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Around The Park: News You Can Use November 1-3, 2008Lueza Gleb to Appear in Texas Book Festival Lueza Gelb/Author of the book Schroon Lake will be appearing November 1st and 2nd at the 2008 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas. The festival will run for two days. The giant book festival will be held on the grounds of the State Capitol. The author will also be appearing at Book People on November 3rd for a book signing event/party at 7 p.m. The store is located at 603 North Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas. Fiction Writers' Group to Form Members of the Elizabethtown Writers Group posted this call for fiction writers: Anyone out there is interested in a loosely knit group, network, whatever you wish to call it, of people actively working on fiction - short or long - this is not at all to replace existing writers' groups but in addition, for those of us who like to take a bit more time to critique and who are concentration on fiction - not memoir or non-fiction etc We can invent the rules, but I guess I imagine that we might exchange pieces via email or hard copy mail, then meet when we are ready to talk - and we will allow enough time to go into some depth.Interested? Contact Penelope Mace at penelope.mace@tns-global.com CALL FOR CONTESTS, FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS, AND PROPOSALS Please send a cover letter listing previous publication credits and a brief bio, plus an SASE for response only. Materials will be shredded and recycled unless otherwise requested. Poetry: Send entire manuscript, one poem per page (more space if needed). Include Acknowledgments page if you have worked with an editor. Children: Send entire manuscript, double spaced. Include Acknowledgments page if you have worked with an editor. Include illustrator's name and brief bio if applicable. Fiction: Send two-page synopsis and first twenty-five pages. Use proper form with title page that includes name, address, telephone, email address; have header listing author's last name/book title/chapter/page number. Nonfiction: Same as for fiction but include detailed proposal for remainder of book. Include some reference to sources if applicable. Contact: shaggydogpress@aol.com Waterman Fund Alpine Essay Contest The Waterman Fund seeks the submission of essays about life in the mountains of the northeastern U.S. for its inaugural Waterman Fund Alpine Essay Contest. Prize: $2,000 (in the form of a check) and the winning essay printed in Appalachia Journal. The winner must agree for his/her essay to be edited by the editor of Appalachia Journal. Essays must be original works ranging from 2500 to 4000 words. The submission deadline is May 1, 2008. The winning piece will be published in Appalachia Journal, and the winning essayist will be awarded $2,000. The winner will be notified by email, phone or registered mail on or about July 15, 2008. Writers who have not published a book on such topic or who have not been published in a national magazine on such topic are eligible for participation. To submit an entry, email a Word document (or compatible format) to: Mary Margaret Sloan at mmsloan@peoplepc.com or mail to 890 Hunt Road Windsor, VT 05089. http://www.watermanfund.org/categories/events/essay_contest.html Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Announces: 2008 Call for Entries! 2008 Summer Fellowship Categories: -Poetry -Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction -Painting, sculpture and other visual arts -Photography 2008 Grant Categories: -Painting -Mixed Media -Screenwriting or Playwriting -Fiction or Creative Non-Fiction Application deadline for both programs is January 15, 2008 Summer Fellowship and Grant application forms are available online at www.saltonstall.org or call 607.539.3146 if you prefer a printed application. From Splitthisrock.org: Panel Proposals- Deadline Extended to January 1: Split this Rock invites proposals for panel discussions and workshops on a range of topics at the intersection of poetry and social change. Possibilities are endless. Download the form here: splitthisrock.org/documents/Call-for-Proposals.doc Poetry Contest: January 15 Deadline The contest benefits the Split this Rock Poetry Festival. $1,000 awarded for poems of provocation and witness. $500 for first, $300 for second, $200 for third place. First place winner will read the winning poem at the festival. The poem will also be published on the festival website at www.splitthisrock.org. Guidelines for entry: www.splitthisrock.org/contests.html ONGOING EVENTS Marty Podskoch has more than 50 presentations lined up in the region this season. You're bound to find him in your area at least a few times. He's the author Adirondack Stories; Fire Towers of the Catskills: Their History and Lore (2000); Adirondack Fire Towers: Their History and Lore, the Southern Districts (2003); Adirondack Fire Towers: Their History and Lore, the Northern Districts (2005). Visit www.adirondackstories.com to view his complete talk schedule. North Country Writers Group The North Country Writers group meets monthly in Elizabethtown. For future meeting dates, contact Margaret Bartley, Tel: (518) 873-9225; e-mail: msbartley@charter.net Glens Falls Writers' Group Hosted by the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council. Meetings held the first Thursday of every month (10am) or the third Thursday of every month (7pm). Come on out and have some fun, these groups are free and open to anyone interested in writing. Call 518-798-1144 for info. If you have a literary/writing event that you'd like listed on our event calendar, please e-mail acw@paulsmiths.edu | |||||||||||
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