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    Dora Dueck wins novella award

    March 20, 2014


    Dora Dueck, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, won The Malahat Review's 2014 Novella Prize with her story "Mask." Chosen from among 221 submissions, "Mask" will be published in the Summer 2014 issue of The Malahat Review.

    The contest's judges said that Dueck's piece "is a deftly written, deeply affecting account of the physical and psychological ramifications within one family struggling to live with the wounds inflicted by war. This is the work of an honest writer, who has handled sensational, painful material with insight and compassion."

    Dora Dueck has authored two novels as well as a collection of short stories. …

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    Inspiration Point: Bluffton University's Online Literary Magazine

    March 20, 2014

    Check it out online at http://blufftoninspirationpoint.wordpress.com/bluffton-university/

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    Miriam Toews' new novel due out April 15, 2014

    March 18, 2014

    All My Puny Sorrows is the story of two sisters, both accomplished, one suicidal and the other struggling to keep her sister alive.

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    Sound in the Land 2014, June 5-8

    February 14, 2014

    Conrad Grebel University College/UWaterloo, CANADA

    Call for papers and performances deadline is March 15. Send proposals to caweaver@uwaterloo.ca

    We seek proposals that present new insights in ecological understandings ofmusic and sound. We are seeking contributions from as wide a range of contributors as possible, including creative writers, environmentalists, scientists, scholars, and musicians. We look forward to rich dialogue across a range of related disciplines, as we explore new ways for Mennonite people to relate to the environment.

    We will explore ways of hearing the earth and listening to the environment. In the early 20th century, Mennonites paved the way for conscientious objector status in North America. Possibly in the 21st century, Mennonites can pave new, creative, sustainable ways to relate to the overwhelming environmental issues of our day. Sound in the Land is one vital venue for this. By bringing together musicians, environmentalists, scientists, theologians, and all manner of writers in fields of ‘creation care’ and ecomusicology, we will study sound from an environmentally ethical basis, consistent with long-standing Mennonite values.

    Check our website for more information:https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/sound-land-2014

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    Forthcoming poetry by Jeff Gundy

    December 6, 2013

    Poet Jeff Gundy has been busy lately. In addition to releasing a new book of essays, he has been writing his seventh book of poems, Somewhere Near Defiance, coming soon from Anhinga Press.


    Reviewer Kim Stafford, author of 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared, says, "Just as a river finds inevitable kinship between remote hills and a distant sea, this book employs the prehensile reach of poetry to link local wisdom and distant war, to bind sacred callings and daily life. Defiance against what's wrong is devotion to what's right, and for Jeff Gundy …

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    New essay collection by Jeff Gundy

    December 6, 2013

    Jeff Gundy's book of essays, Songs from an Empty Cage: Poetry, Mystery, Anabaptism, and Peace, was recently released by Cascadia Press.

    Almost ten years in the making, this book's topics include everything from martyrdom and heresay to poetry and "theopoetics." Author Jean Janzen says, "With his lively prose and inquiring spirit, Gundy woos us into his poetic exploration of theology, a fertile journey through the complications of belief, desire, and mystery, which leads to an open table of love, generosity, beauty, and hope. This book feeds the soul."

    For more information, read Shirley Showalter's great review of the book.

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    Mennonite/s Writing VII: Movement, Transformation, Place

    December 6, 2013

    Call for Proposals

    March 12-15, 2015

    Fresno Pacific University

    Co-sponsors: Fresno Pacific University and Hesston College

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    Nonfiction and Poetry Contest

    December 6, 2013

    Ruminate Magazine, a Christian-minded literary arts publication, has announced two contests for writers. The winner of each prize will recieve $1500 and publication in the magazine.

    For details about the nonfiction contest, click here.
    For details about the poetry contest, click here.

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    Blush named one of the top spiritual books of 2013

    December 6, 2013

    Shirley Showalter's memoir, Blush: A Mennonite Girl Meets a Glittering World, was listed by Spirituality and Practice as one of the top 50 spiritual books published in 2013.

    This "sprightly and well-written" memoir, Showalter's first book, recounts her upbringing on a family farm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the 1950s and 60s.

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    John Ruth's memoir: Branch

    November 3, 2013

    A forthcoming memoir called Branch: A Memoir with Pictures celebrates the rich history of the Anabaptist-Mennonite storyteller, John L. Ruth. This coffee-table-sized book features short, detailed essays and full page photographs that serve as a window into the Ruth's life and also the broader Mennonite community.

    John Ruth, born on a farm in Pennsylvania, is an ordained minister with a PhD from Harvard University. He has researched and written about the Anabaptist-Mennonite experience for over 60 years.

    Branch will launch in the U.S. on November 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. The Cananda release …