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This summer please join internationally known author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto for her popular residential erotic writing workshops in Greece. (Book early to avoid disappointment!)

Pull back the duvet on erotic writing and explore new literary boundaries with Mitzi Szereto on the beautiful island of Skyros-Greece's best-kept secret in the centre of the Aegean.

Dates: June 5 to June 18, 2004

Place: The Skyros Centre/Writers' Lab, Skyros Island

Cost: £795 (fees are in UK pounds sterling and include accommodation, half board and all courses. Early bookings subject to a discount.)

For further information or to book, contact Skyros, 92 Prince of Wales Road, London NW5 3NE, England. Email: holiday@skyros.com . Phone: 44 (0)20 7267-4424. www.skyros.com . Skyros is a member of the Travel Trust Association.

**(When booking, please say that course facilitator Mitzi Szereto referred you.)**

EROTIC WRITING WORDS OF FIRE ON KYTHIRA WITH MITZI SZERETO

Human passion has always been at the core of good writing - something the ancient Greeks knew well. In this residential course Mitzi Szereto offers her own perspective on powerful writing, whether it be about love, hate, jealousy or desire. And what better place to write than Aphrodites island?

Dates: Sept. 5 to Sept. 11, 2004

Place: Kythira Island

Course fee: £175, 245, $245

A wide range of accommodations is available. Please book early to avoid disappointment. For further information or to book, contact The Greek Experience, 12 Somerset Road, Bournemouth BH7 6JH, England. Email: info@greekexperience.com . Phone: 44 (0)1202-395425. www.greekexperience.com

{Mitzi Szereto has several books to her credit, including the critically acclaimed Erotic Fairy Tales, A Romp Through the Classics , the novella highway , and the Erotic Travel Tales anthology series. She's also known as M. S. Valentine, author of five best-selling erotic novels. She's pioneered the erotic writing workshop in the UK and Europe and is a well-known fixture on the interview circuit, appearing frequently on television and radio.}

TWO LINES: a journal of translation
2004 Issue

We are looking for works that explore all aspects of our 2004 theme:

POWER
muscle, electricity, fame, potency, beliefs, money, magic, authority, addictions, sway, resistance, establishment, mobs, physics, emotions, access, stars, royalty, knowledge, influence, fuel

Deadline: December 15, 2003. Complete submission guidelines below.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Theme for 2004

POWER
muscle, electricity, fame, potency, beliefs, money, magic, authority, addictions, sway, resistance, establishment, mobs, physics, emotions, access, stars, royalty, knowledge, influence, fuel

Calendar

Submissions will be accepted now through December 15, 2003, only.
Translators will be notified of our decisions in February/March 2004, and the journal will come out in May, 2004, during PEN's World-in-Translation month.

What to Submit

Original translations into English of writing from any genre and any
language. In order to be considered, submissions must include a brief
introduction with information about the original author, the background of the piece, special problems the translation presented, and the way you see the piece in relation to the theme of the issue. Please enclose a copy of the original text with your submission.

We expect translators to acquire copyright permission for their translation and for reprinting the original text (in full, if poetry; in part, if
prose). Permission can generally be requested from the publisher of the original work.

How to Submit

Electronic submissions are greatly appreciated, but hard copy submissions are also welcome. For electronic submissions, please save your documents as RTF (Rich Text Format). If you would like your materials returned, please send an appropriately-sized self-addressed stamped envelope.

Send submissions to editors@twolines.com or to our NEW mailing address:

TWO LINES: a journal of translation
35 Stillman Street, Suite 201
San Francisco, CA 94107
tel/fax: 415.512.8812

For more information, see our web site: www.twolines.org.

Hourglass Books

Now Accepting Submissions ...

We are now accepting submissions for Leaving Home , our second short story anthology. The theme is departures.

Stories of marriage, divorce, growing up, growing old, immigrants, exiles, coming, going. Sooner or later, we all leave home. Sometimes, more than once.

We also are looking for a guest editor for this book. Click here to apply ...