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My trading card for my poetry collection EEKU is being spotlighted from August 6, 2007 to August 9, 2007 at the Word Weavers website http://www.myspace.com/weaversofwords

My trading card for my poetry collection, ChemICKals, is being spotlighted from July 3, 2007 to July 6, 2007 at the Word Weavers' MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/weaversofwords

Marva Dasef interviewed me on her blog June 18, 2007 at http://mgddasef.blogspot.com/2007/06/karen-newman-mistress-of-dark.html

Fellow Kentucky writer Michele Lee interviewed me on November 2, 2006. You can read it at http://www.michelelee.blogspot.com, http://leatherzebra.livejournal.com, and http://www.myspace.com/darkauthormichelelee.

On October 31, 2006 I was the featured author on The Story Board, a Yahoo! group.

I was interrogated by AlienSkin Magazine in their June/July 2006 issue. 

My interview with Lee Ward of The Independent, a newspaper with a circulation of over 21,000, appeared May 21, 2006.  Click on the picture taken by Ms. Ward of me in my natural habitat to read what I have to say.

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I'll be signing and selling copies of my bestselling poetry collection EEKU on Saturday, April 29, 2006 at the 2006 Ohio River Festival of Books being held in the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, WV between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM in Booth No. 29 A.

I will be reading my poetry at 12:15 p.m., Saturday, April 22, 2006 at the Flatwoods Poetry and Art Fesival in Flatwoods, KY.

On November 30, 2005 I was interviewed by Michael Moore of Descending Darkness

On September 26, 2005 to October 3, 2005 I will be taking and answering questions on the Carnival of Wicked Writers message board under Beauty and the Beast. 

NEWS

I've judged and sponsored the Speculative Poem Award category for the 2008 Kentucky State Poetry Society Contest. The winners are:
 
First Place: Kolette Montague, "It's Easy to Believe the Throat"
Second Place: A. Carol Scott, "Aftermath"
Third Place: Joan Terry, "Dragonfly"
First Honorable Mention: Becky Alexander, "Something"
Second Honorable Mention: Vera Ogden Bakker, "Home Invasion"
Third Honorable Mention: Marge Simon, "The Astronaut's Return"
 
Congratulations to all the winners.

I've judged and sponsored the Speculative Poem Award category in the 2007 Kentucky State Poetry Society Contest. The winners are:
 
First Place - "Taming Dragons" by Jessica D. Thompson
Second Place - "Troll Girl" by Angela Barker Thomas
Third Place - "The Many" by Geraldine Ann Marshall
 
Congratulations to all the winners.

I have judged the category "Speculative Poem" for the 2006 Kentucky State Poetry Society Contest. The winners are:
 
1st Place: "The Thistles' Revenge" by Dalene Stull
2nd Place: "Plasma" by J. Donald Coonrod
3rd Place: "Death of a Moon" by Wanda D. Campbell
1st Honorable Mention: "Lucy" by Nettie Farris
2nd Honorable Mention: "The Heart Broken Open, Light Seeping In" by Mary E. O'Dell
3rd Honorable Mention: "ancient peoples" by Steven Kappes
 
Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you for all who entered.

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