Lit Beat

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SPECIAL EVENTS

• PIDGIN WARS, performance/talk story with author Lee A. Tonouchi and James Grant Benton, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Mo'ili'ili Blind Fish Tank, 2469 S. King St., across from Star Garden; free.

• McCULLY-MO'ILI'ILI PUBLIC LIBRARY is accepting donations for book sale; 2211 S. King St., 973-1099.

FOR WRITERS

• WRITING WORKSHOP with Lee A. Tonouchi, author of "Da Pidgin Guerrilla," noon today, Native Books & Beautiful Things, Ward Warehouse; free.

• Maui Writers Conference, workshops, speeches, networking events, consultations with editors, Aug. 31-Sept. 9, Outrigger Wailea Resort, $695 fee, $40 per consultation; register by June 15;also Maui Writers Retreat Aug. 24-29, $975, small group sessions with top writers, writing sample required, register by July 1. 1-888-974-8373 or 1-808-879-0061.

• NATIONAL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION, by American Film Institute and Maui Writers Conference, with over $4,000 in prizes; $50 entry fee; submission deadline June 15; consult www.mauiwriters.com for registration information.

• REQUEST FOR SCRIPTS for the eighth annual Original Play Festival by the Theatre Department of the Kona Association for the Performing Arts, any length, typewritten, double spaced with sequentially numbered and bound pages to KAPA OPF VIII, P.O. Box 5502, Kailua, Kona, HI 96745; performance quality audio tapes or CDs with voice tracks must accompany musicals; deadline May 19; selections by mid-June, auditions July/August, rehearsals begin early July, festival Aug. 13-19. 1-808-322-9924.

• FICTION AND NONFICTION FOR SERIOUS BEGINNERS, presented by writer Karin Ireland, 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, Kapi'olani Community College; register for course #011BMGN430A. 734-9211.

• POETRY CONTESTS, cash prizes; 21 lines or fewer, with name and address to: Free Poetry Contest, 103 N. Wood Ave., PMB 70, Linden, N.J. 07036, deadline May 17; Free Poetry Contest, PMB126, 1626 N. Wilcox Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028; deadline May 27.

SIGNINGS/READINGS

• TOM FREEMAN, maritime artist who illustrated "Pearl Harbor — The Day of Infamy — An Illustrated History," 2 p.m. Saturday, Borders-Ward Centre, and 6:30 p.m. May 15, USS Bowfin Museum, Pearl Harbor.

• MARTHA NOYES, illustrator of the late Beatrice Krauss' book "Plants in Hawaiian Medicine," noon Saturday, Borders-Ward Centre.

• "THE QUIETEST SINGING," readings from the new Hawai'i literary work by its contributors, 2 p.m. today, Honolulu Academy of Arts; free. 586-0307.

• POETRY READING by Al Oha and Hans Christian Haugen, 4 p.m. today, Atherton Performing Arts Studio, Hawai'i Public Radio, 738 Kaheka St.; free.

• MORNING TEA: UNDER THE BANYAN TREE, reading and reflections of Evelyn Underhill, British mystic writer, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Queen Emma Summer Palace; tea, scones, English cream and jellies, tea sandwiches; $20, mother and daughter duos $25. 523-1170.