NEXT MEETING: February 11, 2012 / 12:00 Noon / 18600 Conant Ave, Detroit, MI 48234
A Founding Member and Former Board Member
Brenda McGee October 5, 1950 - June 19, 2011
(Click To Read Her Tribute)
Please Welcome
Shirley Slaughter
New Board Member
Treasurer / Financial Secretary
Please Welcome
Angelise Floyd
New Board Member
Director of Youth Activities
Please Welcome
Mamie Smith
New Board Member
Secretary
Near
Eastsiders Release New Book
"A Journey of Excellence Against The Odds"
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NEW YOUNG AUTHORS' PROGRAM
2012 Dates To Be Announced
NEW FEATURE ADDED
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Writer's Guild Debuts New CD
"A Poetic Showcase"
Features Guild Members: Tony Crittendon, Sharon Floyd, John Childs, Michael Jones, Diane Lockett, Evelyn Holmes, Gerri Metoyer, Herb Metoyer, Joyce Hitchye, Shirley Slaughter, Viola Walker, & Zola Masembuko. With Guest Poets: Naomi Long Madgett, Melba Joyce Boyd and M. L. Liebler
PRICE: $15
What They Are Saying
"I never new poetry could sound this good." "The music is perfect for each poem." "I put it in every time I get in my car." "You folk outdid yourself this time."
LITERARY NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS
A Short Stage Play By The Detroit Writers Guild
Sunday / February 5, 2012
11:00 A.M.
Conant Avenue United Methodist Church
18600 Conant Avenue / Detroit Michigan
Join Us For Worship Services and a Special Black History Presention
Rebellious Men centers around an interview and debate between Nat Turner and Frederick Douglas
A BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION
VIRGIL CARR ARTS CENTER / 311 E. GRAND RIVER / DETROIT, MI
Slide Show Presentation / Music / Dance / Refreshments / Book-Signing
Special Guests: Paradise Valley Icons ―Virgil Rodgers (Trumpeter) & Hilda Vest (Poet)
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HUGE SUCCESS
A FundRaiser For Our New "Young Authors Program" was held on July 16, 2011.
Approximately 200 people attended. The program was both Educational and Entertaining. The event closed with the audience singing along and marching to the song "Will The Circle be Unbroken."
We received many compliments and suggestions that we continue this type of programs.
The BIG Three
Preserving The Traditions of Our Culture
 Herb Metoyer, Rev Darryl Totty, rev. Robert Jones, & Josh White (Closing The Show, Sing Along Style) |
 Sharon Floyd Gospel Singer |
Virgil Rodger on Trumpet / Herb Metoyer, Guitar |
 Josh White, Jr, |
 Joyce Hitchye & Tony crittendon |
 Michael Jones (The Dancing Poet) Leading the Grand March to "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." |
SEE WHAT SOME OF OUR MEMBERS ARE DOING
MEMBER BOOKS
MEMBER CD's
Detroit Writers' Guild 2012 Paul Laurence Dunbar Poetry Contest
1st Prize $100 / 2nd Prize $75 / 3rd Prize $50
DEADLINE: August 30, 2012
2011 POETRY WINNERS
1st Place ($100 Cash Award):
Jerri Hardesty (Brierfield, AL)
2nd Place ($75 Cash Award):
Kathy D. Bellamy
(Titusville, FL)
3rd Place (450 Cash Award): Nick
Sweet (Shepherd,
TX)
HONORABLE MENTION CERTIFICATES
1.
Ruth
Hill (Chetwynd, BC)
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2. Jerri
Hardesty
(Brierfield, AL)
4. Bill Duvall (Vass, NC)
7.
The Broadside Press
Poets Theater resumes every third Sunday of the month from
3pm - 6pm at the Grounds Coffee Haus, lower level of U of D-Mercy
Student Union. The campus is located on McNichols and Livernois.
Featured readers and open mic
Contact: Aurora Harris. 313 673-6313 aurora917@gmail.com
book contains a wealth of info concerning fiction writing. Rather than
bore you with a lot of grammar and punctuation rules, we teach by
example. And there is an example for just about anything you need to
know about fiction: Point of View, Dialogue, Monologue, Grammar,
Transitions, Use of Tenses, manuscript format, Research, etc.To order send $12 (Includes shipping) Check or money order to Detroit Writers Guild, 18600 Conant Avenue, Detroit, MI 482344.
Or... JOIN the Guild and get a FREE copy
RECENT EVENTS
Feeding The Homeless Project took place in
Cass Park on July 31, 2010.
Christ the King Church also came out and pitched In. We served over 300 meals
HARPER WOODS PUBLIC LIBRARY FEBRUARY 2011
DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEBRUARY 2011
The Detroit Writers' Guild Salutes VIOLA LIUZZO
CIVIL RIGHTS MARTYR
(The only female give her life on behalf of the Civil Rights Movement & Our Freedom)
In 1965, Herb Metoyer chronicled her death in a song that was recorded on MGM's Verve/Folkways Label
DOGON
TRIBE OF AFRICA
The Egyptians were not the only people of African credited with enlightening the world. Other tribes of people were also responsible for astounding contributions. One of these, the Dogons, a tribe that most of us have never heard about, live in the Niger River's loop, in the cliffs of Bandiagara.
Thousands of years before Christ, the Dogons knew what planets were in our solar system and the planets and stars of the Sirius system — all of which can not be seen with the naked eye or a telescope.