Poets & Writers 2005 Writers Exchange Contest Winners

Writers Exchange Contest - 2005 Contest Winners

The Winners of the 2005 Writers Exchange Contest, open to Georgia writers, are:
POETRY: DELISA MULKEY
Forest Park, Georgia
FICTION: LAUREN K. WATEL
Decatur, Georgia


The 2005 Writers Exchange judges were:
POETRY: PATRICIA SMITH
FICTION: JENNIFER EGAN

Poets & Writers extends its congratulations to Writers Exchange winners Delisa Mulkey and Lauren Watel. We also thank all the Georgia writers who participated in the contest and wish you the best of luck with your writing.

Each year writers from one state are chosen to participate in the Writers Exchange. Winners are flown to New York City in October for an all-expense paid trip to meet with agents, editors, publishers and other members of the New York literary community.

Poets & Writers is grateful to Neltje for a major gift which makes this program possible.

Please visit our Website in August for information on the 2006 Writers Exchange competition.

Chris Well's Frank Peretti Interview

On days like this(I'm working/writing) I like to link you to what others are doing in the Christian blogosphere.

CCM Magazine's Chris Well(who also authored Forgiving Solomon Long) talks to Christian fiction bestselling great Frank Peretti about his new smash, Monster, his writing process and future writing.

Click on the title and it will take you to the interview.

Writing to see what the end gon' be,
Dee

Third Sundays...Launch/Seeking Speaking Writers

Starting June I will host Third Sundays, a House Reading Series at my duplex.

House Readings are gathering places for slam poets, spoken word artists, creative non-fiction essayist, flash fiction writers, novelists, and playwrights to gather and share their work with their community, eat, drink and network. And to hear an occasional psalmist/musicisian/singer/holy hip hopper in the house.

Third Sundays is obviously a gathering place for Christian Creative Writers, so its main objective is to edify and listen to God's voice speaking through us.

It is potluck style with BYOBC(Bring Your Own Bible& Chair/Sitting Pillow) I will begin sending invitations to the events this month, but for now I am seeking artists to read their work and to perform.

There is no admission charge to Third Sundays, and thus, no artist payment. It is a grassroots movement to celebrate the Lord through Literature in an environment condusive for the spirit to move. Plans in the future are to build a lit journal or anthology via some of the participating artists, create a concert series, and much, much more.

Third Sundays events will be on every third Sunday at 6:30 pm.

If you would like to particiapte, please contact me at vidae@writing.com. If you would like to join the Third Sunday mailing list for events calendar and artist spotlight, please respond to this email. If you are not a christian artist, but know someone who would love the free publicity, please have them contact me and forward this message onto other artists that might be interested. If you are out of the Atlanta area, but plan to come through this year. We would love to have you come out and listen to God speaking through you. Let me know, so that I can include you on the calendar. If this interests you, but you're not the creative type, but might like the fellowship or need to add your prayers to our Third Sunday prayer list, please come or email. It's a free event.

Will Keep You Posted on Further Developments

Dee