SCARLET LEAF REVIEW
                                                 NEWSLETTER
 
           Hello, dear readers and dear authors!
 
            All of you are extremely essential to the existence of this review and we would like to thank you, all of you, for helping us to keep it going.
 
          Today, we would like to announce the poets and authors that won the competition for January – please, keep in mind, the period for the competition was between January 15 and February 15 only.
 
          Initially, we thought of having only one winner for each category, however, it did not seem right. Not being aware that we could actually see how many readers a specific piece would have, we thought of taking into consideration the likes and comments, but as far as I can see 90% percent of the readers, if not more, do not leave comments or click on LIKE.
 
          Therefore, this month we decided to present the winners as it follows:
 
          POEMS

POSTHUMOUS PRIZE – MIHAI EMINESCU – over 6,000 readings
 
NEIL SLEVIN – 927 READERS; 99 LIKES; 14 COMMENTS

ROBIN WYATT DUNN – 468 READERS; 80 LIKES; 32 COMMENTS

MALGORZATA SKALBANIA – 422 READERS; 44 LIKES; 5 COMMENTS    

CRAIG KURTZ – 422 READERS; 2 LIKES

ANUJA GHIMIRE – 368 READERS; 8 LIKES; 32 COMMENTS
 


           PROSE – SHORT STORIES

WILLIAM QUINCY BELLE  “A BETTER MAN” – 927 READERS; 34 LIKES

JUSTIN ZIPPRICH  “THE WORLD IS FALLING APART” – 862 READERS; 139
                                                                                     LIKES; 6 COMMENTS

SCOTT HOTALING “SOLDIER” – 586 READERS (ON THE ENGLISH REVIEW);                                                            9 LIKES; 5 COMMENTS
                                                 642 READERS (ON THE ROMANIAN REVIEW);

ALEX CSEDRIK – “THE INTERVIEW” 585 READERS; 77 LIKES; 3 COMMENTS

ANNIS CASSELLS – “THE BLESSING” 573 READERS; 280 LIKES; 44                                                                                     COMMENTS
 

           PROSE – FANTASY AND S.F.

JEFF SULLINS – “LYNN’S ESCAPE” – 585 READERS; 10 LIKES; 18                                                                                        COMMENTS
 

              ART
MALGORZATA SKALBANIA – DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS           

RONY NAIR - PHOTOGRAPHY
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!!!
 
HOWEVER, IN MY MIND, YOU ALL ARE WINNERS – ALL THE POETS AND THE WRITERS! YOU WON THE MOMENT YOU PUT YOUR PEN ON PAPER AND POURED YOUR THOUGHTS INTO WORDS FOR THE WORLD, SHARING EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES.

SO, TO YOU ALL, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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                     NEWSLETTER
 

          We would like to bring to your attention a few events that will take place here, in our little review.

           At the end of this week, we will announce the names of the authors who won the competition for the first issue of the magazine. For this first issue, we will take into consideration, as announced before, the number of readers that accessed a specific story or poem but also who had the higher number of comments and likes.

         From this point forward, we will consider only the number of readers because many readers choose not to leave a comment even if they read the story or the poem and even enjoy it. But that is after March 15th.
 
       Next week, we will also announce who won the essay competition whose deadline was at the end of January.
 
       Don’t forget, next deadline for competition is April 30th 2016 for short-stories! I imagine that there will be more submissions than for the essays and we will have a more difficult mission in deciding the winners.
 
         Until then though, have a nice week and enjoy our literary review! I am sure it will lighten up your days. 
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Good morning, dear readers!

We have been extremely happy to see how many have read the first issue of our review and we do hope that the second issue, that would go live at 4:30 am Eastern Time would capture your interest, as well. There are lots of interesting things to read: captivating stories, poems touching on matters that no one has touched before. You will also have a chance to read poems written by one of your favourite writers: Scott Hotaling. 

The first issue was a real success and brought us undeniable joy. The number of readers increased every single day and everything published was read.

We have been surprised to see that over 6,000 people read Mihai Eminescu's poems and therefore, we have decided to claim him as our patron from now on. It might be a bit too daring for a little literary magazine to claim the patronage of such a genius of the literature, but we will assume the risks. 

 In that considering the second issue, we have devised new categories to help you with the navigation and of course, if you have any kind of propositions to make the navigation easier (and not only), we welcome your feedback. 

During the following days, we will announce the winners of the essay competition, so, don't miss the post! The winning essays will be posted in the review with that occasion.

Keep in mind, that soon we will also present the authors that enjoyed the highest number of readers. 

We can't wait to see how the second issue is welcomed by you, our readers. 

Don't forget, you can always leave us a comment, a message or send us an email. 
We can't offer a quality review without keeping in touch with you, the readers. 

Enjoy reading!
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