Sponsors
AmbushMag.com
The Gulf South’s oldest and largest GLBT Entertainment/ News & Bar Guide serving Texas, Louisiana, Missis- sippi, Alabama, Florida & Georgia since 1982! Boasting Ambush Headquarters on World famous Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. www.ambushmag.com Located in the Heart of the French Quarter, the Bourbon Orleans — A Wyndham Historic Hotel features classic South- ern Charm with styling reminiscent of the French Opulence of the early 1800s. With its centralized location — directly. www.ambushmag.com
Bent: A Writing Institute
Mission: To promote and encourage written and spoken word among LGBTIQ people and in our communities. Bent began as the dream of a queer poet longing for a bigger community of queer writers. Tara Hardy took action and in August of 2000 the first queer writer’s class began in her living room. The supportive and empowering collective has blossomed ever since. Five classes filled up quickly, and soon the institute was too big for Tara’s living room. In May 2006, we moved our digs to the LGBT Center, at 1115 E. Pike St., in the heart of Capitol/First Hill. We’ve got tons of light, totally queer environs, and great community group neigh bors to put more of our creative juices into motion. Even better, we got more space for more students! www.bentwriting.com
Bold Strokes Books
Bold Strokes Books offers a diverse collection of LesbianGayBiTransQueer literature including romance, action-adventure, mystery/intrigue, speculative fiction (sci-fi/fantasy/horror), erotica, and gay and lesbian general fiction. BSB Soliloquy, our Young Adult line (queer and non-), explores identity, gender, sexuality, self-esteem, peer relationships, ethics, and life issues. www.boldstrokesbooks.com
Bourbon Pub & Parade
The Bourbon Pub / Parade is New Orleans’ largest gay nightclub. Operating continuously since 1974, the club is actually two venues under one roof. The Bourbon Pub video bar is located downstairs and features 100% digital state-of-the-art HDTV video and audio. Recently described as “the most in? uential video bar in the country” by Creative Video Consulting (which is the Billboard of music video), the Bourbon Pub is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Located upstairs, the Parade has been named the “Best Dance Club in New Orleans” for the past nine years by Gambit Weekly. It has twice been named “National Nightclub of the Year” by Dance Music Authority magazine, and recently received the coveted Zagat Nightlife Award of Excellence. The Bourbon Pub/Parade is located 801 Bour- bon, 8 blocks from Canal Street. www.bourbonpub.com
Bywater Books
Bywater Books is committed to bringing the best contemporary lesbian writing to a discerning readership. Our editorial team is dedicated to finding and developing outstanding voices who deliver stories you won’t want to put down. That’s why we sponsor the annual Bywater Prize. We love good books, just like you do. www.bywaterbooks.com
Curve
The nation’s best-selling lesbian magazine, Curve spotlights the latest entertainment, travel and politics from a lesbian perspective. Our lesbian-related celebrity interviews, news, style, social issues and reviews have helped Curve achieve a level of prominence that has kept us in the spotlight for 17 years. Read by more women than any other national gay and lesbian publication, Curve has been named Best Gay and Lesbian Publication by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). www.curvemag.com
Dreamwalker Group
DREAMWalker Group is a gay-owned and operated website dedicated to helping authors, artists, and other creative folks. DWG owner Michael Walker does this by offering totally free web profiles for creative people (he calls them brilliant). In the case of writers, DREAMWalker Group sets up a free page and list all books and/or stories (etc.) published by the author (in date order, earliest to most recent). Amazon.com links from books provide a small commission to DWG — which is put back into site upkeep and expansion. Finally, DREAMWalker Group offers free information geared specifically to the arts, disability, GayLesBi, literary, recovery, seniors, spirit-based, and transgender communities. www.dreamwalkergroup.com
Gival Press
Gival Press, LLC, an award-winning independent literary publishing house located in Arlington, Virginia, publishes poetry, fiction, essays, and non-fiction. Our publications are in English, French, and Spanish. We publish the work of poets and authors from many walks of life who demonstrate quality and whose work has a message, be it philosophical or social. How we say our name: Gival [zhi-val´]. Gival Press, LLC, a privately held company, was founded in 1998. www.givalpress.com
John Burton Harter Charitable Trust
The John Burton Harter Charitable Trust is a non-profit foundation established in 2002. It aims to preserve, publish and exhibit J. B. Harter’s work in addition to funding scholarships, exhibitions and projects relating to the artist’s lifelong aesthetic and philosophical interests and involvements.
“I am an artist first and a gay artist incidentally, but a large part of my work reflects a gay orientation. It isn’t an agenda especially, but it is representative of imagery I feel important both to me and the viewers of my work.” —J. B. HARTER
Louisiana Division of the Arts
This program is supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council as administered by the Arts Council of New Orleans. www.crt.state.la.us/arts
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Founded in 1971, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) has a proven history of supporting and encouraging excellence in humanities centered programming. The LEH hosts a wide array of humanities programs in addition to the regranting of federal funds. The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities is committed to bringing the humanities to as many communities in the state as possible. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the State of Louisiana, the LEH grants awards in open competition on the basis of clearly established criteria to guarantee programs of the highest possible intellectual value. www.leh.org
Michele Karlsberg
Michele Karlsberg brings a unique combination of skills to effectively carry out publicity/marketing campaigns for authors, organizations and film/theater professionals. She has worn many hats in her twenty two year book publishing career including author, publisher, consultant and publicist Her company Marketing and Mangement concentrates on print and electronic media, pre and post book production, press releases, press kits, consumer marketing, advertising campaigns, direct marketing to booksellers,.Web site consultation, road managing, sponsorship outreach, Targeted mailing lists from an extensive database; networking with freelance writers for interviews. Promotional tours, blog tours, event planning, conference planning, university tours and author and entertainer appearences.
Michele Karlsberg is the Curator of "OUTSPOKEN: A Lesbian & Gay Literary Series." She is the author of SelfPublishing Gay Books and is the co-editor of TO BE CONTINUED and TO BE CONTINUED: TAKE TWO (Firebrand Books) 101 Lexington Ave, Staten Island NY 10302 | Phone: 718-351-9599.
The Gambit
Twenty-five years ago the first issue of Gambit was published. Today, 40,000 papers are distributed every week to over 350 locations throughout the metro New Orleans area. The locally owned newspaper is one of the most successful weeklies in the country, and the recipient of numerous annual awards for editorial and design achievement. www.bestofneworleans.com
The Goldring Family Foundation
The Goldring Family Foundation, started by businessman and philanthropist Stephen Goldring, provides financial support to countless organizations and nonprofits in the greater New Orleans area as well as statewide and nationally.
