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Last Day for 4.1 Submissions!
Posted by Ian David Philpot in Relief News on March 1, 2010
Today is the last day that Relief will be accepting submissions for issue 4.1. If there is a story or poem that you’ve been thinking about submitting, now is the time for you to head on over to the Online Submission System and send it to our editors.
If you don’t think that your piece is just right, then keep working on it–or, if it’s Creative Nonfiction, head on over to CNF Editor Lisa Ohlen Harris’s website for a critique. The Online Submission System will open up in two short months for issue 4.2.
Relief News Tuesday 2.23.2010
Posted by Ian David Philpot in Relief News on February 23, 2010
My Name is Russell Fink a Kindle Bestseller
Michael Snyder’s first book, My Name is Russell Fink, is #2 of 100 on Amazon’s “Bestsellers in Kindle Store” page. The digital text download is currently FREE, so head on over to the Bestsellers page and get yourself a copy! Michael Snyder’s story “Normal People”–mentioned in Robert Garbacz’s blog on texture last night–can also be found in digital form on our Scribd page under Issue 3.1.
In case you missed it…
Relief is thoughtfully reading through some Psalms during this Lenten season, and you are more than welcome to join us. In case you missed the first post on Left Relief, click here.
We are also sold out of Issue 3.2. A blog was written about the details of the sell out, but, in case you missed it, click here.
Issue 3.2 SOLD OUT!
Posted by Ian David Philpot in Relief News on February 17, 2010
Less than a month after we received our shipment of issue 3.2, we’ve sold all of our copies.
Good News: We are ordering more and expect them in the next month or so. We are still in the process of raising capital so we have the money to order another shipment, which is why there will be a delay. If you wish to help with this, click on the little “Donate” button at the bottom, pick any dollar amount that will fit your budget, and help us get our shipment ASAP.
Bad News: If you’ve ordered a copy in the last 2-3 weeks, we will ask for your patience as we do our best to obtain a new shipment. If you would like to help us, click that little “Donate” button.
But I can’t wait. We understand how anxious you might be to get a hold of our fastest moving issue. We recommend that you visit the Relief E-book Store over at Sribd, where you can purchase issues 2.1-3.1 at a greatly reduced price.
Help us out: Every dollar received will go directly to the cost of shipment for issue 3.2. Relief/CcPublishing is a 501(c)(3) organization and all charitable contributions can be considered as a tax deductible donation.
Relief News Tuesday 2.16.2010
Posted by Ian David Philpot in Relief News on February 16, 2010
Submission Period Coming to a Close
Submissions for Relief Issue 3.2 will be closing March 1. The submission system will not open again until May 1. Submission guidelines can be found under the “Submit Your Work” tab at the top.
While you’re thinking about submitting to Relief, you may want to take a look at Christopher Fisher’s question series: “What Happens in This story?” “I Know What Happens, but Who Really Cares?” “Is This the Best I Can Do?” and “An End to Questions.” (I apologize in advance for the broken links within those posts. Just don’t click anything on the old site and you’ll be fine.)
You might also want to check out “10 Common New Writer Mistakes.” The list, from Mary DeMuth at BelieversPress.com, is includes the usual “Dangling Participle” and “Too Many Modifiers,” but Mary also includes “Lack of Passion” (an extremely important aspect of writing that is almost never mentioned in an English classroom) and “Purple Speaker Tags”–which I had never even heard of before.
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Finally, I’d like to present you with this absolutely incredible story:
Tim & Jill’s Wedding
This story is perfect for Valentine’s Day. It comes from Tricia McCurry and can be found HERE. It was written for Love Without Agenda, a fantastic organization looking to “inspire, network, and fund social innovators who are changing the world one act of love at a time.” While I could go on and on about LWA, the real story is about Tim and Jill and the love that they share. Their story is simple and unique–just like love should be. After Tricia’s piece, there are 197 beautiful pictures that are absolutely moving. Go check it out.
Relief News Tuesday 2.9.2010
Posted by Ian David Philpot in General, Relief News on February 9, 2010
Ian David Philpot
A Note from the Web Editor
Normally I don’t write the news blogs in a personal way, but with all of the great (or not so great) speeches that have been given in the last couple weeks, I’m now giving a State of the Website address. (Not to be confused with a State of the Website Address address where I mention changing our web address from ReliefJournal.com to StressJournal.com so we can advertise anti-depressants in the margins. It is at this point that I would like to apologize for my unnecessary digression.)
Settled In
For the last four months, we’ve been calling what you are looking at right now “The New Website.” But as of right now, I am forever changing it to “The Website.” “The Olde Websyte” will always be the old site, but this format is no longer new to us.
Why does that matter?
Since we are no longer considering this a “new” website, we are very welcome to any suggestions to changes or corrections that can be made. Before now, we were still testing things out to see what we liked. We will always be trying new things, but we’re pretty happy with what we’ve got right now.
Also, since this isn’t new, we will be doing our best to develop the site by creating a Staff page, a Blogger Columnist page, and by updating the donation page and our shop.
With that said, we do need some feedback. We don’t plan on changing the colors or our logo, but making sure the site is easy enough to navigate is very important to us. If you’ve got a suggestion, leave it in the comments.
Relief News Tuesday 2.2.2010
Posted by Ian David Philpot in Relief News on February 2, 2010
Relief Panel at the Festival of Faith and Writing
In case you missed it in yesterday’s post from Editor-in-Chief Chris Fisher, Relief will have a discussion panel at Calvin College’s Festival of Faith and Writing in addition to our booth. It’s just another reason to make it out to Grand Rapids, MI in April. If you still need to sign up, click here. If you are going and would like to volunteer to help Relief with our booth, please contact chris@reliefjournal.com. Relief also needs to raise money to purchase prints of the last two issues to sell at Calvin. If you feel that is something you would be interested in, contact Chris.
Photo Haiku to join Facebook
Starting tomorrow, we will be posting the Photo Haiku picture on our Facebook page as well as the blog. This means that Facebook viewers that participate are open to receive the prizes associated with the Photo Haiku. See you tomorrow!
Relief News Tuesday 1.26.2010
Posted by Ian David Philpot in Relief News on January 26, 2010
Blog going double time in February
Starting next week, the Relief blog will be attempting to update two new posts every weekday. One will go up around midday and the other will go up in the evening. These new posts will feature the blogger columnists you’ve come to know and love–like Deanna Hershiser and Stephen Swanson–as well as guest bloggers–like Heather Cadenhead and Michael Snyder. So be ready for double the material with the same insight and quality that you’ve come to expect from Relief.
Special Message
Coach “Coach” Culbertson will be putting an update on the site very soon. It’s got a couple surprises in it, so be sure to check back to see what Coach has been up to!
Relief News Tuesday 1.19.2010
Posted by Ian David Philpot in Relief News on January 19, 2010
Photo Haiku is Coming Back!
Starting tomorrow, Relief will resuming Photo Haiku Wednesday. Not only will it be back in all of its glory, but Michelle Pendergrass has seen to it that we will have prizes!
Thanks to Michelle and the great people over at Quo Vadis we will have a Quo Vadis notebook (that’s a picture of it on the right) and a bottle of J. Herbin ink. Michelle wrote a great review of Quo Vadis products, and you can read it here. After that, make sure you check out their website (http://quovadisplanners.com/) to see all of the cool stuff that they make–some of it is really awesome! After that, make sure you follow them on Twitter (http://twitter.com/QuoVadisBlog).
Don’t forget about Calvin!
Relief is going to be well represented at Calvin’s Festival of Faith and Writing April 15-17. We’re working on something special for the festival, and we would love to see you there, so make sure you get your tickets from their website (http://www.calvin.edu/academic/engl/festival/).
Special Relief Offer: Send us your 700 Club member card, we’ll send you a free subscription
Posted by Travis Griffith in Editor's Blog, Faith, Life, Relief News on January 15, 2010
Christopher Fisher
In response to the recent comments by the Reverend Pat Robertson blaming the disaster in Haiti on the impoverished nation’s supposed “pact with the Devil,” many Christians are understandably distancing themselves from the very public Evangelical figure.
Mr. Robertson’s views are increasingly seen by Christians as anti-intellectual, bigoted, and not representative of mainstream Christianity in America . Relief: A Christian Literary Expression is willing to provide some incentive for persons who may be considering withdrawing financial support from Pat Robertson and his 700 Club.
700 Club members who cancel their memberships in protest of Mr. Robertson’s latest hateful comment will receive a one-year subscription to the journal–two issues of Relief–free of charge. Participants need simply to mail their 700 Club membership cards in two or more pieces to:
Relief: A Christian Literary Expression
60 W. Terra Cotta Suite B
PMB 156
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Relief News Tuesday 1.12.2010
Posted by Ian David Philpot in Relief News on January 12, 2010
Congratulations to Allison Smythe!
Congratulations to author Allison Smythe, whose essay “The Significance of Place” (Relief 2.1) has been listed as “Notable” in Best American Spiritual Writing 2010 (now published by Viking Penguin).
Best American Spiritual Writing is an annual anthology edited by Philip Zaleski. Out of hundreds of essays, thirty were selected for publication in this year’s edition, and another twenty-five (including Allison’s!) are given honorable mention as “Other Notable Spiritual Writing of the Year.”
Another notable item
As you may have noticed, we haven’t featured a photo haiku on the blog in two months. We are doing our best to bring this feature back, but we did notice something that we thought you might like:
Michelle Pendergrass, Editor of The Midnight Diner, has started her first in a year-long series of themed photo postings on her website. This week’s theme is Hope, and Michelle’s picture of it is beautiful. (The story behind it makes it even better!) Check out her picture here.
As of right now, there are two people who I’ve found that took up the challenge. One is this post from Karina, and the other is this post from Heather A. Goodman (whose poetry you can find in Relief 3.1!).
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