** Just ONE WEEK before entry deadline for the WRITE PRIZE! ***

• ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE (Poetry & Fiction) - $500 prize each & publication
  Judges: John Drury - poetry; Ellen Sussman - fiction
  Deadline: February 15, 2012
  Read the guidelines & ENTER now!
  
  
• ABLE MUSE BOOK AWARD (Poetry)

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The NEW ISSUE of ABLE MUSE, Print Editon (Number 12) - Winter 2011, has just been released, with order/subscription information (for print & Kindle editions), with online excerpts and the subscribers' online edition at: www.AbleMuse.com

ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE FOR POETRY & FICTION —
Includes winning story & poems from contest winners and finalists.

editorial: Alex Pepple • featured...

Able Muse Write Prize (for Poetry & Fiction) -- Winners: Douglas Campbell, Jean L. Kreiling; Second Place: Susan McLean; Finalists: John Beaton, Catherine Chandler, Thomas Kerrigan, Joshua Lavender, Gabriel Spera, Richard Wakefield; Honorable Mention: Julie Bruck, Kevin Corbett, Anna M. Evans, D.R. Goodman, Andrew Khun, Carolyn Moore, & others.

Read the complete details at Able Muse here.

(Eratosphere congratulatory posts are here.)

Cheers,...

Dear Eratosphereans,


As all of you who observe or participate in our Distinguished Guest events already know, I’ve been successful in approaching and convincing celebrated poets and writers to appear and give us of their time free of charge. Thus, the DG forum has recently been graced by such renowned guests as Charles Martin, Michael Juster, Rachel Hadas, and Dorianne Laux to name a few. None of that is going to change, and I will continue to bring acclaimed Distinguished...

Dear Eratosphereans,

I'd hoped that a reminder will no longer be necessary -- between the more visible sponsor/support icon on the right hand panel of most Eratosphere pages, and the sticky posts to that effect in this forum and the other conversation forums. But it hasn't worked out that way . . . yet.

Anyhow, support remains voluntary as before. Thanks to the few were able to respond and assist! To keep this as brief as possible, I won't rehash all the reasons already...