This year, a special day-by-day downloadable calendar highlights
important events in poetry. James Press)
* Contemporary Women's Poets (St. With
operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn. Doubleday Author Myla Goldberg
President and Publisher, Random House Children's Books Chip Gibson
Will Present Scholarship Awards to First-Place Literature Winners

Bertelsmann Foundation's 2005 World of Expression Awards Ceremony will be held
at The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University ,
Wednesday, June 8, 2004 at 7:30 p. Entries are judged on style, form, and content and each
submission is given individual consideration through a multi-level selection
process .
Melanie Fallon-Houska, Director of the World of Expression Program said,
"The World of Expression Awards were founded to stimulate expression and
creativity in students by encouraging them to pursue and develop their music
and literary talents.

New Orleans Writers' Conference Returns; NOMCVB Brings the New York Literary Marketplace to New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, After a 10-year absence, the New
Orleans Writers' Conference (NOWC) will return to bring the New York literary
marketplace down south for a weekend where aspiring writers can meet top
agents, editors and authors.

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A random drawing will take place at the end of the month to select one
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This year, more than 1,200 entries were received from 65% of New York
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"This is a great opportunity for writers and aspiring writers to gain
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Foundation, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT and Random House, Inc. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of music
composition and creative writing competitions.
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68 New York City Students Win $120 000 in Bertelsmann Foundation's World of Expression Scholarship Program

Students compete in short
story, drama, poetry, personal essay , vocal, or instrumental expression
categories.
The evening will be highlighted with readings and performances from World
of Expression winners, including several $10,000 recipients., the world 's largest general trade book
publisher; SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, a global recorded music joint venture
with a roster of current artists that includes a broad array of both local
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Several years later he published his first collection
entitled Leaves of Grass., will hand out
more than $120,000 in scholarships to New York City public high school seniors
on June 8th in Manhattan.

Martin's Press , Alfred A. The conference will span all genres, including children's
literature, culinary writing , essays, fiction, non-fiction, memoir, writing
music for the stage and screen, faith-based writing , poetry, screenwriting,
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If Poet's Corner whets your appetite for more, its creators have included
links to other appropriate sites.gale.com ) serves the world 's information and education needs
through its vast and dynamic content pools, which are used by students and
consumers in their libraries, schools and on the Internet. The winning high school seniors, their families,
teachers and music and publishing industry leaders will be joined on June 8th
by Doubleday's Myla Goldberg, author of the widely acclaimed novel Bee Season
and the forthcoming Wickett 's Remedy, and President and Publisher of Random
House Children's Books Chip Gibson, both of whom are presenting awards.
Since 1992, more than one million dollars have been awarded to students
and their schools by Bertelsmann's World of Expression. My Bertelsmann colleagues and I are proud of their
accomplishments and inspired by their creativity."
Judging the literature categories were: Bonnie Ammer, Executive Vice
President and Publisher at Large, Random House Worldwide; Janet Hill, Vice
President + Executive Editor Doubleday Broadway Publishing,; Richard Hoehler,
Actor , Writer and Teaching Artist; Don Linder, Fiction and Travel Writer; Sara
Nelson, Editor-in-Chief , Publishers Weekly; Evie Polesny, Educator, Actor and
Teaching Artist; Michelle Poploff, Vice President + Editorial Director, Knopf,
Delacorte + Dell; Alice Quinn, Poetry Editor, The New Yorker; Mike Romanos ,
Poet's House; Barbara Rothenberg, NYC Association of Principals Supervising
English; Nita Taublib , Deputy Publisher, Bantam Dell Publishing; Isabel
Warren-Lynch, Executive Director of Art and Design , Knopf, Delacorte + Dell
Books for Young Readers. Bertelsmann
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For booklet or CD featuring the work of this year's winners call the WOE
hotline at 1-888 -369-3434.
Sponsored by the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention + Visitors Bureau,
Inc. All
participants who have attended this conference have established a business
relationship with an agent or editor, and some have even signed contracts for
work, garnering a first byline or book contract ," said J.
Conference attendees registered at the Hotel Monteleone, will be invited
to a special cocktail reception with the above authors, agents and editors.

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A Free Resource For All Poets Who Don't Know It And For Those Who Do

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to find the answer and take the quiz. James Press)
* Giants of American Art + Culture - Maya Angelou: America's Poetic Voice
(Blackbirch Press)
* Literary Companion Series: Robert Frost (Greenhaven Press)
* Literary Companion Series: Walt Whitman (Greenhaven Press)
* Poetry for Students (Thomson Gale)
* Poetry Criticism (Thomson Gale)
* The Importance Of: Edgar Allan Poe (Lucent Books)
* The Importance Of: Maya Angelou (Lucent Books)
* World Poets (Charles Scribner's Sons)

Bookmark http://www. Thomson Gale(TM)
(http://www. The 2005 first
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music/instrumental; Jennie Harney from LaGuardia High School for music /vocal;
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In addition, Thomson Gale is giving away a year's subscription to
LitFinder -- the largest, most accessible collection of literature available
online.com ), with 2004 revenues from
continuing operations of $8. The entries and winners are as diverse as
the city they represent. Kelly, John Grisham, Toni Morrison, Dan
Brown , John Irving, and John Updike. In
addition to networking, the conference guarantees that the first
100 manuscripts submitted with the registration fee will be reviewed by a top
agent or editor , followed by a one-on-one critique.
Authors include John Barry, Dr.
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Celebrate National Poetry Month with Thomson Gale

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., In celebration
of National Poetry Month, Thomson Gale(TM), part of The Thomson Corporation
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(http://www.gale. This lucky entrant will win a year's
subscription to Thomson Gale's LitFinder for their school or public library.m. Students enjoy participating in our program because
they are given the freedom to speak from their heart and submit songs and
stories on any topic in any style.
Judging the music categories: Susan Alicea, Singer/Songwriter, Teacher, +
'96 WOE Music Winner; Thomas Bellino , Director, Planet Arts; Toni Cheeseman,
Membership, ASCAP; Daniel Guss, Senior Director, Catalog Development, BMG
Classics; Jerome Korman, Musical Director, Producer, Composer and Teaching
Artist; Brian Muni, NYC Correspondent, American Songwriter Magazine; Adam
Epstein, Creative Manager, BMG Music Publishing; Michael Polesny, Composer,
Singer, Guitarist; Raheem, Original Member Grandmaster Flash and the Furious
Five; Frank Vinci, Songwriter.org. Stephen Perry, CEO
and President of New Orleans Metropolitan Convention + Visitors Bureau.

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