yes we chose Fall 2013 . i'm working on a flier for AWP right now.
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cris
On Feb 14, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Luongo, Margaret M. Ms. wrote:
> I think we chose Fall 2013 for the short form conference. Correct me if I'm wrong, cris. And Eric is the only one gone in the fall, correct?
>
>
> Margaret Luongo
> Associate Professor, Creative Writing
> Department of English
> 356 Bachelor Hall
> Oxford, OH 45056
> 513-529-5221
> ________________________________________
> From: Miami University Creative Writing Faculty [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tuma, Keith W. [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 3:54 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Bowling for Writers
>
> I think I can probably make bowling on Thursday evening if it goes
> forward, deadlines be damned.
>
> On a separate note, I need to be reassured very soon and by more than one
> of you that we are collectively prepared and able to support the MU Press
> novella contest next year, as we'll want to be printing something for AWP
> very soon if so. Last I heard Margaret was heroically willing to serve
> again as final judge if we go ahead with the contest, and when I mentioned
> that it didn't seem like anyone wanted to arm wrestle her for a turn. So
> speak up now or forever hold your bowling elbow. If we do go ahead I think
> we might want to move the deadline for submission back a little, perhaps
> to mid-November, and do the reading at a slightly more leisurely pace that
> uses the break and part of January: I'd like to hear your views about this
> too. I'm thinking this because our schedule has been pushed back a little
> this year thanks to the Peter Manson/Mallarmé book due in a few weeks and
> our work on the Freedom Summer monument book, which makes for an extra
> project thrown into our mix. The Men Beware Women novella that Margaret
> picked as a winner and is now editing will likely be printed first thing
> in September, though the work on it should mostly be completed by the time
> Dana ends her year in June. I hope that the Freedom Summer book will then
> be published in late November or early December. I have very tentative
> plans(have had preliminary discussions) for the next poetry collection,
> which if things go well will be an anthology of recent British & Irish
> poetry edited by three people in the UK. I have a range of backup options
> if this plan falls apart, as it might.The time frame for the next poetry
> publication is open and will depend on the fate of these conversations.
>
> One reason I ask about continuing the novella contest or taking a year off
> is the fact that several of you have leaves scheduled for next year, which
> means fewer faculty readers, and David is stepping into a new role. I am
> also a little fuzzy about the date of short form conference--whether
> that's next year or the year after. If it is next year and we want to do a
> book out of it that one or possibly two of you will edit, I think we might
> do best to plug that book into the novella slot.
>
> It goes without saying that the flier for the conference that cris was
> working on also needs to be ready for AWP.
>
> Cheers,
> Earl Anthony
>
>
> On 2/13/12 2:53 PM, "Goodman, Eric" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Braindeadedness is well-known to increase bowling scores by an average of
>> 2.9%
>>
>> On 2/13/12 2:48 PM, "Luongo, Margaret M. Ms." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> I am free to bowl, to my limited abilities, this Thursday. I suspect I'll
>>> be brain dead, but I don't think that will affect my bowling one way or
>>> another.
>>>
>>>
>>> Margaret Luongo
>>> Associate Professor, Creative Writing
>>> Department of English
>>> 356 Bachelor Hall
>>> Oxford, OH 45056
>>> 513-529-5221
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: Miami University Creative Writing Faculty
>>> [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Goodman, Eric
>>> [[log in to unmask]]
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 2:20 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Bowling for Writers
>>>
>>> Writers,
>>>
>>> There was some chatter this week about wanting to get in another
>>> Writers Bowling Night (WBN) before spring break.
>>>
>>> Since Dana is reading on the 23rd, that would mean our only
>>> opportunity would be this Thursday, the 16th.
>>>
>>> What say you?
>>>
>>> Eric
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