August 2022
“The summer night is like a perfection of thought.”
--Wallace Stevens
Summer Greetings!
The dog days of August are upon us…may you find a cool spot for your creative work.
A big round of applause to this month’s Department of Congratulations writers!
Congratulations to JoeAnn Hart, a finalist for the Black Lawrence Press Hudson Prize for Highwire Act & Other Tales of Survival.
Kelly Watt signed with agent Olga Filina at Five Otter Literary. Great news, Kelly!
Cheryl Pappas signed with Alicia Brooks of Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency. Huzzah, Cheryl!
InConversation poet Joy Ladin received an MCC $5000 grant. Divine news, Joy!
Amy Butcher’s Mothertrucker: Finding Joy on the Loneliest Road in America is a 7th annual Readers' Choice Book Award favorite. A hard yes, Amy!
And, one of our InConversation poets, April Tierney, participated in a reading to raise money for the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony's efforts to bring young tribal members to the site of a controversial proposed open pit lithium mine at Peehee mu'huh (Thacker Pass, NV). You can watch the reading on YouTube. Thank you, April!
Kudos to our hard-working Birch Bark Editing clients. Your books make a difference.
Send us your news at Birch Bark Editing. We take joy in spreading the word about your dazzling successes.
We hope you’ll join us on Tuesday, August 23rd with Josh Dolezal and Erin Flanagan. Go to our events page for more information.
The magic of Mix & Meet continues with stellar productive writing. Prompts and prose! An added bonus: work by Mix & Meet writers is automatically submitted to MicroLit Almanac! Join us Tuesday, August 9th at 5 p.m. Eastern.
We’re pleased to offer our three-hour intensive, synchronous flash generative experiences this fall: Moments in Miniature on September 25th and Micros & More on October 23rd.
We hope you'll check out new work featured in MicroLit Almanac: our latest flash publications by Erica Plouffe Lazure and Diane Payne. Check out Askold Melnyczuk’s conversation with Marjana Savka and Alina Mitrofanova’s essay “HEY, HEY RISE UP” in our Ukraine Bulletins.
Spread the joy and post dog photos on Birch Bark Editing and MicroLit’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!
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