(Ojai, CA – May 29, 2012) – More than a dozen area authors, poets and spoken word artists will be reading excerpts from their recently published books or perennial best-sellers over two evenings in June -Saturdays June 23rd and 30th. Attendees of Well Red will listen intently to a different set of Open Mic performers and authors each evening before offering them a collective toast for their new and notable works. Well Red starts...

Dear Writers – We have just announced the winners and short listed entries for our 60 Second Story Contest. You can find the results here: http://www.fourthirtythree.com/contestresults.html Thanks for entering.  The standard was incredibly high and the judges (the small group of volunteer editors who run 4’33”) would like to hear more stories like the ones entered in the competition, so whether you were successful or not...

Author Promote Thyself workshop series launched by Pacific Institute for Professional Writing throughout California Cost effective education for authors wishing to learn to promote their books (Santa Barbara, CA – May 15, 2012) – To sell books in today’s market, novice authors must establish an online presence, then do most of the work of promoting their books themselves. Even when published by one of the Big Six legacy...

Michael Collins comes up with the results of the 2012  Fish Poetry Prize. 1st   Serene Suburban Sunday, Spring Street by John Mulligan (Ireland) 2nd  Hard Times 2 by Mark Fiddes (England) 3rd   Give a Sucker an Even Break by John Mulligan (Ireland) HONORARY MENTIONS:  Birthday Letters by Jennifer Cairns (England) Ferrets by Amalia Burne To Rhonda by Sean Murphy (USA) Neighbourhood Watch by Lezanne Clannachan (Denmark) The Taste of Death by Mo...

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Announces 2012 Winners of Student Stowe Prize   Hartford – The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center has selected Tess Domb Sadof of Amherst Regional High School (Amherst, MA) and Hannah C. Morgan of the University of Maryland (Washington D.C.) as the 2012 recipients of the inaugural Student Stowe Prize. The Student Stowe Prize recognizes outstanding writing by United States high school and college students that motivates...

Literary Vibe in Ojai: Summer Writers Workshops Offered the Entire Month of June. Ojai Aims to Attract Writers from Across the Nation and Around the World (Ventura, CA – May 14, 2012) During June – the month of the Summer Solstice when the sun is highest in the sky and the sunset casts the most vibrant hues of pink across the Topa Topa mountain range – writers from around the world are invited to return to Ojai (or visit for...