Category: Festivals
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Winning Writers Announces the Winners of the 19th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its nineteenth annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. 4,593 entries were received from around the world. Qin Qin of Minneapolis, Minnesota won the Tom Howard Prize of $3,000 for a poem in any style or genre, for “Bastards’ Tongue”. Edythe Rodriguez of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania won the Margaret Reid Prize of $3,000 for a poem that rhymes or has…
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2022 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books presents The Trouble with Nature: Freedom Tree
A Race of Bees And Wasps — Friendship, Love, and Compassion LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, April 16, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Author Robert J. Morris will be one of the featured authors at the upcoming Los Angeles Festival of Books 2022 with his published book titled The Trouble with Nature: Freedom Tree. A story that…
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Novel “Voice of A Mummy” Receives First Place Award From Bookfest
First Place in Bookfest’s 2022 Spring Competition for Best Historical Fiction, Mystery Category is the book entitled “Voice of A Mummy,” by Kay A. Oliver. LOS ANGELES, CA /24-7PressRelease/ — Voice of A Mummy receives First Place Award from Bookfest’s Spring Competition 2022. Written by Kay A. Oliver, this adventure thriller entitled Voice of A Mummy won First Place in the…
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The Film Festival Doctor pivots her business to the USA
LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith, contributor to Dig IN Magazine, is an Award Winning Film Festival Strategist Published Author and Founder of The Film Festival Doctor. Her work surrounds developing targeted film festival strategies for filmmakers in order to get their films seen by audiences around the world. By developing targeted strategies for her…
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Short Shorts Film Festival & ASIA “Stories from around Japan” Announcing the Winner of the 8th Book Shorts Award
Moe Haruno, who wrote a short story based on the nursery rhyme “Akatonbo (Red Dragonfly)” Full text available on the Book Shorts website. TOKYO /PRNewswire/ — Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of Asia’s largest international short film festivals accredited by the Academy Awards® is pleased to announce the 8th Book Shorts Award winner selected for the…
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Spider-Man: No Way Home and “Ted Lasso” Publicity Campaigns Win Top Honors at the 59th Annual ICG Publicists Awards
FRANCES FORD COPPOLA is Feted with the Lifetime Achievement Award; MICHAEL DE LUCA & PAMELA ABDY Receive the Motion Picture Showpersons Award; STERLIN HARJO & TAIKA WAITITI Accept the TV Showpersons Award HOLLYWOOD, Calif. /PRNewswire/ — The ICG Publicists (The International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600) today announced winners of its 59th Annual ICG Publicists Awards, returning live to The Beverly Hilton Hotel. Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony…
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AARP The Magazine Celebrates Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards With a 20th Anniversary Special From Great Performances on PBS
Special Appearances by Lily Tomlin, Will Smith, Nicole Kidman, Jared Leto, Rita Moreno, Bradley Cooper, Aunjanue Ellis, Kenneth Branagh, Cate Blanchett, Jo Ann Jenkins, Jean Smart, Demi Singleton, Saniyya Sidney, Judi Dench, Marlee Matlin, Jason Sudeikis, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and more WASHINGTON, March 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — AARP The Magazine unveiled the winners of its annual Movies for Grownups®Awards with a 20th anniversary special, featuring honorees from Being the Ricardos, Belfast, CODA, Dopesick, Hacks, House of Gucci, King Richard and more. Winners…
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BEATDAY and The Sick Rose from HTC VIVE ORIGINALS Selected to Join SXSW 2022 XR Experience Program
XR Experience Program is world premiere for HTC’s VR metaverse concert platform BEATDAY, and US premiere of award-winning VR film The Sick Rose TAIPEI, March 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — VIVE ORIGINALS, a content brand under premier virtual reality (VR) platform and ecosystem HTC VIVE unveiled the world premiere of the first VR concert experience on its metaverse music platform BEATDAY at…
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Action Face Wins SXSW Pitch® Event
Takes Home the Prestigious Top Prize in the Entertainment, Gaming & Content Category AUSTIN, Texas, March 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Action Face, the technological leader of 3D scanning and printing action figures, took top prize and was declared the winner in the Entertainment, Gaming & Content category at the 14th annual SXSW Pitch® held at the Downtown Hilton in Austin, TX. The event,…
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NAACP AUSTIN ANNOUNCES SXSW LAUNCH OF ‘HEALTH EQUITY FIRST’ CAMPAIGN USA – English
New Campaign Raising Awareness about Health Inequities and Misspending by Texas’ Publicly-Funded Hospital Districts at SXSW Panel on Ending Racism in Healthcare AUSTIN, Texas, March 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The NAACP Austin today announced the launch of Health Equity First, a new issue-education campaign aimed at raising awareness about misspending by publicly-funded hospital districts and the impact…