SMILE, HON receives shout-out from DAILY NEWS!

Thank you, Michael Kaminer and The New York Daily News, for this spotlight on Baltimore in general, and a certain local zine in particular:

"Before you leave Hampden, stop by Atomic Books (3620 Falls Rd., atomicbooks.com), where the phenomenal breadth of printed matter includes ’zines like Smile Hon, You’re In Baltimore ($4), a local leaflet that chronicles life in the city through rosy and jaundiced eyes. It makes a great souvenir."

SMILE, HON Shows Book Fest a Good Time!

Photo: William P. Tandy

BALTIMORE, Md. - Join long-running, critically acclaimed lit zine Smile, Hon,You’re in Baltimore! in kicking off the 2014 Baltimore Book Festival with an evening of voluble hijinks, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Friday, September 26, 2014, on the CityLit Stage at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Smile, Hon contributors Mary Elizabeth Mays, Mike Murphy, Lisa Wiseman, Michael Koenig, Susan Beverly, and E. Doyle-Gillespie will regale the crowd with their respective brands of wisdom, wit, and woe. The event, just like the beer provided by Union Craft Brewing, is free. For more information, email wpt@eightstonepress.com.

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And speaking of CityLit - it is with no small degree of irony here that we note City Paper's recent (and well-deserved) dubbing of the annual CityLit Festival as "Best Book Festival". We here at Smile, Hon still look forward to CityLit Fest each spring, and offer special thanks to CityLit Founder and Executive Director Gregg Wilhelm for his support over the years.

And on one final CityLit-related note - Smile, Hon editor William P. Tandy joins the ranks of 14 contributing writers to "literary geo-caching adventure" Geo-Poe, which launches October 1. A special October 29 reading at Westminster Hall in downtown Baltimore will feature all 14 participating authors, including Smile, Hon writers:

• Rahne Alexander
• Rafael Alvarez
• Davida Gypsy Breier
• Caryn Coyle
• Timmy Reed
• Dean Bartoli Smith
• William P. Tandy

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In other news, Smile, Hon invites your Mobtown-related/inspired stories, essays, poetry, photography and other artwork for its next issue (No. 18). Creative non-fiction is preferred, though all submissions will be considered. Email articles (100 – 1,000 words) as attached Word documents. Image files should be high-resolution, approximately 5” x 7”, 300+ dpi (.JPG or .TIF format). All contributors will receive a byline/artist credit for their work as well as two (2) complimentary copies of the issue when published. 

The deadline for submissions is Saturday, November 1, 2014.

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For more information, contact:

William P. Tandy, Editor

Eight-Stone Press

P.O. Box 11064

Baltimore, Maryland 21212

E-mail: wpt@eightstonepress.com

Web: http://www.eightstonepress.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wptandy

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/eightstonepress

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