E-Calendar

February 2002

Regional Literary Events
February 2002
Compiled by LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS

5 Poetry & Music. Featuring Duluth poet Bob Monahan. Open mike and live music follows. Hosted by Poetry Harbor. 9 p.m. Norshor Theatre. Contact patrick at 279-3865.

Northern Lights' Book Club. Meet and discuss Theory of Relativity by Jaquelyn Mitchard. Author will be joining via conference call for the first half hour. 7 p.m. Northern Lights Books & Gifts. 722-5267.

9 Book Signing. Author Mike Pesko signs his new science fiction thriller "The Lost Truth." 1-3 p.m. J.W. Beecroft Books and Coffee. 394-2665.

10 LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS' Poetry Reading &Benefit. "Lovefest: Poetry and Prose about (you guessed it) Love." Featuring local authors Nancy Fitzgerald, patrick mckinnon, Justin Powers, and Margi Preus. Open reading follows. 3-5 p.m. Barnes & Noble. 786-0710.

12 Poetry & Music. Featuring poet Peter Thompson. Open mike and live music follows. Hosted by Poetry Harbor. 9 p.m. Norshor Theatre. Contact patrick at 279-3865.

19 Poetry & Music. Featuring poet Kate Bashan. Open mike and live music follows. Hosted by Poetry Harbor. 9 p.m. Norshor Theatre. Contact patrick at 279-3865.

23 Book Signing. Local poet Nancy Fitzgerald signs copies of her newest book Poems I Never Wrote. 1-2 p.m. Northern Lights Books &Gifts. 722-5267.

Open Poetry Reading. Spirit of the Lake Poetry's annual St. David's Day event. Poets are invited to read one original poem, winner recieves the 'Traveling Poetry Chair.' 7:30 p.m. St. Scholastica Somers Lounge. Contact Connie at 724-5599.

26 Poetry &Music. Featuring poet Gabriel Long. Open mike and live music follows. Hosted by Poetry Harbor. 9 p.m. Norshor Theatre. Contact patrick at 279-3865.

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KUDOS

LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS is pleased to announce the twenty winners of our third annual Writer's Contest. This year's contest sought entries from writers in the categories of creative prose and poetry written on the theme, "The Love of Nature, the Nature of Love." Preliminary judges were Connie Wanek (poetry) and Konnie LeMay (creative prose). Carol Bly was the final judge for creative prose manuscripts and Robert Hedin was the final judge in the poetry category. Each of the winning authors will recieve an $100 honorarium, publication in a spring 2002 anthology, and participation in one of four readings scheduled for 2002. The contest is funded by a generous grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council and by numerous individual and business donations.

The twenty winning authors and their hometowns are:

POETRY: Jan Chronister (Maple, WI), Eric Gadzinski (Sault Ste. Marie, MI), Patricia Kirkpatrick (St. Paul), Kate Kysar (St. Paul), Kiane Lutovich (Greenbrae, CA), Mark Maire (Duluth), Lisa McKhann (Duluth) Mary Kay Rummel (Duluth), Jason Splichal (Eau Claire, WI), and Amy Jo Swing (Duluth).

CREATIVE PROSE: Arlene Atwater (Duluth), Anthony Bukoski (Superior, WI), Karin Jacobson (Duluth), Lynn Maria Laitala (Duluth), Margi Preus (Duluth), Yvonne Rutford (Duluth), Caitlin Taylor (Duluth), Colin Keith Thomsen (Minneapolis), Susan Niemela Vollmer (Rice Lake, WI), and Lou Killian Zywicki (Carlton, MN).

WRITING GROUPS

7, 14, 21, 28 Open Genre. 7 p.m. Browser's N'etc. Cafe. Contact Bob or Rachel at 786-0102.

18 LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS' Children's Writers. Coordinated by children's writer Tracy Maurer and designed for both published and unpublished writers of fiction or nonfiction children's materials. 6:30 p.m. J.W. Beecroft Books and Coffee. Contact Tracy at 392-7290.

19 Beecroft Poetry &Short Story. 5:15 p.m. J.W. Beecroft Books &Coffee. 394-2665

Do you like to write memoir? Non-fiction? Plays? Would you like to discuss your work with other authors who share your interest? Contact us and we'll either connect you to an existing genre-based group or help to get a new one started.

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