<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><<a href="mailto:chuck.whitney@ucr.edu">chuck.whitney@ucr.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Hi Chuck –<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Here’s the April bulletin that will go out tomorrow, to give you an idea of what they are like. They are free and you’re certainly welcome to forward to any of your students. Let me know if you think they would be useful and I’d be happy to start them up for you. We’ll email the next one on May 6.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">I hope your week is off to a nice start.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Susan<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="620" style="width: 465pt; "><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">April 8, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><img src="cid:43F3159A-67C2-45DF-8B0F-4F7998432C04@ucr.edu"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Dear Glimmer Train Readers and Writers,<br><br><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">In this issue:</font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></font></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Deadlines and results:<br><a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=4&F=H" target="_blank" title="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=4&F=H Writing Guidelines" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Family Matters</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">closes April 30</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Carmiel Banasky:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=28&F=H" target="_blank" title="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=28&F=H" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">The Physicality of Words</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><st1:personname w:st="on"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Lynn</span></font></st1:personname><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Capehart's essay:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=31&F=H" title="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=31&F=H" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Race-Neutral Writing</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Catherine Ryan Hyde, author of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><span style="font-style: italic; ">Pay it Forward</span></i>:<a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=27&F=H" target="_blank" title="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=27&F=H" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Another Perspective on Rejection</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">List of latest pieces accepted for publication<br>in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><span style="font-style: italic; ">Glimmer Train Stories</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li></ul><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Upcoming deadlines and results:</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">The April<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=29&F=H" target="_blank" title="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=29&F=H Family Matters Guidelines" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Family Matters</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>competition closes April 30th. We're looking for original, unpublished stories on family, word count range: 500 - 12,000. First-place wins $1,200 and publication in Issue 72 of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><span style="font-style: italic; ">Glimmer Train Stories</span></i>. Second- and third-place winners win $500/$300 (or, if chosen for publication, $700).<o:p></o:p></span></font></li></ul><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=4&F=H" target="_blank" title="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=4&F=H Writing Guidelines" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">standard</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>story category is now open for submissions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li></ul><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=30&F=H" target="_blank" title="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=30&F=H" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Winners</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of the January Family Matters competition have been notified, and the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=2&F=H" target="_blank" title="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=2&F=H" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Top-25</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>list is posted! (And remember you can always check status of your online submissions by<a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=10&F=H" target="_blank" title="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=10&F=H" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">logging in</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and clicking on My Submissions.)<br><br> 1st place: "Save" by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=28&F=H" target="_blank" title="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=28&F=H" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Carmiel Banasky</a><br> 2nd place: "Not the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:place w:st="on">King of Prussia</st1:place>" by Paul Michel<br> 3rd place: "Dermagraphia" by Elizabeth Kadetsky<o:p></o:p></span></font></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="620" style="width: 465pt; "><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">We've recently accepted these stories for publication in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></b></strong><em><b><i><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Glimmer Train Stories</span></font></i></b></em><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></b></strong>(<a href="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=12&F=H" target="_blank" title="http://mail.glimmertrainpress.com/sendstudionx/link.php?M=9&N=44&L=12&F=H" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">note</a>):<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Juan Martinez's "Well Tended"<br>Patrick Hicks's "57 Gatwick"<br>Elizabeth Koch's "Would You and Other Relevant Questions"<br>Clark Knowles's "Boxville,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:place w:st="on">East Boxville</st1:place>"<br>Nancy Reisman's "Ear to the Door"<br>Louis Gallo's "S.O.S."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="620" style="width: 465pt; "><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; "><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; 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