AUGUST 2021

IN THE MEDIA, August 17: Profile on author Fran Tepper in the Democrat & Chronicle

SIGNING, August 14: Author Fran Tepper's signing at Barnes & Noble in Pittsford, NY

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JULY 2021 

IN THE MEDIA, July 28: Author Fran Tepper Live TV interview on "Good Day Rochester" (FOX & WHAM-13)

READING, July 31: Author Fran Tepper's reading and signing at Books Etc in Macedon, NY

READING, July 15: Author Fran Tepper's online book launch​

READING, July 11: Author Fran Tepper's in-person book launch at Before Your Quiet Eyes Bookstore in Rochester, NY

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JUNE 2021

PUBLICATION, June 27: Fair Lady: Memoirs of a County Fair Manager by Fran Tepper

  

AUGUST 2019

PUBLICATION, August 1: Anthology of Transcendent Poetry, edited by Nina Alvarez

MAY 2019​

CONFERENCE, March 15-18: CosmoCon 2019​

PUBLICATION, May 7: Salt Water by Laura J. Braverman

MARCH 2019​

PUBLICATION, March 14: Journeys with Fortune by Elizabeth Bodien

JANUARY 2019​

PUBLICATION, January 30: Trees of Life and Shade by Ron Searls

NOVEMBER 2018

READING, November 10: Author Patti Lavell read from Island Chains at "Words On the Verge Series" at A Different Path Art Gallery​

READING, November 10: Author Robin Sinclair read from Letters to My Lover From Behind Asylum Walls at the "So It Goes" release party at Vonnegutfest 2018"

IN THE MEDIA, November 7: Author Robin Sinclair and Editor Nina Alvarez on WAYO.fm's "The Last Word" 

OCTOBER 2018

IN THE MEDIA, October 31: Editor Nina Alvarez on Write to Survive Podcast

​READING, October 19: Author Robin Sinclair read from Letters to My Lover From Behind Asylum Walls at "Lit Club Presents: Robin Sinclair"

BOOK FAIR, October 13: Rochester Small Press Book Fair. Book signing by Steve Huff, Elizabeth Osta, Fran Morse, and meet-and-greet with Meags Downing

PUBLICATION, October 7: Letters to My Lover From Behind Asylum Walls by Robin Sinclair

IN THE MEDIA, October 17: Writer Meags Downing and Editor Nina Alvarez on WAYO.fm's "The Last Word"

IN THE MEDIA, October 17: Writer Meags Downing and Editor Nina Alvarez on "The Stuart Bedasso Show"

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SEPTEMBER 2018

PUBLICATION, September 8Early American Gothic Stories & Poems, compiled by Nina Alvarez

AUGUST 2018

PUBLICATION, August 30: The Umbilical Universe by Sharon Whitehill

JULY 2018

READING, June 21: Poet Robin Sinclair read at the "8th Annual New York City Poetry Festival" in New York, New York

PUBLICATION, July 19: There Is Only Lampyridae by Holley M. Hill

JUNE 2018

READING, June 21: Poet John Barrale reading at the "Thursday Are for Poetry" Reading Series at the Classic Quiche Cafe in Teaneck, New Jersey.

CONFERENCE, June 16: Cosmographia Publisher Nina Alvarez was on a panel "Editing the Artist" at the first-ever Ladder Literary Conference in Rochester, New York.

READING, June 14: Author Elizabeth Osta had a book program and discussion at Barnes & Noble in Pittsford, New York.

MAY 2018

READING, May 26: Author Steve Huff read at Valley Manor in Rochester, NY. 

READING, May 18: Poems for the Camel Chapbook Launch at the GainVille Cafe Reading Series in Rutherford, NJ

READING, May 12: Poet John Barrale read from Poems for the Camel at Cornelia Street Cafe in New York, NY

READING, May 2: Craft talk and reading from author Steve Huff at the GCC in Batavia, NY

POEM OF THE MONTH, May 1: Annette Gagliardi announced as winner of the May 2018 "Poem of the Month" contest at NinaAlvarez.net

  

APRIL 2018

READING, APRIL 25: Author Elizabeth Osta book discussion at Story and Song Bookstore in Fernandina Beach, FL 

PUBLICATION, April 26: Poems for the Camel by John Barrale

POEM OF THE MONTH, April 1: Bob Canuel announced as winner of the April 2018 "Poem of the Month" contest at NinaAlvarez.net

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MARCH 2018

CONTEST NEWS, March 15: Cosmographia announces new contests: Prize for Spiritual Nonfiction and Prize for Spiritual Fiction 

READING, March 13: Author Steve Huff reading at Writers & Books in Rochester, NY

READING, March 6: Author Elizabeth Osta read at Malaprop's in Asheville, NC.

POEM OF THE MONTH, March 1: Aiyah Sibay announced as winner of the March

2018 "Poem of the Month" contest at NinaAlvarez.net

FEBRUARY 2018

AWARD, February 17: Author Elizabeth Osta won the 2018 Book Island Literary Award for non-Fiction! "For an outstanding non-fiction work with a distinctive voice, compelling story, originality and well-crafted writing, exemplifying the values of reading and promoting literacy."​

POEM OF THE MONTH, February 1: Meg Freer announced as winner of the February 2018 "Poem of the Month" contest at NinaAlvarez.net

JANUARY 2018

CONTEST NEWS, January 12: Cosmographia Chapbook Contest closed. Winner to be announced in February 2018.

READING, January 8: Elizabeth Osta read at GRS at Writers & Books, Rochester, NY​

POEM OF THE MONTH, January 1: Sharon Whitehill and Ari Gold announced as winners of the January 2018 "Poem of the Month" contest at NinaAlvarez.net

DECEMBER 2017

IN THE NEWS, December 22: "Rochester Writers Wrote Some Important Books in 2017," article in the Democrat and Chronicle

POEM OF THE MONTH, December 1:  Charles Coté announced as winner of the December 2017 "Poem of the Month" contest at NinaAlvarez.net

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NOVEMBER 2017

POEM OF THE MONTH, November 1: John Barrale announced as winner of the November 2017 "Poem of the Month" contest at NinaAlvarez.net​

 

OCTOBER 2017

IN THE MEDIA, October 11: Author Steven Huff, Editor Nina Alvarez, and Illustrator Fawndolyn Valentine on WAYO.fm's "The Last Word"

PUBLICATION, October 7: Blissful and Other Stories by Steven Huff

POEM OF THE MONTH, October 1: Lynne Burnett announced as winner of the October 2017 "Poem of the Month" contest at NinaAlvarez.net

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SEPTEMBER 2017

AWARD: Elizabeth Osta's Saving Faith announced as nominee for City Newspaper's "The Best of Rochester: Locally Written Book, 2017"

JULY 2017

IN THE NEWS: "Dream Your Book: Young Press Maps New Territory" article in 585 Magazine

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JUNE 2017

IN THE MEDIA, June 28: Elizabeth Osta interview on "The Last Word" on WAYO.org"

PUBLICATION, June 20: Saving Faith: A Memoir of Courage, Conviction, and a Calling by Elizabeth Osta

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JANUARY 2016

READING, January 21: Fran Morse Reading, Canned Food Drive, and Book Sale to Benefit Dimitri House at Writers & Books in Rochester, NY

DECEMBER 2015

READING, December 19: Fran Morse Reading with ASL Interpreter at Before Your Quiet Eyes Bookstore in Rochester, NY

READING, December 10: Fran Morse Reading and Book Sale at Community Christian Church in Gates, NY

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NOVEMBER 2015

IN THE NEWS, November 5: Profile of author Fran Morse in the Democrat & Chronicle. 

"Dimitri House Director Retires, Shares Stories"

 

OCTOBER 2015

PUBLICATION, October 7: Dimitri House Stories by Fran Morse.

FEBRUARY 2015

PUBLICATION: The Best of Follow Your Bliss, paperback

 

JANUARY 2013

IN THE MEDIA, January 3: Nina Alvarez, editor and contributor to The Best of Follow Your Bliss interviewed by Michele Mattia on "The Life's Dash" radio show.

PUBLICATION, January 2: The Best of Follow Your Bliss, 2013 eBook (under Cordage Books)

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