Saturday, April 18, 2009

Press & Sun Sponsors Writing Project to Raise Money For Victims' Families

Members of the Broome County arts community are seeking poems and personal essays/memoirs reflecting on the April 3 massacre at the American Civic Association. Submissions are welcome from all membersof the community for a collection to be titled "Binghamton Remembers."All proceeds from the collection, which will be available for purchase in June, will benefit the fund set up by Catholic Charities of Broome County to help the families of victims.

Final selections will be determined by Andrei Gurianu, Broome Countypoet laureate and editor of The Broome Review; collection editor Kristen Cox Roby; and other members of the Boome County arts community. The work is being sponsored by the Press & Sun-Bulletin. Creative pieces of no more than 1,000 words will be considered.Submissions must be sent via e-mail to binghamtonremembers@gmail.com. Please include your full name and phone number. The deadline is 5 p.m.April 26.

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