Free PoetryValentine E-Card
This Valentine's Day, spread some love with a free e-card from Knopf, featuring poems from
If There is Something to Desire, the new collection from Russian poet Vera Pavlova and her husband and translator Steven Seymour.
http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/ecards/valentine2010/index.html
Christian Market Group Meets Tuesday, February 16, 6-8 p.m.
Join moderator Marcia Swearingen at Tower Room 405, First Presbyterian Church, 554 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga. (For those who are new, there is parking behind the church. You can come in the rear entrance--three black doors at the Connector--and the security guard will direct you to the elevator.) If you plan to read from your inspirational work, please email Marcia at mswearingen@comcast.net .
Beginners Basics: Publishing in the Christian Market
Thursday, March 11, 2010
4:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Bradley Baptist Association, Cleveland, TN
Led by Lettie Kirkpatrick Burress
This class will introduce writers to the how-to's of getting published in inspirational magazines and periodicals. Instructor has been published in
Discipleship Journal, Focus On The Family Magazine, Today's Christian Woman, Christian Parenting Today, and many more.
Course cost of $55 per person includes supper and materials. Please call for more information or to pre-register (423) 479-2063.
Please visit website at www.WritingForHim.com .
Member Receives Poetry Award Nomination
John Mannone has been nominated for the Rhysling Poetry Award for his work,
"Layers of Man." Poets appearing in past Rhysling anthologies (a collection of speculative fiction from which
nominees are chosen) include:
Isaac Asimov, Margaret Atwood, Diane Ackerman, Alan P. Lightman, and Ray Bradbury.
Here is the link to the poem. Scroll down to the last one.
The poem was selected on its own merit, but was inspired by the accompanying art of paint and charcoal.
http://www.liquid-imagination.com/Issue4/CollabIssue4.html/
Young Writers' Short Story Competition Offers Awards of up to $10,000
Deadline: March 1, 2010 Postmark
The National Society of Arts and Letters invites young writers 18 to 33 years of age to participate in its 2010 Short Story Competition which will take place in Clearwater, Florida on May 21, 2010. Contestants must not have reached the age of 33 on the date of the competition and must first compete at the Chapter level.
For further details, including how to enter, go to www.arts-NSAL.org and/or email Loretta Brown of the Birmingham chapter: Rhettvgb@aol.com.
Chattanooga Artists Collaborate, Send Love and Relief to Haiti Through Music, Dance, Spoken Word, and Poetry
On Feb. 20 the Urban League Young Professionals Association, The Creative Underground, Lindsay Street Hall and CreateHere, will host To Haiti With Love, a benefit concert to raise money for the relief effort in Haiti. Money raised will go to Chattanooga Red Cross. The event will be held at Lindsay Street Hall from 7 p.m. till midnight. Tickets will be available at the door and cost $10. Artists hope to raise $5,000.
Places You Can Have Your Book Reviewed
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Quote--Love Songs
You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs.
But I look around me and I see it isn't so.
Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs.
And what's wrong with that?
--Paul and Linda McCartney
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