<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Good morning everybody, I’m fairly new to this group, I’d like to join some of the calls, but my thing is not poetry it’s I’m just starting to write my first ever book a memoir. Is this group specifically only about a specific type of writing?<br><br><div dir="ltr">Orly Shamir</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 26, 2020, at 9:07 AM, Linda Lambert via Stylist <stylist@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings on this Autumnal Weekend,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I love to hear about friends in NFB Writer’s Division getting their writings published and sharing their poetry with others.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Barbara Hammel – who received 2<sup>nd</sup> Place in Poetry in the Magnets & Ladders magazine’s fall /winter issue.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Barbara’s poem is stunning – and well-deserved of this honor. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’d like to see Barbara’s winning poem posted here for us to enjoy. How about it, Barbara?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Here is another opportunity for those of you who write Nature Poetry.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Editor, Charles Portolano, welcomes nature poetry submissions for <i><span style="color:red">The Weekly Avocet.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">One BONUS is that he will publish previously published poems. That is rare – so if you have a great nature-themed poem that was already in Magnets & Ladders, Slate & Style, or another periodical, you can send it to Charles. You just might get it published again. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Even if you don’t have a nature poem, it would benefit us all to read the guidelines here, because Charles gives some very good information on what an editor appreciates when we send in our work as a submission. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Below: The Guidelines for entering your Nature Poetry to <i><span style="color:red">The Weekly Avocet.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please read the guidelines before submitting</span></b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Only one poem, per poet, per season.</span></b><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please send your submission to <b><a href="mailto:angeldec24@hotmail.com">angeldec24@hotmail.com</a></b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please put (early or late) Fall/your last name in the subject line.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please be kind and address your submission to me, Charles. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(Just so you know: I do not read work from a poet who doesn't take the time </span></u></i><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></u></i><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">to address their submission to the editor, who they want to read their work.)</span></u></i><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></u></i><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Please do not just send a poem, <u>please write a few lines of hello.</u> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please do not have all caps in the title of your poem.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please no more than 45+ lines per poem.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please no religious references.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please use single spaced lines. </span><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please remember, we welcome previously published poems.</span></b><span style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please put your name, City/State, and email address <u>under your poem.</u> No Zip codes.</span><span style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please send your poem in both the body of an email and an attachment. </span><span style="color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#00B0F0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></b><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Good Luck to you and I hope to see your work published. Lynda<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">*<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Lynda McKinney Lambert – Author/Artist<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">My MISSION STATEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">I am the keeper of memories. I distil and share them through art and writing.</span></i><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">I reveal what is forgotten, lost, or unseen.</span></i><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1C1E21;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">I write spare poems and thoughtful personal essays.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1C1E21;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">I create art with brilliant colors & precious materials, one stitch at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:.5in;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Writers Division web site</span><br><span>http://writers.nfb.org/</span><br><span>Stylist mailing list</span><br><span>Stylist@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Stylist:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/orlymylight%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>