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written art awards

2010 spring winners announced

Complete list of winners

 

Best Fiction (Winners are tied)
A Truth Worth Tellin' - Toni Teepell
Golden's Rule - C.E. Edmonson


Best Nonfiction
The Ice Cream Theory - Steff Deschenes

Author Spotlight

Grant Fostergrant foster
Born in Sydney, Australia, Grant Foster studied piano with Alexander Sverjensky at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and then with Marcel Ciampi in Paris for seven years. As well as performing, he began composing at an early age and wrote his first opera, “DARK LOVE”, at the age of fifteen. Eventually, his music was heard by producers in London resulting in his composing of incidental music for “PETER PAN” directed by Sir Robert Helpmann. The show was a big success and ran for seven consecutive Christmas Seasons. Later on hearing of the death of Helpmann, who had become his friend, he composed an “ELEGY” – a tribute to this unique and talented dancer and choreographer.
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Synopsis: The ancient legend of the Bird of Souls weaves a web of mystery and intrigue; love and passion; adventure, fear and loss around one amazing secret that was guarded by the Imperial family of Russia and dismissed as lies by their executioners. Marie, the second youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra, is having her seventeenth birthday. A ball is held at the Winter Palace. It is a wonderful, exciting evening of discovery, romance and secrets.

Dubai, (in 1916 it was a fishing village that was also noted for high quality pearls), becomes the focus of the novel when a catastrophic sand storm throws Rashed, a simple young Bedouin, into a world he could never have imagined. One where he determinedly fights to nurture and save the woman he loves.

Many of the names and characterizations are correct. Historical detail has been carefully researched and blended in with the story. The journeys taken by members of the Imperial Family within Russia and Europe actually occurred, and the Tsar was indeed in Mohileff during the dates mentioned in the novel. The Dowager Empress had already left Petrograd at the commencement of Anastasia’s adventure and was, surprisingly, allowed the one visit to see her son when he was being held at the Alexander Palace. My description of the execution of the family is based on documented material. The importance of Rasputin’s influence cannot be overstated. He was a complex and disturbing character and a major reason for the downfall of the Tsar and collapse of the Government.
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avi perry
Avi Perry was born in Israel. As a teenager and throughout his college years, he was a professional musician. He financed his student life with numerous gigs, playing with his Israeli band, writing songs, playing the various keyboard instruments, and enjoying listening to his performances on the Israeli radio (there was no MTV in late 60s Israel). He still plays and writes music, but as a hobby (at home), rather than as a line of work. During the Six-Day-War in 1967, he served in the Israeli military, in the field intelligence unit, and gained valuable and relevant experience in covert communications technology and a variety of spy craft and methods.
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72 VirginsSynopsis: A suspense-thriller about a nightmare scenario-a countdown to a Mumbai-style attack on U.S. soil, where the FBI, the Israeli Mossad, the US-based Iranian clandestine terror network, and the Islamic Jihad fraternity, all engaged in a timeless conflict, which plays out to a crescendo that comes to a head before the dramatic conclusion. The story offers an ample dose of realism, a cast of intense characters who engage in love, lust, and violence. It portrays the Jihad culture with its rationale and the volcano that breeds an irrational obsession with death. Moreover, it builds on the Jihadists' motivation for targeting so many innocents and exploiting the victims' massacre as a stepping-stone to their dream of eternal paradise next to Allah's throne. The real question is not whether Jihad terrorists' plots will ever cease to emerge-there is no chance of that. The question the book seeks to answer is, will the next one be stopped before it's too late?
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The Curse of Nefertiti The Curse of Nefertiti
by Charline Ratcliff

Over three thousand years ago, all of Egypt lies in ruins. The country that had dazzled the world is now completely annihilated, and the Nile runs red with the blood of her people. Nefertiti's spirit walks the land and looks at the utter devastation she has unwittingly allowed to transpire. In desperation she cries out to the Gods, and they take pity on her. They send her forward into the future, so she may return later to correct her mistakes.

This is the story of Nefertiti, of the life she has lived here as Kayla, unaware of her true identity until finally reunited with the man who is the living reincarnation of her murdered husband, Akhenaten. She is faced with a difficult choice. Return to Egypt and save her country and its people or stay here with the man who holds her heart. And if she returns to Egypt, will she remember her life as Kayla, so she may be returned to it before her life becomes forfeit in the past? Charline Ratcliff's tale is woven with likeable and believable characters, powerful visceral imagery, and a tapestry of combining old with new to create a masterful novel. Her debut novel is a stunning achievement that deftly envelops the reader.
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The Crusading Spirit The Crusading Spirit of Modern America
by Richard J. Bazillion

The Crusading Spirit in Modern America examines the ideological underpinnings of George W. Bush's presidency. Among the historical antecedents of Bush's foreign policy were the medieval Crusades, which resonate today in the confrontation between Islam and the West.The neo-conservative drive to establish American global hegemony owes a great deal to the crusading spirit of past centuries. Karl Rove, Bush's main political strategist, mobilized evangelic Christians in support of a "war on terror" intended, by the neo-conservatives, to establish a peculiar form of democracy in the Middle East. The idea to fight a preventive war against Iraq in 2003 originated in the neo-conservative vision of American global supremacy.

The book therefore explores the genesis of neo-conservatism and the means by which its adherents gained control of strategic planning in the Defense department. A significant part of the story concerns neo-conservative attitudes toward Israel and the role these considerations played in formulating American foreign policy. The neo-conservative elite has been identified, observed, and studied by several scholars in recent years, but not from the broader perspective of modern history. In this context, the German origins of neo-conservative thought are germane to any analysis of its character. By taking this longer view, it is possible to understand just how deeply neo-conservatism has infected strategic thinking and to discover how its influence can be curbed in the future.

The foregoing comments raise the issue of Bush's presidential legacy. Neo-conservative doctrine led Bush to commit acts which violated the U.S. Constitution and various international treaties. His domestic policies caused the deregulation, fiscal irresponsibility, and crony capitalism which brought about the current economic crisis. Whether Bush and Cheney should have been impeached is a question which must be answered if their malign legacy is to be transcended. The nature of radical conservatism, and the record of its adherents while in office, are matters of extreme importance to Americans and to the rest of the world.
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