Antelope Valley Anthology: A literary event at Sagebrush Cafe

A literary event: Saturday, February 15, 2014 from Noon to 2pm.

at Sagebrush Cafe [42104 50th Street West, Quartz Hill CA]

This series of books represents a decade of creative work from writers in the Antelope Valley. Authors of the works anthologized in the Antelope Valley Anthology will be on hand.

 

Come on out to meet some local writers and pick up copy of your favorite AV Anthology Volume. MousePrints publishing guru Gary Helm will be on hand and will also be offering his two new books, released just in the past few weeks. They’re so brand new, the ink is practically still running.

Remember the celebration at Sagebrush. For those who don’t know, The last two AV Anthologies were both up for international prizes. DARKNESS VISIBLE was up for an international small press prize, and 9 was up for a Pushcart Small press prize. Come see these marvelous pieces of literature at the Sagebrush Cafe in Quartz Hill.” – Gary Helm

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AV Anthology “9, the Last Antelope Valley Anthology”

News of the release of the new AV Anthology “9, the Last Antelope Valley Anthology”

The 9th volume of the Antelope Valley Anthology was released this week. This is the final installment of an arts publication that has offered an opportunity to Antelope Valley writers, artists, and readers to come together in a print experience.

After nine volumes over nearly a decade, the editors have decided that this publication will remain in the single digits, not going on to a tenth edition next year.

Each issue of this nicely bound Anthology features work of Antelope Valley writers and artists, cycling in and out over the nine volumes. I wish we had a list of all the contributors, but I know if we did, this post would be very, very long.

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The new volume is new, brand new. Brand new writing. It’s a new as it is final.

You can get a copy of the Antelope Valley Anthology at various venues around town.

To find out where you can get your copy, contact Gary at:

mouseprint@earthlink.net

or

G. L. Helm

43200 Yale Ct.

Lancaster, CA 93536

or pop into Sagebrush Cafe

You can also check out the full interior of Antelope Valley Anthology Volume 6, The Raven and the Writing Desk – here.

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Calling All Writers & Poets: AV Anthology Volume 9

MousePrints publishing is soliciting submissions for the 9th Antelope Valley Anthology. 

NEWS RELEASE– CONTACT–G. L. Helm 43200 Yale Ct. Lancaster, CA 93536   Phone:  661 951 6306 Criteria for 2012 Antelope Valley Anthology Submission   MousePrints Publishing, The Unknown Writers of the Antelope Valley, and WORD AV, the Antelope Valley Literacy Coalition, now officially opens the  submission process for the 2010 Antelope Valley Anthology.  Submissions may be prose or poetry.  Poetry may be no more than 100 lines per poem.  No more than five poems may be entered.  The poems may be any form.  Prose submissions may be in  the form of short fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, or reportage.  Prose submissions may not be longer than 5000 Words.  Prose Submissions must be in standard format—12 point type, double-spaced in Times New Roman or some equivalent font.  No “Strange” fonts will be accepted.  Poetry may be single spaced. All submissions must come as Rich Text Format (rtf) attachments to e mail.  No paper/hard copies will be accepted.  All submissions must be marked with contributors name, mailing address, phone number, e mail address, and word count.  Pages must be numbered.  No submission will be accepted without name, address, phone number and word count.  Submissions will be accepted through 31 May, 2010.  Please send all entries tomouseprint@earthlink.net  For further information regarding the 7th Antelope Valley Anthology please e mail the above address or call (661) 951 6306. All submissions will be acknowledged.  Those submissions chosen for inclusion in the Anthology will receive one free copy of the anthology, a small token payment in money, and a gift from MousePrints Publishing.  Also, those included in the Anthology will receive a continuing 50% discount on copies of the Anthology in which their submission appears.

More information can be found here: MousePrints

Send submissions to: mouseprint@earthlink.net

For formatting information and submissions queries email to: mouseprint@.net

Antelope Valley Writing Opporunities

There are several publishing outlets for creative writing in the Antelope Valley.

Here are links to articles on each with information on how to submit.

• Antelope Valley Anthology
• SATURATION
• ROKOKO (home site)(AV Arts Article)
• Antelope Valley Thespians (Theatre)

If you’ve got written work and you’d like to find an audience for it, these are a few good places to start. Rumor has it that another arts publication for the Antelope Valley is on the way too.

These venues thrive on submissions and get better with increased participiation. You can participate. If you don’t write you can submit art work. If you don’t make art, you can buy a copy to read.

It’s all good.

Antelope Valley Anthology: Soliciting Submissions

CALLING ALL WRITERS

&

POETS

MousePrints Publishing

Is soliciting submissions for the 8^th

 

Antelope Valley Anthology

 

Submissions may be prose or poetry.  Poetry may be no more than 100 lines per poem.  No more than five poems may be entered.  The poems may be any form.  Prose submissions may be in  the form of short fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, or reportage.  Prose submissions may not be longer than 5000 Words.  Prose Submissions must be in standard format—12 point type, double-spaced in Times New Roman or some equivalent font.  No “Strange” fonts will be accepted.  Poetry may be single spaced.

     All submissions must come as Rich Text Format (rtf) or .doc, attachments to e mail or, all else failing, pasted into the body of the e mail.  No paper/hard copies will be accepted.  All submissions must be marked with contributors name, mailing address, phone number, e mail address, and word count.  Pages must be numbered.  No submission will be accepted without name, address, phone number and word count.

     Submissions will be accepted from 1 January, 2011 through 31 May, 2011.  Please send all entries to mouseprint@earthlink.net  For further information regarding the 8^th Antelope Valley Anthology please e mail the above address or call (661) 951 6306.

     All submissions will be acknowledged.  Those submissions chosen for inclusion in the Anthology will receive one free copy of the anthology, a small token payment in money, and a gift from MousePrints Publishing.  Also, those included in the Anthology will receive a continuing 50% discount on copies of the Anthology in which their submission appears.

AV Anthology Announces Public Release of Volume 7: Hard Times

MousePrints Publishing would like to invite anyone interested in local authors to the launch party of our new Antelope Valley anthology.

MousePrints has been publishing the AV Anthologies for seven years. The books are made up of Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Reportage by authors living here in the Antelope Valley.

The Gala Launch party we do every year is to welcome to book and to honor the authors who have been included in the new volume. We have authors as young as 15 and as old as in their 80’s. The party is always fun and surprising since many of the authors gather up their courage and read their stories to the attending audience.

The Antelope Valley has been home and launch point for many truly fine writers to include Kay Ryan, current poet laureate of the United States.

Come help us celebrate literature.

The Launch Gala will be held at 506 W. Jackman St. Lancaster. That is the MHA Building at the corner of Sierra Highway and Jackman St.  The party starts at 6:00 PM. 26 October, 2010.

Deadlines Approaching for Antelope Valley Original Writing Submissions

The Antelope Valley Anthology…

 MousePrints Publishing, The Unknown Writers of the Antelope Valley, and WORD AV, the Antelope Valley Literacy Coalition, continues to accept applications until May 31, 2010  for the 2010 Antelope Valley Anthology.

Submissions may be prose or poetry. Poetry may be no more than 100 lines per poem. No more than five poems may be entered. The poems may be any form.

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Prose submissions may be in the form of short fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, or reportage. Submissions will be accepted from 1 January, 2010 through 31 May, 2010.

Please send all entries to mouseprint@earthlink.net For further information regarding the 7th Antelope Valley Anthology please e mail the above address. Criteria provided by: THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE 7TH ANTELOPE VALLEY ANTHOLOGY

More Opportunities for Antelope Valley Writers: ORIGINAL PLAY “BOUNTY” OFFERED BY LOCAL THEATER GROUP The Antelope Valley Thespians (AVT) are currently seeking submissions of an original work related to a selected set of western themes.

 For details see their website (www.avthespians.org/productions/).

ArtsRoundUp: April, Arts & the Antelope Valley

          Events: 

 The month of April looks to be a busy month in the Antelope Valley. The annual Poppy Festival will be held on the weekend of April 23^rd, always a big event, but that’s not all. (Click here for more details.)

            A group of local artists in Quartz Hill has put together a weekend-long art event – Ponderables –  open to the public that will include pottery instruction, painting lessons, and photography displays. (Click here for more details.)

            Performance:

            The Antelope Valley Thespians continue to add to their event calendar to provide voice to the arts on the west side of the AV. This month AVT will be hosting a live music night in their black box theater space. (Click here for details.)

             On Display:

            The Lancaster Museum and Art Gallery is hosting its 25^th annual Antelope Valley High School show. (Click for details.)

            The digital landscape photography of Flint Fernweh is on display at Sagebrush Café. (Click for details.)

            Calls for Artists:

            Mouseprint Publications and the Unknown Writers of the Antelope Valley have combined forces to produce the Antelope Valley Anthology of Literature for several years.

            The anthology is currently accepting submissions. (Click here for more details.)

            Quartz Hill’s Antelope Valley Thespians are accepting submissions for original full-length plays on themes of “The West”. (See their website for more details.)

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ArtsRoundUp – Arts in the Community Antelope Valley Anthology (volume 7)

The Antelope Valley Anthology is a literary anthology collecting and presenting works by writers of the Antelope Valley. A mixture of prose fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, the anthology seeks to provide a platform for the voices of writers here in the high desert.

Last year’s anthology was titled The Raven & the Writing Desk and featured the talents of 23 local literary artists.

A particular stand-out in the book is non-fiction article on ravens by Monique S. Stevens, thoughtfully considering the night-shade figure of the raven in various contexts – from its intelligence and problem solving skills to the traits it shares with humans.

Not all the anthology writing in The Raven & The Writing Desk is about ravens, however. The book’s opening story, a piece of fiction by Margaret L. Priddy, concerns an African girl forever “missing” from her parents home after a lion attack outside her village. Told with an interweaving of the details of village life and the fantastic elements of an oral-tale and ghost story, Priddy renders an experience of a world far outside the Antelope Valley.

These two pieces of writing demonstrate the wide range of topics covered in the Antelope Valley Anthology. As a local publication, one might reasonably expect the focus to be primarily local, but the content of the anthology instead presents a picture of diversity– diversity of interest, diversity of style, and a diverse collection of voices.

The Antelope Valley Anthology has recently announced the opening of the reading period for a seventh edition of the anthology. Readers and writers should keep an eye out for the anthology’s release date in these pages and/or online (http://www.mouseprintspublishing.com/ ).

Criteria for 2010 Antelope Valley Anthology Submission Included here is an abridged listing of submission information. For full criteria & formatting requirements go to antelopevalleyarts.wordpress.com MousePrints Publishing, The Unknown Writers of the Antelope Valley, and WORD AV, the Antelope Valley Literacy Coalition, now officially opens the submission process for the 2010 Antelope Valley Anthology. Submissions may be prose or poetry. Poetry may be no more than 100 lines per poem. No more than five poems may be entered. The poems may be any form. Prose submissions may be in the form of short fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, or reportage. Submissions will be accepted from 1 January, 2010 through 31 May, 2010. Please send all entries to mouseprint@earthlink.net For further information regarding the 7th Antelope Valley Anthology please e mail the above address. Criteria provided by: THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE 7TH ANTELOPE VALLEY ANTHOLOGY More

Opportunities for Antelope Valley Writers: ORIGINAL PLAY “BOUNTY” OFFERED BY LOCAL THEATER GROUP

The Antelope Valley Thespians (AVT) are currently seeking submissions of an original work related to a selected set of western themes. They are offering a $300 bounty for the play chosen to be performed in 2011.

For details see their website (www.avthespians.org/productions/) or stop in to Sagebrush Café to view a paper copy of the offered bounty.

Around and About: Lancaster Museum & Art Gallery opened its 25th Annual Juried Show in downtown Lancaster, curated by D. Michael Zakian of Pepperdine University. The show runs through March 7, 2010…. A theater group local to Quartz Hill, the Antelope Valley Thespians, opened their 2010 calendar of programs with “Crime & Punishment” with six shows on the weekends of January 16 and 23….Writers and editors of the locally produced children’s book It’s Tough Growing Up: Children’s Stories of Courage continue to promote their work with readings and book signings….Sagebrush Café held a photo scavenger hunt over the month of January, challenging participants to photograph concepts like conservation and community.