Dear Friends,

Until 19th May 2019 we have three free copies to offer for this book by Mr.Ben:

"Twists of Life"

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/937027>

You are welcome to contact us using:

ruiprcar@gmail.com

Please spread the word.

Thanks.

Enjoy.

If you would like to know more about some classic writer, writing in English, you can visit:

http://www.online-literature.com/

Here we can have access to some literary content and also some subscriptions that allow us to receive poetry from famous authors.

At the Oxford website we can find some online courses in literature. With a wide range of possibilities.

https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/online-courses-in-literature

And if you would like to read something writen in Portuguese you can visit this website from University of Lisbon.

https://bibliotronicaportuguesa.pt/

We would like to receive your suggestions.

Thanks.

Link for rules of the Literary Contest:

http://talesforlove.blogs.sapo.pt/literary-contest-nature-2017-2018-65904

Almost ending.

[Italian]

Nella Fantasia

Nella fantasia io vedo un mondo giusto

Li tutti vivono in pace e in onestà

Io sogno d'anime che sono sempre libere

Come le nuvole che volano

Pien' d'umanità in fondo all'anima

Nella fantasia io vedo un mondo chiaro

Li anche la notte è meno oscura

Io sogno d'anime che sono sempre libere

Come le nuvole che volano

Nella fantasia esiste un vento caldo

Che soffia sulle città, come amico

Io sogno d'anime che sono sempre libere

Come le nuvole che volano

Pien' d'umanità in fondo all'anima

[English]

In My Fantasy

In my imagination I see a fair world,
Everyone lives in peace and in honesty there.
I dream of souls that are always free,
Like the clouds that fly,
Full of humanity in the depths of the soul.

In my imagination I see a bright world,
Even the night is less dark there.
I dream of souls that are always free,
Like clouds that fly.

In my imagination there exists a warm wind,
That breathes on the cities, like a friend.
I dream of souls that are always free,
Like clouds that fly,
Full of humanity in the depths of the soul.

From: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/nella-fantasia-my-fantasy.html

[Portuguese]

Na minha fantasia 

Na minha imaginação eu vejo um mundo justo, 
E lá todos vivem em paz e honestidade. 
Eu sonho com almas que são sempre livres, 
Tal como as nuvens que voam, 
Cheias de humanidade até às profundidades do seu ser. 

Na minha imaginação eu vejo um mundo luminoso 
Onde mesmo a noite é menos sombria 
Eu sonho que lá as almas são sempre livres, 
Como nuvens a voar 

Na minha imaginação existe um vento quente 
Que sopra sobre a cidade, como um amigo 
Eu sonho com almas sempre livres, 
Como nuvens que voam, 
Cheias de humanidade até ao mais recôndito lugar do seu ser.

Nota: Translation to Portuguese by Rui M.

Nature Is Speaking – Ian Somerhalder is Coral Reef | Conservation International (CI)

Nature Is Speaking – Lupita Nyong'o is Flower | Conservation International (CI)

Dont' forget to submit your work to ruiprcar@gmail.com!

See regulation bellow.

It is with great joy that we announce the beginning of the International Literature Contest "Nature 2017-2018", which this year runs from 1 December 2017 to 1 April 2018. On 19 April are announced the pre-finalists and the April 28 the main winners.
We refer to joy in this announcement because this is the reunion of all of us in this adventure that has one of its great objectives to raise awareness for the protection of nature. A reunion between friends. This year, for example, California fires have made climate change evident. The suffering of the people was enormous and to note the replacement of a green cloak by the color of ash, it is sad. In the world, the fact that the concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere are at very high levels can only make us aware.
It is time to act, so here is also the invitation to participate in this contest and then the conditions of participation and other details.

Here are some videos by Conservation International:

Details of Regulation 2017:
1. Participation in this contest is free.
2. Any person from any country can participate as long as they submit work written in English.
3. Each participant can submit a poem, without limit of words, and a short story, with a maximum of 3000 words. Extra poems: 2 USD each; Extra short stories: 5 USD each.
4. The works must be sent by e-mail to Rui M. (ruiprcar@gmail.com) along with name, country, electronic contact. The subject of the email should be "International Literary Contest 'Nature - 2017-2018'". Line spacing: single spacing; Letter dimension: 12; Type of letter: Calibri; in Word Document.
5. Award-winning finalists are entitled to a digital certificate.
6. All the selected poems will be published in anthology, which will be available in PDF format (possibility to exist in Windows), with a cost of 2.5 € (payment of a donation by PayPal). Award-winning authors are entitled to a free version.
7. Deadline for participation: 1 April 2018.
8. Pre-finalists announced on 19 April.
9. The final results will be announced on April 28 at http://talesforlove.blogs.sapo.pt.
10. The first one of each category will be entitled to a prize of 20 USDs.
 
 
Contest Organizers:

Tales for Love

http://talesforlove.blogs.sapo.pt/

Lisbon - Portugal

Synchronized Chaos

http://synchchaos.com/

California - USA

Main Partners:

Ana Nedelcu 

https://ananedelcu.wordpress.com/

Romania

Atelierul PlayART

https://atelierulplayart.wordpress.com/

Romania

Co-op Radio

http://coopradio.org/

Canada

World Poetry

http://worldpoetry.ca/

Canada

 [More Soon]

Adjudicator:

Shmavon Azatian

Armenian poet and writer based in the USA.
Awarded internationally.
 

Blog services to raise donations to plant trees in California:

a) Critical reading of poem: 3 USDs
b) Critical reading of short story (up to 3000 words): 10 USDs

Note: a poem or short story review will have between 50 and 150 words.

Soon there will be an available collection of paintings.

If you want one of these paintings (without letters) please contact us at

ruiprcar@gmail.com

Thanks

In memory of those who died in the California fire. We need a fresh start in the relationship with the forest.

19th-century Romanticism

Enjoy.

The sun is very inspiring to write... As a result we decided to post here a photo of the sun in Lisbon, this August.

Hope you enjoy.

Have a nice writing.