New and now pre-released from Able Muse Press --

Congrats to Jeredith Merrin for her new book -- a special honoree for the 2013 Able Muse Book Award, as selected by final judge, X.J. Kennedy:
Cup
-- "In these forthright and moving poems written in restrained, disciplined stanzas, the stories are told of how we each, “trying to make it better,/ whatever . . . it is,” have to...

New and now pre-released from Able Muse Press --

Congrats to Richard Newman for his new book:
All the Wasted Beauty of the World
-- "All the Wasted Beauty of the World returns us to the real and, consequently, the new by putting on the brakes and asking us to look, if only briefly, beyond our rear-views." —Dorianne Laux

And congrats to Chelsea Woodard for her...

I'm pleased to announce the contest winners as chosen anonymously by the final contest judges - Amit Majmudar (fiction), and Dick Allen (poetry)--

Congratulations to J.Preston Witt, Scott M. Miller, Catherine Chandler, Marilyn L. Taylor, Eric Berlin (and that's three Eratosphereans amongst the winners and finalists!), and the honorable mentions and shortlisted which also include several talented Eratosphereans!

Complete details here.

Cheers,
...Alex...

I'm delighted and very excited to be leading a one-day workshop at this year's West Chester University Poetry Conference, June 4–7! Are you (or someone in your circle) working on / polishing / or thinking of getting your manuscript/book out there? Then come one, come all and join me for a day of tips and tricks and how-tos and dos and don'ts.... Registration is still open. More here.

Cheers,
...Alex

Dear Eratosphereans:

It's the final two days -- we've just over 24 hours to go to the deadline of the Able Muse Book Award (poetry manuscripts) --

Book Award Deadline is almost here:

Able Muse Book Award (poetry): If you haven't already done so, the entry deadline will be here and gone soon (March 31, 2014). Check all the details here.


Cheers,
...Alex

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