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FINALISTS ANNOUNCED (2/18/07)

Yes, this is coming 2 days late, but the flood of last-minute entries forced a re-read or two. The good news is, not one, not two but EIGHT writers have been selected to participate in the new incarnation of RiotLit, opening sometime within the next month. And the winners are:

Nicole DelSesto

Darrin DuFord

Dejenerate

Richard Grayson

Arrowyn Lloyd

P.H. Madore

Collette Phair

Randy Radic

Congrats to all of you. Let it also be said that if you entered this contest and are now irrevocably crestfallen, take heart! Soon there will be ample opportunity (promise!) for all of your involvement.

Please, all eight of you who have ben listed here, email [email protected] for further instructions...

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Member Since: 8/24/2006
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I THINK THE GUY IN THE MIDDLE IS MOST LIKELY TO BREAK SHIT & CHALLENGE GOD TO A FIGHT

By Brad ListiLOS ANGELES, CA-My right arm looks freakishly long in this picture:The other night my fiancee and I were walking across the street at night and there was a photo on the ground.I picked it...
Posted by Riot Lit on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:39:00 PST

MINING FOR GOLD IN A COOKIE-CUTTER NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE WOUNDED GATES OF A PLASTIC PARADISE

By Brad ListiLOS ANGELES, CA-Today the street-sweepers come.I have to make sure not to park on one side of the street, or else I'll get a ticket. Street parking. A pain in the ass.I got back to the ...
Posted by Riot Lit on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:51:00 PST

THE MEANING OF A GERMAN SOCCER MOM HOPPING AROUND IN SUNLIGHT AT THE DAWN OF A WEIRD NEW YEAR

By Brad ListiLOS ANGELES, CA-Okay then.Where were we?I got engaged.Gifts were exchanged.I drank too much champagne.I slept like a drunken bear. I blew bubbles for my niece.I wore my green Christmas sw...
Posted by Riot Lit on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:34:00 PST

3:AM Awards: Daniel Scott Buck's THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH Novel of the Year 2006

3:AM Magazine in Paris gives Daniel Scott Buck's The Greatest Show on Earth Novel of the Year 2006....
Posted by Riot Lit on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:59:00 PST

THE PERILS OF COMPENSATORY PEN NAMES, & THE ODD POLITICS OF MUTANT NEWBORN ETIQUETTE

By Brad ListiLOS ANGELES, CA-My girlfriend and I went to a dinner party last night down in Manhattan Beach.Or maybe it was Redondo Beach.It was right there in the middle somewhere.Some old friends.The...
Posted by Riot Lit on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:51:00 PST

THE STORY OF HOW CHILDREN HAVE DIED ON THE EDGE, OR: YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM YOUR DNA

By Brad ListiLOS ANGELES, CA-You have these strange things.You pick them up from your parents.When I was a kid, my soccer team went to Six Flags Great America in Illinois.Six Flags is a theme park, no...
Posted by Riot Lit on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:48:00 PST

THIS ONE IS ABOUT A MOONRISE IN THE MOUNTAINS ON A CLEAR NIGHT AFTER A MONUMENTAL BLIZZARD

By Brad ListiLOS ANGELES, CA-The passage of time.It goes by. Things happen.Almost all of it we forget. Memory is a funny thing.Very unreliable.But ultimately, when we look back, it's all we've got. A...
Posted by Riot Lit on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:29:00 PST

THIS IS GOOD NEWS

By Brad ListiLOS ANGELES, CA-Just got the first copies of the paperback edition of Attention. Deficit. Disorder. in the mail.They look shiny.I am happy. Cheers,BLPS. The title appears backwards beca...
Posted by Riot Lit on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:32:00 PST

LOOK AT MISS AMERICA TAP DANCE IN A WARHOLIAN NIGHTMARE IN A BAR CALLED THE GREAT DEPRESSION

By Brad ListiLOS ANGELES, CA-Tuesday.The Internet is down. Technical difficulties.I'm sitting here at the kitchen table, writing this thing on a sheet of paper.The lead story on CNN right now involves...
Posted by Riot Lit on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:26:00 PST

THE WICKED WITCH IS DEAD, COCKROACHES LIVE FOR ETERNITY, & THE WORLD IS A VERY STRANGE PLACE

By Brad ListiLOS ANGELES, CA-So it's Monday again.The weekend went by.I worked.Graded papers.Saw some friends.Drank some wine.Watched a game.Read some news.Iraq.Sports.Books.Politics.Judith Regan.Appa...
Posted by Riot Lit on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:22:00 PST