tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62837911994453864852024-03-13T13:25:33.504-04:00Eber and Wein PublishingEber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283791199445386485.post-29003928881166138572011-01-17T12:18:00.002-05:002011-01-17T12:24:12.100-05:00Winning Poem: James Milliron<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(41, 48, 59); "><span class="Apple-style-span" >We are happy to present the Grand Prize Winner's poem of 2010's May 1st through August 31st contest.</span></span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>To Writers R.A. and Tom</b> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >My paths preceded four decades of amorous liaisons </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >and a few splendid bottles of red. Now unlocked</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >from a diocesan preparatory of closed windows</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >with wasted air overflowing my misguided youth</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >you flung open the abysmal shuttered room.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Labors in tradition at the reading desk </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >and written sacraments beneath midnight oil</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >champion the search for secrets lost from my life.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Critical of mysteries in men’s hearts</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >the pen ventured alone knowing what was high </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >calling, accepts your criticisms.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >When no longer able to raise to the mount </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >in times of wise and gray, I will thank you</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >for preventing blindness in these aging blue eyes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >overdosed with memories of marvelous nights</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >with Dionysus on our breath.</span></div>Eber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283791199445386485.post-10471818851858145252010-09-10T10:53:00.004-04:002010-09-10T11:19:23.474-04:00Winning Poem: Stephanie KranesWe are happy to present the Grand Prize Winner's poem of 2010's January 1st through April 30th contest.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kinesthetic</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;">there is no eye contact here<br />we look away<br />passing each other by granite countertops<br />and grandfather clocks<br />the back of her bleached head<br />is part of the picture i have of each room<br />when my mother made me<br />she was overjoyed to find that my hair was as red<br />as the tomato juice she'd craved for nine swollen months<br />i fix it when i know i'll see her<br />because i think it will make it better<br />than if i let it splay and fall, unruly<br />like the time she made me pee<br />yellow rain<br />down my pajamas against the kitchen<br />wall<br />on a family vacation to a cerulean place<br />we toured a restored slave master's palace<br />the color of southern baptist wedding cake<br />a rusted garden hoe the length of a Klondike's back<br />lay abandoned on the front lawn<br />as if a child had just left his toy to his mother's call for dinner<br />i feel the food in me rise now<br />"it's so beautiful here," she'd said<br />and i knew then<br />our eyes were as different as our hair<br /></span>Eber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283791199445386485.post-15523887835784193222010-06-03T11:20:00.002-04:002010-06-03T11:25:51.391-04:00Winning Poem: Ellen Bonney MarcheseWe are happy to present the Grand Prize Winner's poem of 2009's April 1st through June 30th contest.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Airport</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />They drift like petals, to and fro:<br />a vari-colored multitude;<br />bright saris, sturdy calico,<br />a turbaned head, a fancy ‘dude’,<br />in dazzling dissimilitude.<br /><br />Soft sounds on fragile air are hung,<br />rich rhythms resonate and spill<br />--a polyglot of mother tongues:<br />melodic, guttural or shrill;<br />the fleeting phrases, vibratile.<br /><br />The cream of Island lilt is slurred,<br />a Muslim intonates a prayer,<br />the grit of ghetto is interred<br />and Asian sing-song pocks the air<br />as echoes haunt this thoroughfare.<br /><br />Each voyager, his path pursues,<br />joint dweller of the universe,<br />odd earthlings of a hundred hues,<br />each one distinctively diverse<br />--converge, touch shoulders and disperse.<br /><br />They drift, like petals, to and fro:<br />Pietro, Su Li, Ahmed, Joe.<br /><br />By: Ellen Bonney Marchese<br /></span>Eber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283791199445386485.post-11687570878329103752010-06-03T11:14:00.002-04:002010-06-03T11:18:40.270-04:00Winning Poet Profile: Gottardo Gabriel DiGiacopoIn April of this year, Eber & Wein Publishing selected yet another Grand Prize winner of the National Amateur Poetry Competition. This time, the spotlight is on Gottardo DiGiacopo from Mahwah, NJ, whose poetic talent caught the eyes of the judges and earned a unanimous vote. Out of approximately 11,000 submissions, DiGiacopo’s poem “Darkroom” made its way to the winner’s circle.<br /><br />With an air of nostalgia, “Darkroom” encapsulates a setting that entwines the past with the present through a common theme: out with the old and in with the new. Quiet nightly reflections, however, bring back days long expired. While admiring his mastered technique of exhaling cigarette smoke in “world-class silvery rings,” the subject takes this hour or so and resurrects bygone days of career dreams, reckless lifestyles, and secret aspirations. Beneath the present world, what was once a basement photo lab is now a retreat that harbors memories, dreams, and tangibles from the subject’s past. A nightly ritual of reminiscence enhanced with a cigarette and a beer, this private time and space used to unwind is a vehicle that sends its frequenter back in time to days of “catching salamanders” and “removing hooks from the stiff lips of fish.” The personified trio of supporting characters—the bottle opener, book of matches, and baseball glove—are more than just necessary tools. They too are part of the vehicle; as his cohorts, they await his return each night, serve him well, and together they “hide.” The shelves that no longer contain materials once used for developing film also exude a sentimental sadness, reminding the reader of the digital capacities of today’s world where manual tasks that once brought feelings of pride and pleasure are now completely antiquated. <br /><br />However, while sentiment is certainly one of the stronger elements of this poem, DiGiacopo also employs strong descriptive language and sensory imagery, which, in illustrating a vivid scene, gives “Darkroom” profound artistic appeal. Another poetic element important to the poem’s theme and tenor is the symbolism of light and darkness throughout, often juxtaposed and possibly connected to the significance of the “i.”<br /><br />One thing our judges found perplexing was the lower-case pronoun “i” used throughout, and although several possible explanations were offered up, when asked, Gottardo provided the most profound answer of all. “I wanted to show the loss of an earlier identity, one that was perhaps more egoic and self-involved, but which is now evolving to something more spiritual in middle-age. Also, in Latin/Romance languages, “I” is an unimportant pronoun that is often dropped because it is explained by the verb conjugation . . . it is only capitalized if it starts a sentence. It’s Americans and imperialists who are so attached to the mighty high I.” <br /><br />A mason by trade who only started writing poetry six years ago following a local $75 writing workshop, Gottardo is no stranger to art. Having worked with stone and cement (an art in and of itself) since the age of seventeen, DiGiacopo took a break from masonry in the 1980s to attend the Pratt Institute in New York where he earned a B.F.A in Fine Arts. There, he concentrated on photography and mixed media installation and developed new aspirations that would later inspire his writing. His major influence, however, is “ongoing life.” In referring to a near-death experience he had as a boy, a “wild teenage-altered state” in the seventies, his study of art, the family he has with his wife Stephanie of twenty years, the deaths of close loved ones (including his father just recently), and his everyday suffering from multiple sclerosis, Gottardo claims, “Life is all the fodder one needs to write.”<br /><br />Like all of our past winners, Gottardo DiGiacopo is an everyday person. And whether speaking of his writing or his life, it became quite obvious to us that he couldn’t be a more humble, unpretentious human being. He mentions in a letter, “I do read poetry regularly . . . and I’m blown away by how remarkable a form of saturated communication it can be—and how thoroughly outclassed I am.” In this case, however, one thing is clear—DiGiacopo did the outclassing, and we couldn’t be more pleased with our selection. Here at Eber & Wein Publishing, we were thrilled to name him a grand prize winner, excited to feature “Darkroom” on our website for all to view, and look forward to reading more of his work in the future.Eber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283791199445386485.post-90483890382747803542010-06-03T11:04:00.002-04:002010-06-03T11:12:32.974-04:00Winning Poem: Alice P. ThomasWe are happy to present the Grand Prize Winner's poem of 2009's July 1st through September 30th contest.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">The Gardener</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Prophet of ripening things, he bends over cantaloupes,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Coaxing out secrets, confessions of readiness.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Searching their elephant rinds for slight imperfections,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Godlike, he lifts their small planets,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Holds them up to his ears, shaking them gently</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Listening for tumbrels of seeds.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, inhaling their perfume</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">That proclaims perfection</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">For the swift sacrifice.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">"Ah," Dad says, "This one,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, this one is ripe."</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">He passes it to me. He's always right.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">High Priest of growing things, he walks in his Eden.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Each morning plants bend to tell him green secrets.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm his acolyte at seven, a disciple in bare feet,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Carrying the chalice for the ordained sacrifice,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">A coffee can reeking with kerosene</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">For fat, pale cutworms to be shaken loose</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Dropped, writhing serpents in his garden.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I shudder, holding silently</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">My grail of obedience.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Dad's been gone twelve years now,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Yet yesterday, when I bent </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Over the cantaloupes . . .<br /><br />By: Alice P. Thomas<br /></span></span>Eber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283791199445386485.post-24150631334015661242010-06-03T10:21:00.007-04:002010-06-03T10:51:23.319-04:00Winning Poem: Gottardo Gabriel DiGiacopoWe are happy to present the Grand Prize Winner's poem of 2009's October 1st through December 31st contest.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Darkroom</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />In a basement darkroom built under a world gone digital,<br />where it was thought i'd stay true to my analog self,<br />i'm lighting a cigarette. I've never made a print in here;<br />my Cold-light and Dektol dreams are now things of the past.<br />The shelves meant for archival, fiber-based papers and sleeved negatives<br />are instead loaded with retired accessories of household necessity.<br />There's a quiet but powerful exhaust fan over the long stainless steel sink<br />and a double switch by the door... Both toggles down simmer me in red light;<br />a blind hand brushing up startles this cave with bright white.<br />i bring a beer and a cigarette in here nearly every night.<br />Seated on a high stool with a batting glove on my right hand,<br />i blow world-class silvery rings into the spinning blades.<br />In tonight's spaces between the smoke, i think of catching salamanders,<br />and fishing as a boy...how returning the newts from my palm to moist shade<br />and removing hooks from the stiff lips of fish satisfied me.<br />The fan pulls the smoke and flicked ashes out underneath the porch.<br />i pinch the butts into a piece of masking tape and bury them in the trash...<br />They're secrets of my mortal recklessness from this darkhouse of cellar stories,<br />where a book of matches rests next to a silent bottle opener, and a pro's glove<br />stands by to catch the scented evidence of burning...<br />then waits a day for my hand to reenter...<br />It all waits for my return and we hide.<br />i come upstairs and spray cologne before kissing the kids goodnight,<br />turning a light on in the hall so i can see them in their dark room blurs,<br />through the focus and ideas, and projections,<br />in a process where shadows lack detail, and highlights appear, breathtaking.<br /><br />By: Gottardo Gabriel DiGiacopo</span>Eber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283791199445386485.post-2429966003393883662010-02-08T10:59:00.001-05:002010-02-08T17:04:19.565-05:00Who Are Our Winners, How Are They Chosen, and Where Are They Found?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> 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style=""> </span>Many are true students of poetry who enjoy studying and learning from the works of professional and classic poets, while others enjoy writing poetry at a more leisurely level.<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >One of our most recent second prize winners of $100, Jovel Queirolo, was most excited about her poem “Cold Tea” being published in <i style="">Treasures</i>, volume 10 of <i style="">The Wishing Well</i> series.<span style=""> </span>She has been writing poetry since she was a teenager and her goal is to one day publish her own book of poems, “To somehow combine a love of the written word and philosophy to better understand my world,” she says.<span style=""> </span>When asked about her overall experience with the contest, Queirolo remarks, “What you’re doing for young poets like me is great.<span style=""> </span>It gives us a sense that what we do with our poetry matters.<span style=""> </span>Poetry matters.<span style=""> </span>And it always will.”<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Another interesting participant and second place winner is Friedrich “Fred” Wurzbach, a painter, handyman, custodian, mason, school bus driver, and philosopher. His goal as a poet is to “keep writing better poems, perfect the craft, to try making rhymes and music to the ear while telling a story or exploring abstract concepts.”<span style=""> </span>Wurzbach’s poem “Sheila” is featured in <i style="">Gatherings</i>, volume 6 of <i style="">The Wishing Well series</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Sue Binder, a mental health counselor who has been writing poetry for fifty-five years, finds inspiration in her work, which deals with domestic violence and that often involves working with inmates in the prison system.<span style=""> </span>She claims she “had some emotional feedback from inmates in prison when they read my poem in your book.<span style=""> </span>Hopefully, thought-provoking to them . . . one can only hope.”<span style=""> </span>Sue’s poem “Anticipation” is featured in <i style="">Recollections</i>, volume 4 in <i style="">The Wishing Well</i> series.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Although most of our winners and many participants contact us in one way or another, we unfortunately don’t have nearly the amount of space it would take to share the stories of all of them.<span style=""> </span>But the message we wish to convey is this: our contest is for anyone of any background and any education level.<span style=""> </span>As it is an amateur contest, our intentions are to be inclusive rather than exclusive—which means formal training in creative writing is not a must.<span style=""> </span>As a matter of fact, a good number of our winners have not had any formal training in poetry (although a nice introduction to poetry handbook is always helpful).<span style=""> </span>So what stands out to our judges here at Eber and Wein?<span style=""> </span>Most of our participants are well aware that what distinguishes poetry from prose are prevalent poetic elements such as imagery and figurative language (the use of metaphor).<span style=""> </span>Rhyme and meter are also important when dealing with a more traditional style of poetry, and alliteration, personification, assonance, are various other techniques one can employ the use of to enhance poetic appeal.<span style=""> </span>Poems that contain evidence of any of these combined with theme, tone, and language stand out the most.<span style=""> </span>A good rhyming poem has a set meter and is free of forced rhyme.<span style=""> </span>In a free verse poem, language should be vivid, surprising, detailed—not vague, general, and cliché.<span style=""> </span>Of course one thing we really like to see is when poets attempt a particular style, for example the villanelle, pantoum, limerick, etc.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>So who has a decent chance at winning our contest?<span style=""> </span>Anyone who is passionate about the craft of poetry and who makes a concerted effort to employ poetic elements and technique!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >We would love nothing more than to be able to publish an anthology that includes all the winners of a contest; however, because some take much longer than others to return their Author’s Proof , it is just not possible.<span style=""> </span>Therefore, the poems of our prizewinners are scattered throughout a series.<span style=""> </span>Some volumes of a series may include more winning poems than others, but this is completely random.<span style=""> </span>Winners and semi-finalists alike are assigned to whichever book is ready for the layout process at the time we receive their signed Author’s Proof.<span style=""> </span>And although the majority of our winners do return their Author’s Proof, some do not.<span style=""> </span>Without this signed document giving consent to publish, we will not include them in the anthologies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Eber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283791199445386485.post-14885677467825868302010-01-28T12:40:00.006-05:002010-02-08T17:05:55.968-05:00Alice P. 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Alice Palmer Thomas could not have been more ecstatic upon receiving a phone call from Eber & Wein, notifying her of her winner status.<span style=""> </span>With humble thanks, Ms. Thomas expressed just how much this meant to her, especially since her poem “The Gardener” was written in honor of her father, who was a “splendid teacher and writer.”<span style=""> </span>Growing up in New Hampshire during the Depression, Ms. Thomas attended a one-room schoolhouse.<span style=""> </span>And even though she left her childhood home for California—to attend college and begin a career—she<span style=""> </span>claims to be a true product of rural New Hampshire.<span style=""> </span>She fondly recalls a time when her father’s garden would feed many in the neighborhood as well as provide a “retreat” from everyday hassles and demands.<span style=""> </span>“I used to pad after him, down the long rows of vegetables, happy to be included in his day.”<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:85%;" >With a reverent tone, “The Gardener” is chock full of strong, descriptive language, figurative imagery, and religious metaphors.<span style=""> </span>It is also quite appealing to the senses; we can almost hear the seeds sloshing around inside the “small planets,” smell their sweet scent foiled with the pungent odor of kerosene, feel the dirt beneath the “disciple’s” bare feet, and cringe at the sight of long, fat “cutworms” being shaken out of the can and into the dirt.<span style=""> </span>Ms. Thomas’s use of personification livens up the setting, bringing the gardener’s green pets to life.<span style=""> </span>His garden is his kingdom, where he is master, guardian, protector, and confidant.<span style=""> </span>The young assistant, however, is just as fascinating.<span style=""> </span>She shudders at her task, yet is silent and obedient and carries it out humbly because there is nothing else in the world she would rather be doing; her adoration for her father is easily perceived.<span style=""> </span>It is a privilege just to be included and given the honor of carrying the chalice “for the ordained sacrifice.”<span style=""> </span>So she willingly withstands the offensive smell of kerosene and the unsightly “writhing” and curling of the worms she distributes to the earth.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>The bookended first and last lines bring this experience full circle, subtly suggesting she is now master of her own garden and her own cantaloupes that whisper sweet secrets to her.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:85%;" >Ms. Thomas graduated from Stanford University in the fifties.<span style=""> </span>A school teacher of thirty-eight years, she retired from teaching just four years ago at the remarkable age of seventy-six.<span style=""> </span>And even now, at eighty, she still substitutes at her local middle school.<span style=""> </span>Some of her favorite writers include Chaucer, Steinbeck (for his social conscience), and Steven King, whom she compares to a modern day Charles Dickens.<span style=""> </span>Ms. Thomas encourages all writers, young and old, to revisit “familiar memories,” as this can be a wealthy source of inspiration.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:85%;" >Although Ms. Thomas has been a hobbyist poet her entire life, this was her first time entering—and, of course, winning—a poetry contest and having her poetry published.<span style=""> </span>Her daughters along with their husbands took her out to dinner where they celebrated this exciting occasion with a bottle of champagne.<span style=""> </span>“The Gardener” is proudly featured in <i style="">Treasures</i>, Volume 10 of <i style="">The Wishing Well</i> series.<span style=""> </span>Click on the link at the bottom of this article to view a complete of list of winners from this contest. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p>Eber & Wein Publishing sponsors three contests per year.<span style=""> </span>If you think you have what it takes to win, then don’t hesitate to mail us your poem.<span style=""> </span>Only one poem per person will be accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Eber & Wein Publishing<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Poetry Contest<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>244 5<sup>th</sup> Avenue<span style=""> <br /></span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Suite 1900-Y<span style=""> <br /></span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>New York, NY 10001<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="">You can find our current list of winners here: <a href="http://www.eberandwein.com/index_2_3235723023.jpg">Winners Listcan<br /></a></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >You can read the winning poem here: <a href="http://www.eberandwein.com/index_3_1196022713.jpg">"The Gardener"</a><br /><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>Eber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283791199445386485.post-44010796480363641632009-11-04T11:03:00.002-05:002009-11-04T11:49:59.394-05:00Holiday InspirationAs we drove into our office here in Shrewsbury this week, our staff was suddenly quite aware that the winter holidays were fast approaching. Everywhere you look, people are starting to decorate their homes, stores have started hanging wreathes, and the town is becoming more festive. Everyone is certainly getting into the spirit of season.<br /><br />During our morning meeting, we began sharing favorite holiday moments and stories that stood out to each of us as well as ideas and dreams of plans for future gatherings. It certainly can be an inspirational time of year for everyone, and it brought about the idea for us to ask our readers the same. What inspirations do the preparations for the holidays bring out in you? Are you excited for friends and family, or dreading the hectic holiday shopping? Share with us a few of your favorite memories, and some of your favorite moments.Eber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283791199445386485.post-5663360220916009212009-10-15T20:54:00.005-04:002009-10-16T12:10:09.074-04:00Where is your writing taking you?As fall begins to slowly descend on our home and the vibrant green of the trees starts to turn different shades of gold, red and brown, we're reminded of our slow and steady course through time. The fall season has always been associated as a time of reflection and preparation. In a similar spirit, we as writers can take both inspiration and growth from the season.<br /><br />As a writer, we can ask ourselves, where is our work taking us? Do we write to express our thoughts and feelings? To convey dreams or hopes? To develop a career? Maybe for some it's all of the above, and for others, its a purely unique and personal reason. We would love to hear about your inspirations as well as where your writing is taking you.Eber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283791199445386485.post-40579893707441580492009-10-01T11:08:00.002-04:002009-10-01T11:28:33.174-04:00Our New SiteFall has finally arrived in Shrewsbury, and we thought that it would be the best time to change some of our scenery as well. A splash of fall and earth tone colors and a new design to www.eberandwein.com has been something everyone at the office has been excited about. By now you may have had an opportunity to look over the site and find some new and interesting things.<br /><br />Be sure to check out our <a href="http://www.eberandwein.com/news.php">News</a> page to view the winners of our contest which ran through June 30th, as well as check back later this fall for the winners of our July 1st - Sept 30th contest. If you're interested in publishing your own work, please be sure to read a bit about us on our <a href="http://www.eberandwein.com/publishing.php">Publishing</a> page. In fact, you can even write to us just to say hello, or ask a question by finding our information on the <a href="http://www.eberandwein.com/contact.php">Contact</a> page.<br /><br />We also would certainly like to know what you think of the site, and any suggestions you might have for us. The more we know, the better we can work to please all of our contestants, customers, community and friends! So post a comment, send an e-mail, or even follow us on Twitter and we'll be happy to listen.Eber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283791199445386485.post-59783506661854924072009-09-29T13:47:00.000-04:002009-09-29T15:50:36.412-04:00Welcome To Our Blog!Hello and welcome to Eber & Wein Publishing's new addition! Here in our blog, we will be bringing you updates about our competition, upcoming events, new publishing opportunities, and lots more! Over the coming months, we'll be working to produce exciting, fun, and new ways for new author's to further participate in our publishing community. In the next few days, we will be launching a brand new version of our site at www.eberandwein.com which we are all very excited about.<br /><br />We would also like to hear from all of our readers and participating author's on how we can make our site better, and answer any questions you might have. Do you have any requests for our FAQ? Maybe you have an idea for our website or contest. We certainly encourage you to send any ideas our way!Eber and Wein Publishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768335209127318627noreply@blogger.com0