Initial Announcement:
Christchurch, New Zealand, and the wider Canterbury region, was rocked yesterday (22.2.11) by another round of serious earthquakes. This time they struck during the middle of the day causing more devastation, and loss of life, to a city still trying to pick up the pieces from last September’s quakes.
In an attempt to do something, anything, to make a difference, we are putting together an anthology of short stories loosely themed around survival, hope and the future. All profits of this anthology will be donated to the Red Cross Earthquake Appeal, or another registered charity aimed at aiding those in need in Canterbury.
The purpose of this Anthology is two-fold—to help financially, but also, we hope, to provide entertainment and alleviation in a time of crisis. We hope that our words will help make a difference.
We have already begun to approach authors, and the response is encouraging. Mainly due to time pressures, this anthology will be by invitation. However, if you are an established writer, and keen to contribute, please feel free to get in touch with us at just.cassie.hart@gmail.com. We are looking for stories between 1,500 and 5,000 words, of fairly upbeat nature in the general, literary, science fiction or fantasy genres.
Feel free to repost this and get the word out!
via Tales for Canterbury | by J.C.Hart
Liza Kane 
Best of luck with the anthology! 🙂 New follower and fellow crusader here just (finally) making the rounds.
HA! good for you! I’m not even a third of the way down the list! 😉 thank you for visiting!
Great idea, and a wonderful way for writers to help out.
I know, I’m proud of Cassie and Anna for getting that project underway so quickly.
This IS a fantastic idea. An Australian writer friend of mine lives in an area struck by disasters and they are doing something very similar.
Fellow crusader – nice to meet you!
AWesome! the writing community is so kind and generous, and I’m so happy to know so many writers like Cassie and Anna who are willing to help/”pay it forward”
What a fantastic thing to do. People who do this kind of thing make the world a better place. Nice to meet you, fellow crusader. I’ll follow your rss feed.
Thanks for following (i’ll eventually get a fancier looking RSS subscribe button 😉 )! I admit, I’ve been behind on the Crusade follows because of issues at my pay the bills job, but I hope to make it up over the next few days!
Fantastic idea! Best of luck.
Awesome. I’ll repost!
Thanks Beth!
Bravo. I applaud this effort to assist those in need, with writing no less. I’m touched and impressed and spreading the word.
I’ll mention this on my blog today. This is a fantastic idea. I wish you the best of luck.
❤ Gina Blechman (fellow crusader)