Vine Leaves Press May Round-Up

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Vine Leaves Press May Round-Up

“You can tell you're reading a really good book when you forget all about everything else and know you'll die if you get to at least the end of the chapter”
― Christopher Paul Curtis

Finally! Revised 2019 Editions of the Writing in a Nutshell series by our Publisher, Jessica Bell: An excellent addition to any writing, editing, and/or publishing course, & a great primary learning tool for aspiring writers and self-publishers.

John McCaffery's latest posts for The Good Men Project, "Weary of Relativity," "Hoop (Pipe) Dreams," "The (Instagram) Picture of Dorian Gray," "The Funniest Guy in the Room," and "Projecting on Projects Unfinished" have been published.

Dennis Palumbo's, a contributor of Equality, Head Wounds was named as one of the Best of 2018 by Suspense Magazine. His short story, Evidence, was also recently published in Mystery Weekly Magazine.

Gleah Powers' In The Valley of the Sun, is a finalist in the Iron Horse Literary Review's Chapbook competition.

If you know of book clubs in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area that would enjoy reading Ann S. Epstein's books and inviting her to talk with them, they can reach Ann via the CONTACT page on her website. She's also happy to Skype with book clubs located anywhere else.

To learn more about the events Ann captures in On The Shore and Tazia & Gemma, check out her "Learning History Through Fiction" posts on her website, Facebook page, and Twitter feed.

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VLP Announcements

If you'd like to write a SPILL IT opinion article, email Jessica Bell at jessica@vineleavespress.com with your title, a brief content summary of the article you intend to write, and at least three ideas. $30 payment per article. 800-1000 words. All SPILL IT articles are titled with a question. The article needs to answer the question and spark debate. It will be sent out to our mailing list of 1000+ subscribers and shared on all our social media platforms. Links to your book(s) will also be included. PLEASE NO ARTICLES ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL WRITING OR WRITING EXPERIENCE!

Have a manuscript ready for publication? Send it to submissions@vineleavespress.com for consideration.

Latest VLP Releases

Check out our upcoming release, Postmarked Piper's Reach by Adam Byatt and Jodi Cleghorn. To learn more about it, click here.

Check out our upcoming release, Passion Demands a Vocabulary of Desire by Bauke Kamstra. To learn more about it, click here.

YOUR TURN! Got great writerly news? Find an agent? Win an award for best photograph? Or maybe your illustration made the cover of a magazine. Tell us about it! We might publish your good news in this newsletter. Please keep your good news to no more than 50 words and email it to alanaking.vineleaves@gmail.com

- The Vine Leaves Team