Riehl’s “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” Awarded Honorable Mention in DIY [Do It Yourself] Book Festival (Los Angeles)

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2007 DIY BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERS
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LOS ANGELES (October 20, 2007) _ Poet Mark Brunetti’s engaging “Airplane Lies and Other Poems Without A Home” was named Book of the Year for the 2007 DIY (Do It Yourself) Book Festival. Ex Machina Press was named DIY Publisher of the Year, while Tracy Augstyn’s “Pennies For My Thoughts” was the most artistic book of the festival.

POETRY HONORABLE MENTION (in order listed)

1. Lush – Avra Kouffman
2. Choices – Jennifer Loh
3. Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary – Janet Grace Riehl

Walk On The Child’s Side – Penelope Dyan
Dancing in Dissent: Poetry For Activism – Jim Moreno
The Shadow of a Dog I Can’t Forget – Mary Kennedy Eastham
Head Trauma: Sonnets and Other Poems – Gary David Johnson
Words Collected on The Road To Silence – Margaret Coyle
Waking Spirit – Prose and Poems The Spirit Sings – Shirley Cheng

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