AHLP online news - PRWeb Press Release Group http://www.rsspad.com/rss2/10685.xml Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers' news about forthcoming and new publications, author's profiles, literary contests, books events, business, academic, and community partnerships, and more. - Powered by PRWeb and RSSPad en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 http://www.prweb.com/userfiles/200608/AHLPlogo.jpg Happy Image http://www.prweb.com/ Last Call for 2007 Africana Homestead Literary Contest Entries http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb714743.htm Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers (AHLP) issues its last call for entries for the company's annual short story and poetry contests. AHLP invites adults, youth, and children to send their best work to highlight the black experience in the U.S. by March 31, 2008. Youth and children may enter for free, and the full guidelines are posted on the company's Web site at http://www.ahlpub.com/Literary_Contests.html. AHLP will publish the 2007 winning entries in Visions of Black Life: A Collection of Outstanding Short Stories and Poetry, Volume 4. (PRWeb Feb 23, 2008)

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]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb714743.htm Call for Entries for the 2006 Africana Homestead Short Story and Poetry Contests http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb418163.htm Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers (AHLP) calls for entries for its popular short story and poetry contests for amateur writers and poets to highlight the black experience in the US. Adults, youth, and children should submit their best works for judging by a panel of authors and educators. Submissions must be postmarked by October 31, 2006 and the full guidelines, entry fees, and a description of awards are posted on the company's website. AHLP will publish the 2006 winning entries in its annual monograph, Visions of Black Life: A Collection of Outstanding Short Stories and Poetry, Volume III May 2007. (PRWeb Aug 1, 2006)

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]]> Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb418163.htm AHLP Releases "The African Interior Mission," C. William Allen’s Updated Novel http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/07/prweb411995.htm Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers has released C. William Allen's "The African Interior Mission," a remake of his second novel, "The African Interior Mission School" (1992). Allen masterfully crafts the story of teenage life and coming-of-age in Liberia. Sixteen-year-old Jerry Saye Gompa leaves his rural home to attend a Christian boarding school. His adventures with his best friend, Obadiah (OB) Dixon, Obadiah (OB) Dixon, show the dichotomy of country and "kwi" (city) values, traditional religion, teenage romance, politics, polygamy, and death. (PRWeb Jul 16, 2006)

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]]> Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/07/prweb411995.htm FSU Professor Completes Comprehensive Study of N'ko, a West African Writing System http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/02/prweb339989.htm Historian Dianne White Oyler, an associate professor at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, has completed her much anticipated study on N'ko, a writing system used by the Mande people of West Africa. Its founder, Souleymane Kanté, was born near Kankan, Guinea in 1922. Dr. Oyler's The History of N'ko and its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons was published November 2005 by Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers and is available for purchase from booksellers in the United States and overseas. (PRWeb Feb 1, 2006)

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]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2006 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/02/prweb339989.htm AHLP Expands Call for Entries for 2005 Literary Contests and Releases First Volume of New Literary Collection http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/05/prweb236160.htm The Africana Homestead 2005 Short Story and Poetry Contests are sponsored by Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers (AHLP). In 2004 AHLP established this contest to support emerging, amateur poets in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware and to honor the legacy of African Americans and recent black immigrants who live in those states. The contests are now open to residents of all 50 States and the territories of the United States of America. (PRWeb May 5, 2005)

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]]> Thu, 05 May 2005 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/05/prweb236160.htm Literary Contests for Emerging Black Poets and Writers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/04/prweb118095.htm Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers (AHLP) has established two annual literary contests. The Africana Homestead 2004 Poetry Contest and the Africana Homestead 2004 Short Story Contest will promote the works of amateur poets and writers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware who honor the historic or present-day black experience in those states. Individuals or co-authors may enter the children, youth, or adult categories and submit their entries by June 30, 2004. AHLP will publish an anthology of the works of the winners and honorable mentions and give awards to the top three finalists in each age group. (PRWeb Apr 14, 2004)

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