Young Writers Association (YWA) is taking submissions for its 2012 creative writing contest MANY VOICINGS: IN TRANSLATION. Many cultures or many voices make up our community.  Our multi/trans cultural traditions and languages are a rich creative source for writers.

• Open to ages 5 and up (including adults) who are residents of Lane County

• Entries can be up to 600 words

• See www.ywalane.org for full guidelines or contact 541/485-2259 or ywalouisa@aol.com

• Possible inspirations: starting January 3rd, writing samples and literary examples will be added to the website: www.ywalane.org

• Send submissions to YWA Contest, PO Box 51538, Eugene, OR 97405 or email ywalouisa@aol.com

• Postmark deadline February 1, 2012.  Winners notified by March 7, 2012.

Winners receive prizes from local businesses and a workshop with bi-lingual, award-winning author Gary Soto. Winners also read at the YWA Glitterary Word Festival on April 28, in the Eugene Public Library and are published in YWA’s creative writing journal, UpStarts.

Since 1994, YWA has stirred up literary play in youth and community. A nonprofit organization, YWA provides Lane County elementary through high school students with interactive, literature-based experiences in workshops, publications, camps, classrooms, and in intergenerational settings. More information is available at www.ywalane.org.

Young Writers Association ~ POB 51538, Eugene, OR 97405 ~ 541/485-2259 ywalouisa@aol.com ~ www.ywalane.org

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Donate by 12/31 to claim 2011 tax deductions & tax credit: www.ywalane.org

Sharon Lask Munson’s full-length book of poems, That Certain Blue, is just out from Blue Light Press.  It is available on Amazon.com, 1st World Publishing, or from Sharon. www.sharonlaskmunson.com

Sharon Lask Munson, Charles F. Thielman, Quinton Hallett, and Toni Hanner have poems in Issue 21 of Tiger’s Eye, just out.

http://www.tigerseyejournal.com/

My poem “Lathrymus Maritimus:Beach Peas” has been published in the current edition of Conversations Across Borders, an online magazine that charges two dollars per poem or story, but donates all the contributions to literacy-related programs.

http://www.conversationsacrossborders.org/

Laura LeHew says, please check out Uttered Chaos for new interviews with:

Catherine McGuire, Palimpsests, http://www.utteredchaos.org/images/CM-interview.pdf
Joy L. McDowell, Diesel Horse, http://www.utteredchaos.org/images/JM-interview.pdf
Sharon Lask Munson, Stillness Settles Down the Lane, http://www.utteredchaos.org/images/SLM-interview.pdf

A CORRECTED CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: FAULT LINES POETRY

You may already have recently received this Call for Submissions to the new upcoming Spring 2012 poetry publication of West Coast poets: Fault Lines Poetry. Regrettably, the “faultlinespoetry.org site”, along with the webpage, had serious glitches to it, so that many poets had difficulty submitting their poems.  I am so sorry for the problem and it will not happen again.  I am glad to report that we have fully corrected this aggravating mistake.

We now have a totally new website with a “.com “ address.  Poets have responded by telling me it is exceptionally easy to put up their poem submissions.

PLEASE TRY AGAIN !!!  The poems we have received have been extraordinary, beyond our wildest dreams.  If you have not yet submitted, then please do so at our new, poet-friendly website.  If you asked your poet friends to submit, please send them this information so they can resubmit. You may submit your poems on the new website at:

WWW.FAULTLINESPOETRY.COM

If you have already submitted to the old .org website, please resubmit to the new one.    Or you may contact me at my email address below, listing the names of your poems.  I will get back with you letting you know the status of your submissions.  Thank you.

ANTHONY PFANNENSTIEL
EDITOR/PUBLISHER

www.faultlinespoetry.com

Joan Irene Edwards, poet and formerly active member of the Lane Literary Guild, died in Reno, NV in October following complications from a fall.  She was 79.   Joan moved  from Eugene many years ago and she remained active with her sheet music collecting and writing poetry. She published three books,  A Blessing, An Old Nun Said, 2001; Choice Lamb, 2005; and Ink of Courage, a ghazal sequence, 2005.     There will be a memorial service in the California Bay Area November 26, 2011.