LITERATURE WRITERS' WORKSHOP. Los Angeles performance artist/poet Luis Alfaro presents a free writer's workshop for men from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 20. Call Marianda Joseph at 621-5839 to register. Presented by the UA Committee on Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Studies. Call 696-1612 for information. BOOKSIGNING. Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. Author and astrologer Marcia Starck discusses and signs The Dark Goddess: Dancing with the Shadow at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 20. Singer Lisa Thiel starts out the evening with a performance. BOOKSIGNING. The Book Mark. 5001 E. Speedway. 881-6350. Hyemeyohsts Storm reads from and signs Lightningbolt from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18. J.P.S. Brown signs The Outfit, and Jack Dykinga and Charles Bowden discuss and sign Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 20. POETRY READING. Share your own favorite poetry with poet Priscilla White at an open reading at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at The Book Mark, 5001 E. Speedway. Call 881-5180 for information. WRITERS AT WORK. The UA Poetry Center, UA Department of English and Department of Humanities offer free prose readings at 8 p.m. Wednesdays in the UA Modern Languages Building auditorium. Cathi Hanauer reads from selected works and signs copies of My Sister's Bones on April 24. Call 321-7760 for information. ROUND ROBINS. The Round Robin Literary Series meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the Armory Park Senior Center, 220 S. Fifth Ave. Bring and read poetry, novels and short stories. Call Arvetta at 883-3104 for information. ONLINE JOURNAL. The UA Writing Works Center seeks submissions of poetry, short fiction and essays for its inaugural issue of AZine, an online literary journal. Submissions should be limited as follows: poetry, no more than seven pages; short fiction and essays, no longer than 4,000 words. Deadline is June 1. Send to: The Writing Works Center, UA/EU Main Gate, P.O. Box 210158, Tucson, AZ 85721-0158 or via e-mail to mmoutray@ccit.arizona.edu. FRESH POETS CONTEST. New poets who have never entered a literary contest are invited to enter the Fresh Poets Contest. Submit up to eight pages of poetry with titles, cover letter with name address and telephone number, and signed statement of "first contest entry" to: UA Poetry Center, 1216 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday, April 19. Winning poets will read their works on May 4, at Borders Books and Music. Call Becky Byrkit at 791-0463 for information. WRITING CONTEST. The Arizona Author's Association sponsors its 15th annual literary contest. Unpublished poetry, essays and short stories are being accepted from published and unpublished writers. For contest rules and information, send SASE to: AAA Literary Contest, 3509 E. Shea Blvd., No. 117, Phoenix, AZ 85028-3339. Deadline is July 29. CALL FOR ENTRIES. Burning Car Magazine seeks literary and camera-ready art submissions for its virgin edition scheduled for publication this summer. The first issue will launch the inaugural Heinous Payne Award for outstanding work. First prize is $300, $200 for second. Send poetry, fiction, non-fiction and artwork, preferably of high-octane creativity and originality, along with cover letter, $15 entry fee and SASE to: Burning Car, P.O. Box 26692, San Francisco, CA 94126. Deadline is July 1. CALL FOR ENTRIES. Messages From the Heart, a quarterly journal dedicated to letter writing, is accepting submissions. Send heartfelt letters, journal entries, poems, comments or drawings about letter writing to: P.O. Box 64840, Tucson, AZ 85728. Include 55-cents postage for a free issue. Submissions for an original postcard contest are also under consideration, for a $5 entry fee. A two-year subscription will be awarded for best artwork and best message. Call 577-0588 for information. SPARROWGRASS POETRY. Sparrowgrass Poetry is offering a grand prize of $500 for the Distinguished Poet Awards poetry contest. Poets may enter one poem only, 20 lines or less, on any subject and in any poetic style. Submitted poems will also be considered for publication. No entry charge. Deadline is May 31. Send entries to: Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum, Inc., Dept. E, 203 Diamond St., Sisterville, WV 26175. LITERACY VOLUNTEERS. For the love of literacy, become a tutor. Free reading instruction for adults. Call Literacy Volunteers of Pima County at 884-8337 for information.

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