Writing Salon Mistress Muses

Attention Poets!

Here's a local Poetry Reading Announcement from Barbara Leff, a former Writing Salon student who worked with our teacher Julie Bruck in her Fearless Poetry class.

Go, enjoy, connect with other local poets!

Real Simple Life Lessons Essay Contest | Poets & Writers

A prize of $3,000 and publication in Real Simple is given annually for a personal essay on a theme. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City to meet with the editors. This year’s theme is, “When did you first understand the meaning of love?” Submit an essay of up to 1,500 words by September 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

via www.pw.org

I love personal essay writing, so it's nice to hear about a contest in that genre, especially one with no entry fee and a $3,000 prize!

Party Time for: "Best of the Bay 2011" Winners

Last night I attended a party thrown for all the winners of this year's "Best of the Bay" poll conducted by the SF Bay Guardian. Winners were allowed to bring guests, so it was quite the event.

I had fun looking at all the other winners, most of whom were decked out in "wild and rebellious" attire, per what was suggested on the invitation.

I managed to get a couple of quick photos of the party scene, plus one of myself and Bruce Brugman, the SF Bay Guardian's publisher. I was holding up my little award poster, but my photographer pal didn't manage to get it into the shot!

I was also squished into a group shot of all the winners, which will be published in next week's edition of the Bay Guardian. I'll be amazed if anyone can find my head in it, but there is one helpful aid to finding me: I ended up standing just behind and to the left of a very very TALL drag queen. Yes, the "education" nerd got put right next to the flamboyant drag queen. A quintessential San Francisco moment.

 

 

 

 

AdviceToWriters: It's Never Too Late

Writing is not like dancing or modeling; it's not something where—if you missed it by age 19—you're finished. It's never too late. Your writing will only get better as you get older and wiser. If you write something beautiful and important, and the right person somehow discovers it, they will clear room for you on the bookshelves of the world—at any age. At least try.

via www.advicetowriters.com

Nice quote from Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the memoir, Eat, Pray, Love.