Celebrate the earth today and throughout the week. Turn the TV off. Walk instead of driving to work, if that’s at all feasible. Read an article about conservation. Plant a tree or even just pop a seed in a pot on your windowsill. Paint a picture with lots of green in it. Write a poem. Or do what I just did--find a poem someone else wrote. This snippet from Willaim Blake's poem "Songs of Experience" blends of trees and Holy Words, an apt image today:
Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who present, past and future sees;
Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word
That walked among the ancient trees.
"May we always find ourselves in the company of scholars, may learning never cease in our lifetime, and may our learning only bring to the world justice and peace." --Dr. Alan Block, writer, reader, and educator
NOTICE!
For some reason I can add sidebars, but not new posts. Please check back later. I have been working on a variety of things including switching my blog soon from this one, which was set up with my now-defunct West Wisconsin Telcom account. I hope to have my new blog through Gmail up soon. I will provide a link and announcement when I've got everything straight. 7/2/11
I did it!
I completed the 30-day National Novel Writing Month challenge!
Literary Living
A program that helps you design a system for creating the writing life that works best for you; provides resources for tackling the more common hurdles you face as a writer; furnishes tools for identifying goals and staying on track for achieving them; and gives you a community for ongoing support and inspiration. I highly recommend it. http://www.literaryliving.com
Check The Money Corner
Scroll to the end of this blog to see listings by month of writing contests, grants, and fellowships for writers and poets.
My Chief Security Officer in his new office in the lobby of his Colorado headquarters.
Art Musings. . .
My mixed media collage titled "Flying" (that's a photo of me at age 20) . . . to see a larger image, scroll down.
Take a break for a jigsaw puzzle
Scroll down the blog to find a jigsaw puzzle, updated several times a week.
This week's link
Writing is conversation
Laurence Sterne, a novelist of the 18th century, wrote that, "writing, when properly managed, is but a different name for conversation."
Blog Archive
-
▼
2008
(226)
-
▼
April
(19)
- Recently read: Robert K. Tanenbaum’s Malice
- Copyright series
- The sentence game
- Recently read: Suzy Gershman’s C’est La Vie
- Earth Day
- Haiku and Roger McGough
- Passover
- New views of time
- The Wisconsin Regional Writers’ Association (WRWA)
- Recently read: John Brady’s A Stone of the Heart
- Janice Taylor and the 21-Day-Blow-the-Fat-Cells-fr...
- New workshops, conferences and contests
- My father turned 87
- Alternative health care: a viable option
- April is National Poetry Month.
- Michael Perry: words to music
- Recently read: William Kent Krueger’s Copper River
- Crane count
- April Fool’s Day
-
▼
April
(19)
About Me
- Erica Hanson
- Slow but steady describes our transition from Wisconsin to Colorado!
To contact me . . .
Add a comment or email me at ehanson25@comcast.net Just be sure to refer to the blog in the subject line in case my spam-catcher stops the email.
Jigsaw puzzle: click on the arrow
Writers' Events
The University of Wisconsin in Madison has events throughout the year for writers. For information see, www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/writing
The Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair will be held on August 5 and 6 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. A special feature this year will be the Childhood Clissics "Celebrating the Sense of Wonder." See www.rmaba.org for more information.
The 48th Annual School of the Arts at Rhinelander will be July 24 - 29 this year. For information on the school's variety of workshops ranging from Art and Folk Arts, Performing Arts, Mind/Body/Spirit, Photography and Writing, see http://www.soawisconsin.org/ or call 608-262-0557.
Middlebury College's Bread Loaf Writers Conference, held in Vermont every year since 1926, is on August 10 through 20 this year. For information, see www.middlebury.edu/blwc
The Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers 2011 Colorado Gold Conference is September 9 through 11 at the Renaissance Hotel in Denver. For information, see http://www.rmfw.org/
The Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair will be held on August 5 and 6 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. A special feature this year will be the Childhood Clissics "Celebrating the Sense of Wonder." See www.rmaba.org for more information.
The 48th Annual School of the Arts at Rhinelander will be July 24 - 29 this year. For information on the school's variety of workshops ranging from Art and Folk Arts, Performing Arts, Mind/Body/Spirit, Photography and Writing, see http://www.soawisconsin.org/ or call 608-262-0557.
Middlebury College's Bread Loaf Writers Conference, held in Vermont every year since 1926, is on August 10 through 20 this year. For information, see www.middlebury.edu/blwc
The Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers 2011 Colorado Gold Conference is September 9 through 11 at the Renaissance Hotel in Denver. For information, see http://www.rmfw.org/
Writing Contests: The Money Corner
Yes, you can make money writing even as you wait for the world to discover your magnificent book. Since the mid-1980s, I have spent much of my professional life writing (and winning) government grants and proposals, from private sector agencies, county government, states, military and the federal government. I have also won a number of writing contests over the years. I will post links and information about poetry contests, short story contests, essay contests, book contests, writing fellowships and grants as I run across them. If you know of any, please email me at ejh@wwt.net with links and information.
Writing Contests due in July
Literal Latté is accepting entries through July 15 for its Poetry Award of $1,000 and publication. $10 entry fee. See http://www.literal-latte.com/
Great Lakes Colleges Association is accepting entries through 25 for its New Writers Awards to a poet, fiction writer and a creative nonfiction writer. One winner in each category will receive an expense-paid trip to several of the Great Lakes Colleges and a $500 honorarium. See www.glca.org
Glimmer Train Press is accepting submissions for its Very Short Fiction Award of $1,200 and publication through July 31. $15 entry fee. See www.glimmertrain.org
Great Lakes Colleges Association is accepting entries through 25 for its New Writers Awards to a poet, fiction writer and a creative nonfiction writer. One winner in each category will receive an expense-paid trip to several of the Great Lakes Colleges and a $500 honorarium. See www.glca.org
Glimmer Train Press is accepting submissions for its Very Short Fiction Award of $1,200 and publication through July 31. $15 entry fee. See www.glimmertrain.org
No comments:
Post a Comment