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Student News October 26 , 2009 Mihku Paul Anderson’s (S ‘10) one-woman show, Look Twice: The Waponahki in Image & Verse, opened on October 9th at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine. The Abbe is the premiere museum for Native history and culture in Maine, whose collections, exhibitions, and programs focus on Native American traditions in Maine and explore the broader Native American experience, past and present. Look Twice is an ekphrastic installation of historic photographs, original art and poetry designed entirely by the artist and will hang until April 2010; http://www.abbemuseum.org/. The opening reception included a poetry reading by Mihku, taped by the office of Multicultural Affairs at USM. Look for it in the near future on YouTube! Libby Cudmore & Matthew Quinn Martin have received a grant from Poets & Writers to host a lecture/workshop on writing crime fiction. The event will be presented in conjunction with the Green Toad Bookstore and the Briar Creek Noir Art Show. libbycudmore@writing.com Zachary Jernigan’s short story, “Stories Don’t Write Themselves” has been accepted for publication in next month’s Fissure Magazine (http://www.shadowarcherpress.com/fissuremagazine.htm). Matthew Quinn Martin’s short story “Ringside” is currently up at Thrillers, Killers ‘n’ Chillers, and his story “Bloom” has been accepted for publication in the winter edition of JMWW. Laura Williams has received an offer from a romance publisher for her dark Tudor romance, The Devil’s Mistress. Details on the release will be posted by Xenia Navarre on Facebook. October 13 , 2009 Jennifer Marie Brissett’s story "Nasmina's Black Box" with appear in the November 2009 issue of The Future Fire (http://futurefire.net/), a magazine for Social, Political, & Speculative Cyberfiction. Matthew Quinn Martin was a featured reader this past month at NYC's Guerilla Lit Reading Series. In addition, his short story “Chickens,” appears in this month's issue of Thuglit (issue #33). www.matthewquinnmartin.com September 28, 2009 Libby Cudmore's flash piece "Unplanned" (http://thrillskillsnchills.blogspot.com/2009/08/unplanned-by-libby-cudmore.html) won the August Bullet Award at Eastern Standard Crime (http://easternstandardcrime.blogspot.com/2009/09/bullet-awards-august-2009-results.html). Libby Cudmore and Matthew Quinn Martin's collaborative short story "Call for Submission" (which you may remember from their infamous Open Mic Night) will be published in an upcoming issue of BigPulp. libbycudmore@Writing.Com & Elizabeth Garber (CNF) presented with Maine poet Dawn Potter at The Belfast Free Library on September 24 a program called "Poets Writing Memoir." This conversation about how poets turned to prose was followed by a reading from Potter's memoir, Tracing Paradise: Two Years in Harmony with John Milton. and Garber's work in progress, The Architect's Daughter. The Maine Humanities Council recorded the event, which will be published as a podcast on the council's website. Zachary Jernigan’s short story, “All My Ghosts,” has been accepted for publication in Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction #31, due out in October. Matthew Quinn Martin recently secured representation with Barbara Poelle of The Irene Goodman Literary Agency. In addition, his novelette, Hazardous Material, is up at Aphelion Magazine. Alison McMahan, Ph.D., the author of Alice Guy Blach: Lost Visionary of the Cinema (Continuum, 2002), is a contributor to the catalogue for the show Alice Guy Blach: Cinema Pioneer, organized by Joan Simon, with numerous films newly preserved by Kim Tomadjoglou. The exhibition is primarily a film retrospective which will be on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Nov. 6, 2009 & Jan. 24, 2010. The catalogue book launch will happen on Wednesday or Thursday, November 4 or 5, 2009, evening, with catalogue contributors in conversation, at 192 Books, New York. Address: 192 Tenth Avenue at 21st Street, New York. Official publication date is November 9th, 2009. See http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300152500. McMahan has a related article, "The Most Famous Woman You Never Heard Of," appearing in the November issue of the magazine Artforum. There will be a series of related exhibits and events all over New York leading up to the opening of the Whitney Exhibit. You can find all events and McMahan’s blog about Alice Guy Blach, listed at www.lostvisionary.com. Mary Pauer's short story, "Sand Trap." received first place in the 2009 Sally S. Rinard Award for Excellence in Fiction, in the writing contest sponsored by The Delaware Literary Connection. J. Stephen Rhodes' poem, "My Cathedral," was selected by Stephen Dunn as the third place winner in the River Styx International Poetry Contest. Also, sadly, Steve's father, Philip Rhodes, died in Orange City, Florida, on September 12. He was 93. Julie Scharf's essay, "Remnants," is now up at the Bella Online Literary Journal in their fall 2009 issue: http://www.bellaonline.com/review/issues/fall2009/.
September 14, 2009 Cynthia Kraack's first novel, Minnesota Cold, was released September 1 on North Star Press of St. Cloud. First wave launch activities included an interview on KFAI's Write On Radio show, readings at Common Good Books in St. Paul and The Loft Literary Center, and a major party for friends and family. She will be reading and signing books at the Midwest Booksellers Association conference in late September as well as the Twin Cities Book Festival in October. Matthew Quinn Martin’s story, “The Ricochet” is currently up at The Flash Fiction Offensive, and his story, “Dinah” is up at Eastern Standard Crime. In addition, Matthew will be reading his work (including 6 Word Stories) at The Guerilla Lit Reading Series in NYC this September 30th. www.matthewquinnmartin.com Tammy Wilson's story, "The Pink Lady," has won third place in the 2009 Elizabeth Simpson Smith Contest for Short Fiction, sponsored by Charlotte Writers Club. The story was based on a throwaway scene from her novel in progress, Home at the Lincoln Hotel. August 31, 2009 Libby Cudmore's short story "Props" was a 2nd Runner Up for the July Bullet Award at Eastern Standard Crime, who will also be publishing her flash fiction piece, "Last Night" (http://easternstandardcrime.blogspot.com/2009/08/last-night-by-libby-cudmore.html). Additionally, her story "Road Trip" will be published in the September issue of PowderBurnFlash and her essay "Sweet Dreams" is featured in the Starlit section of Elizabeth Searle's Celebrities in Disgrace blog. Her story "Absolution" was published in the Flash Fiction Offensive (http://theflashfictionoffensive.blogspot.com/2009/08/christians-too-messed-up-to-drive-so-i.html). Julie Scharf's creative nonfiction piece (about the infamous sock left behind), “Remnants,” will premier in Mused - The BellaOnline Literary Review's September 22nd online edition. http://www.bellaonline.com/review/. Kevin St.Jarre was recently interviewed in The Aroostook Review. You can find the interview by following this link: http://aroostookreview.umfk.maine.edu/. The link for the interview itself appears near the bottom-right of the page, under Nonfiction. Christopher Allen Varlack’s prose poem, “A Day at the Park” has been selected for future publication in Staccato (http://staccatofiction.com), an online journal dedicated to microfiction, after a long journey searching for an acceptable home.
August 18, 2009 Zachary Jernigan’s story, “The Succession of Knoorikios Khnum” has been accepted for publication in Circlet Press’s Wired Hard 4 – http://www.circlet.com His author chat, which took place on August 14th and 15th, is still up at http://community.livejournal.com/circletpress Kristin LaTour’s chapbook, Blood, is forthcoming from Naked Mannequin Press. Information can be had at the publisher's blog, http://nakedmannekin.blogspot.com/2009/07/blood-poems-by-kristin-latour_30.html. Copies will be available through Kristin at the end of August. Julie Scharf's one-sentence story, "Remnants", appears on the Monkey Bicycle online literary magazine. http://www.monkeybicycle.net/archive/OneSentenceStories/august2009.html
August 03 , 2009 Amy Alvarez's poem "To The Cuttlefish" will be a part of the art exhibit "Spineless Wonders: Invertebrates as Inspiration" at University of Southern Maine's Atrium Art Gallery. This exhibit celebrates 200 years since Charles Darwin's publication of The Origin of Species. The opening with be on September 18th with the show running from September to December of 2009. Libby Cudmore's short story "The PI's Wife" has been accepted for publication in the next issue of Thrilling Detective magazine (http://www.thrillingdetective.com/) and a Twist of Noir posted "Props" as their daily story for July 28th. (http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/07/twist-of-noir-125-libby-cudmore.html Additionally, "Gin for Two" is now online at Inertia Magazine (http://www.inertiamagazine.com/issues/007/) "By Special Request" is at Pulp Pusher (http://www.pulppusher.com/#/lcudmore/4534798334) and "Girl's Night Out: A Tale of Terror" is in the Southern Women's Review http://www.southernwomensreview.com Zachary Jernigan's story "The Bottom of the Sea" will appear in Pax Americana's annual print issue at year's end, and "Honeymoon" will appear in their 12th web issue in September or October. His short story, "The Grass Is Always" has been accepted for late 2010 publication in the print zine Kaleidotrope. Matthew Quinn Martin has a new story, "Bullets Under Glass," up at A Twist of Noir. http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com Laura Williams’ dark Tudor romance, The Devil’s Mistress, has won first place in the Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance category of RWA’s Romance Through the Ages contest. Contest results can be found at: http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/contest.htm June 30 , 2009 Libby Cudmore's short story "Gin for Two" has been accepted for publication in the next issue of Inertia magazine. Her CNF essay, "Sing Your Life" will be published in the September issue of Battered Suitcase. Additionally, her essay "I Am Mr. Right? The Search for the Manic Pixie Dream Guy" is finally online at Pop Matters. Her crime fiction is now ocean-spanning--The UK-based crime site Pulp Pusher is publishing her short story "By Special Request" in their July issue. Elizabeth W. Garber, in the The Republican Journal (Waldo County, Maine newspaper) Best of the Best Readers Poll where readers write in their vote for the best lobster, best pizza, best convenience store, best electrician, best waiter, (you catch the drift of the 50 categories), was voted best Local Writer. Don't ya love Maine small town life! Zachary Jernigan's story "Only For Myself: Japan, 2043" is included in Circlet Press's erotic SF anthology, Up For Grabs. It is for sale on Amazon's Kindle Store and Circlet's site Laura Williams’ dark Tudor romance, The Devil’s Mistress, has been awarded first place in the River City Romance Writers Duel on the Delta Contest. Her contemporary romantic intrigue, The Russian Seduction, was awarded third place in the same contest. Tammy Wilson’s novel excerpt-turned short story, "The Kit 'n' Kaboodle" won first place in the Jesse Stuart Award for Young Adult Fiction at the Mountain Heritage Literary Festival this past weekend. The festival is held each year at Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN. June 15 , 2009 Poet Linda Buckmaster has two poems in the Anniversary issue of Puckerbrush Review and one in the most recent issue of Words and Images from USM. One of her poems will be included in the catalog of the Great Spruce Head Island artists' show at The Courthouse Gallery in Ellsworth. All of the above poems were written during her residency on Great Spruce Head Island in upper Penobscot Bay in 2007 and were Published in her monograph Island Way. June 01 , 2009 Jennifer Brissett’s story "The Executioner" will be the lead story in the upcoming anthology Warrior Wisewoman 2. Libby Cudmore and Matthew Quinn Martin's co-authored short story, "Convention of Exphrasis" has been accepted in Crossing Chaos' anthology Quantum Genre on the Planet of the Arts. Tammy Wilson, who will begin her fiction track at Stonecoast in July, has been invited to present a short story, "Priscilla the Meatpacker," at the Southern Women Writers Conference at Berry College in Rome, GA this September. Her story was previously published in NYU's Epiphany. Tammy lives in Western North Carolina.
May 18 , 2009 Libby Cudmore’s CNF essay, "Girls Night Out: A Tale of Terror" will appear in the inaugural issue of the Southern Women's Review. Jeff Kass has had two poems accepted for publication in Stone's Throw, including "On the Newsweek Photo of Eleven Iraqi Boys Swimming in a Bomb Crater" which was workshopped at the most recent Stonecoast residency. In addition, Jeff has had new stories accepted by Amarillo Bay, Defenestration and Bull Men's Fiction and a flash fiction piece accepted by Hobart. His chapbook of poems How to Rock a Hooded Sweatshirt has also been accepted for publication by New Sins Press, and 450 people attended the debut of his one-man show Wrestle the Great Fear on April 29 at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater in Ann Arbor MI. Finally, just to add an extra layer of cheese, Mayor John Heiftje proclaimed April 29, 2009 "Jeff Kass Day" in the City of Ann Arbor in recognition of Jeff's work as a teacher, writer and organizer of youth literary arts programs. Mihku Paul Anderson was selected as an interview subject for a new documentary produced by the University of New England. She is the first participant from the UNE writer's group to enter an MFA program. The documentary is titled "The Maine Women Writer's Collection: The First 50 Years." The premiere will take place in June, as part of the 50th anniversary MWWC Symposium and is private. A public screening will be held in autumn 2009. Matthew Quinn Martin's story "Command Performance" will be published in issue 103 of Transition Magazine and his flash piece, "Spinning will be included in the June issue of MFA/MFYou http://www.mfamfyou.com/Home_Page.html Linda K. Sienkiewicz won an Honorable Mention for her short story, "Obsessive Possessive," in the Springfed Arts Literary Contest, judged by novelist Jack Driscoll. Also, her one sentence story, "It's Really Over," appears on Monkey Bicycle online. May 04 , 2009 Libby Cudmore’s short story, "Wallflowers on the Dance Floor" will be published in the May issue of Shaking Like a Mountain: http://www.shakinglikeamountain.com/Templates/home.html Hardboiled Magazine just bought her story, "The Carpool" for an upcoming issue, and her piece "Wham's Christmas Condundrum" is still online at Pop Mattershttp://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/72512-whams-christmas-conundrums/ Paula Treick DeBoard recently won second place in Purdue University’s annual Wabash Prize for Fiction, judged by Tobias Wolff. Her short story “Casualties” will appear in the next edition of the Sycamore Review. Joanne Turnbull (2nd semester, Fiction) is a recipient of the USM Alumni Association scholarship. Awards are based on scholarship, motivation, contributions to USM or the community, and experience both inside and outside the classroom. Started in 1996, the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund awards up to six scholarships annually in the amount of $1500. Applicants must either be a USM graduate or the relative of a USM graduate. Joanne’s new husband (as of March 27th), H. Michael Alpren, graduated from USM’s program in Counselor Education. Joanne’s short story, “Last Respects,” has been accepted for publication in the Southern Women's Review. Laura Williams is a double finalist in the RWA River City Romance Writers “Duel on the Delta” contest. Her contemporary romantic suspense The Russian Seduction finalled in the mystery/suspense category, to be judged by an editor from Silhouette. Her dark Tudor romance The Devil’s Mistress finalled in the historical category, to be judged by an editor from Samhain Publishing. April 07 , 2009 Elizabeth W. Garber's chapter "Stones," from her unfinished Memoir of an Architect's Daughter, won the Maine Writer's and Publishers Alliance 2009 Literary Award for unpublished non-fiction. The Award Ceremony for this years Literary Awards will be on Wednesday, April 22 at 7 p.m., at the Glickman Family Library on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine. Poems from Jeff Kass were recently accepted or are forthcoming at The Smoking Poet http://www.thesmokingpoet.net/id7.html, Thirteen Mynah Birds, and Barnwood and his short story “Mylar Man” is currently featured @ Bullmensfiction.com. In addition, you can catch the Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam team Jeff coaches during the upcoming Brave New Voices documentary series on HBO beginning Sunday night April 5th @ 11pm. The Ann Arbor squad is featured primarily in episodes #'s 2 and 3 which air on 4/12 and 4/19 respectively. Jeff's one-man show, Wrestle the Great Fear will debut on Weds. April 29th @ the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater in Ann Arbor. Deep in the snowy woods of eastern Maine, Robert Malloy and his partner Jennifer welcomed a beautiful baby girl to the world on February 11th; Sophia Amandine weighed 8.5 lbs. and was 20 and a quarter inches long; her first and middle name translate to "wise little almond" and that she is; mother, father, and baby girl are resting and recuperating after a challenging but ultimately rewarding home birth. Michelle Soucy’s flash fiction story “Exposed” will appear in the May 2009 issue of Bryant Literary Review. http://web.bryant.edu/~blr/ Laura Williams has recently finalled in the Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart contest, which is the organization’s largest and best-known national contest for unpublished romance writers. Her manuscript, The Devil’s Virtue, is a Dark Crusader Romance about a disgraced Muslim knight on a quest for redemption. Laura has also accepted an offer of representation from JD DeWitt at The View Literary Agency. More information is available at http://www.XeniaNavarre.com March 23, 2009 Libby Cudmore’s essay "I Am Mr. Right? The Search for the Manic Pixie Dream Guy" will appear in an upcoming issue of Pop Matters online popmatters.com. She also sold a piece titled "Homeless and Undercover" to True Confessions magazine. March 09, 2009 Jeff Kass has contracted with Dzanc Books to publish his collection of short stories Knuckleheads www.dzancbooks.org. In addition, his poem "Build" has been accepted for publication by Anderbo and will appear on their web site beginning on March 10th www.anderbo.com. Jeff will also release a new genre-bending project – a chapbook of 4 poems illustrated in comc-book style by a talented art student @ U-M named Page Redford, called Falling Faithless: A Graphic Poetica – on Wednesday, March 4th with a reading at Shaman Drum Bookshop in Ann Arbor www.shamandrum.com. Finally, Jeff will be recognized by Spectrum Prevention Services on April 7th as a Toast-of-the-Town honoree for his work with helping teengers to develop their writing talents. February 23, 2009 Will Ludwigsen sold "Remembrance is Something Like a House," workshopped in the 2009 residency, to the Interfictions II anthology. He also sold "The Speed of Dreams" to Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine. February 10, 2009 Ben Burgis’s story,"Sing, Goddess, Sing Me To The Stars" was published in Flytrap #10. http://www.tropismpress.com/flytrap.html Liars' League, www.liarsleague.com, has accepted Helen Silverstein’s short story "Preacherwife." This short story will be read in London on February 10, 2009 and will be available as a podcast. This story was submitted for the theme "His & Hers." 34thParallel.net accepted her flash fiction story "Speed of Light" for their on-line edition and requested a short story for their print edition. 34thParallel.net also accepted her short story "Stella" for their print edition. Haruah: Breath of Heaven, www.huaruah.com, accepted the flash fiction story "Dandelion wishes" for their on-line and print edition. December 22 , 2008 Taryn Bowe's short story "Glass" will appear in the next issue of the Beloit Fiction Journal, due out this spring. November 24, 2008 Helen Silverstein’s flash fiction piece entitled "Speed of Light" was accepted by the online journal 34th@parallell, They have also requested a longer piece for consideration in their print journal. November 10, 2008 October 27, 2008 Kevin St. Jarre's article "They Knew Calculus When They Left" appeared in the October 2008 issue of Phi Delta Kappan magazine. October 14, 2008 August 4, 2008
Taryn Bowe's short story "Outside the Range of Danger" will appear in the next issue of Redivider, due out this fall.
Cynthia Kraack's first novel, "Minnesota Cold" will be published by North Star Press in August 2009. Alison McMahan has an almost-finished version of her documentary about landmine survivors in Cambodia, BARE HANDS AND WOODEN LIMBS, (www.BareHandsWoodenLimbs.com) on the Film festival circuit. The big news is that Sam Waterston (star of THE KILLING FIELDS) has agreed to do the voice over for the finished film!!! July 21, 2008
Carol Berg's poem "To The Word Wife" is up at The Sylvan Echo. http://sylvanecho.net/ Her poem "On Receiving Burpee’s Seed Catalogue in the Mail This January Morning" has been accepted at Tattoo Highway 17. www.tattoohighway.org/ And "Pink Camellia" will be included in the Ekphrastic issue of The Hiss Quarterly, publication date August 1.
June 23, 2008
Michaela Roessner-Herman, writing under her pen name Michaela Roessner, has sold "The Klepsydra" -- a chapter from her bestiary -- to the Polyphony 7 anthology of experimental literature, published by Wheatland Press. She'd like to thank Jim Kelly and all of her Stonecoast classmates who workshopped the piece two semesters ago. Her short story "Horse Year Women," originally published in the Jan., 2006 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, has been included in a French edition anthology of stories from F&SF. To add to the thrill, she's not the only Roessner included in the anthology. A reprint of the one story her grandfather Elmer Roessner (a newsman and short story writer) had sold to F&SF back in the 1960s, "The Dragon of Somerset Street," was also included.
Linda Sienkiewicz has a poem and seven pages of artwork published in the Summer 08 Graffiti issue of East to West. One section of the journal has short poems written as graffiti, not only brick walls, but also places such as a woman's back, stacked coffee cups, in the snow, and on George W. Bush. There are also full color prints appearing next to longer poems East to West is available as a FREE download at http://www.geocities.com/pj_nights/summer08.html May 12, 2008
Jeff Kass' story "On the Case" was selected as an Editor's Choice for the 2008 E.M. Koeppel Short Fiction Award @ www.Writecornerpress.com. In addition, the program he directs – The VOLUME Youth Poetry Project - will be featured in a documentary about the youth spoken word movement set to air on HBO in January 2009.
Christopher Varlack’s poem "Friday Night Vigils" won second place in the Dylan Days contest, a contest in honor of Bob Dylan, and so it will be published in their literary journal, Talkin' Blues, The contest website is http://www.dylandays.com/writers.htm, but not all of the information has been updated yet. His first book, The Lyre Player: A Portable Writer's Guide has been accepted for publication by Apprentice House. The book is a guide to various poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and scriptwriting forms important for young writers to experiment as they begin their journeys as writers. If everything continues uninterrupted, the book should be available for purchase sometime before Christmas or early next year. April 14, 2008
Ann Rosenquist Fee performed her short story "Annunciation of the Baby Jesus One Block North of Riverfront Drive" at Form+Content Gallery in Minneapolis on April 5 in conjunction with a show by Minneapolis painter Jim Dryden. An article by Lisa Romeo, "Is an MFA a Boost to a Freelance Career" is running on Mediabistro.com. (If there's a paywall at the site and you'd like a copy, email Lisa. More Q&As on the topic, with writers, editors, agents, faculty, are at her blog.)
March 31, 2008 Lisa Romeo's essay, "Who Was That Super Couple?" appeared on the New Jersey Monthly Magazine website just prior to the Super Bowl. Her essay, "Reading What I Want to In New Jersey," was featured at Women Who Love to Read. Another essay, "Depression Era Quilt" has been accepted for a 2009 issue of Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion magazine. March 17, 2008 Mike Beeman has recently begun reviewing books for Publisher’s Weekly. His first review is available at the website now, www.publishersweekly.com, and he is currently working on his second book. Carol Berg's poem "Mother" has been accepted for publication in The Journal of the Association of Mothering, special issue on Carework and Caregiving. Janell Oliver’s essay, "The Hope Center" will be published in the April 12th edition of The Thoroughbred Times, a horse racing magazine that circulates on a national level. March 3, 2008
Linda Sienkiewicz’s poems “Security” and “Bomb Shelter Drill” have been accepted for publication by Free Verse, and my poetry chapbook manuscript “Device” was a semi-finalist in the 2008 Black River Chapbook Contest by Black Lawrence Press. Also, as an artist, my mixed media art will soon be appearing in Tar Wolf Review. lindakays@comcast.net February 18, 2008 On February 23, Susan Lilley will be among six Florida poets reading at the Kerouac Festival on the campus of Valencia Community College (Orlando) along with "headliner" Billy Collins. David Sloan has recently published his book, Life Lessons: Reaching Teenagers Through Literature. It is available online at awsna.org (published by the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America), as is a previous book on teaching drama called Stages of Imagination: Working Dramatically with Adolescents. Both should also be available online soon from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. January 22, 2008 Jackie Ernst's flash fiction piece, "The Gift of Self-Destruction" has been accepted for publication by SLAB (Sound and Literary Art Book) literary magazine. It will appear in the April 2008 issue.
Elizabeth Garber’s poem, “The Tow TruckDriver’s Story”, was featured in the December 13th episode of The Writer’s Almanac. Michaela Roessner-Herman's bestiary chapterm "The Klepsydra," written under her pen name Michaela Roessner, was a finalist for the 2007 Calvino Prize. The Calvino Prize is awarded to experimental fiction written in the spirit of Itlalian author Italo Calvino. Lisa Romeo's essay, "Santa? Don't be Silly, but still..." was published in the New York Times on December 23, in the Generations column. Her humor piece, "How to write the Holiday Letter" appeared inthe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on December 19 in the Life Support Column. Jessica Takach has received a $1,700 Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation grant to travel to Hungary next fall to complete her novel. December 10, 2007 Christine Tierney’s poem “The Darker" was nominated by the editorial staff at PMS magazine for a Pushcart Prize. ctierneybp@yahoo.com Christopher Watkins' poem "The University Of Iowa Sunset Village Quonset Hut Haiku Blues" has been accepted for publication by Hayden's Ferry Review. writing@preacherboy.com |
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