Call for Authors, Poets & Sponsors!!

It is with great pride and enthusiasm that the Kiwanis Club of Oceanside, NY announces our Fifth Annual Summer Gazebo Readings series.

The Summer Gazebo Readings feature 4 published authors/poets each Monday evening throughout the summer, set on a village green in Oceanside. An eclectic mix of authors (non-fiction and fiction) and poets read from their works before large, friendly, receptive crowds.

Readers

If you would like to be a Reader, please do the following:

Send an email(no attachments) giving the following information:

Name

Contact information (including a number you can be reached on the day of the event in case of inclement weather)

List your available dates. The Readings are held each Monday in June, July & August-- we do an Independence Day program on the first Monday in July-- Please list at least three available dates.

The general genre of your work (poetry, non-fiction or fiction prose, etc.)

The only restrictions are time (10 minutes, strictly enforced) and the material, as read, must be appropriate for general audiences (think basic cable, not HBO/Showtime).

For more information, see our website: http://summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com/2009/01/readers-guidelines-faq.html

Spaces are limited and will be allocated at the discretion of the committee. One of our criteria will be to include a mix of genres (some poetry, some non-fiction prose, some fiction), so while we won't ask you what specifically you are reading--we will not "judge" or preview material-- we would like to know the general genre of your work.

Please note that we ended last year with over 200 people on our waiting list-- please do not be offended if we can't fit you in. We hope to announce the summer's lineup by May 1.

Sponsors

All funds raised (all--not net--all) by the program help send underprivileged kids to Kamp Kiwanis. Sponsorships are $150 and include your name and logo on signs, posters and the thousands of flyers we distribute, as well as on all announcements (including every email we send).

We are also offering "Program Patrons" for $25. "Program Patrons" will have their names listed on the weekly program we will be distributing each week.

If you would like to become a sponsor or a Program Patron, send your check made payable to "Oceanside Kiwanis" to 68 Yorktown Street, Rockville Centre, NY 11570-- email or include your logo and the listing you want us to print.

If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact me for more for more information.

Audience

Whether you read for us this year or not, I encourage you to come on down, every Monday in June, July and August, for a nice, quiet summer's evening on Schoolhouse Green!!
Many thanks!

Tony Iovino tonyiovino@gmail.com