Without a good play or script, the best actors and directors in the world cannot hope to produce good work. We welcome the opportunity for acknowledgment this award offers to local and international writers.
THE INAUGURAL TOBY FESLER HEATHCOTTE AWARD
FOR NEW DRAMA WRITING:
One of three scripts will be chosen for the $250.00 prize, judged on the writing only.
The winning three Finalists will be announced in September 2016 and awarded in November 2016.
ELIGIBILITY:
Only amateur playwrights are eligible and only one script per author will be accepted. Each script must be an original work by the entrant, and must not have been previously published or per-formed.
Entry deadline: July 1, 2016
CRITERIA:
Each play must be no more than 30 minutes long, have a cast of no more than six actors, and be suitable for staging in a studio theatre.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
So that each script may be judged anonymously, the author's name must appear on the cover page only, not in the script. The cover page must also show the name of the play and author's contact details, including a valid email address and telephone number. Pages must be numbered at the top of each page. Writers shall submit three (3) copies of their plays, written in English, printed on one side only of 8 1/2 x 11 paper with no binding or stapling. All submissions must be accompanied by an official Entry Form. Entry Forms and further 2016 Arizona Literary Contest details may be found at http://ift.tt/1xNOlam.
A $30 fee will be charged per entry. Checks, money orders and PayPal payments (no credit cards) are accepted in U.S. Dollars only.
Please make checks and money orders payable to Arizona Authors Association. The NEW PayPal account is AzAuthors@gmail.com.
Mail and/or email submissions and entry fees no later than midnight July 1, 2016 to:
Arizona Authors Association
c/o New Drama Writing Category
6939 East Chaparral Road
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253-7000
lisa@greenpiecestoons.com
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Monday, January 11, 2016
Friday, January 1, 2016
Recap for October, November and December 2015
A very overdue recap from my Facebook page! Enjoy!
The pouch is flooded? We only discovered a leak because he went out into the puddle and barked at us (and he refuses to get wet – when the ground is even damp he won’t go outside).
Waffles got stuck? Sox will let us know.
He has always been our watch dog,
I have the cold, it’s 2AM, I wake up, hot and in pain. Sox is quietly snuggled up against my stomach, apparently at some point during the night he left his bed to come and join on the couch. I get up and go the kitchen to get some meds. I grab a steak knife to cut the plastic but in my woozy state, I jab it to hard and it goes through the package and cuts my nail and finger, deep. I try to clean up the wound but my breath gets shallow and I can’t stand, I fall to the floor. Sox rushes to my face and tries to lick my tears. I try to cry out for Tim, but my throat is sore and swollen but Sox hears them and bolts to the master bedroom to go get him. He keeps going back and forth and barks until Tim is at my side.
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Typically, I sleep in while Tim leaves for work. He gives me a kiss good-bye and Sox gets up and barks him farewell. The day after we lose Peetie, I wake up and it hits me. She is gone. And I start to bawl in bed. Sox comes to my side and starts licking my tears. I go to cover my face with my sheets and he not so gently slaps it down. For a whole year, until I was done grieving. Sox sat at the end of the bed. Waiting, watching and comforting me.
Happy Adopt-a-versary Sox.
Or Premes for short
(Y’all know him as Waffles.)
Oh Lordy, these were the fluffiest poms I have ever meet (not even my three hold a candle to these two).
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Piccolo & Sophie
I’m starting to think that Pomeranians are natural models in front of the camera. I have yet to meet a fluff muffin that doesn’t like having their photo taken. Piccolo and Sophie were adorable, super fluffy (these sisters put my poms to shame in the undercoat game), well behaved Pomeranians on the day of our Glendale photo session!
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Monday, November 23, 2015
6th Annual Royal Dragonfly Book Award Winners Announced
CHANDLER, AZ (November, 2015) – Winners of the 2015 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards have been announced by Five Star Publications, Inc.
Slow Dancing with a Stranger by Meryl Comer has earned this year’s $300 Grand Prize as well as First Place designations in the Aging and General Nonfiction categories and Honorable Mention in the First-time Author category. An Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist and leading Alzheimer’s advocate, Comer has written a profoundly personal, unflinching account of her husband’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease that serves as a much-needed wake-up call to better understand and address a progressive and deadly affliction. When Comer’s husband Harvey Gralnick was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in 1996, she watched as the man who headed hematology and oncology research at the National Institutes of Health started to misplace important documents and forget clinical details that had once been cataloged encyclopedically in his mind. With harrowing honesty, she brings readers face to face with this devastating condition and its effects on its victims and those who care for them. Detailing the daily realities and overwhelming responsibilities of caregiving, Comer sheds intensive light on this national health crisis, using her personal experiences—the mistakes and the breakthroughs—to put a face to a misunderstood disease, while revealing the facts everyone needs to know.
Additional first-place winners include The Tiny Portrait by Heidi Carla, illustrated by Karla Cinquanta, which was also the $100 drawing winner; Bee in the Sea by Adam Reed, illustrated by Izzy Bean; American Mojo Lost and Found: Restoring Our Middle Class Before the World Blows by Peter D. Kiernan; Ballerina Detective and the Missing Jeweled Tiara by Karen Rita Rautenberg; tNumbers!: Take the Dog Out by Lynne Dempsey, illustrated by Mandy Newham-Cobb; Nickerbacher, The Funniest Dragon by Terry John Barto, illustrated by Kim Sponaugle; Posie Pixie and the Pancakes by Sarah Hill, illustrated by Sarah Mauchline; Posie Pixie and the Snowstorm by Sarah Hill, illustrated by Sarah Mauchline; Hi My Name is Hanna and I'm Adopted by Angie Barton; Colors!: Take the Dog Out by Lynne Dempsey, illustrated by Mandy Newham-Cobb; Castle in Danger by Karen Rita Rautenberg; Simmer and Smoke: A Southern Tale of Grit and Spice by Peggy Lampman; Going to the Park by Elizabeth Gorcey, illustrated by Kajiah Jacobs; and Ashes and Asphalt by Trevor Halloway.
"We had a very tight competition this year and our judges definitely had their work cut out for them," says Linda F. Radke, president of Five Star Publications, Inc. “I want to extend my sincerest congratulations to all of our winner.
For complete winners list go to:
and click on "Winners." The next Royal Dragonfly Book Awards contest is already underway. The early bird deadline is August 1, 2016. Final deadline for submissions is October 1, 2016.
In addition to the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards, Five Star Publications, Inc. also has two additional book contests: The Purple Dragonfly Book Awards and the Story Monster Approved! program. The early bird deadline for the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards contest, which recognizes outstanding children's literature, is March 1, 2016. The final deadline is May 1, 2016. For complete rules and submission forms for these contests, visit http://ift.tt/1PKWMMz and click on the contest of choice. Entrants who meet the early bird deadline are eligible for the Early Bird reward: a free e-copy of The Economical Guide to Self-Publishing or Promote Like a Pro: Small Budget, Big Show written by Linda F. Radke.
The Story Monster Approved! program identifies quality children's books that have been kid-tested and judge-certified, making it easier for buyers to choose exceptional fiction and nonfiction books that parents will approve and youths will enthusiastically devour. Authors interested in having their books considered for the Story Monster Approved! designation should visit http://ift.tt/1PKWPI4 to download an entry form. There is no deadline to enter and books are judged as they are received.
The Story Monster Approved! program identifies quality children's books that have been kid-tested and judge-certified, making it easier for buyers to choose exceptional fiction and nonfiction books that parents will approve and youths will enthusiastically devour. Authors interested in having their books considered for the Story Monster Approved! designation should visit http://ift.tt/1PKWPI4 to download an entry form. There is no deadline to enter and books are judged as they are received.
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
A memorable night at the ARIZONA LITERARY AWARDS BANQUET
Saturday November 7, 2016 was a special date for many authors and writers. The ARIZONA LITERARY AWARDS BANQUET, organized by the Arizona Authors Association and sponsored by the literary community, including Green Pieces Publishing and Barnes & Noble, took place at the Glendale Civic Center on Glenn Drive. Here are a few pictures and memorable moments for that enchanted evening.
The big winner of the evening was ARIZONA BOOK OF THE YEAR (sponsored by Green Pieces Publishing) recipient Tony Taylor for his novel THE DARKEST SIDE OF SATURN Odyssey of a Reluctant Prophet of Doom. Celebratory glass in one hand and award in the other, this is a happy winner. Find the book on Amazon HERE
Many other winners in poetry, short story, essay, unpublished novel, nonfiction, children's books and novels were awarded that night.
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| Nonfiction category winners, CAVE CREEK CANYON Revealing the Heart of Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains, edited by Wynne Brown and Reed Peters |
Here is a group picture of all the winners and finalists present at the banquet.
Also a rare photo of the Arizona Authors Association board of Directors.
From left to right: Vijaya Schartz (Membership Director & Webmistress) - Ron Tobin (Secretary and Program Coordinator) - Cherie Lee (Newsletter Editor) - Toby Heathcotte (Outgoing President) - Nancy Brehm (High Country Liaison) - Lisa Aquilina (VP, Contest Coordinator, and new President as of January 1st) - Russel Azbill (Treasurer) - Missing is our Tucson Liaison, Jan Cleere could not attend this year.
This event is open to the public. A few local press members attended. We hope to see you next year, on the first Saturday of November. If you would like to enter the contest, or become a member, visit our website.
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
Recap for August & September 2015
Catch up on what you missed on the KDP Facebook page…or see it again if you already following me on Facebook.
Some Before and After goodness.
It’s been forever since I’ve done one.
Whoops.
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