Winners will receive cash prizes and the chance to see their work in print.
Calling all writers! The Bethesda Urban Partnership and Bethesda Magazine are looking for entries for an essay and short story contest as a part of the 14th Annual Bethesda Literary Festival. Each year, the festival draws novelists, journalists, poets and children’s authors to downtown Bethesda. Check out a video attached to this story of NPR's Michele Norris speaking about her book "The Grace of Silence" at the 2011 festival. This year's event featured writers Thomas Friedman, Marvin and Deborah Kalb, Joby Warrick and Walter Isaacson. Adults and high school students can submit a 500-word essay, and/or a 4,000-word short story on any topic. Winners in each category will be honored with cash prizes, and first-place winners will also see …
Bethesda Magazine reports that Rollin Stanley is apologizing for calling a group of his detractors 'rich, white women.'
Bethesda Magazine is reporting that county planning director Rollin Stanley has apologized after coming under fire for comments he made in a recent Bethesda Magazine story. In the article by Eugene L. Meyer, entitled the “The Future Is Looking Up” and published in the magazine’s March-April issue, Stanley called a group of his detractors "rich, white women" who spread fear about his initiatives. The group of activists asked him to publicly apologize, calling the characterization "a blatantly racial and sexist slur,” Patch reported Thursday. Stanley’s comments drew a firestorm of controversy, including on Patch, and his comments were condemned by county Planning Board Chair Francoise Carrier. Bethesda Magazine is reporting on its website …
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What a joke
11:29 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Leave it to the toadies in Montgomery Village to come to Stanley's defense. He has offended people all over the county. His "visions" will stack us on top of each other and destroy Montgoimery County. He is arrogant, defensive and vicious. Get rid of him! more ›