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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Maurya Simon
[mailto:maurya.simon@ucr.edu] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:21
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Amanda Labagnara<BR><B>Subject:</B> Fwd: Blue Metropolis
Writing Workshops<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Dear Amanda,<BR><BR>Please forward this
announcement to everyone. Thanks, Maurya<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=verdana color=#333399
size=4><B>BLUE METROPOLIS WRITING WORKSHOPS</B><BR><B><A
href="http://www.blue-met-bleu.com/en/">www.blue-met-bleu.com</A><BR></B></FONT><BR><FONT
face=verdana color=#333399>Blue Metropolis Foundation is once again presenting
a series of workshops for creative writing students and other emerging writers
in partnership with <A href="http://www.sumlitsem.org/">Summer Literary
Seminars (SLS)</A> during the 8th annual <B>Blue Metropolis Montreal
International Literary Festival</B>. <BR></FONT><BR><FONT face=verdana
color=#333399>These small workshops are led by an internationally-recognized
writer who will also be participating in public Festival events. 2006 Workshop
leaders are <A
href="http://www.blue-met-bleu.com/viewBio.asp?id=287&l=EN"><B>Mikhail
Iossel</A></B> (Fiction), <A
href="http://www.blue-met-bleu.com/viewBio.asp?id=288&l=EN"><B>Stephanie
Bolster</A></B> (Poetry), <A
href="http://www.blue-met-bleu.com/viewBio.asp?id=289&l=EN"><B>Jeff
Parker</A></B> (Literary Hypermedia) and <A
href="http://www.blue-met-bleu.com/viewBio.asp?id=290&l=EN"><B>Peter C.
Newman</A></B> (Creative Non-Fiction).<BR></FONT><BR><FONT face=verdana
color=#333399>Workshop participants, who will be chosen on a first-come,
first-served basis, will be asked to submit a text that the workshop leader
and other participants will have read in advance and be prepared to
discuss.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT face=verdana color=#333399 size=1><A
href="http://www.blue-met-bleu.com/UserFiles/File/PDF/Description_Worksops2006.pdf">Click
here to download the complete description (PDF Format).</A><BR><A
href="http://www.blue-met-bleu.com/userfiles/file/pdf/applicationform_workshops2006.pdf">Click
here to download the registration form (PDF Format).</A><BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face=verdana color=#333399><A
href="http://www.blue-met-bleu.com/en/newsletter.asp">If you would like to
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<P></X-SIGSEP>Maurya Simon<BR><BR>Professor <BR>Department of Creative
Writing<BR>University of California Riverside<BR>900 University
Avenue<BR>Riverside, CA 92521-0318<BR><BR>TEL. (951) 827-2006
(office)<BR><BR>FAX: (951) 827-3619 <BR></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>