December 2002 E-Calendar

Regional Literary Events

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***EVENTS, CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Dec. 3, 11 am, Arrowhead Poets, Poetry workshop, Barnes & Noble, 786-0710

Dec 7, 12-1 p.m. Craig Blacklock signs “Horizons” & “The Journey”
12-1 p.m. N.S. Wikoski signs “The Fall of the White City”
1-2 p.m. William Durbin signs “Song of Sampo Lake”
1-2 p.m. Jack Kulpa signs “True North”
2-3 p.m. Douglas Wood signs “Breathe the Wind, Drink the Rain: Notes on Being Alive”
2-5 p.m. Douglass Addison Sr. signs “Great Northern Railway: Ore Docks of Lake Superior”
3-4 p.m. Margi Preus and Ann Treacy sign “A Book of Grace: Words to Bring You Peace”
J.W. Beecroft Books & Coffee, 394-2665.

Dec. 7, 12-1 pm - Booksigning: Doug Wood, author of "Breathe the Wind, Drink the Rain", "Old Turtle", and "What Dads Can't Do".
1-2 pm  - Booksigning with local poet Connie Wanek - author of "Hartley Field" and "Bonfire".
2-3 pm - Booksigning with Mary Losure, author of "Our Way or the Highway: Inside the Minnehaha Free State". Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 722-5267.

Dec. 7, 2-3 pm, Tony Dierkins, Kerry Elliott, authors of "True North," a northland guidebook, discussion/signing, Barnes & Noble, 786-0710

Dec. 8, 2-3 pm, Margi Preus and Ann Treacy, authors of the inspirational book, "A Book of Grace," discussion/signing, Barnes & Noble, 786-0710

Dec. 10, 7 pm  - NATIVE WORDS, readings by Native authors: Jim Northrup, contributor to "Nitaawichige : Selected Poetry and Prose by Four Anishinaabe Writers" and "Rez Road Follies," will be the guest author reading in the Duluth Public Library Green Room. Marcie Rendon will also be reading. Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 722-5267.

Dec. 12, 4 pm, UMD English Professor Joseph Maiolo will read Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" in the UMD Weber Music Hall. Free and open to the public. For info contact the English Department, 726-8228.

* Dec. 14, 12-1 pm - Booksigning with Margi Preus and Ann Treacy, authors of the inspirational book, "A Book of Grace".
1-2 pm - Booksigning: William Durbin, author of "Song of Sampo Lake", "Wintering", and "Broken Blade".
2-3 pm - Booksigning with Joe Seliga and Deborah Sussex. "The Art of the Canoe." Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 722-5267.

Dec 15, 2 pm, Lake Superior Writers will hold a reading by winners of its 2002 contest in the Tweed Museum Lecture Gallery, UMD campus. Poets Eric Gadzinski, Diane Sher Lutovich, and prose writers Karin Jacobson, Colin Keith Thomsen, and Lou Killian Zywicki will read their works. The reading will be accompanied by harpist Bernadette Savage and her singing group, The Ravens. A $3 donation is suggested. For more information call 722-3094.

Dec. 21, 12-1 pm - Booksigning with Dave Schauer, author of "Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railway".
1-2 pm, Firefighter and author, Peter Leschak, will be in to sign "Ghosts of the Fireground".
2-3 pm, Booksigning with Larry Weber.  Come check out "Spiders of the North Woods" with color photographs and information on our North Woods neighbors. Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 722-5267.

* Dec 21, 3-4 p.m. Peter Leschak signs “Ghosts of the Fireground” ” J.W. Beecroft Books & Coffee, 394-2665. J.W. Beecroft Books & Coffee, 394-2665.

Dec. 21, 1-3 pm, Ross Bernstein, author of "Batter-Up," a book on Minnesota Baseball, discussion/signing, Barnes & Noble, 786-0710

7-9 pm, Jan 6, 13, 27 and Feb 3, 24, and March 3, (Mondays) Rhonda Peterson will teach "Writing from your Heart: The Basics of Fiction Writing." Learn the fundamentals of plot, structure, voice, description, character development, point of view, and dialogue. Create a short story or enhance an existing story for beginners or anyone who wants to brush up on basics. $30, Woodland School Community Education Program, contact Jay.Roesler@duluth.k12.mn.us.

7 p.m., Jan 10 and 11 – “Arts Intersect” a 3-D collage of live dance, music, painting and poetry in Tweed Museum’s Sax Gallery at UMD, Duluth. Artists include: Choreographer/dancer, Lisa McKhann; Composer/pianist, Andrew Floberg; Silk painter, Lee Zimmerman; Set designer, Jeffrey Petersen; Costume designer, Jan Chronister; Dancers, Jill Hall, Lisa McKhann, Andréa Miller, Renée Moe, Missy Peschman, and Ramona Treuer ; Poet, Mary Kay Rummel. A $3 donation will be requested at the door. For more information, contact Lisa McKhann, 722-6190 or email: lulu@cpinternet.com.

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***LSW MEMBER KUDOS!

ANTHONY BUKOSKI, professor of English at UWS, received the "Sarmatian Review" Literary Prize for 2002 (and $1000!) for his literary work which includes "Twelve Below Zero," "Children of Strangers," and "Polonaise." His forthcoming collection of stories, "Time Between Trains," will be published in 2003 by the Southern Methodist University Press. For info on the "Sarmatian Review" see www.ruf.rice.edu/~samatia.
LEE MALIS had a fantasy story, "Let Me In," published in Hadrosaur Tales, Las Cruces, NM and a story, "The Great Lakes Aquarium," published in Westways and Hawaii Westways Magazine.

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LSW WRITING GROUPS

***OPEN, GENRE-BASED, WRITING GROUPS

Several LSW writing groups are open to all members. Expect a different number of people at each session and lively contributions from a variety of viewpoints.

Dec 4, 6 - 7:30 pm, JOIN the Creative Nonfiction Writing Group! Conference room, Marshall Annex, 1323 Rice Lake Road. (Look for the building with Sylvan Learning Systems, but enter at the door on the left.) Assignment topic: "holidays," 500 words. Make 8 copies to share. We will develop guidelines for critiques and determine how we want to structure our group. Welcome new members! Questions? Call Gail Trowbridge at (218) 728-1354.

Dec 5, 12, & 19 Open Genre. 7 pm Browser's N'etc. Cafe. Contact Bob or Rachel at 786-0102.

Dec 11, (mid-month Wednesday) Open Fiction and Poetry group. 6- 8 pm, Pepper McGregor's Coffeehouse & Cafe, 4721 E. Superior St. Contact Jill Hinners at 525 1463, Cheryl Reitan at 728-3154, or Mary Dragich at 728-5066

Dec 15 (Third Sunday of the Month) LSW Memoir Group. 3 pm Bixby's Bagels. Contact Mara at 728-1253.

Dec 16 (Third Monday of the Month) 6:30 pm, LSW Children's Writers. Coordinated by children's author Tracy Maurer and designed for both published and unpublished writers of fiction or nonfiction children's materials. J.W. Beecroft Books & Coffee. Contact Tracy at 392-7290.

Dec 17 (Third Tuesday) 5:15 pm, Beecroft Writer's, Poetry and Short Stories. J.W. Beecroft Books & Coffee. 394-2665.

A group is forming to share and advance writing from LGBT perspectives. Evenings once a month. Place and other specifics to be determined. Contact Dianna Hunter at 723-1972, or dhunter@uwsuper.edu.

***SMALL WRITING GROUPS

Writing is an extremely personal activity and often times a small group works best for giving support and critique. Several LSW groups meet regularly. When established groups have openings, we will list the contact people in this space. Call to arrange a meeting with the contact person to see if your work and style will be a good fit.

A Creative Nonfiction group will have an organizational meeting on Oct. 3. If anyone is interested, call Gail Trowbridge at 728-1354.

A Creative Prose group may have an opening. Contact Sheila Packa, 279-3549, spacka@juno.com

Fiction group may have an opening. Contact Kathy Leino, kayemhills@netscape.net, 724-4822

***ABOUT FACILITATING A GROUP

If you wish to start your own group, contact Mara Hart at mhart2@d.umn.edu for guidelines and help.

Do you like to write non-fiction? Plays? Journals? Would you like to discuss your work with other others writing in the same genre? LSW is looking for one or two people to facilitate a non-fiction/essay/ or scriptwriting group. Interested? contact Mara Hart at mhart2@d.umn.edu.

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***CONTESTS/SUBMISSIONS

THE PEDESTAL Magazine is currently accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. For info and to read the work of our contributors, including Sharon Olds, Michael McClure, Susan Ludvigson, Thomas Lux, and Maxine Kumin see www.thepedestalmagazine.com

WATER~STONE seeks poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for its Fall 2003 issue. Open to all styles; quality counts. Deadline: Dec 15. Submit, with SASE, up to 5 poems, 20 pages total, or up to 5,000 words of prose. Water~Stone, GLS Program, Hamline University, 1536 Hewitt Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104-1284.

JANE KENYON Poetry Prize, presented by Water~Stone literary review. First prize: $500; second, $300; third, $200, plus publication. Judge: Naomi Shihab Nye. Entry fee: $10, includes one-year subscription. Deadline: Dec 15. Up to 3 unpublished poems, 10 pages total. Send with SASE to Poetry Prize, Water~Stone, Graduate Liberal Studies Program, Hamline University, 1536 Hewitt Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104-1284.

VIETNOW IS looking for a few good writers who can write from a positive point of view about things of interest to Vietnam veterans and their families. You don't have to be a veteran. VietNow National Magazine, P.O. Box 736, Pine Island, MN 55963. Writer's guidelines: www.vietnow.com/magazine.htm

POETRY MOTEL is seeking poetry submissions for its magazine and Wallpaper, a broadside series. Send 3–6 pages, sase, brief bio. No deadline. Prefer work under one page. For a copy of the latest Poetry Motel include $7.95. Submit to Poetry Motel, P.O. Box 103, Duluth, MN 55801.

RICHARD YATES Short Story Award. Night Train announces the first annual competition for the Richard Yates Short Story Award. Reading through Dec 15. First prize: $800. Top 3 awards include print publication. Independent, blind judging. Web site: www.nighttrainmagazine.com/yates.html

NIGHT TRAIN is reading for our second issue, due out in spring 2003. Accepting submissions via E-mail or snail mail. Payment ranges from 2 cents/word to $800 or more, www.nighttrainmagazine.com What is Firebox Fiction?

THE 2003 RAYMOND Carver Short Story Award at Carve Magazine. First Prize: $1,500. Second: $300. Third: $200. Includes publication and commemorative plaque. All entries considered for publication. Deadline: Feb 1, 2003. Entry: $15/one, $25/two, $30/three. Contest judge, Robert Olen Butler (Pulitzer Prize, 1993). Electronic submissions only. Limit: 10,000 words. Guidelines at www.carvezine.com

Chicago Literary Awards: Fiction Prize: $1,000, Poetry Prize: $1,000. Winners published in ACM. Deadline — postmarked Dec 15, 2002, Chicago Literary Awards, Another Chicago Magazine, 3709 N. Kenmore, Chicago, IL 60613–2905, see guidelines at http://www.anotherchicagomag.com/

LONG FICTION Contest, International. Tenth annual competition to select a long story for chapbook publication. Manuscript length: 8,000–14,000 words (30–50 pages). A. E. Coppard Prize: $500, plus 25 copies. Blind judging. Judge: TBA. Entry Fee: $15. Deadline: Dec 15 postmark. SASE for information. Last year's winner: Signal Codes by Jeb Livingood, $5.95. White Eagle Coffee Store Press, P.O. Box 383, Fox River Grove, IL 60021. E-mail: wecspress@aol.com Web site: http://members.aol.com/wecspress

GLIMMER TRAIN Stories. This highly regarded journal presents new literary short fiction and poetry, frequently publishes new writers. Payment ranges from $500 to $2,000, plus copies. All submissions can be made via online procedure: www.glimmertrain.com

KUMQUAT Meringue is a strange acorn of poetry dedicated to the memory of Richard Brautigan. Send us your quirky minutiae of love, sex, syrup, life, and death. If there's a connection to Richard Brautigan, so much the better. Sample: $6. Three issue subscription: $12. P.O. Box 736, Pine Island, MN 55963.

LIFEBOAT: A Journal of Memoir. New print publication, second issue, Spring 2003. Seeking literary autobiographical writing: prose and poetry. Also, book reviews (please query), oral biographies (please query), and b&w photography. Theme: Seduction. Deadline: Feb 1, 2003. For all submission guidelines, and to query: www.lifeboatjournal.com

NATURAL BRIDGE, MFA Program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis literary magazine --- seeks poetry, fiction, personal essays, and poetry translations for an issue to be guest-edited by Jeff Friedman. Notification by May 15. Simultaneous submissions okay. No electronic submissions. Submit only Nov 1–Dec 31 to Natural Bridge, Department of English, UM-St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Rd., St. Louis, MO 63121. Questions? E-mail carkeet@umsl.edu. Visit us at www.umsl.edu/~natural

ORCHID: A Literary Review publishes short stories, self-contained novel excerpts, interviews, and cover art that tells a story. We do not publish unsolicited poetry. Send submissions with SASE to Orchid, 3096 Williamsburg, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 2026. For guidelines and information, visit www.orchidlit.org, or E-mail editors@orchidlit.org

CHICAGO LITERARY Awards: $1,000 prize each for fiction, poetry. ACM will publish winners in 2003. Stories, no more than 6,500 words; poems, no more than 300 lines total. Entry fees: $12 per story; $12 for three poems, $5 each additional poem. Deadline: Dec 15. Guidelines at www.anotherchicagomag.com or send SASE to Chicago Literary Awards, Another Chicago Magazine, Left Field Press, 3709 N Kenmore, Chicago, IL 60613-2905.

FACETS SHORT Story Contest. First prize: $100. Second: $50. Third: $25. All will be published in the Jan 2003 issue. Reading fee: $6. See Oct 2002 issue for details. Also accepting submissions for October issue. Guidelines at site under Submissions. Web site: www.facets-magazine.com

OUTRIDER Press/TallGrass Writers Guild offers $1,000 prize money. Single-page poetry, fiction, and essays to 2,500 words on "Family Gatherings." Deadline: Feb 28, 2003. Copy to published contributors. Entry: $12/$16.50 TWG member/non member. Complete guidelines: outriderpr@aol.com. SASE to TWG, 937 Patricia, Crete, IL 60417.

RIVER OAK Review sponsors annual poetry competition. Winner receives $500 and publication in ROR. Submit up to 4 poems with $15 reading fee, which is a subscription. Deadline: Dec 31. SASE for guidelines or at www.riveroakarts.org. Sample copy: $8. ROR Poetry Contest, P.O. Box 3127, Oak Park, IL 60303.ROCK RIVER POETRY Contest VII. National winner: $100. Illinois winner: $50. Winners and finalists published throughout 2003 in Rock River Times. Deadline: Jan 15, 2003. Reading fee: $10 for 5 unpublished poems, any style. SASE, Send to Rock River Poetry Contest, 128 N. Church St., Rockford, IL 61101

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***LSW NEWS!

WRITE IN THE LSW OFFICE ---The board of Lake Superior Writers is seeking applications by members who need a room of their own in which to write. For a nominal fee, you would be able to use our quiet, well-furnished office space. Please call 722-3094.

THE LSW ANTHOLOGY, "Between Stone and Flesh," contains twenty LSW poetry and prose writers. To purchase this book, which is available to LSW members for $8, or to find out more about our contest, contact Jim at 724 1653.

We have two e-mail addresses: writers@lakesuperiorwriters.org
and a special e-mail for this calendar at calendar@lakesuperiorwriters.org

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***ABOUT THE LSW CALENDAR

THIS CALENDAR is a benefit of your membership in Lake Superior Writers.

We are a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the literary arts. We welcome information from you regarding events, classes, kudos or announcements to be included in upcoming calendars. All events are free unless otherwise noted and we reserve the right to edit all submissions.

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LSW MISSION: to foster writing communities, to provide an audience for literature, and to further the artistic development of writers through workshops, readings, and publications.