atlantic Maritimes are invited to write for Stephen Patrick Clare’s new ARTS EAST e-magazine and website.
Assignments may include CD/book reviews, interviews or coverage of music, drama, visual art, mixed media, etc. events.
Ideal for writers and aspiring journalists who are trying to gain experience and have a published on-line byline, media tickets and similar perks as compensation.
Interested writers can e-mail Michelle Brunet or Stephen Clare at novamedia@gmail.com
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PEI MODEL FOREST NETWORK PHOTO CONTEST
(for writers who’re also photo buffs or know photo buffs)
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — The Prince Edward Island Model Forest Network, in partnership with the Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry, is holding a special forest-themed photo contest over the fall and winter.
“The members of the Model Forest Network are encouraging people to head outside and capture images that reflect how they perceive and use our public and private forest lands,” said Richard Gill, chair of the Model Forest Network. “Whether enjoying wildlife, walking, hunting, working, snowshoeing or biking, we are looking for images that reflect the importance of Island forests.”
Prince Edward Island’s landscape is renowned for its blend of fields, water and forests. This landscape attracts amateur and professional photographers who want to capture images of what the Island means to them.
While the Island’s beaches, farms and small communities often receive the most attention, forests are often featured for their lush greens in spring and summer, vibrant red, orange and yellow of fall, and the white stillness of winter. Some photographers also try to capture the hundreds of ways people use and connect with forests every day.
The contest is designed to promote awareness and appreciation of all types of forests including urban and rural, and public and private forests. Themes could also include how forests meet various economic, social, recreational, cultural, ecological and aesthetic needs.
“We are interested in Island photographs of almost anything forest-related,” said Mr. Gill.
The contest includes a special outdoor photography workshop that will feature tips and demonstrations on how to improve outdoor photography. It will be held Saturday, October 22, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Central Forest District office,170 Beach Grove Road, Charlottetown.
The contest runs from October 22, 2011 to February 29, 2012. Prizes will be offered for the winning photographs. For workshop information, contest rules and for details about prizes, visit http://www.peiforests.ca or contact Greg Ridgway at (902) 368-4800 or at gregmodelforest@gmail.com.
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CALLS FOR SUBMISSION
POETRY IN TRANSIT
The City of Charlottetown, in collaboration with Trius Transit is seeking submissions of poetry revolving around the theme of “How we experience our community.” Selected poems will be printed and installed on the interior advertising panels on buses in Charlottetown, Cornwall and Stratford. Poems will remain on buses for three months, then will be taken down and put on display in participating store fronts.
If you are interested, please check out www.poetrypei.com, and submit your poems there!
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BYWORDS.CA SUBMISSION CALL
DEADLINE: February 15 for the March issue
Bywords.ca considers previously unpublished poetry from emerging and established poets for our online monthly magazine. We consider work by current and former residents, students and workers of Ottawa. We also publish poems by contributors to our predecessor, the Bywords Monthly Magazine. FOR SUBMISSION INFORMATION VISIT www.bywords.ca and click on Guidelines. Amanda Earl, Managing Editor
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Black Canadian Poetry
Black Canadian Poetry is seeking submissions of new and unpublished works of poetry for a national anthology devoted to answering the question, “What is Black Canadian Poetry?” The anthology will establish a poetic tradition of page and stage poetry by people of African descent living in Canada. We are encouraging all English speaking, French speaking, and people of African descent working in foreign dialects and languages to contribute to this project. Since our anthology will be published in English, it is our aim to introduce Black Canadian poets to an international English speaking audience. After this, we hope to find a publisher for the French edition of the anthology in order to introduce English/French speakers and poets of African descent working in foreign dialects and languages in Canada to an international French speaking audience.
Submissions for the anthology should be submitted in English and associated with the following categories: spoken word, dubpoetry, hip-hop, slam, performance and page poetry. We ask that poets translate their work into English before submitting and state clearly that it is a translation from the specific language of the poet.
Poetry contributions welcome from writers that are African, Afro-Caribbean, African-American, Afro-Indigenous, African-Canadian or people living in Canada who identify as Black. Submissions welcome from all provinces and territories. Submissions from emerging, mid-career and established poets are welcome. Each anthologized contributor will receive two copies of the book.
Submissions to Black Canadian Poetry should be no more than three poems, 500 words for one poem, or a combined total of 800 words or less for multiple submissions.
Poetry must be submitted in English or translated to English. In the case that the poem is translated from the French, please state this clearly on the submission.
Submissions should be printed double-spaced with a 12-point font.
Submissions should be new works or previously unpublished works of poetry.
Along with submissions please include:
-name of the poet;
-title of the poem;
-genre of the poem: spoken word, dubpoetry, hip-hop, slam, performance and print;
-province/territory of the poet.
Please remember to include your full name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, title of poems, genre, province/territory and name of the poet with each submission.
Please send 4 copies of your submission with an enclosed SAE to the following address:
BCP Editors
Black Canadian Poetry
PO BOX 1741
Gibsons, BC
V0N 1V0
Please direct comments and questions to
blackcanadianpoetry@gmail.com
For further information please visit
blackcanadianpoetry.com
(e-mail submissions will not be accepted)
Deadlines for submissions is March 1, 2012.
The anthology will be published by Frontenac House Limited in 2013.
Thank-You!
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BIBLIOTHECA FANTASTICA
SUBMISSION PERIOD: Dec. 15 2011 – March 31, 2012
Anthology from Dagan Books is looking for “Stories having to do with lost, rare, weird, or imaginary books, or any aspect of book history or book culture, past, present, future, or uchronic. Any genre. Although the fantastical is not essential per se, stories should evoke a sense of the fantastic, the unknown, the weird, wonder, terror, mystery, pulp, and/or adventure, etc.”
Full details on their site http://daganbooks.com/2011/11/14/new-anthology-bibliotheca-fantastica-opens-for-submissions-dec-15-2011/
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TESSERACTS SIXTEEN
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Feb. 29, 2012
From Edge Publishing, recently released the guidelines for the latest volume in their speculative anthology, which will be edited by Mark Leslie. They’re looking for stories and poems that “focus on art, music, literature and cultural elements which are integral to the story. ” This anthology is only open to Canadians citizens (including ex-pats), landed immigrants (aka permanent residents) and long time residents.
http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/tess16/t16-guidelines.html
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BIFF BAM POP! ANNOUNCES OPEN CALL FOR SHORT
HORROR/THRILLER/SUSPENSE ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSIONS
DEADLINE: 11:59 P.M. APRIL 1, 2012
Now accepting submissions for the inaugural BIFF BAM POP! Short Story Anthology.
Writers must submit their original prose before 11:59pm April 1st, 2012 deadline. A panel of BIFF BAM POP! representatives will review every submission received, and those selected will be published in the Short Story Anthology to be released this Fall.
Submissions can be sent to: biffbampopsubmissions@gmail.com (RTF or Microsoft Word files). Please see the official submission guidelines for complete information about submitting to the BIFF BAM POP! Short Story Anthology.
About BIFF BAM POP! Established in August 2008, Biff Bam Pop! is a website devoted to the world of pop culture, from comic books and video games, to movies, books, and music. For additional information, visit www.biffbampop.com.
For more information, please contact: Andy Burns, Editor-In-Chief, BIFF BAM POP!
647-234-2112/andyburns2112@gmail.com
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VALLUM 9:2 – URBAN LANDSCAPES / HIDDEN CITY
Deadline: 10 April 2012
The cityscape has fascinated people since the flâneurs of Paris and beyond. An explosion of mechanical and other structures surrounds us. But what is unseen, underground or hidden often eludes us. What are some of these hidden aspects of the cityscape or the urban landscape? No electronic submissions. Please mail submissions to: Vallum, P.O. Box 598, Victoria Stn, Montreal, Quebec, H3Z 2Y6, Canada
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The Malahat Review‘s East Coast Issue
Deadline: May 15, 2012
In the fall of 2012, The Malahat Review and The Fiddlehead will celebrate the writing of each other’s regions, with the former publishing an East Coast issue and the latter a West Coast issue. Writers with strong connections to either or both regions are invited to submit to the issue that will best provide their work the most apt and safe harbour.
The Malahat Review invites submissions from East Coast writers (East Coast includes all four Atlantic provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador). Submissions of poetry, fiction, personal essay, memoir, cultural criticism, and literary journalism are welcome.
Please see the full guidelines on our website prior to submitting: http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html
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GEIST EMERGING WRITER OF THE MONTH
An enlightened online space for new writers to test-drive their work.
How it works: Emerging writers are invited to submit short written works online. Geist chooses and publishes one piece each month on a dedicated web page. Geist readers and like-minded people are then invited to comment on the featured work.
Who is eligible?
- Canadian students enrolled in secondary or post-secondary courses and/or writing workshops are eligible.
- The writer should have no more than 2 short works published in established print or online magazines, books or websites. (Blogs, zines and in-house school publications are exempt.)
- For full details: http://www.geist.com/gewm
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COMPETITIONS
There’s less than a month left to polish your novella and send it in to our 2012 Novella Prize! This contest won’t run again until 2014.
The Malahat Review‘s 2012 Novella Prize
Deadline: February 1, 2012 (postmarked)
Prize: $1500 CAD
Entry fee:
$35 CAD for entries from Canada
$40 USD for entries from the USA
$45 USD for entries from elsewhere
(entry fee includes a one-year subscription to The Malahat Review)
Enter a work of fiction between 10,000 and 20,000 words in length.
View complete guidelines: http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html
Catch up with our 2010 Novella Prize winner, Tony Tulathimutte:http://www.malahatreview.ca/announcements/tonytulapost_interview.html
Email queries to: malahat@uvic.ca
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13th ANNUAL POSTCARD STORY
COMPETITION
The Writers. Union of Canada is pleased to announce that submissions are being accepted until
February 14, 2012, for the 13th annual POSTCARD STORY COMPETITION. The winning entry will be the best Canadian work of 250 words or fewer in the English language, fiction or nonfiction. Are you up for the challenge? Can you create a dynamic, lean, and efficient piece in only 250 words? You can use humour, poetry, dialogue. anything goes!
PRIZE
$750 for the winning entry.
The winning entry will be published in Write, the magazine of The Writers Union of Canada. The winner agrees that The Writers’ Union of Canada will have non-exclusive publication rights to publish the winning entry in Write, for publicity purposes. Any publication of the author’s story by The Writers. Union of Canada will include an authorship credit and a copyright notice in the name of the author. Copyright of the winning postcard story remains with the writer.
JURY
Clayton Bailey, John Lent, and Nerys Parry will serve as the jury.
ELIGIBILITY
This competition is open to all Canadian citizens and landed immigrants. Original and unpublished in any format (English language) fiction or nonfiction, no more than 250 words.
HOW TO SUBMIT ENTRIES
- · Entries should be typed, double-spaced, in a clear twelve-point font, and the pages numbered on 8.5 x 11 paper, not stapled.
- · Submissions will be accepted in hardcopy only.
- · Include a separate cover letter with title of story, full name, address, phone number, e-mail
address, word count, and number of pages of entry.
- · The author’s name should not appear on the actual entry.
- · Make cheque or money order, $7.50 per submission, payable to The Writers’ Union of Canada. Multiple entries can be submitted together and fees can be added and paid with one cheque or money order.
- · Entries must be postmarked by February 14, 2012 to be eligible.
- · Mail entries to: PCS Competition, The Writers. Union of Canada, 90 Richmond Street East,
Suite 200, Toronto, ON M5C 1P1.
Results will be posted at http://www.writersunion.ca in May 2012. Manuscripts will not be returned.
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OPL CONTEST: YOUNG POETS AND AUTHORS –
ON YOUR MARK! GET SET! WRITE!
DEADLINE: EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 6TH
The Ottawa Public Library´s 17th annual Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is underway. This contest, for aspiring young poets and short story authors, is open to writers between the ages of 9 and 17. They are invited to submit poems and short stories in English and/or French.
Participants can win awesome prizes which will be presented in the Spring. For contest details, visit www.BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca or contact InfoService at 613-580-2950 or InfoService@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca
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THE WRITERS’ TRUST OF CANADA RBC BRONWEN WALLACE AWARD FOR EMERGING WRITERS
DEADLINE: January 30, 2012
A prize of $5,000 will be awarded to the best work of short fiction.
Two honourable mentions will each receive $1,000 prizes.
To be eligible candidates must be:
* A Canadian citizen or permanent resident
* Under the age of 35 as of the deadline date
* Unpublished in book form and without a book contract
* Previously published in an independently edited magazine or anthology
For further information http://www.writerstrust.com/Awards/RBC-Bronwen-Wallace-Award-for-Emerging-Writers/Call-for-Submissions_2012.aspx
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CANADA WRITES
THE CBC´S NEW ONLINE HOME FOR WRITING
Canada Writes is the CBC´s home for original writing, including the CBC Literary Prizes. This is your chance to get your work read, published and recognized throughout the year.
Canada Writes features:
* fun writing challenges (where you can win prizes)
* online writing workshops
* writing tips, feature articles and interviews with writers from all genres
* original fiction and essays by your favourite Canadian writers
* and the prestigious CBC Literary Prizes (short story, poetry and creative
nonfiction competitions)
Please note that CBC Literary Prizes are now three separate competitions with
different deadlines. Three contests to enter:
- The CBC Literary Prize: Short Story Competition
The CBC Literary Prizes recognize the best in original, unpublished writing by Canadians.
- CBC Poetry Prize. Competition opens December 1; deadline February 1.
- CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize. Competition opens March 1; deadline May 1.
- Visit http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/literaryprizes/ for full contest details
The First Prize winner in each category will win $6,000 from the Canada Council
for the Arts and publication in Air Canada´s enRoute magazine, as well as on
our website. Four runner-ups will also be chosen and receive $1,000 each.
You can read about the other changes to the prizes at
http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/literaryprizes/index.html
For more details, please check out http://www.cbc.ca/canadawrites
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Arc Poem of the Year Contest
Shall it be big, or shall it be small? Rhyme and keep time, or more free-for-all?
Send your best to the Arc Poem of the Year Contest—this year with a $5,000 grand prize.
For past winners, contest mailing address, entry fee and submission details, visit Arc Poetry Magazine at arcpoetry.ca.
Deadline: February 1, 2012.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL WRITING CONTEST (NCWC) 2012
Enter the 25th National Capital Writing Contest. The deadline is February 3, 2012 (the first Friday in February each year).
The 25th Annual National Capital Writing Contest (NCWC) is accepting entries in the following categories:
* Short Story (max. 2500 words)
* Poetry (not Haiku; max. 60 lines including title & blank lines)
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO THEME FOR THIS YEAR’S CONTEST
Prizes (in each category) We gratefully acknowledge the support of our sponsors:
* 1st Prize: $500 sponsored by CAA–NCR
* 2nd Prize: $250 sponsored by The Ottawa Citizen
* 3rd Prize: $100 Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar
See the Literary Awards page for full contest details and the winners from the previous year’s NCWC. http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/awards.shtml
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ACCENTI MAGAZINE
ANNOUNCES WRITING AND PHOTO CONTESTS
First Prize: $1000
Deadline: February 7, 2012
Tuesday, August 22, 2011 – Accenti Magazine is proud to announce its 7th Annual Writing Contest and 5th Annual Photo Contest. First Prize for each contest is $1000 and publication in Accenti. Second and third place winners receive $250.00 and $100.00 respectively. The deadline is February 7, 2012.
Winning entries will be presented at the Accenti Magazine Awards during the 14th Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, April 18-23, 2012. The Accenti Magazine contests are open to all writers and photographers, established and emerging, worldwide.
Accenti‘s writing contest is open to fiction and nonfiction on any topic; and Accenti’s photo contest asks participants to “Capture an Italian Moment” anywhere in the world. Past writing contest winners include Elizabeth Cinello (2011, Toronto) Loretta Di Vita (2010, Montreal), Ivano Stocco (2009, Valencia, Spain), Paul French (2008, Toronto), Maria Francesca LoDico (2007, Montreal) and Sheila Wright (2006, Warkworth, Ontario). Photo winners include Marcel van Balken (2011, Amstelveen,
The Netherlands), Amy Occhipinti (2010, Toronto), Robert T. Norton (2009, Toronto) and Nick Colarusso (2008, Montreal).
About Accenti Magazine
Founded in Montreal in 2003, Accenti aims to bring together readers and writers around the idea of shared cultural experience and heritage, to encourage creative expression and celebrate common cultural values. For more information, please visit www.accenti.ca.
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THE NEW QUARTERLY NICK BLATCHFORD OCCASIONAL VERSE CONTEST
DEADLINE: Postmarked February 28, 2012
$1,000 for one glorious poem written in response to an occasion, personal or public – poems of gratitude or grief, poems that celebrate or berate, poems that make of something an occasion or simply mark one. Another $1,000 in prize money will be distributed as the judges fancy. The best of what we see will be published in The New Quarterly at our usual rates, and posted on our website. For full details, see www.tnq.ca/contests
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Grain Magazine’s 24th Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest
Grain Magazine’s 24th Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest is accepting entries until April 1, 2012 (postmarked).
Grain awards $4,500 in cash prizes! Winning entries will be published in the pages of Grain! The entry fee is $35 which includes a FREE one-year subscription to Grain Magazine! Our judges are counted among Canada’s finest writers! One entry fee allows you to enter a maximum of two entries in either of two categories: Poetry in any form to a maximum of 100 lines; Short Fiction in any style to a maximum of 2500 words.
Whose company do you want your writing to keep?
Grain is the most exciting literary magazine on the Canadian and international scene…the one that everyone wants to be published in! Recent issues have featured the work of such literary luminaries as Xi Chuan, Tim Lilburn, Guy Maddin, Miriam Toews, Zsuzsi Gartner, and Eleanor Wachtel. And you could join them in the pages of Grain!
Enter Short Grain! Open new doors! (Make new friends!)
Judges are: rob mclennan, Poetry, and Lawrence Hill, Fiction. Three prizes will be awarded in each category: 1st prize = $1,000, 2nd prize = $750, 3rd prize = $500. Consult Grain‘s website,grainmagazine.ca, for complete rules and guidelines.
About our contest judges:
rob mclennan is the author of more than twenty trade books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, including Glengarry (Talonbooks, 2011), kate street (Moira, 2011), and wild horses (University of Alberta Press, 2010) and his second novel, missing persons (The Mercury Press, 2009). He has edited numerous collections for Chaudiere Books, Insomniac Press, Black Moss Press, Broken Jaw Press, and Vehicule Press, and was the writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta in 2008.
Lawrence Hill is the author of internationally acclaimed The Book of Negroes, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award and CBC Radio’s Canada Reads. He is also the author of Any Known Blood (William Morrow, New York, 1999 and HarperCollins Canada, 1997) and Some Great Thing(HarperCollins 2009, originally published by Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, 1992). Formerly a reporter with The Globe and Mail and a parliamentary correspondent for The Winnipeg Free Press, he won the National Magazine Award for Best Essay in 2005.
Mike Thompson
Business Administrator
Grain Magazine – the Journal of Eclectic Writing
PO Box 67, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7K 3K1
PH: 306.244.2828
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The 2013 KEN KLONSKY Novella Contest
http://www.quattrobooks.ca/submissions/
Quattro Books will publish the two best novella manuscripts by a Canadian author as part of their 2013 Publishing list. The novella manuscript should be completed, neatly typed, and not less than 20 000 words or more than 40 000 words. Note the number of words on the cover. Your name may appear in the manuscript’s header or footer. Please take a look at the type of novellas Quattro publishes; we publish literary fiction and do not publish genre fiction (Science fiction or Romances.) You may send your manuscripts anytime between March 01, 2012 and June 01, 2012. Send your manuscript, along with a $15 reader’s fee and your email address, to: Quattro Books Inc, CSI second floor, 720 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 2R4. Manuscripts will not be returned. Reader’s Fee $15
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CONTESTS HOSTED AT WINNING WRITERS & OPEN NOW
All entries that win cash prizes in these contests will be published on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per year) and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter, with over 35,000 subscribers.
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest
Postmark Deadline: March 31, 2012
Now in its 20th year. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. Submit any type of short story, essay or other work of prose, up to 5,000 words. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. $15 entry fee. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (no fee)
Online Submission Deadline: April 1, 2012
Winning Writers invites you to enter the 11th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. We’ll award $3,600, including a top prize of $1,500. Submit one humor poem online. No length limit. Both published and unpublished poems are welcome. No fee to enter. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. See the complete guidelines and past winners.
Sports Poetry & Prose Contest – New!
Online Submission Deadline: May 31, 2012
New from Winning Writers, our Sports Poetry & Prose Contest will award $5,000 in total prizes, including a $1,500 top prize for poetry and a $1,500 top prize for prose (fiction and nonfiction). Submit an unpublished entry of 1-2 poems or one work of prose on a sports-related theme, up to 6,000 words in all. Fee is $15 per entry. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Click for the complete guidelines.
Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse
Postmark Deadline: June 30, 2012
Now in its ninth year, this contest seeks poetry in traditional verse forms. Both published and unpublished poems are welcome. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. The entry fee is $8 for every 25 lines you submit. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.
Now Open
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest
Postmark Deadline: September 30, 2012
Now in its tenth year, this contest seeks poems in any style, theme or genre. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. New this year, there will also be a special $250 bonus prize for humorous verse. The entry fee is $8 for every 25 lines you submit. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.
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EVENTS & WORKSHOPS
Upcoming Writescape Workshops
- It’s Not What You Earn, It’s What You Keep January 28 Gwynn Scheltema’s one-day tax tips workshop for writers & artists
- Write On! January 23 to March 5 A six-week creative writing for course for intermediate writers
- From Query to Byline: Getting Published and Paid February 1 to February 29 A five-week course in magazine writing
- Registration is open for Spring Thaw 2012 at Elmhirst’s Resort March 30 to April 1—or April 3 if you choose the Extend-Your-Pen option
- Visit www.writescape.ca for more information
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NERYS PARRY VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR JAN. 23–Feb.3, 2012
Man & Other Natural Disasters by Nerys Parry on tour with NURTURE Virtual BOOK Tourz™ “Shortlisted for the Kenneth R. Wilson Canadian Business Press Award, FreeFall’s Fall Fiction Contest, and the Event Non-Fiction Award.” The schedule for the book tour can be viewed on-line at www.nerysparry.com/upcoming-events. Main stops are listed below:
* January 30th – Jaidis S. @ Juniper Grove
* January 30th – Jennifer @ Mad Moose Mama
* January 31st – Lindsay H @ Everyday Is An Adventure
* February 1st – Morgen B. @ Morgen Bailey’s Writing Blog
* February 2nd – Gail An. @ Gail Anderson-Dargatz
* February 2nd – Laurie J. @ Laurie’s Thoughts & Reviews
* February 3rd – Bobbie @ Nurture Virtual Book Tourz™ Blog
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EAC—NCR SEMINAR SERIES 2011-2012
Date: Various dates as noted
Editors’ Association of Canada offers seminars with a hands-on approach to many facets of copy editing and writing. Editors, writers, and communicators can refine their skills, enhance their knowledge base, and improve their communication expertise with seminars taught by industry experts at the highly regarded National Capital Region Branch seminars.
Upcoming workshops:
- Eight-Step Editing: February 8, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Practical Proofreading: February 22, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Getting Work with the Federal Government: April 14, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Electronic Editing: April 23, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Punctuation and Mechanics: May 7, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- The Secrets of Syntax: May 8, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
NOTE: Space is limited. These workshops are open to everyone. EAC members receive a reduced rate.
REGISTRATION: http://www.editors.ca/branches/ncr/seminars
CONTACT: Pat Patterson, Public Relations, EAC-NCR, prncr@editors.ca
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FOLKTALE, MYTH, FAIRY TALE, DREAMS, URBAN LEGEND: CONTEMPORARY FANTASY
DATE: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:00 P.M.
LOCATION: Main Branch, Ottawa Public Library, Metcalfe And Laurier
SPEND A MAGICAL EVENING WITH CHARLES DE LINT chatting and discussing the genre of contemporary/urban fantasy.
Charles de Lint is a full-time writer and musician who lives in Ottawa. With 36 novels and 35 books of short fiction published, he is known as a pioneer and master of the contemporary fantasy genre. Under My Skin, the first book of a new young adult series called The Wildlings is due to be published by Penguin Canada in March 2012. Charles also recently released Old Blue Truck – a music CD of his original story songs.
For more information, visit his Web site at www.charlesdelint.com.
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM GREEN COLLEGE, UBC DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Green College at the University of British Columbia invites applications from Canadian writers normally resident outside the Lower Mainland of BC, for the position of Canada Council Writer-in-Residence at the College. The term of the residency will be three months within the period between September 1 and December 15, 2012, subject to funding approval.
The Writer-in-Residence will work with the Green College community through consultations and workshops, and will create and coordinate a public series of literary events, as part of the College´s academic programming for the UBC and local community. She or he will be expected to live at the College for the term of the residency, and will be provided with reimbursement for economy-fare travel (within Canada) to and from Vancouver, room and partial board during the stay, and a stipend of $18,000. Additional funding will be available to support the public series of events.
For its 2012 residency the College seeks a writer of established reputation in any genre/s (at least two books in print or equivalent public recognition) and with significant previous experience of arranging and hosting literary events. Only complete applications received by postal mail by the deadline are accepted.
Please send applications to:
Writer-in-Residence Selection Committee, Green College, The University of British Columbia
6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Questions may be directed to Tatiana Tomljanovic, Communications Manager, at
gc.communications@ubc.ca or 604.822.0676.
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CAA-NCR WORKSHOP WRITING LIVES WITH CHARLOTTE GRAY
DATE: Saturday, February 25, 2012 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Algonquin College, Room T230,
Charlotte will cover both her own life as a writer (schedule, approach to research, organisation etc.) and also the challenge of biographical narrative. She invites workshop participants to bring one paragraph or page of whatever they are writing, for class feedback. This is not mandatory.
Charlotte Gray is one of Canada’s best-known writers, and author of eight acclaimed books of literary non-fiction. Her most recent book is Gold Diggers, Striking It Rich in the Klondike. Her previous seven books were all award-winning bestsellers. Born in Sheffield, England, and educated at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, Charlotte currently chairs the board of Canada’s National History Society, which publishes the magazine Canada’s History (formerly The Beaver.) Charlotte is a member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
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THE POETRY FESTIVAL IS COMING February 28 through March 4
Rogers TV station interviewed Rod Pederson, David O’Meara and Kevin Matthews about the upcoming Poetry for the End of the World contest and fundraiser, and about VERSeFest. You can catch that here: http://www.rogerstv.com/page.aspx?lid=237&rid=4&sid=68&gid=89727
The Schedule of Events is up and available at http://www.versefest.ca/
There are workshops, including ones with Danielle Gregoire and Ian Keteku. There are noted poets from Ottawa and across Canada (such as Dennis Lee, Tim Lilburn, Roo Borson, Tim Bowling, and Canada’s recently-announced Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Fred Wah, as well as from the U.S. (Rae Armantrout, Philip Levine). The week’s concluding event is The Summit Reading at the National Arts Centre, with Governor-General’s Award winner, Phil Hall, the U.S. Poet Laureate, Philip Levine and award-winning Mexican poet, Pura López-Colomé.
Details can be found here http://www.versefest.ca/ and here is the printable version of the schedule: http://www.versefest.ca/wp-content/uploads/versefest-2012-schedule.pdf
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AWP ANNUAL CONFERENCE
& BOOK FAIR
*A big conference with 400 events and 1,600 presenters by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs.
WHEN: February 29-March 3, 2012
WHERE: The Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago
PRICE: $40 for students who register early; $140-155 for AWP members; $265 for nonmembers who register on site.
For serious writers of literary fiction, literary nonfiction and poetry. Attendance is 9,000. Faculty includes: Jhumpa Lahiri, Junot Diaz and Joyce Carol Oates. Keynote speaker for 2012 is Margaret Atwood.
Panels for 2012 include:
“A Room With a Review: The Art of Literary Criticism”
“The Business of Publishing Your Novel With an Independent Press”
“What About Blog? How Blogging Can Propel Your Career and Polish Your Craft”
For more information: http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2012awpconf.php
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TWUC WORKSHOP: HOW TO BE YOUR OWN PUBLICIST!
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is offering the Professional Development Workshop HOW TO BE YOUR OWN PUBLICIST in Toronto, Winnipeg , Calgary , Vancouver , and Victoria, in February and March of 2012. The workshops take place from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. For those who can’t attend in one of the participating cities, a 3-hour webinar will be offered, distilling the highlights of the workshop.
Authors Elizabeth Ruth and Ann Douglas will present on traditional but innovative book marketing strategies as well as new media opportunities for writers. Kelly Duffin, Executive Director of The Writers’ Union of Canada, will update participants on the latest evolutions in the publishing landscape.
The price of this symposium is $89.00 and covers costs, including lunch, $75 for members of The Writers’ Union of Canada.
For registration information please go to http://www.writersunion.ca/registration.pdf . Please circulate this information to writers you think might be interested in coming to this event. Space is limited so register today.
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WORLD HORROR CONVENTION
WHEN: March 29-April 1, 2012 with the Bram Stoker Awards Presentation on March 31.
WHERE: The Radisson Hotel Downtown, Salt Lake City
PRICE: TBA; 2011 cost: $110-150, entry to convention and all programming inclusive
For horror professionals ranging from authors to filmmakers to artists. An opportunity to meet agents, publishers and industry professionals. Attendance 300-400.
Special guests for 2012 faculty are: No.1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon; comic book author and illustrator Mike Mignola; urban fantasy author P.N. Elrod.
For more information: http://www.whc2012.org
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THE SOUTHAMPTON CHILDREN’S LITERATURE CONFERENCE
WHEN: July 11-15, 2012
WHERE: Stony Brook University, Southampton, NY
PRICE: Varies, depending on whether participants attend the conference for college credit and whether they’re commuters or residents. The highest price is $1,495, room and board inclusive.
Runs concurrently with a general writers’ conference, a screenwriters’ conference and a playwriters’ conference all at Stony Brook University. Participants are welcome to attend electives from other conference. Attendance: 5 tracks with 12 participants in each. At least one workshop in each of the main children’s writing disciplines: picture books, chapter books, middle-grade novels, and YA.
Past faculty (2011) included Newberry, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King honoree Andrea Davis Pinkney; New York Times bestselling author Chris Barton; middle-grade author Tor Seidler; young-adult author Patricia McCormick; and NY Times bestselling author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds.
For more information: http://www.stonybrook.edu/writers/children
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CAA-NCR WRITERS RETREAT
Dates: Friday, April 27, through Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: The Cove Country Inn, Westport, Ontario
Best-selling Author BARBARA KYLE, Workshop Leader, has taught her “Writers Boot Camp” for the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, and offers twice-yearly Master Classes that focus on workshopping each participant’s novel-in-progress. Visit www.BarbaraKyle.com
Please reserve your rooms directly with the Inn telling them you are attending the Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region Writers Retreat. Please mention any special dietary needs. 1-888-268-3466 www.coveinn.com
Registration for the workshops is separate. Workshop fees are $150. for Canadian Authors Association members, $185. for non-members. To obtain a brochure and for more information please e-mail Phyllis Bohonis: phyllis.bohonis@sympatico.ca
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WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE OPPORTUNITIES
- Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles Libraries, and Robert-Bourassa Library in Outremont (reserved for YA author) Deadline: January 30, 2012 http://artsmontreal.org/en/programs/ecrivains-en-residence Writers must consult the criteria and parameters of the host borough or city, since each residency is held under their aegis.
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WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM GREEN COLLEGE, UBC
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Green College at the University of British Columbia invites applications from Canadian writers normally resident outside the Lower Mainland of BC, for the position of Canada Council Writer-in-Residence at the College. The term of the residency will be three months within the period between September 1 and
December 15, 2012, subject to funding approval.
The Writer-in-Residence will work with the Green College community through consultations and workshops, and will create and coordinate a public series of literary events, as part of the College´s academic programming for the UBC and local community. She or he will be expected to live at the College for the term of the residency, and will be provided with reimbursement for economy-fare
travel (within Canada) to and from Vancouver, room and partial board during the stay, and a stipend of $18,000. Additional funding will be available to support the public series of events.
For its 2012 residency the College seeks a writer of established reputation in any genre/s (at least two books in print or equivalent public recognition) and with significant previous experience of arranging and hosting literary events. Only complete applications received by postal mail by the deadline are accepted.
Please send applications to:
Writer-in-Residence Selection Committee
Green College, The University of British Columbia
6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Questions may be directed to Tatiana Tomljanovic, Communications Manager, at
gc.communications@ubc.ca or 604.822.0676.
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RESOURCES
This section is not intended as an endorsement of the resources listed here. It is simply being passed along for your information. You may wish to do your own due diligence on these potential resources.
ONLINE SITES TO HELP PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS!!
EVENTS AT COLLECTED WORKS
1242 WELLINGTON STREET WEST AT HOLLAND
Check Facebook for full details or visit
http://www.collected-works.com/pages/events.htm
Of special interest: “The Industrious Indies” is an events project Collected Works Bookstore has begun to give independent self published authors a chance to display their books and a place the host author events and network. For more information on the project contact Chris Carroll through Facebook or via email
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From: Crystal Smith Subject: New website to promote local authors
I am writing today to tell you about a new website I have created to help local, independent, and self-published authors promote their books.
It is called bibliospace (http://www.bibliospace.ca/). The site includes a detailed listing for each author’s book, consisting of a book summary of up to 250 words, an author bio of up to 150 words, a link to each author’s website, and any additional author contact information (blog, Twitter, Facebook). In addition to the book listing, there is an alphabetical list of authors and a speakers’ bureau that lists authors by community. The latter page is intended to help book clubs, community groups, libraries, and schools get in touch with authors in their own community for readings and speaking engagements.
I have also added an amazon bookstore with direct links to each author’s books, if they are available on amazon. (There is no charge to submit a book, but I will retain any referral fees from the amazon bookstore. Royalties from all sales go to the author, of course.)
I am a marketing writer and self-published author, so I know something of the effort required to market a book. I am hoping that bibliospace will make it easy for people to find and recommend authors from their own community. The site now has seven authors, including myself, with books in categories ranging from poetry and non-fiction to action and children’s.
I would love it if you could spread the word to the members of your association. If you are interested in submitting any of your works, you just need to send an email, as per the steps outlined on the Submit Your Book page. I appreciate any help you can provide in promoting bibliospace. Crystal Smith www.bibliospace.ca Facebook:bibliospace Twitter: @bibliospace
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Malahat lite
Guidelines for our 2012 Novella Prize:
http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html
Do you have ties to or live on the East Coast? Submit to our East Coast issue(deadline May 15, 2012)! Full guidelines: http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html
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Practical and entertaining, Shut Up & write! demystifies the process of writing
Available at your local bookstore or online through indiebound.org, Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, other on-line booksellers, www.redbirdstudio.com or ask your local library.
Published in print and ebook editions.
http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780976474272
http://www.amazon.com/Shut-Up-Write-Judy-Bridges/dp/0976474271
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shut-up-and-write-judy-bridges/1029158217
Inspires and instructs. Includes coaching on:
• what it takes to be a writer
• techniques for writing fact and fiction
• bringing real and imagined characters to life • organizing thoughts and material
• mastering point of view
• writing “from the inside”
• the “get and give” of critiques
• how to get happily published
• and much more
What they say:
“… a combination of tough-love coaching and humor that inspires and shows you how to become the writer you want to be”
~ Elfrieda Abbe, Publisher – The Writer magazine
“Encouraging, humorous, straight-talking. Shut Up & Write! is one of the best books I’ve read on writing.”
~ Shauna Singh Baldwin. Author of English Lessons. What the Body Remembers, The Tiger Claw, and We Are Not in Pakistan.
“Shut Up & Write! is one of those rare volumes that truly does it all. In addition to being a practical “how-to” guide, the book provides priceless advice on the care and feeding of the Inner Writer. Laced with wit and common sense, Judy Bridges serves as her own best example of what excellent writing can be.”
~ Marilyn L. Taylor, Poet Laureate, State of Wisconsin
“Judy Bridges is a driving force behind the many writers she has helped. If you want to write, do yourself a favor, buy this book and follow her advice. You will not only write, you will succeed.”
~ John Lehman, Founder of Rosebud Magazine and literary editor of Wisconsin People & Ideas
About the Author:
Judy Bridges is one of the few people who can say, “Shut Up and Write!” in a way that makes you smile. A renowned mentor and coach, she earned her living as a writer before founding Redbird writing center in Milwaukee, WI, where she taught (and learned from) over 6,000 aspiring and accomplished writers of all ages. She shares her wisdom with a no-nonsense, humorous voice that makes writing accessible and reading her book a joy.
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Online Writing Classes
FanStory.com is a writing site founded in 2000.
On this writing community all posts receive feedback from writers and readers. Feedback includes a detailed comment on the posted work and a rating. The site uses a six star ratings scale with “1” being the worst and “6” being the best.
Writers are ranked based on the feedback they receive. Separate rankings are available for Poets, Novelists, Short Works (short stories and essays) and Script Writers (television and other forms of screenplays). Trophies are rewarded to the top five writers in each of the individual rankings at the end of the year.
The site recognizes writing with “Recognized”, “All Time Best” and “Seal of Quality” levels. Each level is more difficult to receive with the final level determined by the Seal of Quality committee. The committee is made up of published authors and stand-out reviewers. They offer feedback to help writers get published.
The site features free writing contests with cash prizes. Site members also have the ability to create their own contests to challenge other writers to write about a specific topic or a specific form of writing (such as writing using specific poetry format).
The welcome page includes featured writing. It also includes writing that has been well received in the past 24 hours.
Each day over 200 stories and poems are posted. Over 7,000 comments are written on the writing posted daily. Writers keep full copyright to their posted work.
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THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO EBOOKS
All you need to know about ebooks: how to read them,
the different ebook formats, choosing an ebook reader,
and where to find the best specials and free ebooks.
http://www.EbookIntroduction.com
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50 CITY & STATE MAGAZINE MARKETS
$6.99. Download in PDF Format.
Would you like to work as a freelance writer for regional magazines? Most city and state magazines work with freelancers and typically cover a wide range of topics – including arts, business, dining, entertainment, fashion, finance, health, home and garden,
lifestyle, recreation, sports, and travel.
We searched through our Markets Plus database of publications and compiled this list of more than 50 city magazines and state magazines in USA and Canada that purchase material from freelance writers.
It is not an exhaustive list of all of the regional publications but lists fifty magazines (actually 57!) that publish their writer’s guidelines online.
For further details and to download this list today see: http://goo.gl/XRjjL
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*****BYLINE HAS A NEW COLUMN IN THE THINK TANK *****
If we get enough response, we’ll be launching a Q&A-type regular feature in Byline, complete with cutesy names for the questioners, and answers by our expert and not-so-expert members. (Example for a not-so-expert member to answer: “I got ripped off by one of those so-called publishers. Is it legal to diss them in my Blog? Please say yes.” — signed, $10K Poorer) A suggested name is “Members in the Know”. Still in the Think-Tank stage, we aren’t sure if one member will handle it — rephrase that: we’ve cornered one of our members into thinking about handling it; whether the questions will be fielded as separate articles to members-in-the-know by a coordinator (the cornered member); or whether the idea will see daylight at all. Contact Sherrill Wark, Byline editor, at sherrill_caa@crowecreations.ca with your questions and cutesy names. We need your real name but won’t print it unless you insist. It’s all about Members Helping Members. If we get a good response, it’ll be a go.
****Remember to check out writing-related services offered by our members at our CAA-NCR website http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/hire-a-member.shtml
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Writers Digest
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Worldwide Freelance Writer
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com
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SPREAD THE WORD: Don’t let us die! Forward this or send a message to all of your writer friends that we are out there. Let the world know about www.WritingRaw.com and all the good and positive things we do for up-and-coming writers.
People would like to know what has happened to the January issue of WritingRaw.com. The answer is easy, but quite sad too. We did not get enough submissions to put together a new issue. Fiction-wise we did but there were only 6 poetry submissions, 2 for the contest, and some of the people who were doing columns were not able to do them for January. I am again lost on how to proceed with the site. Without submissions there is no point – unless I can figure out a way to redevelop the site into something that does not require submissions. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I believe in what we are doing, and believe in all of the authors who have appeared on WritingRaw.com, but it would seem that an online literary magazine just does not work. Am in the process of discovering how to continue with the material that I do have… Again, any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Weeb
The Writing Pool 
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