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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Maurya Simon
[mailto:maurya.simon@ucr.edu] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:34
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Amanda Labagnara<BR><B>Subject:</B> Fwd: SWINK: Taking
Sides<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times">Hi
Amanda,<BR><BR>Please forward this email to everyone. Thanks,
Maurya<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Dear friends of
<I>Swink</I>,<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">We’ve got two pieces of news to share.
<BR></FONT><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">First, our third online theme issue,<I> Taking
Sides, </I>has just been published—featuring stories, essays, and memoir by
great writers like Sean Ennis, Albert Mobilio, Nora Pierce, Ginger Strand,
Matthew Summers-Sparks, Genanne Walsh and others. And, if we do say so
ourselves, it’s pretty great. Please check it
out.<BR></FONT><BR> <BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"><A
href="http://www.emailbrain.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1140269344000&SiteID=10808&EmailID=13001492&Link=http://www.swinkmag.com/online.html">http://www.swinkmag.com/online.html</A><BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"><B> <BR></B></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">Second, this theme issue is our
last—<I>Swink</I>’s online edition is changing its format! We’re dispensing
with the themes, adding three new departments, and gearing up to publish new
work <I>every week</I>.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">Our new departments are as
follows:<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"><B>Dead Letter Office.<BR></B></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">This department features letters that won’t be
sent: letters that say what you wish you’d said but didn’t, what you want to
say but can’t, what needs to be said but never will be—except here. At an
author’s request, submissions can be published
anonymously.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"><B>Homefront.<BR></B></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">There are a million stories in the naked city—in
any city: tell us stories about yours. The feud between your neighbors, the
ugliest tree in your favorite park, the girl who sat across from you on the
subway, your obsessive-compulsive real estate broker, your transvestite
Tupperware saleswoman, the conversation you overheard at the grocery store,
the last customers at the all-night diner, whatever goes by the window that
makes you look closer. <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"><B>Wits’ End.<BR></B></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">Comic essays, riffs and follies, from low-brow
to high concept. <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">And, as always, we’ll
publish:<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"><B>Fiction.<BR></B></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">Stories of all stripes. Excerpts of forthcoming
novels and story collections welcome.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"><B>Essays.<BR></B></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">Nonfiction that doesn’t fit squarely into one of
our three nonfiction categories. Excerpts of forthcoming literary nonfiction
books and essay collections welcome. Scholarly essays are
not.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"><B>Poetry.<BR></B></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">Featuring up to five poems by each
contributor.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">We hope this inspires you to submit work to
<I>Swink</I>’s online edition in the near future, and to spread the word to
fellow writers. We look forward to hearing from you soon!<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">Please visit <I>Swink</I>’s web site for
submission guidelines and contact information:
<BR></FONT><BR> <BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"><A
href="http://www.emailbrain.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1140269344000&SiteID=10808&EmailID=13001492&Link=http://www.swinkmag.com/guidelines2.html">http://www.swinkmag.com/guidelines2.html</A><BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">Yours,<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
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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>