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Tiny Lights: A Journal of Personal Narrative
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Greetings!,
The fleeting August days have got me feeling a little melancholy. Seems like it's getting dark too soon and how can school be starting already? Good thing there's plenty of light in this issue of Sparks!
Sonoma County Writers, don't miss:
August 29, Aqus Speakeasy
September 16, Petaluma Poetry Walk
September 22, Sonoma County Book Festival
If like me, you're feeling a little blue, let this video cheer you up!
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Smile on & Keep writing! |
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 The Speakeasy Literary Saloon
Summer Confab
Mark Your Calendars!
Foundry Wharf August 29 7-9 p.m. Food, wine and words! The perfect night out!
Featuring: Robin Beeman, Rebecca Lawton, Rob Kroese,
Shana Mahaffey and Kenna Lee
Don't miss the chance to win 5 minutes at the open mic! Bring something to read and put your name in the hat!
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Searchlights & Signal Flares
Tiny Lights' Online Writers' Exchange 
As a writer, how many times do you have to put words in someone's mouth? Often enough to know it isn't easy, which is why you'll appreciate this month's question:
Read what Barbara Shine, this month's featured writer, has to say on the subject, along with
This Month's Featured Writer: Barbara Shine 
Barbara Shine is a freelance writer and editor who lives and works in Virginia's Northern Neck, an uncluttered, slow-paced region on the Chesapeake Bay. She writes creative nonfiction and articles and conducts workshops for others interested in writing the stories of their lives. Barbara's 2006 literary collection, The Pen Is Mightier Than the Broom: Memoirs, Stories, and Poems, earned second place for edited books in the Virginia Press Women's Annual Communications Contest; two of her essays in the book also won VPW awards. The book is available in softcover and e-book formats at www.iUniverse.com, www.bn.com, www.amazon.com, and other online booksellers.
What does it mean to be fearless in writing?
(Deadline 9/15/12)
Send Searchlights submissions with bio (and title!) to editor@tiny-lights.com
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Contest and Call for Submissions
 Kate Farrell, Linda Joy Myers & Amber Lea Starfire, Editors Where were you in the 60s and 70s? Seeking women with telltale stories of that extraordinary era for a unique anthology: Times They Were A-Changing: Women Remember the 60s and 70s. Prizes will be awarded to the top three works, though all entries are eligible for publication: First Prize: $300, publication, and 5 copies Second Prize: 150, publication, and 3 copies Third Prize: $75, publication, and 2 copies Deadline: January 15, 2013 Entry fees: $20 for prose, $15 for poetry. For complete guidelines and to enter, go to: www.timestheywereachanging.com
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Flash in the Pan
Online Quarterly @ Tiny Lights
Hold the Flash submissions for now! Your harried editor is behind in her posting! Stay tuned!
What is a Flash in the Pan? It's life caught in the blaze of a match, a beam of moonlight, the glare of a home-made explosion. These pieces of first-person non-fiction prose (500 words or less) are like potato chips--you won't be able to stop with just one. Our gems are posted quarterly in January, April, July and October on the Tiny Lights website. A select few appear in the hard copy editions of the magazine. Send your jewels to editor@tiny-lights.com.
Go to:Flash in the Pan
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Read issues at www.echapbook.com See www.echapbook.com/submissions.htm for submissions guidelines. Contact Publisher Jo-Anne Rosen: echaps@wordrunner.com |
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Writers Forum of Petaluma
presents
Ianthe Brautigan
"Finding your Voice on the Page"
September 20, 2012 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Petaluma Community Center, 320 No. McDowell Blvd.
$15 at the door
Voice is a powerful and sometimes mysterious aspect of memoir writing. In this workshop, we are going to explore the importance and effect of voice in varied types of memoir writing and look at different ways of discovering one's voice.
Ianthe Brautigan-Swensen's You Can't Catch Death (St. Martins Press) has been translated into Swedish, German, and Russian, as well as, being optioned by a major motion picture company. She teaches at Sonoma State University, and at Santa Rosa Junior College.
For Info: www.thewritespot.us
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Weekend Workshop California Poets in the SchoolsPassing the Gift Forward Friday, 9/14/ 2012, 12:00 PM -Sunday, 9/16/ 2012, 12:00 PM EarthRise at IONS
101 San Antonio Rd
Petaluma CA 94952
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Playwright's Forum
Are you an armchair playwright? Have a script all dressed up and nowhere to go? Would you like to have open constructive conversation about your play, scene or ideas? 6th Street Playhouse is introducing the Playwright's Forum. The forum is an ongoing group specifically designed for playwrights to have a place to meet and discuss their work. The group will be facilitated by Maureen Studer. Please bring up to 20 pages of your play and duplicate copies (enough for all readers to have their own copy). $10.00 per session.
Tuition: $10.00/session
When: Every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, 9AM to 12PM
Where: The 6th Street Playhouse
Fall Dates:
August 25th
September 8 & 22
October 13 & 27
November 10
December 8
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Tiny Lights Recommends: Sonoma County Free Bookmobile Help bring free books to Sonoma County residents.
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For reservations, or more information call: OCA 707 874 9392. OCA is located in Harmony Village in downtown Occidental at 4008 Bohemian Hwy.
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Since 1995, Tiny Lights has been celebrating the power of personal voice with a biannual journal devoted to short essay. The annual essay contest, which offers $1500 in prizes, provides the material for the summer issue, while the winter issue is by invitation only.
The online component of Tiny Lights is designed to catch what can't be contained in the pages of the newsstand editions. Lights Online provides a venue for additional voices, information about Tiny Lights and resources for writers of personal essay. Sparks: Email News & Notes is our free monthly electronic newsletter.
Subscriptions to the print edition of Tiny Lights, which includes original art:
$10 per year (2 issues)
Current issue: $5 each
Back issues: $3 each Checks payable to Tiny Lights Publications, P.O. Box 928, Petaluma, CA 94953
Or take advatage of our new PayPal feature!
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 Susan Bono, Editor
Tiny Lights Publications
P.O. Box 928, Petaluma, CA 94953
(707) 762-3208
www.tiny-lights.com |
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