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- Pictorial Moments from the Zimbabwe Poetry Festival
These poets traveled from different regions of Zimbabwe to participate in this ground-breaking event in Harare. Some came all the
way from Zambia, Namibia and other countries in Southern Africa. The Festival ran from December 10 to 12.
Faculty Readings Close Fall Poetry Series at Cosumnes River College
To mark the end of the Fall "Poetry Reading Series" at Cosumnes River College, faculty poets from the English
Department read their works December 12 in the college bookstore. The seven poets who read are: Lisa Abraham,
Samuel Iniguez, Lesley Gale, Dennis Hock, David Weinshilboum, Heather Hutcheson, and Michael Pulley. It was a
display of local talent that drew student and staff audiences. Munyori Poetry Journal captured some of the reading
moments, and below are randomly selected pictures of the reading event:
Mary Zeppa Awarded Fellowship by the Virginia Center for Creative Arts
(Updated December 10, 2007).
Mary Zeppa of Sacramento, California, has been awarded a fellowship by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA). The VCCA is located near Sweer
Briar College in rural Virginia. Mary Zeppa will be among the approximately 20 Fellows focusing on their own creative projects at this working retreat for visual
artists, writers and composers.
VCCA serves more than 300 artists a year and is one of the nation's largest year-round artists' communities.Founded in 1971, the VCCA is supported in large by
grants and private donations. More information about VCCA can be found on their website.
Call for Submissions by Cosumnes River College
Are you a writer?
A photographer?
Please consider contributing your creative work to the annual edition of the Cosumnes River Journal
We want your:
• short stories
• essays, including autobiographical narrative, criticism, interviews, + mini essays (of up to 250 words including the following phrase: I never told anyone
this before)
• poems
• one-act plays
• art (b + w photos)
We are committed to publishing emerging + established writers, including Cosumnes River College students, faculty, staff, + the rest of the world.
Submissions:
Please forward your contributions to Heather at hutcheh@crc.losrios.edu
Please put CRJ in the email’s subject line. Include: No more than 5 poems or photos per entry; limit your short stories + essays to 2 contributions per submission
deadline. Deadline: For the Spring 07 issue, e-mail by 03.10.08
(Updated December 10, 2007).
Mary Zeppa of Sacramento, California, has been awarded a fellowship by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA). The VCCA is located near Sweer
Briar College in rural Virginia. Mary Zeppa will be among the approximately 20 Fellows focusing on their own creative projects at this working retreat for visual
artists, writers and composers.
VCCA serves more than 300 artists a year and is one of the nation's largest year-round artists' communities.Founded in 1971, the VCCA is supported in large by
grants and private donations. More information about VCCA can be found on their website.
Call for Submissions by Cosumnes River College
Are you a writer?
A photographer?
Please consider contributing your creative work to the annual edition of the Cosumnes River Journal
We want your:
• short stories
• essays, including autobiographical narrative, criticism, interviews, + mini essays (of up to 250 words including the following phrase: I never told anyone
this before)
• poems
• one-act plays
• art (b + w photos)
We are committed to publishing emerging + established writers, including Cosumnes River College students, faculty, staff, + the rest of the world.
Submissions:
Please forward your contributions to Heather at hutcheh@crc.losrios.edu
Please put CRJ in the email’s subject line. Include: No more than 5 poems or photos per entry; limit your short stories + essays to 2 contributions per submission
deadline. Deadline: For the Spring 07 issue, e-mail by 03.10.08
What's happening where you are? Email the editor at manu@munyori.com
Above: Samuel Iniguez
Below: Dennis Hock
Above: Heather Hutcheson
Below: Michael Pulley
Lesley Gale
David Weinshilboum
Memory Chirere
(left), English
Lecturer at the
Univeristy of
Zimbabwe, was one
of the presenters at
the 2007 Zimbabwe
Poetry Festival.
Here he reads from
his Shona collection
Tudikidiki.
(left), English
Lecturer at the
Univeristy of
Zimbabwe, was one
of the presenters at
the 2007 Zimbabwe
Poetry Festival.
Here he reads from
his Shona collection
Tudikidiki.
Mbizo Chirasha
(right) was the
organizer of the 2007
Zimbabwe Poetry
Festival. He was
recently nominated
by readers of One
Ghana One Voice as
one of their favorite
poets of 2007.
(right) was the
organizer of the 2007
Zimbabwe Poetry
Festival. He was
recently nominated
by readers of One
Ghana One Voice as
one of their favorite
poets of 2007.
