FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Burnside Writers Collective and
Relief Journal to Partner on Ankeny Briefcase

Burnside Writers Collective and Relief: A Quarterly Christian Expression have announced that they will be partnering to produce the long-awaited Ankeny Briefcase as an anthology of short stories by unpublished and lightly-published authors.

Kimberly Culbertson, Editor of Relief, states, "We realized that our goals were similar and that we could accomplish more together. The Ankeny Briefcase promises to turn some heads."

Jordan Green, Editor of the Ankeny Briefcase and the Burnside Writers Collective website, states "After some long talks with the good folks at Relief Journal, we decided that the Ankeny Briefcase would be better off if we combined powers, sort of like the Power Rangers or the Thundercats. The Ankeny Briefcase is in good hands."

Green and Culbertson will co-edit the anthology, which will be available for purchase on December 1, 2006 via the Burnside Writers Collective Web site, http://www.burnsidewriterscollective.com and Relief's Web Site, http://www.reliefjournal.com.

Submissions for Ankeny Briefcase are now officially closed. Authors who have submitted work to the Briefcase will be notified soon on the status of their work.  

And now for the inevitable questions:

• Will Relief and Ankeny Briefcase be one publication? 

No. Relief:A Quarterly Christian Expression will continue to be a quarterly journal, and Ankeny Briefcase will be an anthology. This is a partnership on a project, not a combining of entities. ccPublishing, the parent non-profit company of Relief, will be the publisher. 

•  Can I submit to both at the same time?

No. The submission period for Ankeny Briefcase is now closed.  So stop sending them stuff. Relief's submission periods are always open. 

• I was initially accepted to the Briefcase. How will I know if my work will still be included?

Jordan and his staff will be contacting everyone who has submitted work to the Ankeny Briefcase in the next few months. 

• When can I buy the anthology?

It will be officially for sale on December 1, 2006. Pre-sales of Ankeny Briefcase are not yet determined. 

• Will there be more editions of Ankeny Briefcase?

That is yet to be determined.

• Is Don Miller still attached to the Ankeny Briefcase?

Due to Don's speaking schedule, he will not be co-editing the journal. He will be supporting the Ankeny Briefcase through the Burnside Writers Collective. Jordan Green, Editor of the Burnside Writers Collective web site and Kimberly Culbertson, Senior Editor of Relief will be co-editing the anthology.

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