Fw: Chantay "Legacy" Leonard published in Bandana Republic Anthology!

I along with my fellow Strange Fruit member, Scorpiana X, have been published in the long awaited anthology "THE BANDANA REPUBLIC: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY BY GANG MEMBERS AND THEIR AFFILIATES" edited by Louis Reyes Rivera and Bruce George featuring the works of Abiodun of The Last Poets, Willie Perdomo, Dead Prez, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., Malik Yoba, Ruby Dee and more whom have either come from urban gangs or were closely affiliated with street-based organizations. The book hits the stands May 28th. Available online now. Also for those that did not know I have been published by Poetry Slam Inc.'s press The Wordsmith Press in the all woman anthology "Estrology"   Sylvia Hubbard Author, Blogger and Founder of Motown Writers Network http://www.sylviahubbard.com http://www.motownwriters.com   Coming Soon May 2008: Secrets, Lies and Family Ties order your copy now

Fw: Southfield Public Library PR Summer Schedule

Phone 248.796.4362 Fax 248.796.4365  News Release Date: May 21, 2008 Contact: Community Outreach For Release: Immediate 26300 Evergreen Rd – P.O. Box 2055 – Southfield , Michigan 48037-2055                                       SUMMER SCHEDULE @ THE SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY Southfield, MI – The Southfield Public Library will begin its Summer Schedule on Sunday, June 15, 2008.  The Library will be closed on Sundays, June 15 through Sunday, August 31, 2008.   The Library will be open on Sundays starting September 7, 2008 from 1:00 – 5:00 pm.                   For other days June – August, the Library will follow its regular hours:                                  Monday – Thursday                      9:30 am – 9:00 pm                                  Friday & Saturday                         9:30 am – 5:30 pm The Southfield Public Library is located in the Southfield Municipal Complex, 26300 Evergreen Road . Visit the Library's Home Page at www.southfieldlibrary.org. For further information, please call the Library Guest Services Desk at 248.796.4224 during regular library hours. Sylvia Hubbard Author, Blogger and Founder of Motown Writers Network http://www.sylviahubbard.com http://www.motownwriters.com   Coming Soon May 2008: Secrets, Lies and Family Ties order your copy now

Fw: Detroit Poetry Guide (updated)

Detroit Poetry Guide   Tuesdays   Byte This * **** Beans & Bytes Café 4200 Woodward Detroit, MI Time: 8:30 pm Cost: $5 Host: LaShaun "phoenix" Moore Soul Pleasures - Poetry & Music Showcase Club Evolution 1314 Broadway Downtown Detroit, MI Time: 8pm Cost: N/A Host(s): The Intellectual Divas (Ebonics, Nic Wells, KimArie and Andrea) Sophisticated attire. Strictly enforced. Poetry and Jam Sessions  Lola's 1472 Randolph - Harmonie Park Detroit, MI Time: 9:00 pm Cost: FREE Host: Sparrow OPEN MIC TUESDAYS W/ BLAIR - NEW 1923 CAFE 2287 HOLBROOK ST. HAMTRAMCK, MI 313-319-8766 Time: 7 PM UNTIL 9 PM Cost: $2 SUGGESTED DONATION Host: Blair Wednesdays Open Mic Poetry & Slam - NEW Club Visions 6570 E Davison St Detroit, MI 48212 Time: 8:30 PM Cost: $5.00 Host: Info not available yet. Thursdays Mo"Black Open Mic - NEW ***** Nandi's Knowledge Cafe 12511 Woodward @ Glendale Highland Park, MI Time: 7:00 pm - MIDNIGHT Cost: $7.00 Host: jessica Care moore Slam @ the Max! ***** Max M. Fischer Music Center Tickets are $7 www.detroitsymphony.com 313-576-5111 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit 48201 Sponsored by Starbucks and starts @ 8pm Hosted by Kalimah "LocMama" Johnson of PicNap Poetry. Compete for Cash and Prizes!  Monthly Series. This month: May 22nd Mahogany Revue @ Jazz Cafe ****** Detroit Music Hall 350 Madison St, Detroit, MI Time: 8pm Cost: $5.00 Host: Fluent Every Thursday. Exposure Thursdays ***** Hunter's Supper Club 19350 Livernois Ave Detroit, MI Time: 9pm Cost: $5-7 Host: T. Miller Poetry, Pages & Scribes  ***** Southfield Public Library Southfield,MI Time: 6pm-9pm Cost: FREE Host: Berhenda Williams Monthly series. First Thursdays. OPEN MIC THURSDAYS WITH BLAIR - NEW JACOBY'S BIERGARTEN 642 BRUSH, DETROIT, MI 313-962-7067 Time: 9 PM UNTIL 2 AM Cost: $3 Host: Blair Fridays   The Echoverse ***** Java Exchange Café 440 Burroughs, Suite 140 – Tech Town Detroit, MI Time: 8pm Cost: $5 Host: Johnny "JY" Obadele The Show Fridays 1515 Broadway Detroit, MI Time: 10pm Cost: $10 Host: Ben Jones Black Star Community Book Store Poetry & Open Mic 19410 Livernois, Detroit MI Every third & fourth Friday of each month Time: 8pm Cost: $5   Saturdays   Creative Juicez The Artist Village @, 17340 Lahser, Detroit, MI 48219 Time: 8pm Cost: $10 Host: Raku The Narrator Sundays Trixie's Coffeehouse 25925 Gratiot Ave Roseville MI 48066 Writer's workshop @ 7pm Open Mic & Featured Reading @ 8:30pm      *Series with *****  are endorsed by Legacy Leonard as a quality spot to visit.  Legacy strives to provide a listing of ALL venues regardless to their location, night and/or hosts.  The listing is not a reflection of her personal choices.  The endorsements are her own choice picks. If you have any new venues or events to submit for my listing please send an email to: legacycyrah@yahoo.com .   Label the subject heading: Poetry venues or Events.       Sylvia Hubbard Author, Blogger and Founder of Motown Writers Network http://www.sylviahubbard.com http://www.motownwriters.com   Coming Soon May 2008: Secrets, Lies and Family Ties order your copy now

Wine And Chocolate Tasting June 13 Chicago

The Third Installment of the Wine and Chocolate Tasting Series will feature national jazz recording group Jabon and vocal performnaces from MASON, Paulette "Passion" Stinson, Wanda Lewis (Formerly of The Sounds Of Blackness) , and Nina Rae.
The event will feature prize drawings, wine , chocolate and assorted refreshments refreshments. An indoor/outdoor event we're sure you will enjoy.
Featuring:
* Free Samples for the Yessur and Impres'
Bath and Body Collection for Men and Women
* Free refreshments, wine and chocolate samples
* Prize giveaways throughout the evening
*Much More
Tickets $15
$23 - Premiumm ticket includes CD from Jabon

Sponsored by 220 Communications

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fwd: BSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition.

BSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition.
For writers from the UK & Ireland.
FIRST PRIZE £500
To celebrate 50 years of the BSFA's promotion of British science fiction, we
are please to announce our 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition.
The competition is open to any writer resident in the UK or Ireland. The
maximum length of stories is 8000 words. The stories must be science fiction,
but we're willing to take a broad definition of what that means. All entries
must be accompanied by a £10 entry fee.
The winner will receive a cash prize of £500, the short listed runners up
will receive £50, and the winning and short listed entries will be published in
a special issue of FOCUS the BSFA's magazine for writers. The closing date
for entries is midnight on Friday 5th September 2008 - the winner will be
announced at the BSFA 50th Anniversary Birthday Party, 26 November 2008.
Judging panel: Justina Robson, Stephen Baxter & Alastair Reynolds.
RULES
1. This competition is open to anyone resident in the United Kingdom or
Ireland, except the members of the judging panel and the committee of the
British Science Fiction Association.
2. This is a science fiction short story competition. All stories should
be science fiction, but we are willing to accept a broad definition of genre’
s boundaries.
3. All stories must be original works of fiction, they must not have
previously been published anywhere, in any format, they must be written in
English and must not exceed 8,000 words.
4. Manuscripts must be accompanied by a copy of the entry form and
payment of the £10 entry fee.
5. The winning and shortlisted stories will be published in an issue of
the BSFA magazine Focus. By entering the competition you agree to the BSFA
publishing your story.
6. The shortlisted stories must NOT be published elsewhere until after
their publication in Focus. All rights revert to the authors upon
publication.
7. Authors may enter as many times as they wish, but all stories must be
accompanied by a separate entry form and the £10 entry fee.
8. The entry fee may be paid by cheque (sterling only, payable to BSFA)
which must accompany the manuscript, or by PayPal (use button below – please
make sure you include your name and the name of your story when you make your
payment). Payments by PayPal should be made at the time of postage so that
they can be confirmed when the story arrives.
9. Entries by post or email. If using the post please do not use
recorded delivery or any other service that will require you manuscript to be signed
for.
10. Mail your story flat in a suitable envelope.
11. Confirmation of receipt of your manuscript will be sent by email. If
you do not have an email address, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped
postcard.
12. If you have not received confirmation within three weeks of
submission, please contact the administrator at the addresses below.
13. All stories should be typed, double-spaced, use a sensible font (12
point, Times, Courier) on A4 or legal paper with a 1 inch margin.
14. Stories will be judged anonymously. Your name should only appear on
the entry form, do not put your name on the story pages.
15. Each page should contain the name of the story in the top right hand
corner of the page and the page number centred at the bottom.
16. If sending a manuscript staple your story. Attach the entry form with
a paper clip.
17. Manuscripts cannot be returned. Please keep a copy.
18. A panel of BSFA committee members will select a shortlist of stories
that will be presented to the judging panel after the closing date of the
competition.
19. Shortlisted authors will be informed of their success in October
2008. A list of the shortlisted authors and their stories will be published
here.#
20. The award will be presented at British Science Fiction Association
50th Birthday Party on November 26, 2008 – shortlisted authors will be
welcome to attend but the cost of travel is their own responsibility.
21. The competition administer reserves the right to disqualify stories
that do not meet the criteria set out above. The entrance fee of disqualified
stories will not be returned. At the discretion of the administrator, authors
of disqualified stories may be given the opportunity to resubmit their
original story or a new story without additional costs.
22. The winning and shortlisted authors are responsible for any tax
liability resulting from their success in the competition.
23. The decision of the judges is final.
24. Submissions should arrive before noon on Friday September 5, 2008.
25. Send manuscripts to:
BSFA Short Story Competition
48 Spooners Drive, Park Street, St Albans, Herts, AL2 2HL
email: _shortstorycompetition@bsfa. co.uk_


(please put BSFA Short Story Competition: [your story name] in the subject
field)
http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa/website/community/default.aspx?g=posts&t=115_


Carole McDonnell
Basics in Bible Study
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Wind Follower, a Christian multicultural fantasy
_www.juno-books. com/windfollower .html_
(http://www.juno- books.com/ windfollower. html)
"Nevertheless. ..at Thy Word...."

Call for submissions from Contesting Anthology

Special Project: Mirrors To Our Souls, Stories of Animal Spirituality
Word Count: 1500-12,000 words
Payment: $25 from earned royalties and once the anthology sells enough to go
to print, a copy of the anthology in print. Contributors are able to
purchase additional copies in accordance with our regular contract.
Deadline: Essays must be received by July 15, 2008. Final decisions will be
made by July 31, 2008.
What we seek: Jupiter Gardens Press seeks essays dealing with all aspects of
animal spirituality. From first person encounters to information about totem
animals, god and goddess affiliations, or scholarly discussions of how
animals play a role in our own personal spirituality, if it deals with animals and
spirituality, it is welcome. We especially encourage essays dealing with not
only domestic animals such as cats, dogs, and horses, but also wild animals
such as bears, wolves, or big cats.
Send submissions to: _publisher@jupitergardens.com_
(mailto:publisher@jupitergardens.com) Please attach your essay in rich text (RTF) format in standard
manuscript format (1″ margins, Times New Roman or other readable font, your
name, address, and contact information in the upper left-hand corner). Please
also include a cover letter (in the body of the email) with your essay that
indicates your previous publishing history (if any, none is just fine) and any
relevant information.

Special Project: Namaste Valley Book 1
Welcome to Namaste Valley. We’re glad you’re here and invite you to stay.
Namaste Valley is situated in a beautiful mountain valley with steep peaks
rising on all sides. There is only one pass in and out of the valley and that
can be closed due to inclement weather several weeks a year. The area is open to
spiritual individuals who follow the paths of his or her heart. Some of its
citizens follow more established religious paths, while others choose to
carve out personal beliefs. The one thing that everyone in Namaste Valley shares
is tolerance and a belief in a better world. You’ll find technology here,
though it works for the people, instead of the people working against them. Most
are content with the basic necessities of life. It’s a simple place, yet one
deep with meaning and heart. You’ll find individuals of all nationalities,
sexual orientations, religions, races, and creeds here, all living in harmony
with the earth and each other. Though not everyone believes in a “heaven”,
those that do, say Namaste Valley is a bit of that right here on Earth.
What We Seek:Jupiter Gardens Press wants your fiction stories in all genres
(though given the setting true crime or mystery might be difficult to sell)
set in Namaste Valley. The time period is modern day and we’d prefer a spring
setting. We encourage authors to explore the diversity that could be found in
such a place as well as the ingenuity of humans learning to work with nature
and the environment. Stories should be set directly in Namaste Valley.
Word Count: 5000-12,000 words
Payment: $25 from earned royalties and once the anthology sells enough to go
to print, a copy of the anthology in print. Contributors are able to
purchase additional copies in accordance with our regular contract.
Deadline: Essays must be received by August 15, 2008. Final decisions will
be made by August 31, 2008.
Send submissions to: _publisher@jupitergardens.com_
(mailto:publisher@jupitergardens.com) Please attach your essay in rich text (RTF) format in standard
manuscript format (1″ margins, Times New Roman or other readable font, your
name, address, and contact information in the upper left-hand corner). Please
also include a cover letter (in the body of the email) with your essay that
indicates your previous publishing history (if any, none is just fine) and
any relevant information.
For further information about our other projects or regular lines, please
visit our website at http://www.jupitergardenspress.com_
(http://www.jupitergardenspress.com/) and read our full submission guidelines and FAQs. Thank you.
http://www.jupitergardenspress.com/?page_id=5_



CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR MONU - magazine on urbanism #9 - EXOTIC URBANISM

Ever since our cities became areas of continuous interaction and
ever-expanding exchange the term “exotic” - understood as counterpart to the “local”,
the “native” or even the “authentic” - has become a rather vague term. Who –
in actual fact - is still able to distinguish between the one and the
other, between the exotic and the local? Who would be interested anyway? Yet, once
again, there seems to be an increasing fascination with, and interest in,
importing and seeing certain urban elements from other parts of the world in our
own cities. There are, apparently, more Japanese people visiting the fake
Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas than the original in Paris. What makes this
displacement so interesting today?
The fascination with the “exotic” and its appearance in our cities has a
long history, although at first merely going in one direction: from the “West”
to the “East”. Interest in the exotic by the Western World was first
stimulated by trade with the Eastern World back in the 16th century. But right from
the start there has always been this intriguing contradiction in the term “
exotic” as being on the one hand associated with fantasies of opulence and
barbaric splendour, yet on the other hand considered as integer, uncorrupted and
tasteful. The charm of the unfamiliar with its thrill of menace hasn’t lost
its attraction even today and has been turned into a global phenomenon that
can no longer be discussed within the narrow-minded Orient – Occident
dialectic. These days, all kinds of foreign urban elements evoke the atmosphere of
far-off lands all over the world. A finish sauna can be as exotic in Sao Paulo
as Islamic ornamental motifs on a building in New York City.
MONU#9 investigates what the term exotic actually means for our cities and
how exotic urban elements appear, what they look like, and how they may
influence our cities. In any case, exotic urban features appear more and more as an
inexhaustible source for progressive urban design ideas. When the exotic
influenced the appearance of the “Art Nouveau” at the end of the 19th century,
it might today have the power to create an “Urban Nouveau”.
We invite daring concepts, mind-stretching speculations and ground-breaking
new strategies about the topic “Exotic Urbanism” for our next issue of MONU.
Submissions may be essays, photography, art projects or design concepts that
trigger the term “exotic” in the urban context. MONU #9 will be published
in the summer of 2008. Submissions or questions should be sent to
info@monu-magazine.com (mailto:info@monu-magazine.com%20) by the end of June 2008. _
www.monu-magazine.com_ (http://www.monu-magazine.com/index.html)


"A Picture Worth 500 Words"

Write a response to this image, in poetry or prose. The only rule is length:
prose can't exceed 500 words and poetry can't exceed 15 lines. Winners will
be notified shortly after the reading deadline for issue 17 as a whole
(6/15/08).

Please mark your entry clearly in the subject line of your email: "TH17
Contest." Email to _submissions@tattoohighway.org_
as a Rich Text Format (RTF) attachment or as plain text in the body
of your message.

Frequently asked question: "What do I get if I win?"

Frequently given answer: "It's mainly for the glory." TH will publish and
feature one or more of the best entries in prose and poetry. In addition, one
of our "angels" has agreed to donate a US$30 bookstore gift certificate for
the first place winner in each category. For the last several issues, a second
"angel" matched the first, and we've been able to offer two prizes.

NEW RULE: Starting with issue 14, first and second place winners must skip
an issue before entering again.

http://www.tattoohighway.org/contest.html

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