Call for submissions open to poets, writers, journalists, bloggers and graphic artists from all backgrounds and origins.  Catch a Vibe and Black Londoners invite you to write in solidarity for Haiti. You can send poems, song lyrics, short stories, opinion pieces, drawings, paintings or photographs. The work must be about or inspired by Haiti, its people and its culture.

The entries shortlisted will be made into a book. Proceeds of the book sales will be donated to Lambi Haiti Fund. A book launch will take place in London, with writers & poets invited to read excerpts of the book.

Guidelines:

Please send poems of 1000 words max. Short pieces of prose should be 2500 words max. Include a short bio about yourself and / or a link to your blog. Documents must be sent as an attachment in .doc format. You can submit up to 3 different pieces.

Drawings / paintings / photographs: send a high resolution picture in a jpeg or gif format. They can be in colour or in Black and White. B&W will be used in the internal pages of the book, colour will be used for the cover.  Upon agreeing to publication, catchavibe.co.uk and Black Londoners acquires first rights and retains the right to archive the work for an indefinite period. The author retains all the rights upon publication.  Only original, non published work, will be accepted, (no reprints).  There is no fee involved as this is a charity project.

All submissions and info requests must be sent to: wordforhaiti@googlemail.com
 
The collection will be edited by catchavibe.co.uk and published by Black Londoners, as part of year-long programme of charity events organised under the umbrella “Black Londoners Appeal for Haiti”.
 
More info on:
http://www.catchavibe.co.uk/black-londoners-appeal-for-haiti/8025/

http://chitchatafrica.com/viewPage.php?ID=haiti

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