RiP! A Remix Manifesto has been nominated for a GENIE Award, Canada’s top film prize. Congratulations to Brett Gaylor, Mila Aung-Thwin, Kat Baulu and Germaine Ying-Gee Wong.

See the film here, in HD, for free: www.nfb.ca/film/rip_a_remix_manifesto/

More details on www.eyesteelfilm.com about new films by Eric Roach Denis, Halima Ouardiri, Daniel Cross, Mitchell Kezin, Tony Asimakopolis, Yung Chang, Mia Donovan, Linda Vastrik, Richard Boyce and Marie-Eve Tremblay.

The SPARKY Awards is an international contest that encourages college/university students to create short videos to express their views on open, legal exchange of information in the digital age.

The Sparky Award invites students, faculty, librarians, and others on campus to weigh in for their favorite in the first installment of the Sparky People’s Choice Award. The People’s Choice Award highlights all of the 2009 entries, including dozens from campus-based contest hosts at Penn State, Brigham Young, the University of Pennsylvania, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and others. The winner will receive $500 plus a personalized award certificate.

To vote, visit http://www.sparkyawards.org.

The deadline to vote for the People’s Choice Award is March 7, 2010.

There’s a new rider.. I mean: writer, on the Saskatchewan plains. C.C. Phillips was brought to our attention by his son who wrote “I hope I’m not too biased, but I believe (Phillips’) writing is high quality and worth promoting.” So do we, Dusty - and that’s not just because his initials stand for Creative Commons! Have a ride, I mean: read!

Death doesn’t wait for Preston Diamond in Way-cross, it rides out to meet him. And when the “Presidents’ man” arrives in town, Death is not long in catching up.

Way-cross is the hub of an illicit finance and real estate game that has turned sour. High stakes and rampant lawlessness have attracted the attention of the Whitehouse; Diamond has been sent to investigate. Staying alive is a full time job for the emissary though he occasionally allows romantic diversions. Will the most beautiful lady Preston has ever seen be the one to capture his heart? Or will she put a bullet through it?

Copyright © 2009 by C.C. Phillips. Cover Photo by Auburn Phillips. Book Design by Dusty Phillips.

Some Rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada licence.

For more information on the author and his other books, visit http://www.ccphillips.net/