Friends of North Port Library Book Fair

The friends of North Port library will hold a book fair on March 8th, from 11:00 to 4:00, at the library 13800 s.Tamiami Trail. Snacks will be provided.

 

Tables are available as follows. 

Two authors sharing a 6 ft table is $25 each person.

A 6 ft table for one author is $60.

You can bring your own table 4ft or smaller and pay $25 (Please mention this when applying for space.)

 

Please email info@folofnorthport.com to register for the event or for more information.

 

Dearborn Street Book Festival

From our Friends at Charlotte Harbor Writers

Myakka River Elementary School Literacy Week

 

I am looking for volunteers to read to our school children on Jan 29th.

 

Choose a 20 minute time slot throughout Thursday, January 29, to visit a classroom of children. Choose a time that works best for you.

You may bring your favorite childhood book or we will supply a book for you to read.

Please supply me with your name, times of day you would like to read (half hour), and grade level, will you bring your own book, or your favorite childhood book, or do we need to supply a book.
You may email me directly.
Thank you,

Sally M. Lutz

Assistant Principal

Myakka River Elementary School

12650 Willmington Blvd.
Port Charlotte, FL 33981
sally.lutz@yourcharlotteschools.net

941-697-7111 (Office)
941-697-6326  (Fax)

"We Believe, We Lead, We Achieve"

Rules for Dearborn St. Writing Contest

  “WRITE-ON-ENGLEWOOD” CONTEST 

  Short Story &Poetry Competition

  * Official  Instructions*

The 2015 Dearborn Street Book Festival committee is proud to announce our 6th annual writers competition.

HERE’S WHAT YOU  NEED TO KNOW TO ENTER  

*Short stories must be at least 500 words, no more than  800 words in length of unpublished work.Poetry must be at least 50 words, no more than 250 words in length of unpublished work.

*Handwritten copies will  not be accepted.

*You may  submit as many entries as you like.

*We request three printed copies of each entry, each copy with a cover page with the title of your entry, your name, address, phone and e-mail.

*Entry fee is $5. per entry, to be included with the mailed entry, checks only, payable to:

              “DEARBORN STREET BOOK FESTIVAL”

*Prizes in each category, poetry or short story, are: 1st Place-$75., 2-Place-$50., 3-Place $25.

Judges are professional writers.

*Send entries and checks after December 1, 2014 to: CONTEST, 11 Pebble Beach Rd.,  Rotonda West, Fla., 33947.  No entries postmarked after January 21, 2015 will be accepted.

*Winners will be announced at the Book Festival, Saturday February 21, 2015, in Pioneer Park on W. Dearborn St. in Englewood. You do not have to be present to win.

   FOR MORE INFORMATION E-MAIL DIANA HARRIS   diharris@comcast .net

6TH ANNUAL DEARBORN STREET BOOK FESTIVAL

ENGLEWOOD BOOK FESTIVAL 2015

We wanted to let you know we are in the planning stages of our annual book festival. We wish to thank all of you who have participated in the past for helping us make them so successful. Last year we had over 60 authors who attended and sold their books.

            6TH ANNUAL DEARBORN STREET BOOK FESTIVAL

It will be held  Saturday, February 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Pioneer Park on W. Dearborn Street, Englewood.

The fee will be $25 per space.

 This is an outdoor event. We ask you bring your own table and chairs. Tents are welcome but not required.

We will once again be sponsoring a writing contest named

“Write-On-Englewood”.  It is a short story and  poetry competition. No more than 250 words for a poem, no less than 500 words for a short story, no more that 800. There is no theme and we ask for unpublished work. A $5. entry fee is requested for each entry and you may submit as many entries as you like.  There will be cash prizes, so start writing. We will furnish a mailing address later for entries.

There is nothing for you to do now but to mark  your calendar. You are on our mailing list so closer to the Festival you will receive more detailed information. Looking forward to seeing you all in February. Any questions e-mail Diana.

diharris@comcast.net   phone (941) 786-8204

National Novel Writing Month

This information came from EA Jacaranda group with good information about a National writing month. Sign up is Oct 15th see the information below.

Volunteer Readers - Call for Help

As you know we have created a list of volunteer readers willing to read to the elderly, we are however having trouble getting the word out to the assisted living communities.

 

If any of you have friends or relatives who live in one of these old folks homes, or if you know anyone who works in one of these places, would you please tell them about our volunteers and how we are waiting to come and entertain the elderly in their care.

I ask them to find out who is in charge of entertainment and if possible their email address. If that is not possible a name and telephone number will do fine.

 

So let's see if we can't get this great idea off to a good start.

 

Paul Holmes