Gerry Wolfson-Grande’s story “Not a Good Night at Ford’s” is in the new anthology Under the Cosmic Sofa: An Anthology of the Macabre, Weird and Cool from Writers One Flight Up and Partners in Crime Publishing. Also, she has a piece that’s scheduled to be included in the upcoming Pets Across America anthology from Gabriel’s Guardians, which benefits pet rescue shelters across the country.

Here’s a sneak peak at the cover of the Born to Fly wordless book to stop child trafficking–with story by Diana Scimone and illustrations by artist Leah Wiedemer: http://bit.ly/9Vorl7  It’s wordless so it doesn’t have to be translated into thousands of different languages and will reach kids, teens, and adults all over the world (including central Florida–yes, we have a child trafficking problem here, too).  Diana is working on the companion curriculum now and hopes to begin distribution later this year.  More at www.born2fly.org and Diana’s blog, www.dianascimone.com.

Recently at The Cameo Theatre they had the wildest Grand Slam in the history of the Broken Speech Grand Slam.  There were three lead changes.  The curse of the Season Champion struck again and for the third time, they crowned a previous champion.  And here they are, your Team Orlando 2010:
5th Place – Kendra Corrie
4th Place – Haelo
3rd Place – Sam Lamura
2nd Place – Shannon Kortbek
2010 Broken Speech Grand Slam Champion – Ronin
Congratulations Team Orlando 2010 and a big thank you to Megalomusic, The Cameo, and their amazing house band Tam Tam the Sandwichman & The Magical Sugar Cookies.

Two fine Orlando Scribblers are finalists for Pushcart Prizes:  Susan Lilley and Linda Dunlap.  Lit-land-o is so proud, ladies!