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E. Lynn Harris has Passed Away at 54. A sad day for authors and readers.

A Random House executive has confirmed to The BV Newswire that best-selling author E. Lynn Harris has died. Harris was 53. He was currently on a book tour of the West Coast promoting his 11th novel 'Basketball Jones,' which involved an NBA player and his gay lover. A cheerleading sponsor/coach for Arkansas and a passionate Razorbacks fan, Harris' books dealt with black, gay culture. Most recently, he serve… Continue

Added by Black Author Showcase on July 24, 2009 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments

Summer Writing Contests & Awards

• CONTEST July 31 Opium Mag Bkmark Contest $1k & pub for poem, SS, or essay to 250wrds Use electronic submisson sys $10 fee http://www.opiummagazine.com/contest.aspx • CONTEST July 31 Glimmer Train Press Family Matters $1200 & pub SS abt family. Online submissions are encouraged $15 fee www.glimmertrain.org • NARRATIVE MAGAZINE up to July31 Seek shrt shorts,… Continue

Added by Black Author Showcase on July 18, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Ten Tips for Contest Entries By Jan Fields

Everyone wants to enter a contest to promote their books/stories, or gain recognition, or even just to feel validated. Here is a bit of contest-entering advice from experienced judges that we found on the Backspace website. Source: BACKSPACE - The Writers Place Everyone wants to enter a contest to promote their books/stories, or gain recognition, or e… Continue

Added by Black Author Showcase on July 10, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Yet I Do Marvel - Countée Cullen

This poem was dropped on the Black Author showcase wall on Facebook for Poetry Month - still beautiful and meaningful. Yet I Do Marvel I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind And did He stoop to quibble could tell why The little buried mole continues blind, Why flesh that mirrors Him must some day die, Make plain the reason tortured Tantalus Is baited by the fickle fruit, declare If merely brute caprice dooms Sisyphus To struggle up a never-ending stair. Inscrutable His ways… Continue

Added by Black Author Showcase on April 7, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Be One in 10,000!

A BUCK FOR BOOKS FOR KENYA - CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW! Continue

Added by Black Author Showcase on November 24, 2008 at 3:27pm — No Comments

Self-Published Black Speculative Fiction Authors List on CecilWashington.com

This list is from Cecil Washington's website and was composed in 2003. Can you add to the list?

Badlands: An Underground Science Ficiton Novel, by Cecil Washington Black Hole Soul, By Rahkyt Black Science Fiction by John Faucette Black White Love by Lorraine 'Elijah' Brown Black Whispers, By A. Joy Seaton Capoeira: A Tale of Martial Arts M… Continue

Added by Black Author Showcase on October 2, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

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