HERE IT IS --THE COVER! PETAWAWA LAUNCH OF GRANDMOTHERS' NECKLACE ANTHOLOGY

<-- Here is what the Grandmothers' Necklace cover looks like.

The first launch is at the Petawawa Public Library, on Saturday, February 20th, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

You won’t hear all sixty-one contributors, but several local writers will present excerpts from their pieces in the book, as will a couple of guest contributors from other areas, weather permitting.





Look for the following area contributors:
Eileen Barber,
Chantal Bigras,
Heather Campbell,
Cheryl Coates,
Dianne Collier,
Patricia Elford,
Gillian Federico,
Erma Johnson,
Charlotte McWilliam,
Jean Ostrom,
Jacinthe Payant,
Marcia Perryman,

and our two guest contributors.

All those who are able, please join us for

Readings – Book Buying - Signings –
Light Refreshments – Door Prize
Remember: ALL profits go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation

GRANDMOTHERS' NECKLACE ANTHOLOGY!

GRANDMOTHERS' NECKLACE
Why is the apostrophe after the “s”? Because that’s where it belongs when there is more than one grandmother involved and this is the necklace of many grandmothers.
WHAT IS IT?
A sparkling anthology of prose and poetry containing the humour, empathy, sentiment, irony and drama of many professional and some talented non-professional writers, about grandmothers, by grandmothers and for grandmothers.
ALL profits go to Grandmothers to Grandmothers of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
RELEASE DATE: Due to be released in by the week of February 7th, during the month of hearts. HOORAY! February 15th, apparently now called family day, could be a very appropriate launch date.
PRE-ORDERS POSSIBLE? When the cover appears on the Essence website under the Epic Imprint, and elsewhere, pre-orders will be possible.
EARLIEST LAUNCHES: Expected to take place in Petawawa [location of the Petawawa Grannies, this project’s home base], Deep River, Pembroke, Ottawa, Toronto, followed by Belleville/Kingston and Kitchener/Waterloo and in other locations across Canada and the United States.
Our Irish contributor, Dianna Robin Dennis, will be in the U.S. during launch month, so is hoping to join us there or hop across to Canada. Also in the plans is a preview reading by Canadian author and poet, Kathryn MacDonald, at the embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
Specific Launch and Reading Nights information will follow.
A FEW CONTRIBUTORS: Gillian Federico, Dianne Collier, Dr. David C. Schwartz, Judy Maddren, Phil Callaway, Kathleen Gibson. Interested? More names to come in a future blog. It is a valuable necklace, indeed.

I'm very grateful to our contributors for the level of writing which is between the covers of this book. It is a quality product, in addition to its financial value for the Grandmothers of Africa needs. People will want to read it and talk about it, not just buy it for themselves and others to support the cause.

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Now, occasional browsers of this blogged blog, you know what I've been doing. The blog has remained static because I haven't.

GRANDMOTHERS' NECKLACE - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Anyone who has checked into this site hoping for inspiration and conversation will have been disappointed. It is more of an ill-used bulletin board than a blog so far.

I have been busy with recovering from cancer (ALL CLEAR) editing, writing, submitting, planning for a son's wedding, preparing for teaching a new course, preparing for some supply preaching and worship leadership, practising for a drama that will welcome the CFB military back from Afghanistan and . . . you have the picture; I've been too busy doing to also be busy blogging about it or my ideas. Sorry.

Now that the dust has cleared and I can find my computer and much of the study floor, I have some good news:

AN EXCITING PROJECT HAS BEGUN.

People have responded to both the topic and the cause. Some top-drawer pieces of poetry and prose have already been received.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS GRANDMOTHERS' NECKLACE DEADLINE: Midnight, May 15th

Are you a grandmother? Have you had/do you have, a grandmother? This, then, is for you.

What is it? An anthology of poetry and prose — gems written by and about grandmothers (hence, the plural title) including some from those in the sub-Saharan African countries. This title stems from the beautiful Emerald Necklace Trail system in Petawawa, Ontario, Canada.

Wanted: A variety of pieces from men and women of diverse ethnic and experiential backgrounds — amusing, touching, encouraging, up-lifting anecdotes, short stories, letters and poetry.

Editor: Patricia (Anne) Elford, B.A., M.Div., editor of various genres of books for adults and children, of newsletters, individual pieces and articles, an award-winning professional poet and writer, frequently published in periodicals (e.g. The Presbyterian Record, Artspaper, Glad Tidings, Esprit, The Link), newspapers and anthologies, as well as on line.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
e-mail attachment preferred. Submit to granniesnecklace@hotmail.com, after March 15, 2009, with “MY GEM” in the subject line. For answers to questions as yet unanswered, please use the same address and “QUESTIONS” subject line.

√Microsoft Word or Word Perfect √12-pt Times New Roman √ one-inch margins
If hard copy: One side only, Address: “The Pines”, 614 Airport Rd., Pembroke, ON, K8A 6W7, Attention: My Gem

Prose: Short fiction, creative non-fiction or brief opinion piece, double-spaced
Word Count: 500 to 650 words maximum (excluding title)

POETRY: (non-rhymed preferred but not required), single-spaced
Limit of Lines per poem: 40

PHOTOS: If submitting related photos (e.g. the grandmother, a special item which belongs/ed to the grandmother), use the camera as an external device and cut-and-paste images to a folder. When e-mailing, attach the image directly from its folder to the email; the way you would a Word document. Preference: digital photographs, 300 dpi minimum, high quality uncompressed JPEGs.
Please do not send originals through surface mail.

A brief bio and photo will be requested from all whose work is accepted for publication

ALL PROFITS WILL GO TO "GRANDMOTHERS TO GRANDMOTHERS", Stephen Lewis Foundation.
http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/grandmothers.htm

REMEMBER! ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE, AT THE LATEST, BY THE IDES OF MAY. EARLIER WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.