Tribe.net. Local Connections Elissa http://CreativeWriting.tribe.net/thread/019314ff-d27a-405e-addd-664fca8f4efb#244cef2b-10b4-4a39-a062-39c78a8241cf 2009-05-21T17:02:21Z 2009-05-21T17:02:21Z

Thanks, Jon! I grew up in Brooklyn, so Coney Island was like a home away from home when I was a kid. My high school was one subway stop away. For me, the first day of summer was the day I could look out the train window and see the Wonder Wheel turning again. Congratulations to your friend, too! What lit mag is it?

Elissa 2009-05-21T17:02:21Z Jon http://CreativeWriting.tribe.net/thread/019314ff-d27a-405e-addd-664fca8f4efb#18c0d89f-e039-4224-872f-f8d168252674 2009-05-20T11:09:29Z 2009-05-20T11:09:29Z

Congrats! My friend has a literary magazine. They did this one issue all on the Coney Island amusement park in NYC. It won a national award. It was such a great combination of photographic art and interesting writing on that one theme. I love it when it all comes together like that... you know, like a haiku...the magazine itself just becomes this integrally perfect little moment.

Jon 2009-05-20T11:09:29Z Elissa http://CreativeWriting.tribe.net/thread/019314ff-d27a-405e-addd-664fca8f4efb#2215adaa-9af4-46f8-ab7d-33285cd694b3 2009-05-18T23:26:35Z 2009-05-18T23:26:35Z

Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory (Scriblerus Press), which contains my story "Arachne," has won an IPPY Silver Medal. Details at http://bit.ly/BjqdR. "Arachne" originally appeared in the Dec. 1988 issue of Aboriginal Science Fiction. Writing it was a fabulous ride that I blogged about here: http://hurricanecountry.blogspot.com/2005/07/weaving-without-loom.html The anthology includes fiction, poetry, essays, artwork, and a play. Congratulations to editors Sean Miller and Shveta Verma and to all contributors! Ordering info at http://www.banyancollege.org/scriblerus/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=6&Itemid=38

Elissa 2009-05-18T23:26:35Z