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<pre><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Subject: Accepting Submissions!<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">From: Whitepoint Press <<a href="mailto:whitepointpress@gmail.com">whitepointpress@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">To: Andrew Winer <<a href="mailto:andrew.winer@ucr.edu">andrew.winer@ucr.edu</a>><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Hello! My name is Lisa De Niscia, and I've started a publishing company called <a href="http://www.whitepointpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">Whitepoint
Press</span></a>. I'm excited about discovering new writers who want an alternative to the New York publishing world. In other words, I'm very open to writing (fiction, poetry, and non-fiction) that takes risks. Please let your students and former students
know that Whitepoint Press is now accepting submissions for consideration of publication. Guidelines can be found here: <a href="http://whitepointpress.com/submissions/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://whitepointpress.com/submissions/</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">By the way, I can relate to MFA students because I was one. I received <a href="http://english.nd.edu/creative-writing/publications/alumni-bookshelf/lisa-de-niscia/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">my
degree from Notre Dame</span></a>, and I was published by a small, independent publisher. Unfortunately, my publisher (now former publisher) ran into financial difficulties (not a surprise), and so I decided to start my own publishing venture using my own
books as guinea pigs. And I'm starting out very small-- accepting only several manuscripts for this first year of business and offering a royalty contract. I'm looking forward to finding manuscripts that thrill me, and I'm looking forward to working with
writers to produce the best books possible. I'll finish by saying that Whitepoint Press isn't afraid of work that is political, controversial, experimental, irreverent, satirical, or simply smart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Thank you for your time, and please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Lisa De Niscia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><a href="http://www.whitepointpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">www.whitepointpress.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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