Tuesday, January 6, 2009

2008 DIY BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERS : POESY WINS FOR ZINES / POESY INTERN

2008 DIY BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERS

LOS ANGELES (December 26, 2008) _ The 2008 DIY Book Festival has chosen photojournalist Susan Madden Lankford’s “Maggots in My Sweet Potatoes,” a stunning examination of jail life, as the winner of its annual competition honoring the best of independent publishing.

The book and its author will be honored along with other competition winners in February as part of the activities at the 2009 DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books.

COMICS/ZINES

WINNER: Poesy – Edited by Brian Morrisey

RUNNER-UP: Homecoming – Steven Gomez


POETRY:

WINNER: Pole Dancing To Gospel Hymns – Andrea Gibson

RUNNER-UP: Roses in the Snow – Diana Norma Szokolyai


In other news....
After a 3 month stint of submerging myself into the frustrations of corporate america, we are going to be back at working on issue #38.

An internship is available. If interested, please email brian@poesy.org for details

Also, a distribution manager is needed.

More soon....

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