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While it does help the site if you guys visit, it does not help the site if you try to flood them. I ask you all to just be reasonable. If you see an add that interests you, please click it, but don't try to 'earn the site money' but constantly clicking indiscrminently. That risks my standing with google, and the can and will take away my account, and thus my ability to earn a little money to ffset the expense of the site.

Right now, it's just a public service announcement. That'll go away in a day or two, as google analyzes the site to determine the best advertising to put on this site. Theoretically we should get a lot of book and poetry type ads, but you never know.

Anyways. Just wanted to let you all know what that's about over there. It's not some personal drive to raise money for hurricane victims. (Mostly, I'm not that compassionate, if they didn't want to take the risk of a hurricane they'd ahve moved from that area -- yes, harsh, i know.)

As winner of the contest Ms. Murphy receives $100, publication in the next issue of Shakespeare's Monkeys Revue, and qualification for Shakespeare's Monkey's $100 prize for best poem of the year in December. Honorable Mentions go to Pauline Dutton for her poem "God Parking", and Scott Utley for his poem "City of Angels." I would also like to congratulate all the contestants for the high quality of the work submitted allowing this to be such a great success.

This issue will feature some of the best contemporary writings we can find in all genres on the theme of “place.”
Here’s how you can be part of the monkey business:

Submit your best writing, poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction, on “place” to our editorial board no later than midnight of May 27, 2007.

The theme is open to your interpretation.

To assure that you receive your copy of the Revue debut, place your order via PayPal to Stephan@anstey.org. The introductory price of the Revue is $4/issue.

For more information, write to editorial@shakespearesmonkeys.com.

Right now, about 30 people regularly login. Of those thirty, half don't have their personal space set up. Of those that have a personal space, most don't really have any sort of biography associated with them telling who they are.

I personally really like to know a little bit about a poet. Even if it's just 3-4 sentences. "Works as a monkey tamer in the woods of montana. Lives with his three wives, fourteen children, and pet zebra bruce. Starting writing poetry as an outlet from his incestuous fantasies about his cousin gertrude, and now finds solace in dog wood doggrel."

It's moderately nifty. You'll like it. On the user page click 'map users'

 If you want to add yourself in, go to your user profile, click 'edit' then at the bottom of the page, find 'locations' you can add as many as you want actually. Add in home, work, and vacation spots ..label them, be cute it's ok. I don't think everyone wants to put their street address, but city, state and country would be cool!

Yes, I really did just use all those exclamation points. Clearly, this is important.

If you have any pieces that play with language in punny ways, or poetic forms. Short fiction, Short non-fiction. Please submit them to the magzine.

And if you want to win a $100 now is the time to submit your poetry for the contest!