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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Maurya Simon
[mailto:maurya.simon@ucr.edu] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Thursday, April
13, 2006</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>7:35 PM</span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Amanda Labagnara<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Fwd: Charles Harper Webb
Reading & Contest at dA Center.org </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi Amanda,<br>
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Please forward this email to everyone. Many thanks, Maurya<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>dA Center for the Arts presents a<br>
Free Poetry </span></font></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Reading</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>, followed by a reception and open mic<br>
</span></b> <br>
<font size=5><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Charles Harper Webb <br>
</span></font> <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sunday, April 23, 2006</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>, </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>2 p.m.</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></b> <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Open Mic at </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>3:30 p.m.</span></b>: Sign-ups at 1:45 p.m. $5. <br>
dA Center for the Arts, 252-D Main Street, Pomona, Ca. 91766. Info: (909)
397-9716 (<a href="http://www.dacenter.org/">www.dacenter.org</a>) <br>
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Recent publications by Charles Harper Webb, a rock singer turned psychotherapist
and Professor of English at CSU, Long Beach, include Hot Popsicles (UW Press,)
Tulip Farms and Leper Colonies (Boa Editions,) and Stand Up Poetry: An Expanded
Anthology (Iowa.) Earlier collections include the Felix Pollack Prize-winning
Liver (University of Wisconsin) and Reading the Water (Northeastern University
Press), which received the 1997 Morse Poetry Prize and the 1998 Kate Tufts
Discovery Award. Mr. Webb is recipient of a Whiting Writer’s Award and a
Guggenheim fellowship. <br>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><?xml:namespace prefix
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size=5><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>dA Center Poetry Contest</span></font></b></p>
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<h3 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>CHARLES HARPER WEBB,
Judge </span></font></b></h3>
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<h3 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>First Prize: $250 </span></font></b></h3>
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<h3 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Winner and Finalists will
be invited to participate </span></font></b></h3>
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<h3 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>in an awards ceremony,
reading and reception </span></font></b></h3>
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<h3 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>at the dA Center for the
Arts.</span></font> </b></h3>
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<h3 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Contest Rules</span></font></b></h3>
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<h4><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>·
Deadline: </span></font></b>April 30, 2006 </h4>
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<h4><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>·
Entry fee $15.00 for up to six pages of unpublished poetry. (multiple entries
are permitted.) </span></font></b></h4>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
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<h4><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>·
Poems which have been previously published or have received monetary awards are
not eligible. </span></font></b></h4>
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Manuscripts must be typed. </span></font></b></h4>
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<h4><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>·
Author's name, address, and phone number ( and email address, if available)
must appear on cover sheet only. This should include poem titles in addition to
contact information.</span></font></b></h4>
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Simultaneous submission is permissible, if we are notified when work is
accepted elsewhere or awards received. </span></font></b></h4>
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<h4><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>·
For announcement of winners, include a SASE (self addressed, stamped envelope).
</span></font></b></h4>
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<h4><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>·
Please, no email or fax submissions.</span></font></b></h4>
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<h4><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>·
Entries must adhere to guidelines. Manuscripts will not be returned.</span></font></b></h4>
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Submit poetry and check or money order (no cash) with submission: Poetry
Contest: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>dA Center for the Arts,252-D
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /></span></i></span></font><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>S. Main St.</span></i><i><span style='font-style:
italic'> </span></i><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Pomona</span></i><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>, Ca. 91766-1630 <br>
</span></i><br>
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<p></x-sigsep><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><x-sigsep>Maurya
Simon<br>
<br>
Professor <br>
Department of Creative Writing<br>
</span></font>University of California Riverside<br>
900 University Avenue<br>
Riverside, CA 92521-0318<br>
<br>
TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)<br>
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FAX: (951) 827-3619 </p>
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