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17 January 2008 | Opportunities | Ernesto Aguilar

Let These Words Be My Weapon: Poets and Writers Against War: An Evening of Anti-War Readings on the Fifth Year of the Iraq Invasion

An artistic and political collaboration by Bárbara Renaud González & Pablo Miguel Martínez and the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center

Thursday evening, March 20, 2008
At the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center
922 San Pedro
San Antonio, Texas 78228

We are seeking poems, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and biography/testimonio on the theme of war. The reading will run approximately 75 minutes in length; we are committed to selecting a diverse range of voices, and as much work as the schedule can accommodate.

If your work is selected for inclusion but you cannot read it in person, it will be read by a trained actor.

All work will be videotaped and will be considered, with the author’s permission, for an anti-war anthology.

Send us your best work. We are not looking for polemical work, but rather, work that makes a soulful, compelling, original, and unforgettable statement against war.

Poets: Please send no more than three poems.

Writers: Please send no more than five pages of text (double-spaced) or attached Word document to the following: poetry to Pablo Miguel Martínez, xololoco@yahoo.com; all other genres to Bárbara Renaud González, anabarbararenaud@gmail.com.

Or by regular mail: Words As Weapon, P.O. Box 5557, San Antonio, TX 78201-0557

DEADLINE: All submissions must be received no later than February 29, 2008. Late submissions will not be considered.

If you have questions, please call us at 210.228.0201.

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