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Pulitzer Committee Adds Romance Writing to Prize Categories!

Karin Kallmaker 04/01/2011 LIFE + STYLE

Columbia University announced today that the Pulitzer Prize Committee has added Romance Writing to its prestigious list of prize-worthy categories.

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Stipends for Lesbian Fiction Writers – We’ll Never Have to Work Again!

Karin Kallmaker 04/01/2011 LIFE + STYLE

Today the Innovative Foundation of Out Love announced plans to grant annual stipends of $1 million to lesbian fiction writers starting next year. That means we can all quit our jobs, give away books for free and attend weekly conferences celebrating the craft.

#ChecktheDate
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One Writer’s Story: Celebrating Survival

Karin Kallmaker 10/21/2010 LIFE + STYLE, Sisters of the Pen

We’re here and we care. You are not alone. Reach out and don’t stop reaching out until someone is holding you safe. Suicide is not the answer. Choose life. It will get better. I know. I’ve been there.

#lesbianpride#mylesbianfreespeech
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To the Girly-Girls Who Like Girls

Karin Kallmaker 10/20/2010 LIFE + STYLE 4 Comments

If you’re a young femme in school and you really want the purple shoes, the fabulous purse and the supermodel hair, but the gay kids give you a hard time for not looking gay enough — that gets better too.

#BigQueerTent#lesbianpride#mylesbianfreespeech
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Purple Your Profile – It Gets Better

Karin Kallmaker 10/06/2010 LIFE + STYLE

Surely purpling our profiles can have an impact on all the unaware adults and the troubled kids that we’re linked to on Facebook through friends and friends of friends. So I put together an “event.” Anyone can join.

#lesbianpride#mylesbianfreespeech
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