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10am til 12:30pm Grind Gallery Caf
4124 Main Street at King Edward Ave. In the back room
Thanks to Mr & Mrs Kim, the Grind owners, for allowing us
meet in their Back Room for the last six years - and for their
support of the arts in general they provide gallery space to many
local artists.
Please buy something while youre there to support the Grind
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Grind Writers
2013 meetings
schedule
3 BC writers autonomous fan region: Grind Writers book published
in UK
4 Proud moment for Lee Edward Fodi
4 Germs Yoko Ono BC Book Gala
4 New audio (podcast) mag
5 Submit. (you know you want to)
7 Kisses and Popsicles
8 Joanhow we gonna keep her down on the farm?
8 Word on the Lake
8 Best Lil Book Club in Vancouver:
10 Write in one of the most exotic places on earth
11 Free-write picture prompt: Cmon, just do it!
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A for every typo or blooper you find. Enjoy.
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TOP 10 CREATIVE WRITING BLOGS FOR WRITERS here.
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Grind Writers Elizabeth McLeans short story collection published
by Impress in the U.K.
History explains what hapend in the page. Imagining Vietnam
shows us what it was like to live in past times. Eight
dramatic
stories, spanning the last 1000 of Vietnams history show us
the
preariousness of life across the millennium.
From Hanh, a 13thC. warrior, who fights the Mongol invaders
while
his wives and motehr suffer the waiting at home in The
Mongolian
State to Hien, a teenage concubine who in the 1850s writes
lyrical poetry hoping it will pave her way to the Emperors
Chamber
(in The Brilliant Speck of Yellow and the Fourth Son),
Elizabeth
McLeans characters draw us into their grand ambiditons,
clever
schemes, tragic blunders, and stunning victories.
Woven against the rich tapestry of rites and observances of
Asia,
these deftly crafted stories form a triumphant debut from an
author with a superb gift for storytelling.
Elizabeth McLean spent six years teaching and consulting in
Hanoi.
Fasinating with Vietnams history and curiosity about the lives
of
men and women in the Confucian culture drove her to writing
Imagining Vietnam. She now lives and writes in Vancouver.
More info & ordering: http://www.impress-books.co.uk/
Were invited Elizabeth to read from her book at an
upcoming Grind Writers meeting.
Impress Book Publishing Prize (U.K.) Deadline to submit: June
17, 2013 The prize is in its 7
th year and its aim is to find
exciting new, unpublished writing talent. The winner will
receive a publishing contract from Impress Books and will be chosen
from a shortlist by a panel of judges working in the book industry.
Entries are now being accepted for the 2013 prize. Submission info
here.
BC BOOKS
autonomous
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BC BOOK PRIZES GALA
Grant Lawrence will host this year's Lieutenant Governor's BC
Book Prizes Gala on May 4
Proud moment for our L.E.F.
BC childrens writer LEE EDWARD FODI blogs:
Kendra Kandlestar arrives in China In Kendra Kandlestar, Writing
| Tags: Chinese editions, kendra kandlestar
Today I received a wonderful
package from overseasthe copies
of the Kendra Kandlestar books in
their Chinese editions. You cant
see it here, but the covers feature
an embossed title and a French
flap. I have NO idea how they
translated Trooogul, Uncle
Griffinskitch, Oki, and some of the
other character names!
LEF
The Elder Project(s)
Sooke poet helps students put into poetry what they learn from
elders. Article here.
Novel writing: The germ of an idea By Sophie Cooke
She says go with those inspirationsand write it.
Maybe you saw something, somewhere in the street, on your
travels, at work or in a bar or on TV and the image in this memory
has always stuck with you. Maybe there's this picture that for some
reason bothers you, excites you, won't lie down and be quiet.
Rest of article here
Yoko Ono publishes poetry sequel 50 years after first book
Acorn, according to publisher OR Books, is an extension of the
'intricate strands'
Ono first wove in Grapefruit, published in 1964.
Rest of story here.
NEW ONLINE AUDIO (PODCAST) MAG www.fourthirtythree.com
Fourthirtythree is a new audio magazine. We'll be
broadcasting and podcasting short stories of around
five minutes (up to 1,000 words), written and read
by some of the best contemporary writers.
We're looking for edgy, engaging stories about
modern life - stories which work well when read
aloud.
If you'd like to submit, or join our mailing list, or
have any questions, or anything else really, just
email us: [email protected]
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Submit. you know you want to
Contests and calls for submissions
Contests Contest The Antigonish Reviews 2013 Writing Contests
$2400 in prizes! * The Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize deadline May
31, 2013 * The Great Blue Heron Poetry contest deadline June 30,
2013 Please read the submission rules here.
Calls for submissions listed by deadline date Call for
submissions Superheroes Deadline May 15 Minor Arcana Press
currently welcomes submissions of poems related to superheroes and
superhero mythology for a new anthology titled Drawn to Marvel.
Deadline for submissions: May 15. The anthology is edited by Bryan
D. Dietrich and Marta Ferguson. Please send poems with the subject
Super Poems to [email protected]. Call for submissions
Deadline May 31, 2013 for a special The Human Face of
Sustainability issue, Creative Nonfiction and ASUs Global Institute
of Sustainability are looking for nonfiction that illuminates
environmental, economic, ethical and/or social challenges related
to the state of the planet and our future. $10,000 for best essay.
Review the guidelines here. Roundup of poetry contests here. Call
for submissions Reading period to May 31st Arroyo Literary
Review
An award-winning national magazine with a West Coast
orientation. We are seeking fiction, flash fiction, poetry, essays,
and translation for our 6th issue. No email submissions. Please see
our website for submission guidelines:
www.arroyoliteraryreview.com. Call for submissions Literary Review
of Canada (LRC) Submissions beginning May 1, 2013 for publication
July/AugDec 2013 For 2013, each issue will feature poems that share
a common form or theme. (Jan-May issues already called out). During
the months devoted to a given form, the subjects will vary, and
vice versa. As always, we welcome unsolicited, unpublished,
original submissions, provided that they fit one of the categories
outlined. Here is the remainder of the 2013 publication calendar to
help guide submissions:
July/August: ekphrastic poetry, i.e. pieces inspired by other
art forms (visual, film, music, etc.)
September: prose poems October: poems inspired by family
November: ghazals December: poems inspired by food
Please include the month in which you would like your work to be
read in the subject line of any emailed submissions. For more
information, check out our full submissions guidelines here.
Call for submissions Reading JanuaryJune 1, 2013 The Marie
Alexander Series seeks submissions for an anthology of flash
sequences. Send up to 10 pages (double-spaced, 12 pt. type, 1-inch
margins) of prose sequences, each segment of which contains fewer
than 500 words. Send PDF files, with cover letter, to Wesley
Fairman ([email protected]), with anthology
submission in the subject line. Previously published material OK.
Put name and e-mail on all documents. We will accept submissions
January 1June 1. Read all the info here.
The 2013 Cherry Blossom Haiku
Festival
Check here for info on haikus, tips on writing them, and
Vancouvers
own Cherry Blossom Festival.
Submissions began March 1st and continue to June 3rd
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LITERARY MAGAZINES
LISTINGS FOR EVERY TYPE OF LITERARY MAGAZINE
Call for submissions Deadline: July 15 Wising Up Press/Universal
Table Seeks submissions for a Wising Up anthology, I-THOU IN AN
UP-DOWN WORLD: Lasting Friendships Across Deep Divides. Poetry,
fiction, memoir and creative nonfiction on the theme of maintaining
genuine friendship across deep difference and/or disparity. Full
description and guidelines here. Call for submissions Deadline:
October 1 The Chattahoochee Review: Animals. Inventive or classic
variations of the animal theme welcome. Send relevant fiction,
poetry, and nonfiction. Please note call for submissions in cover
letter. Online submissions now available: at:
http://thechattahoocheereview.gpc.edu Call for submissions No
deadline as at Jan 2013. Two-Countries: Daughters and Sons of
Immigrant Parents seeks poems, essays and flash memoir. For
details, please go to this link.
Ongoing calls Call for submissions Are you over 60? - Wit and
Wisdom of the Sages Have insightful stories youd like to share with
your grand-children? Great Depression/ WW2/ Vietnam era? Seeking
narratives up to 3,500 words. Send manuscripts, or for guidelines
email [email protected]. Call for submissions Poetic responses to
Quentin Tarantino For a summer of 2013 print anthology around the
films of Quentin Tarantino. We're looking for poetic responses to
his work. We'll lean towards egocentric voices with a colorful
range of references. We welcome contributions from writers outside
the U.S. Review the details here. Call for submissions 1966 - An
online journal of creative nonfiction, seeks pieces of literary
nonfiction with a research componentanything from immersion memoir
to nature writing to reportage to travel writing to? For submission
guidelines: www.1966journal.org. Ongoing call for submissions
Anderbo.com -- Best New Online Literary Journal -- publishes
writers in fiction, fact (creative nonfiction), and poetry. Were
always looking for new voices. Well also consider nonfiction
features, short memoirs, novellas, published-book excerpts,
photography, essays, and photo essays. Now in our 9th year! For
submission information and guidelines, visit www.anderbo.com.
Changes in Life A monthly online newsletter is seeking personal
essays from women of all ages. New writers are encouraged to submit
their work. For details and submission guidelines, see
www.changesinlife.com. Call for submissions ongoing The Evening
Street Review The ESR is centered on the belief that all men and
women are created equal. Reads poetry/prose submissions year-round.
Replies in 3 months or less. Sometimes includes comments. Send 46
poems or 12 prose pieces. 7652 Sawmill Rd., #352, Dublin, OH 43016
or [email protected]. For contests and guidelines
visit: www.eveningstreetpress.com. Call for submissions Got a poem?
Submit any subject, any style, any length, any number, any time by
e-mail or by mail with SASE. Previously published poems and
simultaneous submissions are welcome. The Great American Poetry
Show, P.O. Box 69506, West Hollywood, CA 90069. Email:
[email protected]. Website: www.tgaps.net (Caveat emptor check it out)
Geist Emerging Writer-of-the-Month Emerging writers are invited to
submit short written works online. Read FAQ.
Call for submissions open dates Subterranean Blue Poetry
Subterranean Blue Poetry is an Internet Poetry and Art Publishing
Caf. We thrive on new original words and New Age art. All poets and
their poetry are welcome and we are especially looking for
homegrown poets from the Canadian first nations/American Indian
Community; Quebec; small town Canada; international poets and
anyone who was ever considered the other. New Age art offerings are
for the masthead of each issue. Read all info here. The Quotable
This online magazine wants writer-readers to submit stories based
on their monthly prompts. Info here.
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The Kisses &
Popsicles
Spring Poetry
Contest Info here Deadline May 15
Regime magazine - Short stories, poetry& performance
writing. Not only do they want your work but they offer that you
can tack $20 on your submission and theyll send you back a detailed
one-page critique. Note: do your due diligence. Read it all
carefully. Full submission info here. Calling all poets! Coastal
Spectator A new arts-based review and commentary site operating
independently out of the U. Vic. We want to publish, on our home
site, one new poem each week for a year, so if you have a new piece
of work -- that is a haiku or up to 25 lines long -- do submit. We
can pay $25 for each poem published, and once its week on the site
is over, it will be placed in a poetry archive onsite. We see it as
a new way to introduce new or pending books of Canadian poetry. By
"new" we mean book published in 2012. If you've just signed a
poetry deal, then this is a good way to let the world know. Read
all about it here. Call for submissions New multimedia journal 5
OVER 4. New multimedia journal seeks cross-genre work made by
jazzy, creative people who embrace the unknown. Poetry videos,
multi-media sculpture, hand-stitched book art, JPEGs collaged with
audio, sound poems via video chat, interactive projects. Live and
online events. Website: 5over4.blogspot.com, E-mail Monique
Avakian: [email protected].
Nelson Literary Agencys agents enewsletter you can subscribe to
here.
Note that Nelson usually sends Kristin to the Surrey
International Writers Conference here, and if you attend you may
have an opportunity to pitch your book.
Hello, we are a publication called Sallow and are currently
reaching out for submissions of almost any kind of creative or
academic writing. We would really appreciate if the message below
was somehow distributed among your mailing list. If possible, we
would love to know that you've received our email and have spread
the word. Thank you. We've also made this and this for further
updates. The Editors - Stefana Fratila & Max Addington
We are accepting submissions for a three-part literary
publication called Sallow.
Rather than slot text into predetermined boxes of various sizes,
we're going to let the content shape the project. In other words,
there is no premeditated theme. Email us fiction, non-fiction,
poetry, plays, scripts, essays, articles, angry letters or
whatever, as long as you think it's worth reading. Length is up to
you.
Our intention is to shed some light on the creative expression
we know to be happening but is for some reason squirreled away in
notebooks and hard drives and the murky confines of the mind. We
want to get people going, and our editors will work with you to
properly dial in your words.
All submissions will be read blind; that is, when reading your
submission, we won't be aware of your name or any of the acclaim or
lack of acclaim associated with it. It's a clean slate, open to a
range of approaches experimental, formal, poetic, scientific,
whatever. Obviously not all submissions will make it into print,
but all will be read and responded to. Once we receive your work,
we will let you know we have received it. But give us some time
(two months) to read and respond to you in depth. If antsy, by all
means send an email to see what is taking so long. If you are
interested in participating in other ways, do let us know.
Deadline for submissions: May 15th 2013. Send your work to:
[email protected]. Read the guidelines:
http://sallowpublication.tumblr.com/
SALLOW
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http://nelsonagency.com/
Best Lil Book Club in Vancouver:
BOOK TALKS 2nd Wednesday of the month 6:30 8:30 pm Presented by
Pandoras Collective and Britannia Branch Library (and held therein
the Gallery Room, 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver) Join us for Book
Talks book club where we discuss a preselected book each month,
with the occasional session reserved for a discussion on a theme.
Bring your favourite passages, points of interests, and share your
reading experiences with us. Each person is responsible for either
borrowing or buying their own copy to read. This is an open book
club. Drop-ins are welcome.
May 8 - Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel by Jonathan Safran
Foer
June 12- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion July 10 -
Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami Aug 14 - A History of Reading
by Alberto Manguel Sept 11 - My Antonia by Willa Cather Oct 9 -
Clouded Leopard by Wade Davis Nov 13th - Notes from Underground by
Fyodor
Dostoevsky Dec 11 - Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside
Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill
Jan 8, 2014 - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick
Suskind
Feb 12 Books We Love - Book Recommendation Night March 12 - Love
in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia
Marquez
Hosts: Mary Duffy and Sita Carboni More info:
[email protected] or www.pandorascollective.com
How we gonna keep her down on the farm? Grind Writer Joan Boxall
is a mistress of many talents - one being singing. Check her out in
this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF-_v2t9Ra4 (shes in
the front row on the left then 4th from the left in that group)
with these sexy babes from Pandora's Vox. Joan's been with them
most of their 25-year history. She says she'd "love it if you could
come hear/see/be inspired by all the great Canadian
poets/songwriters/composers when
Pandora's Vox and Espiritu Vocal Ensemble present: A Canadian
Musical Feast - a celebration of Canadian composers and
songwriters, featuring works by Leonard Cohen, Stan Rogers, Gordon
Lightfoot, Stompin' Tom Connors, Rupert Lang and more. Guests
Vancouver Children's Choir and CatchingART Contemporary Ballet
Theatre. -- Sat., May 4 - 8pm, Kay Meek Centre, West Van - $28/$24
- Tickets: 604- 981-6335 -- Sun., May 5 - 4pm, Christ Church
Cathedral, Vancouver $22/$18/ $10 kids 12 & under - Tickets:
604-922-2513 More info: www.pandorasvox.ca
Listen to Joans latest podcast poem, Sand Castles. - Hydraulic
fracturing (fracking) risks futures. Will our thirst for oil and
LNG be our elegy? Find out what's going on under our feet. Listen
here.
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11th Annual Lush Triumphant Literary Awards Competition
Now open for submissions.
The Competition awards cash prizes and publication:
3 categories
3 cash prizes
one deadline:
May 15, 2013
Read the guidelines here.
Deadline: October 13, 2013
CV2 magazine has created a new
poetry contest exclusively for writers under the age of 35. The
YOUNG BUCK poetry prize will be awarded to the author of the single
best submitted poem, along with $1000 and publication in CV2. Three
honourable mentions will also be awarded, each with a unique
Writers Toolkit prize pack.
Guidelines here.
(included, continued): All meals and non-alcoholic drinks All
excursions and sites - Tips and gratuities
The cost does not include: Indian visa, cancellation or health
insurance.
* Airfare increases to India, depending on an unexpected rise in
fuel or taxes, could cause a slight increase to the overall
cost
** Hotels will be comfortable but basic in order to allow
participants to not feel disconnected from the earthy, lived
reality of India that they will be in contact with. Three to five
star hotels detract from being in the real India. Photos/websites
for all hotels available on request.
Because of the nature and design of this adventure in India,
several pre-trip Skype conferencing sessions will be held with all
participants in order to prepare them and to answer questions about
this best, exotic marigold adventure the real thing.
More info: www.touchearthtravels.com
Writing in India --- continued from page 10
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Write in one of the most
exotic places on Earth
Touch Earth Travels announces:
Ink under the Ganges River:
A writers adventure 16
days in India
Nov 16Dec 4, 2013 or Jan 624, 2014
Workshop your writing in one of the most stimulating and
evocative settings on Earth. This is an experience designed
specifically for writers.
Combine your craft with an unforgettable, even better exotic
marigold adventure, with participating writers from all over BC.
Itinerary: Delhi - 2 days -Mahatma Gandhi's assassination site -The
largest Sikh temple in Delhi and largest mosque in India - India
Gate, Raj Path, the presidential palace - plus several other
excursions
Rajasthan - 4 days -Jodhpur - the blue city and Meherangarh Fort
-Camel trek in the Thar Desert -Udaipur -Lake Pichola and the
Jagdish Temple -Special presentation of traditional Rajasthani
music
Varanasi - 7 days -Ganges River boat excursion -Elaborate
ceremonies in India's holiest city -Sarnath - one of Buddhism's
four holiest sites -Exclusive concert of classical Indian music -
sitar, tabla, harmonium, katak dance -Leper colony, rural village
visit and other excursions
Shes right. Do you have some recurring topics you need to write
about?
The Lure of a Recurring Topic
The Lure of a Recurring Topic by Lauren Camp.
My poem in this issue of The Quotable is not the first about my
mother. Or the second, or third. Its about the gazillionth. No
kidding. My mom died and I wrote about grief and loss, and all the
normal stuff a person tries to process [...]
Agra - 2 days -Taj Mahal -Agra Fort and cycle rickshaw tour
Delhi - 1 day -Lotus Temple, Humayuns tomb
Throughout the itinerary, participants will partake in scheduled
group workshops, specific writing exercises, guided exercises on
mindfulness and awareness expansion, and of course, private
occasions for writing.
Note: There are only 16 spaces available book early to guarantee
a place.
Tour Guide: Mike Donaldson owner/operator of Touch Earth
Travels; leader of student and adult tours to India; also a poet
with publications in several literary journals.
Writing Guide: Calvin White We Run Faster with the Deer,
Turnstone Press (poetry); the Secret Life of Teenagers, The Key
Publishing Company (non-fiction); over 80 essays printed in all
Canada's leading daily newspapers; short fiction in several
Canadian literary journals.
The students from our school district who went on the 3
different trips that Mike Donaldson of Touch Earth Travels led
really grew from the deep and meaningful experience. His knowledge
and experience were the key to these wonderful adventures. --Glenn
Borthistle, Superintendent, School District 83, North Okanagan
Shuswap.
Total cost of the journey: $3600 (possible to pay in deposits of
$1200)
This includes: Flight to and from India* 2 internal flights in
India 2 train journeys 1 bus trip, plus any additional local
transport All accommodation in India double occupancy**
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The Grind Writers News
2013 Margo Lamont
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previous issues: http://issuu.com/grindwriters/docs
Free-writes: easy rule
Write what comes to mind when you look at the photo: what does
it evoke for you?
Dont think just start writing. Write for 15 minutes by a timer.
Dont stop. Dont go back (you can edit later). Write whatever comes
to mind. Whatever it is, just keep going. See where it
goes .... Bring your output to the next Grind Writers.
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free-write photo prompt: Write about all the pets youve had, how
they came to live with you, what happened to them.
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