Creative Expressions Writing Contests
URBAN TEENS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN NEW “CREATIVE EXPRESSION” WRITING CONTESTS
GOT SKILLZ!?! PLGK Media is given talented teens the opportunity to show their artistic, creative, and writing skills.
Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) – UTClique.com, the internet site which gives talented and opinionated urban teens the opportunity to display their talents and express their opinions, is pleased to announce the schedule of its’ 2008 Winter/Spring “Creative Expression” Contests. First Prize in each contest is $500 and the top 10 entries in each category will appear on UTClique.com.
The contest schedule is as follows:
Essence to Honor Writers, Help Libraries
By Claire Kirch
Essence Magazine will honor African-American writers and help public libraries by launching two overlapping initiatives this winter: the Essence Literary Awards and the Save Our Libraries campaign.
The nominees for the awards–in fiction, nonfiction, children’s, poetry, commentary/public affairs, memoir and photography–will be selected by the editors of Essence and will be announced on December 19th. The winners will receive their awards during Black History Month, on Feb. 7, 2008, at a ceremony in New York city that will also kick off the Save Our Libraries campaign. Emcees Hoda Kotb of the Today Show and Dr. Ian Smith will preside over the event, which will honor the winning writers, as well as a "Storyteller of the Year."
READ MORE at Publishers Weekly
Simply Blessed Christian Women’s Magazine
SIMPLY BLESSED CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S MAGAZINE
“Bringing Encouragement to the Christian Woman”
Simply Blessed Christian Women’s Magazine made its debut in May 2007 with featuring cover story with Evangelist Laura Pickett of Atlanta, GA with the issue theme of Celebrating Women in ministry. The second issue featured best-selling author, Jacquelin Thomas with the issue theme of Celebrating Female Authors. Jacquelin Thomas so humbly shared with us how her writing career began. She along with Michelle McKinney Hammond, Kimberley Brooks, Tiffany Warren, Victoria Christopher Murray and other authors share about their writing experiences. The third issue focused on Husband & Wife Team Ministries featuring Pastors Lyle and Deborah Dukes. The final issue share information about programs for young girls (these issue can be purchased as singles via PDF by going to the magazine website).
Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar
If you haven’t read this book yet, we invite you take a look behind the scenes of Donda West’s life as a single mom.
As the mother of hip-hop superstar Kanye West, Donda West has watched her son grow from a brilliant baby boy with all the intimations of fame and fortune to one of the hottest rappers on the music scene. And she has every right to be proud: she raised her son with strong moral values, teaching him right from wrong and helping him become the man he is today. In Raising Kanye, Donda not only pays homage to her famous son but reflects on all the things she learned about being his mother along the way.
Featuring never-before-seen photos and compelling personal anecdotes, Donda’s powerful and inspiring memoir reveals everything from the difficulties she faced as a single mother in the African-American community to her later experiences as Kanye’s manager as he rose to superstardom. Speaking frankly about her son’s reputation as a "Mama’s Boy," and his memorable public outbursts about gay rights and President George W. Bush, Donda supports her son without exception, and here she shares the invaluable wisdom she has taken away from each experience — passion, tolerance, patience, and above all, always telling the truth. Ultimately, she not only expresses what her famously talented son has meant to her but what he has meant to music and an entire generation.
Read more about Dr. Friedberg’s findings into the unexpected death of Donda West here. The AAKultureZone.com family continues to lift Kanye West and family up in prayer.
Introducing the Brown Bookshelf
ANNOUNCEMENT by Kelly Starling Lyons, author of One Million Men and Me, Just Us Books, 2007 and NEATE: Eddie’s Ordeal, Just Us Books, 2004
According to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), less than two percent of children’s books published last year were written by African American authors. Want the raw numbers? That’s just 87 children’s books by African-American authors out of an estimated 5,000 children’s books published in 2006 overall.
LITERARY NEWS | Grandma Buddy’s House
PICTURE MEMORY BOOK INSPIRES CHILDREN TO READ AND WRITE
Bronx, NY (BlackNews.com) – Grandma Buddy’s House is a beautiful loving picture book written and illustrated by Betty Stallings-Murray. The author, Grandma Buddy, focuses on her own family and the excitement of seeing each other. The book is a celebration of wonderful memories, sweet love, warm hugs, favorite foods and honoring family legacy. This book creates dialogue and can be shared with families. Read more
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