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LSW ACTIVITIES

LSW KUDOS News about LSW Members

The winners of the 17th annual Minnesota Book Awards included Lake Superior Writers members: LISE LUNGE-LARSEN, who won the award in the category Children's and Young Adult Nonfiction for the book, The Hidden Folk: Stories of Fairies, Dwarves, Selkies, and Other Secret Beings, illustrated by BETH KROMMES (Houghton Mifflin). LOUIS JENKINS won the award in the category
Fine Press for the book, Distance from the Sun: Thirty Prose Poems from Thirty Years, illustrated by CHANDLER O'LEARY, design and binding by JEFF RATHERMEL and JANA PULLMAN, printing by SARA LANGWORTHY (Minnesota Center for Book Arts). Duluth's Holy Cow Press won
the award in the category Poetry for the book, Naming the Stars, by JOYCE SUTPHEN.

TIM J. BRENNAN’S poem “dressed rehearsals” was selected by Yuko Taniguchi for Minnesota Artists Poem of the Week poetry contest. Winning poems will appear on website (www.mnartists.org) starting the first week in May and running into June.

WRITING GROUPS

Genre: Creative Nonfiction, Meeting Time: 6:30 pm, first Monday of the month, Sept. thru May; new members welcome! Location: Barnes & Noble Café, Contact: Gail at 728-1354 or gailwill@chartermi.net

Genre: Fiction/Poetry, Meeting Time: 6-8 pm, Third Wednesday of the month, Sept. thru May; Location: New London Cafe, 4721 E. Superior St., Contact: Jill at 525-1463 or Cheryl at 728-3154

Genre: Memoir, Meeting Time: 3-5 pm, third Sunday of the month, Location: Chester Creek Cafe, downstairs room, Contact: Mara at mhart2@d.umn.edu

Genre: Writing for Children, Meeting Time: 6:30 pm, third Monday of the month, Location: J.W. Beecroft Books & Coffee, 3631 Tower Ave. Contact: For information call 715-394-2665

Genre: Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror), Meeting Time: 7 pm, fourth Monday of the month, Location: Chester Creek Café, Contact Lacey Louwagie at the_real_sedeara@yahoo.com.

See info about LSW Writing Groups

AREA EVENTS

May 10, Tues, 7:00 pm, Superior author MIKE SAVAGE will be discussing and
signing his new Dave Davecki mystery Lord of the Rinks. JW Beecroft
Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI 218-394-2665, http://www.jwbeecroft.com..

May 14, Sat, 1:00 pm - Rhinelander, WI author VICTORIA HOUSTON will sign
her new Loon Lake fishing mystery, "DEAD JITTERBUG." JW Beecroft Books,
3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI 218-394-2665, http://www.jwbeecroft.com.

May 16, Mon, 6:30 pm - Children's Writers Group. JW Beecroft Books, 3631
Tower Ave., Superior, WI 218-394-2665, http://www.jwbeecroft.com.

May 17, Tues, 5:15 pm - Beecroft Writers Group. JW Beecroft Books, 3631
Tower Ave., Superior, WI 218-394-2665, http://www.jwbeecroft.com.

May 18, Wed, 7:00 pm - Duluth WDIO news anchor DENNIS ANDERSON will discuss
and sign his new memoir, Good Night, Everybody ... And Be Kind. JW
Beecroft Books, 3631 Tower Ave., Superior, WI 218-394-2665, http://www.jwbeecroft.com.

May 11, 18, 25 (Weds) open mic at Beaner’s Central, 7-10 pm - Beaners, 324
N Central Ave, Duluth, 218-624-5957, http://www.beanerscentral.com.

May 18, Wed, 6-9 pm - 17th ANNUAL NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA BOOK AWARDS
Celebration, UMD Library. SAM COOK, well-known local author and newspaper columnist, will be the featured speaker. The event includes a book fair, Sam Cook’s talk, the awards presentation, and the traditional reception complete with free pie. Presented each year by the UMD Library and Friends of the Duluth Public Library, NEMBA recognizes books written about northeastern Minnesota that substantially represent its history, culture, heritage, or lifestyle. Thirty books have been nominated this year, vying for prizes in two categories: (1) Fiction, Poetry, Drama and (2) Nonfiction, Art, Scholarship. Nominated titles had to have been released in the year 2004. The winners will be announced the evening of the event. For more information call 726-8130.

May 21, Sat, 1:00 pm, Minnesota mystery writer CARL BROOKINS will be signing his new title Old Silver. Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267, http://www.norlights.com.

May 29, Sun, 1:00 pm, LORNA LANDVIK will be signing her new book, Oh my Stars. Northern Lights Books & Gifts, 307 Canal Park Dr., 218-722-5267, http://www.norlights.com.

NEWS / CONFERENCES / SUBMISSIONS

RESOURCES: For information on additional contests, retreats, publications and more see this new webpage: http://www.lakesuperiorwriters.org/lswresources.html

MN LIT: Minnesota Literature is a statewide, monthly newsletter ($10/10 issues) that provides the literary community with information about workshops, residencies, new publications, grants, awards, contests, and a monthly calendar of readings. Minnesota Literature, 2224 Stinson Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55418, mnlit@frontiernet.net.

DULUTH WRITERS’ WORKSHOP at University of Minnesota Duluth, August 11-17, 2005. Creative writing sessions in poetry, fiction, and the memoir and personal essay. Workshop participants will work with TED KOOSER, the U.S. Poet Laureate and acclaimed Nebraska poet, author of “Delights and Shadows” and “Weather Central”; PATRICIA WEAVER FRANCISCO, author of “Telling: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery,” “Cold Feet,” and “Village Without Mirrors;” and ROBERT OLEN BUTLER, author of ten novels and three volumes of short stories, including “A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Workshop Director is Joseph Maiolo, professor of English at UMD and a fiction writer whose work has been published in The Sewanee Review, Ploughshares, Shenandoah, and other magazines. For information and an application, visit http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/writers

LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS INFORMATION

VOLUNTEER WITH LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS! You've thought about it and now we really need you. Join a vibrant and dynamic group of people. We need help with the WEB SITE [Contact Cheryl Reitan, 728-3154], FLYERS and NEWSLETTER [Jim Perlman, 724-1653], MEMBERSHIP [Call Bernadette, 525-3898], and FINANCES [e-mail Lake Superior Writers at: writers@lakesuperiorwriters.org].

Lake Superior Writers prohibits discrimination in its programs, membership, and board of directors participation on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status or family status.

Lake Superior Writers 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.We reserve the right to edit all submissions.

TELL US ABOUT IT! Have you just been published? Received a grant or an award? Let us know! Have an event to publicize? We love to celebrate the events and successes of the members of our writing community. E-mail your news items to calendar@lakesuperiorwriters.org.

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