Athens GA reading

Presented by the UGA Creative Writing Program, featuring the works of new students including Bradley Bazzle, Elizabeth Cunningham, Johnny Damm, Will Dunlap, Lindsey Harding, and Matthew Nye.

SHOWTIMES: 7:30p - MON 8/22

ADMISSION: FREE

These Books Are Made for Reading

Mark your calendar! The 13th Georgia Literary Festival will be held in Sautee-Nacoochee, GA--just 20 miles from Demorest.


This year's events are still being finalized. Last year, twenty-five authors from all over Georgia gave readings of their works, including Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, bestselling author Ferrol Sams, Georgia Poet Laureate David Bottoms, and award-winning writers like Tina Ansa, Philip Lee Williams, Damon Lee Fowler, Pamela Bauer Mueller, and many more.

According to the Georgia Center for the Book, "this will be the first time the festival, a “moveable feast” that is held in a different city each year and which celebrates writers in those areas of Georgia, has moved to the northeastern corner of the state."


Come out and represent!

Winner of the Butterfly Effect Challenge

"Part of the Demorest Butterfly Effect Celebration was a Creativity Challenge for Piedmont students...Eight students entered poems, short stories, songs, and artwork exemplifying the butterfly effect. While all of the entries showed great insight, one stood out among the rest. Congratulations to Sonya Leckman for her poem titled Butterfly!" -- From Piedmont's QEP (Quality Enhancement Program, a 5-year program focused specifically on inspiring critical thinking and student learning)


Butterfly
By: Sonya Leckman

Butterfly, Butterfly;
How sweetly you flap your wings
Do you know about the hurricane down south?
You flew that way the other day.
And now a baby cries as the wind stings his eyes.

Butterfly, Butterfly;
Where do you wander as day breaks?
Do you see that other butterfly
Cursed to crawl upon the ground
Because someone opened his cocoon
Before his wings were properly formed?

Butterfly, Butterfly;
Why don’t you warn them?
Those people who rush
Past the perfect moment
And find themselves headfirst in the future,
Much to their surprise.

Butterfly, Butterfly;
What blessing will you bring us?
An early spring, a happy Christmas?
I think I’ll help you
To spread joy around the world.
Each smile I share reaches out
To another soul that delights.

Butterfly, Butterfly;
Which way do you fly?
To greet the animals napping in the sun.
Goodbye sweet butterfly.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Pegasus

Pegasus, the literary journal at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia, invites submissions of poetry, short fiction (flash fiction welcome), creative nonfiction, artwork and photography for the upcoming spring 2011 issue. The submission deadline is January 31, 2011.

Pegasus is an award-winning regional journal, focused only on Georgia writers who are of high school age or who are currently enrolled as undergraduates in Georgia colleges and universities. All other writers should query the editor, Jeff Newberry (replace (at) with @), before sending any submissions. Past issues have included invited features by Mark Leidner, Janisee Ray, Patrick Phillips, Amy Blackmarr, and Janice Daugharty.

Pegasus accepts electronic submissions only. Please see http://www.abac.edu/pegasus/submit.html for full submission guidelines. Submissions not following stated guidelines will be ignored.

Sandhills Writing Conference

Students, should we go to the Sandhills Writers Conference?

http://www.sandhills.aug.edu/

The deadline for scholarship applications is Jan 15, 2010. The regular submission deadline is Feb. 5, 2010.

SUBMIT TO TRILLIUM

Piedmont students, faculty, staff, and alumni:

We want to see your work!

Trillium is actively seeking submissions of art, poetry, music, fiction, short film, and creative essays. See the submission guidelines in the sidebar of this blog and submit your work today.

Submission deadline for this year's issue: Feb 1, 2010

Be a Trillium Editor!

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. NO PREREQUISITES.

We're looking for creative, enthusiastic, fun-loving students to join the Trillium staff. Editors read submissions, decide which work we'll accept for the year's issue, and create the journal's website--and we aim to have a great time doing it.

All interested students should enroll in English 400 this spring. We look forward to having you with us!