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Supporting the Craft and Business of Excellent Writing
Volume 5, Number 4: May 2008
Editor: Erika Dreifus
Copyright © 2008 Erika Dreifus
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Editor's Note: What's New
2. Article/Lessons Learned
3. Featured Resource
4. Upcoming/Ongoing Contests, Competitions,
and Other Opportunities of Interest
5. Submission Alerts!!!
6. Blog Notes
7. Around the World: Literary Event Calendar
8. Newsletter
Matters
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1. EDITOR'S NOTE: WHAT'S NEW
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Hello, practicing writers!
I'll keep this short, because I can't wait for you to read this month's feature article, an interview with Stephanie Elizondo Griest
in which our author shares her considerable insights regarding residency programs.
I'm looking forward to a terrific May. I hope you are, too. And a special "Happy Birthday" message to all my fellow Taurean
practicing writers. Aren't we grateful for that extra boost of persistence that is our birthright?
Enjoy the issue, and all best, as always, with your writing practices, ERIKA
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2. ARTICLE/LESSONS LEARNED: "NO FEES AND FREE FOOD"
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"NO FEES AND FREE FOOD": TALKING ABOUT WRITERS' RESIDENCIES WITH STEPHANIE ELIZONDO GRIEST
by Erika Dreifus
Stephanie Elizondo Griest is another practicing writer I've come to know courtesy of e-mail. When she was awarded a residency
at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts last year, Stephanie contacted me, a past KHN resident, with a few questions about
my experience there.
But it soon became clear to me that as much as I've learned about residency programs in my life as a practicing writer,
Stephanie knows much more! So I asked her if she'd share with all of us some of her insights and advice.
First, a bit about our author: Stephanie has mingled with the Russian Mafiya, polished Chinese propaganda, and belly danced
with Cuban rumba queens. These adventures inspired her award-winning memoir *Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing,
and Havana* (Villard/Random House, 2004) and guidebook *100 Places Every Woman Should Go* (Travelers' Tales, 2007).
Atria/Simon & Schuster will publish her memoir *Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines* in 2008. She has also written
for the *New York Times*, *Washington Post*, *Latina Magazine*, and the *Associated Press*. A 2005-2006 Hodder Fellow at
Princeton University, she lectures and performs nationwide, and recently won the Richard J. Margolis Award for social justice
reporting (editor's note: this award includes a one-month stay at the Blue Mountain Center--another residency experience). Visit
Stephanie's Web site at
http://www.aroundthebloc.com .
ERIKA DREIFUS: Stephanie, you're obviously an intrepid traveler. When did residencies start to become part of your travels?
Where were you in terms of your writing and publishing history?
STEPHANIE ELIZONDO GRIEST: I learned about the magical world of residencies just a few months shy of the deadline for
my first book, *Around the Bloc*. I was struggling in New York at the time, sharing a small apartment with multiple roommates and
working a full-time job. I desperately needed time and space to finish my book, so I applied to two colonies and got accepted at
Ragdale. I very nearly turned it down, though, because of the cost. Not only would I have to buy a plane ticket to Chicago, but
Ragdale also charges a daily fee. Fortunately, they offer financial aid in extreme cases, and when I sent in my microscopic W-2 form,
they awarded me one in a jiffy.
I'll never forget my first glimpse of Ragdale. It just radiated good vibes. I could feel it from inside the taxi. And by the time I
entered my beautiful cloister, with its fireplace and screened-in porch and clawfoot tub, I was radiating, too -- from happiness. Some
of the best writing in my book occurred during those two weeks at Ragdale. The solitude enabled me to see the holes in my text and
how best to fill them. Ragdale is also where I started referring to myself as a writer for the first time -- and believing it.
ED: Your residency record includes an array of sojourns: Ragdale, Art Omi International (Ledig House), the Writer's Colony at
Dairy Hollow, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. You've also spent a year as a Hodder Fellow at Princeton
University. Tell us how you have discovered these opportunities. Which resources (besides, of course, The Practicing Writer!) do you
turn to when you're looking for residency possibilities?
SEG: For domestic residencies, I refer to the wonderful Web site of the Alliance of Artists Communities, at
www.artistcommunities.org . For international residencies, I scour the archives of ResArtis, at
www.resartis.org . Whenever I arrive at
a new residency, I quiz everyone about their favorite spots. Those of us who hop around from colony to colony are known as "colony
whores," and we like to compare notes!
ED: What qualities/characteristics do you look for in a residency program?
SEG: Every residency is glorious in its own special way, but because I operate on an extremely tight budget, I strive for
programs that are either free of charge or that offer scholarships (or better yet, stipends!). Communal meals are also a priority,
because the food is invariably home-cooked and delicious, and it is great fun to chat with the other residents. So that's my criteria: no
fees and free food.
ED: What practical advice would you give writers facing their first residency application(s)?
SEG: It is like applying to college. There are "long-shot" residencies, such as Yaddo and MacDowell, which can be as selective
as the Ivy League. Other residencies, like Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Vermont Studio Center, are more welcoming to
newer writers. My advice is to apply for as many as your time and budget will allow, targeting both the "long-shots" and "sure
things." Generally speaking, residencies that are free and located in the Northeast or West Coast are more competitive than
residencies with daily fees located elsewhere in the United States. Apply to a good mix. And be sure to give your references plenty of
time to write their letters, and send them a thank-you note/gift afterward (because before you know it, you'll need another letter).
ED: Once a writer receives an acceptance/invitation to a residency program, how should s/he proceed? From your own
experience, how can one best prepare for a residency?
SEG: Be open to the muses. I've seen writers arrive to residencies with the intention of slaving over a book of short stories, but
instead they commence a memoir. Others are serious non-fiction types, but after a few days of wandering around the neighboring
forest, they start composing poetry. You never know what will happen to you at a residency. While it is helpful to arrive with a
project in mind, allow yourself to be smitten by the unexpected, and to follow it.
ED: I understand that you'll be leaving shortly for a residency at Can Serrat in Spain. Tell us what has drawn you to that
particular residency program, and what you plan to be working on while you're there.
SEG: What drew me to Can Serrat? Location, location, location! They are nestled inside a rustic farmhouse in Monserrat
Natural Park, about an hour's drive from Barcelona, within walking distance of a monastery with a 1,200-year history. While there, I
hope to complete a proposal for my next book and write an essay about my recent trip to Mozambique. But we'll see what the muses
have in store!
ED: How do you expect to organize your time at Can Serrat? Based on your experience, how would you advise writers to make
the most of the time they're given at residencies?
SEG: I am rather masochistic at residencies. As soon as my eyes open (generally between 8 - 9 a.m.), I wash my face, brush my
teeth, plunk down at the desk, and stare at the computer screen until I am literally passing out from hunger (generally between 12 - 2
p.m.). Then I cook some oatmeal, go for a bike ride, check email, and -- if I can stand it -- write another hour or two. If I don't drink
too much wine at dinner, I usually edit the day's work afterward, then read until my eyelids droop.
ED: How have your previous residencies enhanced your writing?
SEG: The sad truth about book writing is that unless you're churning out best-sellers, you barely get paid enough to subsist. So
my books (and career) would not exist without residencies. *Around the Bloc* became an entirely different creation during my
two-week residency at Ragdale. While at Princeton, I wrote all of *100 Places Every Woman Should Go* and sold my proposal for
*Mexican Enough*. And I wrote every word of *Mexican Enough* at Art Omi, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, Dairy Hollow, and a
silent Catholic retreat in South Texas called Lebh Shomea. Residencies allow me to maintain my gypsy writer lifestyle, rent-free.
ED: Any residency programs you haven't yet attended but would like to? What appeals to you about them?
SEG: U-Cross sounds pretty fabulous. I love the idea of living on a 22,000 acre ranch in Wyoming. And I've heard rave reviews
about MacDowell. Both have rejected me three times apiece, but I firmly believe in applying for things until you get it or you die,
whichever comes first. There's also a colony in the South of France with my name written all over it....
ED: Anything else you'd like to share with us?
SEG: Even if you have an ideal working situation at home (i.e. no roommates/spouses/children/pets), you will still be far more
productive at a residency. There is something quite profound about creating art in a space where only art is created. Muses seep into
the woodwork. You feel compelled to rise and write in the morning. You grow inspired by the writers and artists sitting across the
dinner table from you. And because the staff takes care of all the cooking and the cleaning and the purchasing of toilet paper, you get
to do things time never allows at home, like taking long walks through silent woods and catching up your journal. Give yourself this
gift of time and space, at least once in your career. I promise it will be sheer bliss.
And let me know how it goes! I'll be touring the nation this fall, promoting my memoir *Mexican Enough*. It would be
beautiful to see you. Or drop me a line via my Web site,
www.aroundthebloc.com. Saludos!
(c) Copyright 2008 Erika Dreifus
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3. FEATURED RESOURCE: Alliance of Artists' Communities
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You'll find the Alliance of Artists' Communities Web site listed on our own site's "Resources" page already, but I'm featuring it
this month not only because Stephanie has recommended it, but also because the Alliance's home page promises an imminent site
redesign that may well be worth tracking.
http://artistcommunities.org
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4. UPCOMING/ONGOING CONTESTS, COMPETITIONS, AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OF INTEREST
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Bechtel Prize Teachers & Writers Collaborative 520 Eighth Avenue, Ste. 2020 New York, NY 10028
http://www.twc.org/publications/bechtel-prize Deadline: June 30, 2008 (received, by 5 PM) NO ENTRY FEE
Recognizing an exemplary article (or essay) relating to creative writing education, literary studies, and/or the profession of
writing, this prize offers an honorarium of $2,500 and publication in *Teachers & Writers* magazine. Finalists may also be published
in the magazine (and will be paid honoraria). See site for full guidelines.
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The Dzanc Prize (submit via e-mail per the guidelines)
http://www.dzancbooks.org/dzancprize.html Deadline: November 1,
2008 NO APPLICATION FEE
"The Dzanc Prize provides monetary aid in the sum of $5,000, to a writer of literary fiction. All writers applying for the Dzanc
Prize must have a work-in-progress they can submit for review, and present the judges with a Community Service Program they can
facilitate. Such programs may include anything deemed 'educational' in relation to writing. Examples would include: working with
HIV patients to help them write their stories; doing a series of workshops at a drop-in youth homeless center; running writing
programs in inner-city schools; or working with older citizens looking to write their memoirs."
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Drue Heinz Literature Prize University of Pittsburgh Press Eureka Building Fifth Floor 3400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA
15260
http://www.upress.pitt.edu/prizes.aspx Submissions: May 1-June 30, 2008 (postmarked)
Open to writers who have published a book-length fiction collection or at least three short stories/novellas in commercial
magazines and/or national literary journals, this award provides $15,000 and publication of a short fiction collection by the
University of Pittsburgh Press. The competition is not limited to United States citizens, although writing must be in English.
Submissions may include short stories, one or more novellas, or a combination of novella(s)/short stories. Work previously published
as part of an anthology may be included in the submission. See guidelines for detailed information.
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Hugo House Writers-in-Residence Attn: Alix Wilber, Program Director Richard Hugo House 1634 11th Avenue Seattle, WA
98122 (or apply via e-mail per the guidelines)
http://www.hugohouse.org/aboutus/jobs/#writer Deadline: June 6, 2008 (received) NO
APPLICATION FEE
"Richard Hugo House is seeking accomplished authors/teachers to become the next writers-in-residence associated with the
nonprofit literary arts center." Writers-in-residence keep an average of five office hours per week to consult with community members
on their writing projects. Position includes a $750/month stipend for nine months, plus additional compensation for teaching. Many
more details and application instructions are available at the Web site.
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Inglis House Poetry Contest 2600 Belmont Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19131 (or submit via e-mail per the guidelines)
http://www.geocities.com/IHPoetry/contest.htm Deadline: June 1, 2008 NO ENTRY FEE INDICATED
This annual contest aims "to raise awareness of writing about disability and to help promote the work of writers with
disabilities." It also aims "to contribute to the building of a core of disability literature through the genre of poetry." Category 1 is
open to all writers; Category 2 is open only to poets with disabilities. Previously published work is acceptable, though not preferred.
Prizes in each category will include cash awards of $50, $30, and $20 to the top three poems, respectively. Check Web site for more
information/full guidelines. (via CRWROPPS-B [
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/crwropps-b ])
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Richard J. Margolis Award of Blue Mountain Center c/o Margolis & Associates 535 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116
http://www.margolis.com/award Deadline: July 1, 2008 NO APPLICATION FEE
This $5,000 award - plus one month residency at the Blue Mountain Center in Blue Mountain Lake, New York - recognizes "a
promising new journalist or essayist whose work combines warmth, humor, wisdom and concern with social justice" and is named for
Richard J. Margolis, a journalist, essayist and poet "who gave eloquent voice to the hardships of the rural poor, migrant farm workers,
the elderly, Native Americans and others whose voices are seldom heard." See Web site for application instructions.
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Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest Student Scholarships Mayborn Graduate Institute of
Journalism P.O. Box 311460 Denton, TX 76203-1460
http://mayborninstitute.unt.edu Deadline: June 13, 2008 NO APPLICATION
FEE
This year's Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest will take place July 18-20, 2008. Five
scholarships from the *Dallas Morning News* are available for "high school and college minority students" and five additional
scholarships are available for "high school and college students." All scholarships include registration fees and two nights' lodging at
the conference center. Check the Web site for details and application instructions.
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*Presence* Poetry Contest (submit via e-mail per the guidelines)
http://sdiworld.org/publications/poetry-contest.html Deadline:
May 15, 2008 NO ENTRY FEE
Welcomes poems that "pertain to a spiritual theme" or "relate to spiritual direction." Entrants may submit only one unpublished
poem, no longer than 30 lines. No simultaneous submissions. Prizes: US $100 for grand prize winner; $75 for each of three
runners-up. Top four poems will be published in future issues of *Presence*. Check Web site for details. (via Writing-world.com)
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St. Martin's Press/Hillerman Mystery Competition Thomas Dunne Books St. Martin's Press 175 Fifth Avenue New York, NY
10010
http://www.wordharvest.com/index.php/contests Deadline: July 1, 2008 NO ENTRY FEE INDICATED
This award recognizes a first mystery novel set in the Southwest written by a previously unpublished mystery author. The
winning novel will be published by St. Martin's Press. Winner receives an advance against future royalties of $10,000. See the Web
site for complete information and required entry form.
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Wallace Stegner Grant for the Arts Eastend Arts Council Bursary Committee Box 415 Eastend, SK S0N 0T0
http://www.stegnerhouse.ca/grant.html Deadline: May 30, 2008 NO APPLICATION FEE
Grant includes $500 and one month's free residency in the Wallace Stegner House in Eastend, Saskatchewan. "Applicants must
be published Canadian writers able to spend October, 2008 in the Wallace Stegner House. Conditions of the grant require that the
winning writer give two readings and/or workshops in the Easten School and one reading to a local group of young people or
children." More information at the Web site.
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ENJOYING all these no-cost contest and competition listings? You can find plenty more of them collected in our GUIDE TO
NO-COST LITERARY CONTESTS AND COMPETITIONS (updated most recently in January 2008). Details on 275
career-enhancing possibilities, NONE of them limited to the residents of a single state or province (more value for your purchase).
Check it out at
http://www.lulu.com/content/84652
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5. SUBMISSION ALERTS!!!
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"Submissions will open in May 2008" for the June 2008 issue of *The Danforth Review*, a Canada-based online litmag.
Publishes four new short stories in each issue. Pays: $100 (CDN) per story. Visit
http://www.danforthreview.com/submissions.htm
for more information.
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Anthology alert! The Cup of Comfort series is looking for essays to include in several new books. Themes focus on new
mothers, adoptive families, fathers, parents of children with special needs, dog lovers, and "the grieving heart." This is a paying
market and we've posted their current manuscript needs, deadlines, and submission instructions on the blog:
http://practicing-writing.blogspot.com/2008/04/anthology-submissions-sought.html (you'll need the full link so please cut and repaste
if necessary).
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*Tin House* is now reading submissions for a Fall 2008 "Political" issue. "Emphasis on forward-thinking, projections of trends
and counter trends (no utopias or dystopias). With nonfiction, we are NOT looking for rehashes of old issues, but for fresh ideas.
Solutions versus deconstruction. With fiction, we are open to exploration of history if it illuminates the present political condition and
the implications for the future." Deadline: June 1, 2008, "but the issue will fill quickly, so please don't wait." Check
http://tinhouse.com/mag/mag_submit.htm for more information.
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Published semiannually, *Indiana Review* is currently closed to fiction submissions, but is open to POETRY submissions until
June 1, 2008 (reopening on September 1). Pays: $5/page ($10 minimum), plus two copies and the remainder of a year's subscription.
Check
http://indianareview.org/general/guidelines.html for more information.
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June 1 is also the deadline for submissions over at *Contemporary Verse 2* for its annual open issue. In this issue, "everything
goes - send us your poetry, poetically related essays, reviews and interviews on any subject." See
http://www.contemporaryverse2.ca/submit_upcoming.html for more information and pay rates.
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*Westerly* "publishes lively fiction and poetry as well as intelligent articles. *Westerly* is not a specialist academic journal but
aims to generate interest in the literature and culture of Australia and its neighbouring regions." Deadline: June 30, 2008. Pays: "We
are bound by our funding arrangement with the ArtsWA to pay the minimum set fees which are: poems Aust$50.00; stories/articles
Aust$120.00." Visit
http://www.westerlycentre.uwa.edu.au/westerly/contribute for more information.
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*BRAND* is published twice a year from London. "We focus on the short form (no extracts please) and are looking for writing
that takes risks; has a strong voice; is engaged and challenging. We welcome international work and translations." Publishes short
stories, short plays or performance texts, micro-fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and artwork. No submissions via e-mail; no work
previously published in the United Kingdom. Pays: GBP 30 plus a copy of the magazine. Deadline for the winter issue is the end of
September. Check
http://www.brandliterarymagazine.co.uk for more information. (via Duotrope.com)
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A second anthology of "interstitial fiction" is planned for release in 2009 (Small Beer Press will publish, under the auspices of
the Interstitial Arts Foundation). "Interstitial Fiction is all about breaking rules, ignoring boundaries, cross-pollinating the fields of
literature. It's about working between, across, through, and at the edges and borders of literary genres, including fiction and
non-fiction. It falls between the cracks of other movements, terms, and definitions. If you have a story idea that's impossible to
describe in a couple of sentences, it may be interstitial." Pays: $.05/word on publication, plus two copies. Submissions should be sent
between October 1, 2008 and December 2, 2008, so mark your calendars now! Full guidelines posted by co-editor Christopher Barzak
at
http://christopherbarzak.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/a-call-for-stories/
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6. BLOG NOTES
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The newsletter is published just once each month, but there's *always* something new at our Practicing Writing blog: fresh
market news, new contest and job listings, links to writing-related articles, newly-discovered craft and business resources, and much
more.
Among the posts since our last newsletter went out:
--Friday Find: Resources for Writers in the UK & Ireland --Five Things I'm Looking Forward To --Friday Find: Guest Post on
the London Book Fair --The Wednesday Web Browser: Toby Press, Poetry Resources, and Styron's Essays --Low-Residency List
Update --Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities --On Differences Between Prose and Poetry Rejections
Please drop by and visit (and comment!) at
http://practicing-writing.blogspot.com .
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7. AROUND THE WORLD: LITERARY EVENT CALENDAR
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Alicia Ostriker and Frannie Lindsay Collected Poets Reading Series Mocha Maya's Coffee House Shelburne Falls,
Massachusetts Thursday, May 1, 2008
http://pw.org/content/alicia_ostriker_4 Free
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Bellevue Literary Review Poetry & Prose Reading New York City Sunday, May 4, 2008
http://blreview.org/BlrEvents.htm
("Free and open to the public.")
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Spring Literary Festival Ohio University Athens, Ohio May 7-9, 2008
http://www.english.ohiou.edu/sp/litfest ("All readings
and lectures are free and open to the public.")
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36th Annual Spring Poetry Festival City College of The City University of New York Friday, May 16, 2008
http://www1.cuny.edu/forum/?p=2345 (featured guest poet: Major Jackson)
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Philadelphia Book Festival Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, 2008
http://www.freelibrary.org/bookfestival ("All Philadelphia Book Festival events, exhibits, and programs are free and open to the
public.")
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Sydney Writers' Festival Sydney, Australia May 19-May 25, 2008
http://www.swf.org.au (many events are free, and you can
search the schedule specifically for them)
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Hammer Conversations: Bliss Broyard and Rebecca Walker Hammer Museum Los Angeles, California Thursday, May 29,
2008
http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/programs/8/ ("Hammer Conversations are free of charge.")
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Are you planning a literary event (conference, exhibition, etc.)? I'd love to feature more events (especially happenings taking
place outside the United States) in this space. I'm looking especially for events that offer complimentary admission. (I can find plenty
of information on those that charge registration fees on my own!) Information on fee-charging events that offer discounted admission
for students will also be most welcome. Please contact me via the Practicing Writer Web site,
http://www.practicing-writer.com , to
let me know about your event. Thanks in advance!
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8. NEWSLETTER MATTERS
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ABOUT THE EDITOR: Based in New York City, Erika Dreifus has published prose and poetry in dozens of magazines,
journals, newspapers, and other publications. She is a Contributing Editor for *Chattahoochee Review* and for *The Writer*
magazine, and has taught for Harvard University, the Cambridge (Massachusetts) Center for Adult Education, and the low-residency
MFA program in creative writing at Lesley University. Please visit
http://www.practicing-writer.com to learn more about Erika's
work.
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