I is alive!!!
What a nasty flu I had. You know those achy muscles you get? Even my finger muscles hurt. Anyway I'm much better and back to business. I have a house to clean, lawn to mow, some shows to get ready for and some awesome poetry to judge for =
Mattiello's contest, but as soon as I have a moment, I'm going to check out the deviations in my inbox and feature some of them in my next journal.

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Send in your entries in!

is hosting an Acrostic-Haiku Contest! Give this fun and challenging hybrid form a try! The deadline for entries is June 5th, 2009, 11:59:59 GMT. You can find tutortials and contest rules here:
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100% CANADIAN BACON GALLERY FEATURES!
Canada is more than just a place for gay weddings, medicinal pot and comedians, eh? Here are some wonderful arts by Canucks:
But first, to get you in the mood, pull up an empty 2-4, grab a brewsky and read this bit of lit, which pretty much sums up what it means to be a Canadian.


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PROSE WRITERS' 50-WORD VIGNETTE CHALLENGE, ENTRIES WELCOME!
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Amberlouie called for 'vignettes' with rising action, climax and denouement, based around one object or idea (such as the colour, red). Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, the word limit, which was supposed to be set at 500, was mistyped as 50 words in the *
Writers-Workshop news article:
[link] I wrote a few 50-word vignettes and found them to be a valuable exercise, so I 'd like to see yours! Please note links to your (English) 50-word stories to me and I'll feature them in THIS journal.

is a club for exactly that. Check out some of the cool prompts and deviations there.
Here are my micro-vignettes:
[link]Here's a 50-word story by *
Oleem who was the first to rise to my challenge, as well as two 50-word stories by ~
chugglepuff.

This entry just came in from =
IanSeraph and here's another from ~
RockerLane1110

These are by ~
Braenuun and *
Oleem

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HAVE YOU GIVEN SOMEBODY CRIT TODAY?
If not,

has the perfect how-to to get you started.

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Promotional Stuff!
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Vindicta38 has published a book of poetry via Lulu. Grace, Grime, Life and Death may be found here:
[link]Canadians! You can find Counting Clouds: A Collection of Poetry, by Joseph L.M. Sturm, a.k.a =
Mattiello, at Indigo Chapters online:
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Let a smile be your bumbershoot. Check out

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I am Canadian, eh? Check out the art and lit of the Great White North at

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