Jasper Presents Fall Lines - a literary convergence Volume IX at Richland Library
Join the Jasper Project on Saturday, March 25 from 2 - 5 pm for the release of Fall Lines - a literary convergence Volume IX at the Main Branch of the Richland Library on Assembly Street.
Poetry and prose accepted for publication in this year’s Fall Lines journal include the following
Fruit – Gil Allen
The turning – Ken Autry
The last battle in Alabama – Ken Autry
Bachman's Warbler – Ken Autry
Bird – Libby Bernardin
with spoiled fruit – Evelyn Berry
Dear Raphael – Al Black
Porcelain doll – Al Black
If I were a man – Cindi Boiter
Prudent – Cindi Boiter
Seamstress – Carolina Bowden
Signs that say what you want them to say (not signs that say what someone else wants you to say) – Lucia Brown
Before we turn on the table saw – Lucia Brown
walking a half-marathon through your hometown – Lucia Brown
Members of the backyard church – Tim Conroy
Nasty Bites – Tim Conroy
How to cut up a chicken – Susan Craig
Touching Wyse's Ferry Bridge – Susan Craig
The Older Poet Yearns to Carpe the Diem – Debra Daniels
Dream Three – Heather Dearmon
Bring Me Something – Heather Dearmon
Across the River - Marlanda DeKine
talking to themselves - Marlanda DeKine
For my cat, every Sunday afternoon – Graham Duncan
Ghosts in Poems – Jo Angela Edwins
Stricken – Jo Angela Edwins
Nana Lencha – Vera Gomez
You don't know what you don't know – Vera Gomez
Coattails – Kristine Hartvigsen
River – Kristine Hartvigsen
A Quiet Love – Jammie Huynh
A ghazal to my father – Jammie Huynh
Bad Idea Boyfriend, or White Jesus – Shannon Ivey
D. – Suzanne Kamata
Red Bird / Blue Bird – Bentz Kirby
Hunter's Chapel Road – Len Laurin
I love you 3000 – Len Lawson
Crown – Terri McCord
Space – Terri McCord
For a 20% Tip – Rosalie McCracken
"Yes, please" – Melanie McGhee
Cycles – Joseph Mills
Office hours – Joseph Mills
Those of us with bushy white beards – Joseph Mills
So long, Greenie – Eric Morris
Chopin all over her – Eric Morris
Old photos (for Ahmaud Arbery) – Yvette Murray
Thundering shadows – Frances Pearce
Gone to the birds – Glenis Redmond
"Praise how the ordinary turns sacred" – Glenis Redmond
Strangers in a Strange Field – Aida Rogers
Pre-Columbia Intersections – Lawrence Rhu
Meaningless – Michael Rubin
Small things I notice – Randy Spencer
Next Day Now - Randy Spencer
Above the poplars – Arthur Turfa
For the Love of Mz. Joe – Ceille Welch
The Broad River Prize for Prose this year goes to Tim Conroy for his short fiction, Nasty Bites and the Saluda River Prize for Poetry goes to Jo Angela Edwins for her poem, Stricken.
Carla Damron was the adjudicator for the prose prize and Lisa Hammond judged the poetry prize.
Both contributors and the public are invited to attend. Contributors are also invited to read from their included works during the event in the order in which it is published.
Thank you to Carla Damron, Lisa Hammond, Richland Library, the Friends of Richland Library, One Columbia, and Muddy Ford Press for their support of this project.
Jasper Celebrates Fall Lines
Jasper is pleased to announce that Fall Lines -- a literary convergence is on the streets after two exciting celebrations of its release.
On Sunday, we launched Fall Lines with a celebration and reading hosted by our partner the Richland Library Many thanks to Tony Tallent not only for facilitating the partnership but also for hosting and feting us so well Sunday afternoon.
The next day we were back on the podium with an extended reading hosted by Sara Cogswell at her beautiful gallery on State Street in West Columbia, Gallery West.
Pick up your copy of Fall Lines at any of the Richland County Library branches, the One Columbia office on Lady Street, Jasper Studio in the historic Arcade at 1332 Main Street, Frame of Mind, Gallery West, and selected boutiques, galleries and venues in Columbia -- or order it online at Amazon.com or BandN.com. And look for the Fall Lines e-book coming soon from Richland Library.
Many thanks to Roe Young of Roe Young State Farm, Tom Mack of the SC Academy of Authors, and the Richland Library Friends.
Announcing the Winners of Jasper's Fall Lines Writing Prizes
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The Columbia Fall Line is a natural junction, along which the Congaree River falls and rapids form, running parallel to the east coast of the country between the resilient rocks of the Appalachians and the softer, more gentle coastal plain.
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Jasper is delighted to announce the winners of the Fall Lines Poetry and Prose Writing Prizes sponsored by the Richland Library Friends and published in the inaugural issue of Fall Lines – a literary convergence.
Congratulations to Nicola Waldron, winner of the Broad River Prize for Prose for her piece "Dig and Delve," and to Mary Hutchins Harris, winner of the Saluda River Prize for Poetry for her poem, "Accidentals." A check for $250 accompanies each prize.
Work by Waldron and Harris will appear in Fall Lines along with poetry and prose by such award winning writers as Christopher Dickey, Josephine Humphries, and SC Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth, as well as Aida Rogers, Ray McManus, Susan Levi Wallach, Susan Laughter Meyers and more. Fall Lines is edited by Cynthia Boiter with poetry editor Ed Madden.
With a single annual publication, Fall Lines is distributed in lieu of Jasper Magazine’s regularly scheduled summer issue via a partnership between Jasper Magazine and Richland Library, the University of South Carolina Press, One Columbia, and Muddy Ford Press. The South Carolina Academy of Authors and Roe Young State Farm Insurance Agency also serve as generous sponsors of the literary journal.
Fall Lines will release on Sunday, June 8th with a 4 pm reception and reading at the Richland Library.