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Albuquerque, NM, September 1, 2008. Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez and NM Poetry Tangents are preparing to make history with a new Slam Poet Laureate Program. This historic program promises new opportunities for spoken word artists.

The young heroine Taylor will test her magic, and her metal, to battle evil. The story follows Taylor and her friend, Anna, as they set out to save a Pegasus. Handmade illustrations are by Judy Redlin.

Dalai Lama's gentle friend, 82, dies from injuries; wife was driving and pickup littered with empty beer cans slammed into them; was major figure in creating Tibetan Government in Exile, and in publishing, scholarship, teaching Tibetan philosophy

Karen Blomain, a Pushcart Prize nominee and the winner of two PEN Flash Fiction awards, will conduct a writing workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

BelleCora Press & Writing Workshops has scheduled two one-week long workshops in Puerto Vallarta for Fall of 2007. Women Writing on Co-dependence is scheduled for Oct. 27-Nov. 3, 2007 and Memoir Writing, will be held Nov. 24- Dec. 1, 2007.

Application deadline for BelleCora’s annual two-month writer’s Fall Residency in Santa Fe, New Mexico is July 1, 2007. Candidates must submit application information found on the Contests page of the sponsor’s website, www.BelleCora.com.

BelleCora Press & Workshops is accepting applications from writers for its annual Fall Writers’ Residency Awards. Writers at all levels of development are encouraged to apply.