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Pluma Fronteriza is a nationally distributed publication that covers news on Chicana(o) and Latin(o)a writers from the El Paso, TX/Las Cruces, NM/Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, Mex. tri-state region.
Main Submissions
We are currently accepting submissions of open letters, essays, poetry, and short memories in honor of Abelardo B. Delgado and Ricardo Aguilar, both passed away this year.
Guidelines for writers
Poetry: No more than two 8 ½ x 11 pages on a Microsoft Word or WordPerfect format.
Essays should be no longer than 400-500 words on MS Word or WordPerfect format.
Short memories (remembranzas) should be no longer than 100 words on the formats listed above.
Visual art or photographs. Must be in JPEG format.
We are hoping to dedicate two issues to these great fronterizo writers. Submission deadline for the spring issue is March 15, 2005. Submissions for the winter issue should be postmarked Jan. 3, 2005.
Non-writers on Abelardo Delgado
We will accept letters and 200-word memories from non-writers. By non-writers, we mean individuals who do not write creatively, academically, or journalistically but were somehow influenced by Abelardo Delgado as students, farmworkers, or members of the many organizations he founded and ran.
Special call for current high school students and Denver-area colleges
We are accepting submissions of letters, essays, poetry, or short memories honoring Abelardo Delgado as an educator. If you had Delgado as an instructor in Upward Bound or a Chicano Studies class, we invite you to submit. Note, in this category, submitters must be either current high school or college students. We will accept submissions from high school graduates who have not started college. We ask you write something on how Abelardo Delgado influenced your life or education. Please include the name of your college, university, or high school as well as your age.
Submissions selected will be featured in our winter and spring issues.
Send submissions to:
Pluma Fronteriza
1510-J Greenway Dr.
Eudora, Kansas 66025
E-mail submissions are accepted as attachments to plumafronteriza@msn.com or rayrojas@sunflower.com
If sent by postal mail, please include a copy on a 3”-diskette or CD; however, we do not require submissions be on a computer disk.
All submissions should include your postal address, phone number, and e-mail address. -
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"Music of the Mill" got pushed back. It was set for Fall 2004, but the date they have now is May 2005.
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Saturday, January 08, 2005
Call for Submissions - Pluma Fronteriza
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Dear Pluma Fronteriza: Why don't some of you folks come and attend one of our Minutemen meetings? They are open to all, and you would immediately see that none of us are racists or vigilantes. We would welcome you.
I particularly felt drawn to comment here because one of your comments mentioned being a Catholic, and feeling compassion for those who illegally enter our country simply because they are poor and without the wonderful chances our country offers, back in their native Mexico.
I too am a Roman Catholic. I too feel great compassion. I am a lawyer now, but for many years I was a nurse; and my 'job', so to speak, was 'compassion'...
But I joined the Minutemen because I believe very strongly in the adage 'overload the lifeboat and everybody drowns'. As a Catholic, I know that it is only God Who is infinite. As a country, our resources are finite. And if you came to one of our meetings you would hear that no one there wishes to close the border because Mexicans are coming over. We want to close the border because illegals are coming over. Our cities and social services are simply overtaxed and cannot afford to provide the endless services these people need.
So please: do come, and ask any question you want. If the people invading our country illegally were Swedes, we would still want a wall, and a secure border. Particularly in the wake of 9/11.
Perhaps if you came to a meeting, you would still not feel as we do. And that would be your right! That is what is so wonderful about our great country! And you, of course, have the right to form your own organization. But nothing is served by one 'side' lying about the other. It is a lie that we Minutemen are racists, or xenophobes. I am a Cathlic lawyer and I would never join any organization which was in any way hateful like that.
Thank you for your attention to this comment. Best-Kathy Brown, Esq.
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