September, 2008: Writing award - Honourable mention for The Control Book by the NLA-I
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR MAINS AND SLATER WRITING AWARDS
(Columbus, OH) -- NLA: International, a leading organization for
activists in the pansexual leather community, announced the winners of its
recently created annual awards for excellence in SM/leather/fetish writing at
its Annual General Meeting at Beyond Vanilla XVIII in Dallas, TX on 28
September 2008.
The winner of the Cynthia Slater Non-fiction Article Award is Jack
Rinella for "Empathy," which appeared in Leather Views
(http://www.leatherviews.com/). Mr. Rinella received the most nominations for
different articles, but "Empathy," which stresses the importance of empathy
within an SM scene, a relationship, and larger society most impressed the
judges.
VonLivid's "Lines of Colour in the Kinky Confines of Fetish," which
appeared in The Fetishistas (http://www.thefetishistas.com/) received the
honorable mention in this category. The article is a thoughtful discussion of
race in the leather community in both a British and American context.
The winner of the Geoff Mains Non-fiction Book Award is Lee "Bridgett"
Harrington for Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé
(Mystic Productions Publishers). A thorough and detailed presentation of rope
bondage techniques, the judges lauded its content and organization.
The honorable mention went to Peter Masters for The Control Book (Jack
Rinella Publishing), which describes how one establishes and maintains
control in a full-time SM relationship.
Nominations for the 2008 awards, which will include the new categories of
short fiction and novel, will open soon.
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