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Call for Entries for the 2006 Africana Homestead Short Story and Poetry Contests
Cherry Hill, NJ (PRWEB) August 1, 2006
Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers (AHLP) calls for entries for its 2006 Africana Homestead Short Story Contest and 2006 Africana Homestead Poetry Contest. AHLP?s literary contests are for amateur writers and poets in three categories: adult, youth, and children. Entries should highlight the historic or present-day black experience in the United States. Contest judges will be a panel of authors and educators who have written and published literary fiction and nonfiction or teach creative writing or both. In its third year, the contests are increasing in popularity and reach across the nation.
As in 2005, the contests are open to residents of all 50 States and the territories of the United States of America. The full guidelines, entry fees, and a description of awards are posted on AHLP?s website (visit http://www.ahlpub.com and click the link to the literary contests). For 2006 the submission period started July 1 and all entries must be postmarked by October 31, 2006. Entry fees range from $ 8 to $ 20 for short fiction and $ 5 to $ 15 for poetry and depend on the age of the entrant, a slight increase from 2005. AHLP also raised the amount of each cash prize for short fiction by 50% as compared to the prior years. The increase is to better recognize an author?s effort in writing a short story and to encourage more people to enter that category.
For the first time, AHLP has provided useful online documents for individuals who wish to enter one or both contests. Visitors to the Literary Contests page on AHLP’s website may download an entry cover sheet, a description of short fiction and poetry genres, and a writing template. Poems especially should be crafted with lines of verse that fit the template?s text block dimensions.
With the initial success of the contests and the company?s ongoing commitment, Carolyn C. Williams, the publisher-executive editor of AHLP, sees the 2006 contests as an important opportunity to increase AHLP?s community service mission and national visibility. Already the contest has attracted the interest of non-profit organizations that mentor children, including the Baker House, a faith-based organization in Dorchester, Massachusetts. In a July 2006 e-mail to Ms. Williams, a staff member from the Baker House revealed their plans to have the children in their Spoken Word and Poetry program enter AHLP?s 2006 contests as an incentive in their creative endeavors.
Another indicator of Africana Homestead Legacy Publisher?s growing success is that the ten winners of the 2005 poetry contest live in seven states: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas. The national origins of these poets include the United States, Barbados, and Nigeria. (Because of insufficient qualifying entries, AHLP did not award prizes for short fiction in 2005.)
AHLP’s successful 2005 entrants submitted in the adult and youth 12-18 categories: Ramona Robbins Porter Newton, first place adult category for ?MOON DOGS II,? Sherlock Griffith, second place adult category for ?Silence is Only Freedom?s Pause,? Joanava McDaniel, third place adult category for ?Awakening,? Cierra M. Robinson, first place youth 12-18 category for ?Brown Beauty? and honorable mention for ?American Dream,? Brandi L. Hargette, second place youth 12-18 category for ?Home of the Free,? Callistus Eluagu, honorable mention adult category for ?Invocation of Brotherhood,? Marie Henry, honorable mention adult category for ?Nataki? and ?Rebirth,? Valton DeJuan Jackson, honorable mention adult category for ?Indeed,? Kevin A. Stewart, honorable mention adult category for ?My First Day,? and Angela Young-Richie for ?You made Me Mad.? These fine poems are in Visions of Black Life: A Collection of Outstanding Short Stories and Poetry, Volume II May 2006, ISBN-10: 0-977090-4-2, retail price US $ 20, and available at a discount from online and traditional booksellers.
AHLP looks forward to publishing the 2006 winning entries in its anthology, Visions of Black Life: A Collection of Outstanding Short Stories and Poetry, Volume III May 2007. And in late June 2007, the executive team and judges will celebrate with the 2006 winners at its annual awards and recognition luncheon in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
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New Orleans Plight of Actor Harry Anderson of “Night Court” Chronicled in Hurricane Katrina Book
New Orleans, LA (PRWEB) August 1, 2006
New Orleans resident Harry Anderson, the comic actor who starred as Judge Harry Stone on the sitcom “Night Court,” has been one of New Orleans’ biggest post-Katrina advocates, but he?s finally pulling up stakes. The actor, who also starred in “Dave?s World” and appeared on “Saturday Night Live” and “Cheers,” has closed his nightclub and is moving out of state. ?But I love this place, and if your heart is here you can never really leave. I?ve been living here on and off or 30 years. I love New Orleans. It?s the most unique and enjoyable place in America,? Anderson said.
Harry Anderson is one of the ?five people? featured in the New Orleans bestseller, ?The Five People You Meet in Hell: Surviving Katrina,? by Robert Smallwood. A national book tour will kick off in San Francisco August 17 at Books, Inc. and will continue at Borders and Barnes & Noble stores in San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Miami, Houston, San Antonio, Atlanta, D.C. and twelve other cities.
?The Five People You Meet in Hell: Surviving Katrina? is the only book-length first person account of the events that unfolded in downtown New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It has been selling out at local New Orleans stores. It is uniquely written in ?a feral style with knowledgeable, first-hand passion,? said Rex Reed of the New York Observer.
The book, a riveting yet humorous eyewitness account of Hurricane Katrina and her aftermath in the French Quarter, also includes photos and narrative of the opening and 13-month ill-fated run of Anderson?s nightclub, Oswald?s Speakeasy. The passages document the plight of Harry Anderson and four other unique French Quarter residents with humor, suspense and poignancy.
The nightclub opened in June of last year during the slow tourism season and it was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in late August. As soon as he could, Anderson made repairs and loaned the use of his club out for French Quarter town hall meetings to help the neighborhood recover and provide a forum for political issues. Eventually, Anderson re-started his magic and comedy act shows but the ravages of Katrina on the New Orleans tourism industry proved too much to sustain it. ?Then there were the exorbitant electric bills sent by the local utility for apartments in the building that had no electricity for months, water leaking into the streets from underground damage to water mains and the piles of debris that seemed to keep reappearing,? Anderson said. ?After a while you have to ask yourself, ?how am I doing? What about my peace of mind? What about quality of life???
Prime Dental Software Releases Version 4.2 of Prime Dental Practice Management Software
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) August 6, 2006
Prime Dental Software proudly announces the release of Version 4.2 of its innovative Practice Management Software System for Dental Practices.
This new release adds many exciting new features making this one of the World?s most powerful and affordable practice management software systems.
Prime Dental is both powerful and reliable. It was built using cutting edge technology and utilizes one of the best databases in the World, which is running on millions of computers and is used by some of the World?s largest companies. Prime Dental has all the great features you expect in a leading software system. Some examples are scheduling, imaging, beautiful 3D charting, eclaims, chart notes, accounting, treatment planning, prescription writer, time clock, fully customizable reports and many more.
Even with all these features, Prime Dental is easy to use and very intuitive, with large tabbed buttons for all functions right in front of the user. No need to memorize icons, commands, or menus. New users can learn the system on their very first use.
According to Dr. Mark Fleming, President, Prime Dental Software, ?What sets Version 4.2 apart from most of the other programs in the industry, is that it has a completely open database. This gives you total control over your data and it still remains very secure. This is very different from other companies, who control and limit what portions of your data that you see and use. With Prime Dental, you can use your data in any other program and it will never need to be converted again. With this freedom, you are in control of your data, not the vendor. This prevents vendors from forcing their clients to change and purchase expensive upgrades to their software and requires them to provide outstanding service. If the vendor doesn?t live up to the client?s expectations, the client can easily migrate to a different vendor. I strongly feel that this freedom will dramatically change the dental industry.?
About Prime Dental Software:
Prime Dental Software is dedicated to providing outstanding software and professional support to the dental profession. Prime Dental Software is run by dental professionals and provides a very unique support system. Unlike most software companies, all support is handled by dentists who really know the profession and what it takes to run a busy practice. Our professional staff provide technical support, training, and practice management consulting.
For more information on Prime Dental Software and our other services for the dental industry, call 1-800-742-9176 or visit http://www.primedentalsoftware.com.
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Ostrow and Company To Handle All Rights For “The Child Within”
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 7, 2006
Ostrow and Company has been retained by producers Luchia Dragosh, Tevin Adelman and Sharzad Davani to handle all rights for their dramatic feature film ?The Child Within?.
The producers met Page Ostrow, founder of Ostrow and Company, when Page spoke on panels at both the Boston Film Festival and The United Nations Documentary Film Festival. Producer, writer/director and star of film, Luchia Dragosh says, ?Page stood out as a rep who has extensive experience in negotiating films with sensitive themes. We are thrilled to be working with Page and her team. ?
?The Child Within? is a dramatic feature about three young, pregnant women from Bulgaria, Belarus and China, who are lured to America with promises of respectable jobs and new lives. Shortly after their arrival, they find themselves stripped of their freedom and dignity. Their American dream turns into a nightmare of depraved sexual labor as they are sucked into the belly of a monster called ?sex trafficking.?
?Our team is always looking for films that inspire and incite global discussion. We?re excited to represent this compelling film and bring it to an audience worldwide,? states Page Ostrow.
Page Ostrow, winner of the ?Wave of Excellence? award from the Garden State Film Festival is a veteran entertainment industry executive who has arranged financing and or negotiated distribution for over 125 feature films and numerous documentaries. Ostrow is founder and president of Ostrow and Company, a producer?s representative company with a reputation for taking risks on projects, creating ?buzz?, igniting bidding wars and putting their filmmakers on the map. http://www.ostrowandcompany.com
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NewsLaugh.Com Exclusive! Cuba Libre? Not Yet, Amigo! Castro Survives; Millions Mourn
New York, NY (PRWEB) August 7, 2006
In this week?s free issue, NewsLaugh.com, The Sanely Funny Weekly Humor Magazine, reports that the realization of Cuba Libre won?t happen just yet, amigo, because Fidel is apparently well, instead of off to the hotspot his enemigos would like to see him go. So the fiestas have wound down like toy figures with batteries that are running out of juice.
Imagine the bully man?s feat. He rules for 47 years, during which all corridors to commendable behavior invite his circumspection. Yet, at or near the end of his opportunity to be the beloved founder of a free and prosperous nation, he ends up so loathed that millions erupt with glee at even the rumor of his anxiously awaited demise.
Of course, there are Cubans who adore the tyrannical assassin of many of his fellow countrymen, a number, we read, who even consider him the revered founder of his current country, dilapidated as it is, especially compared to how prosperous it would be as a freedom-loving vacation haven only 90 miles off the coast of Florida.
Among his most faithful admirers and lackeys, we find his squirrel-faced and evasive brother, Raul, who is now being touted as the man who, in the event of Fidel’s final knell, can guide the isle with a sure hand toward a future as lamentable as his gonzo brother managed to make its last 47 years
This humorous but pointed story is only one of the many ways readers can discover ?Sanity Through Laughter? by going to NewsLaugh.com, created by humorist Tom Attea, which claims, ?You can?t change the news but you can laugh at it.?
Other sanely funny features in this week?s free issue include:
Hassan Nasrallah Destroys Own Country; Hailed As Hero
Cereal Killers Must Be Stopped
Holy Shiite! Anti-American Demonstration In Baghdad
On Bullshit: Princeton Professor Publishes Lowdown Analysis
FDA Reconsiders Morning-After Pill, Now Renamed Marriage-After Pill
Readers can also laugh out loud at NewsLaugh’s weekly fictional spoof. This week the magazine satirizes questionable answers to the thorny topics of birth control and the prevention of STDs with the extended spoof in which Dr. Coburn shows how you can “Just Say No To Sex.”
Students are encouraged to bolster their willpower with “Dr. Coburn?s One Hundred Axioms Of Abstinence.” In this installment, the spoof reaches it climax. Previous installments are repeated after the latest installment for readers who may have missed one or more.
Readers may also subscribe to NewLaugh’s free weekly newsletter for exclusive laughs and offers.
Each week, NewsLaugh.com presents humorous weekly articles under such headings as Sanely Funny Cover Story, Dreadline of the Week, Shreditorial, Washington Spin Din, Clever Monkey of the Week, and a Spoof of the Week.
About Tom Attea, humorist and creator of NewsLaugh.com:
Mr. Attea has had six shows produced Off-Broadway. Critics have called his comedy writing, ?delightfully funny,? ?witty,? with ?great humor and ebullience” and “good, genuine laughs.?
He was awarded a grant as a playwright by New York?s Theater For The New City and co-wrote the first feature film Showtime produced.
He has extensive experience in news media. He wrote the recent campaign for The New York Sun, New York?s new broadsheet newspaper, ?Illuminate Your World,? the classic campaign for Time Magazine, ?There?s never been a greater need for understanding,? and the long-running theme for The Village Voice, ?In this city, you need a Voice.? In broadcast media, he wrote the advertising that successfully introduced Lifetime television, ?There?s nothing like a woman?s Lifetime,? and oversaw all the advertising for WABC TV and radio in New York.
The complete issue is available at http://www.newslaugh.com
For more information, email haha @ newslaugh.com
Tom Attea
Creator & Writer
Newslaugh.Com
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Telephone: 212-769-4545
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Therone Shellman, Author of Love Don’t Live Here, Set to Appear at 2006 Queens Book Fair
Queens, NY (PRWEB) August 8, 2006
Therone Shellman author of Love Don’t Live Here set to appear at 2006 Queens Book Fair. The 2006 Annual Queens Book Fair will be held at the historic Rufus King Park (153rd Street and Jamaica Ave.) which sits on 11 acres in the heart of Jamaica, Queens.
The 2nd Annual Queens Book Fair will be held on August 19, 2006 and will begin at 11:00 am and end at 7:00 pm. Self-Published authors and Published authors from a wide variety of genres will be participating in the Queens Book Fair.
The Queens Book Fair has established a web site at http://www.queensbookfair.com to better diseminate information regarding vendor registration and free consumer admission for those interested in participating in the book fair. Last year the book fair attracted over 90 authors and consumers flocked to the book fair.
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall presented the Queens Book Fair committee a special proclamation recognizing the contribution the book fair to the Queens community.
About the Author:
Therone Shellman’s mission is to write entertaining and insightful books for parents, singles, and young adults. Becoming an author has been a dream of his since childhood. Therone’s story is inspirational and motivational. He spent time in and out of jail during his late teens through early twenties. During his incarceration, Therone started writing about his life experiences. In 1989 he submitted his work to several major publishers but was ultimately turned down. His writing style was too gritty and raw for most major publishers at that time. Now, at 33, Therone plans to bring a whole new brand of hustle to the literary game, vowing to become the P Diddy/ Jay-Z of the written word.
“I’m a play by the rules to get in. And then make up new ones as I go along. One day there will not be a reader between the age group of 18-35 that will not know who I am.” Therone is often asked what compels him to write. His answer “I am the gatekeeper between fiction and reality” – These words are reflected in his writing. Goals: To one day be considered one of the greatest writers and visionaries. Build “Third Eye Publishing Inc” into a full service publishing company. Write screenplays, and manage a team of screenplay writers. Most of all become a big influence in the markets of literature and visual arts. And last but not least contribute my views and arts for the advancement of society as a whole.
Message: Through my eyes and stories I plan to tell the human experience. Not just to place blame or fault. But also to educate and provide solutions by causing you to think in ways that you may of never had before. Writing is my freedom. Someone once told me “What good is it to have all this knowledge if you are not giving it to those who need it the most”.
Best Book: The Mis-Education of the Negro, by Carter G. Woodson
Best Novelist: Walter Mosley
Hobbies: Writing, reading, debating and building with like minds, exercising.
Therone resides in Ronkonkoma, New York. He is a bachelor, seeking to accomplish some long wished goals before settling down with the right woman.
Love Don’t Live Here
Author-Therone Shellman
Retail Price: $ 14.95
C&B Books Price: $ 10.00
ISBN: 0-9771004-1-3
Paperback: 227 pages
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
“Love Don’t Live Here” The first book from a generational series. A story about two black women in their early 20′s and takes place during the early 1970′s into the 80′s.
Barbara loves her boyfriend Trini dearly but finds out the hard way when he leaves her while she’s six months pregnant, that love is not always what it seems. Having to raise their son Jermaine by herself poses to be a great task.
Like Barbara, Beverly also becomes a single mother but through much different circumstances. Her boyfriend Malik, a conscious black man in his early 20′s a member of the Black Panther party, winds up getting killed during a bank robbery. This leaves Beverly to fend for herself and two children, Derrik and Tinesha. Being a woman she knows what it takes to raise Tinesha into womanhood, but is lost when it comes to Derrik.
The two women invite us into the world of relationships and single motherhood. In the end we all find out that it’s all about doing and being the best that one can be.
In the end the story begins to materialize to the point where the lives of these two adolescent males begin to evolve into a cycle of confusion-leaving you the reader to wonder-what’s to happen and become of it all.
Therone Shellman author of Love Don’t Live Here will be signing copies of his national best selling book.
For more information regarding vendor registration or to view complete details of the upcoming 2nd Annual Queens Book Fair log on to http://www.queensbookfair.com. You may also contact Brenda Piper at 718.591.4525.
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Tahoe Reno International Film Festival Brings Social Consciousness to Pristine Setting at North Lake Tahoe
Incline Village, NV (PRWEB) August 9, 2006
Weaving socially responsible content into pure entertainment at one of the most pristine locations on the West Coast is the driving force behind the country?s fastest growing, emerging film festival.
In just its second year out, The Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival (T-RIFF) offers a unique film festival experience that educates, touches hearts, inspires ideas, and connects audiences to the joy deep within their souls for film lovers from around the world. This year?s theme, ?Celebrating the Human Spirit,? will bring many intriguing and provocative topics to light while also drawing attention to such critical subjects as global warming, the truth about the oil crisis and other profound social and human rights issues that touch every nation.
?Our experience is that watching films can change your consciousness. Independent films often showcase a slice-of-life in the form of real human stories far beyond our own daily realities,? says Katrina Wilson, Executive Director and founder of T-RIFF. ?Great films have the ability to connect us to our compassion and dissolve our fears and judgments. Many Indies carry contagious messages of hope and potentiality as seen in the inspiring documentary, Burning Man: Beyond Black Rock, which will be screened this year.?
According to Wilson, the avid movie buff can also slip into an indie narrative feature, a modernist animated film, or check out a series of exceptional shorts that are already creating an Oscar buzz. T-RIFF will host world-renowned speakers in conjunction with many of the films. The Resort at Squaw Creek, T-RIFF?s presenting sponsor and main venue, will be transformed into a buzzing film community and multiplex cinema center for the festival, which runs from Wednesday August 23rd through Sunday August 27th.
While screening a rare and diverse spectrum of films, T-RIFF will host workshops, celebrity tributes, parties, and expert panels. One of the highlights of the festival is a short script competition, PAGES TO PICTURES: the winning short screenplay will be produced into a film during the intensive digital film production workshop, with the writer in the director?s chair alongside a Hollywood crew. The short will be shot and edited in just five days and shown at the closing awards ceremony of the festival.
?It?s our mantra to attract quality films that work as an art form and as catalyst for positive social change,? adds Wilson. ?If we can influence an audience to have dialogue about a real subject ? whether it?s about alternative energy, organic farming, the importance of religious diversity, anything ? our festival has succeeded.?
Coinciding with the widely-publicized documentaries, An Inconvenient Truth (a brutally honest examination of global warming by Al Gore) and Who Killed the Electric Car (questioning the discontinuation of electric cars in the late 1990s, despite consumers? demand) environmental documentaries to be shown at this year?s festival include:
A Crude Awakening ? The Oil Crash. Directed by Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack.. As the world?s dependence upon oil and oil-based products grows incrementally, the world?s oil diminishes every year. Crude Awakening reviews the apex of oil, various day to day living standards that are only viable with oil, and the demise of cities and nations whose main export product was oil ? that have run dry.
Nobelity. Directed by Turk Pipkin. All of us are searching for solutions and ways to take personal actions to affect change, especially for our children?s future. An Inconvenient Truth raises compelling questions, Nobelity offers compelling answers. Featuring interviews with 9 distinguished Nobel Laureates, Nobelity is a stunning journey to find enlightening answers to the world’s most pressing problems.
Secret Mysteries of America’s Beginnings. Directed by Christian J. Pinto. In the 16th century, Sir Francis Bacon, as the chief of the Rosicrucians and first Grand Master of modern Freemasonry, helmed secret societies in England. Bacon sent these societies into the new world to launch a philosophic empire he called ‘The New Atlantis.’ This fascinating documentary will be attended by panelists to bring to life the secret mysteries behind the founding of America, revealing the esoteric underbelly of its design.
A picturesque backdrop for a film festival, Lake Tahoe is an international treasure, surrounded by a national forest. T-RIFF is headquartered in Incline Village, Nevada, a beautiful evergreen-filled community located on the panoramic North Shore of Lake Tahoe, the largest alpine lake in North America. The region is a mecca for sailing, fishing, mountain biking, hiking, golf, winter sports and an ample nightlife including casino gaming.
For the official T-RIFF event schedules, film times, and pass or ticket purchases, visit http://www.t-riff.org or call the Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival at 775.298.0018.
Media contact: Stellar Communications (800) 858-2712
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Event & Location Photography / Images are available upon request.
About Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival
The Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival (T-RIFF) is an elite destination dedicated to enriching community culture and raising awareness of quality films ?both as an art form and a catalyst for positive social change. T-RIFF is a world class, multi-day international film festival in Northern Nevada, which supports unbridled freedom of artistic expression through year-round film screenings, TV production, and screenwriting courses. T-RIFF is the only competitive International Film Festival in Northern Nevada, attracting over 1,000 film submissions from filmmakers around the world each year.
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