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Glamour, Texas-Style
by Dawn DeKeyser
(TV writer & producer Becker, Alright Already, NewsRadio, Conrad Bloom, The Geena Davis Show.)

Jerry's Kid
by Mark Rizzo
(Actor regional theater, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway and Independent films; Solo show at Double Helix Theater's ONE Festival in NY and Comedy Central Stage in LA.)

Queen of the Oddballs
by Hillary Carlip

(Award-winning author Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out, Zine Scene, & upcoming memoir Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan (HarperCollins May '06); FRESH YARN creator/host and occasional contributor.)

I (Heart) Pocahontas
by Katie Ford
(Co-writer Miss Congeniality; writer & producer of six-hour miniseries for ABC based on the first Little House on the Prairie novel, currently in production.)

Bigotry, Cross-Dress Day and the Luckey Elementary 4th Grade Production of Sounder
by Larry Dean Harris

(Award-winning playwright; TV writer pilot The Mamas & the Papas; Author upcoming collection Witness to the Bizarre.)

The Pink Gorilla (Tuesdays With Lucy)
by Taylor Negron
(Actor, film: Stuart Little, Punchline, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. TV: Friends, The Practice, ER, The Tonight Show, HBO Special, One Night Stand.)

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10th INSTALLMENT : 9/15/04 : SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE EMMYS!

TEN personal essays by writers, producers and actors either nominated for an Emmy this year, or working on an Emmy-nominated show. With 58 nominations amongst them, the contributors pieces are about both personal topics as well as the Emmys -- winning, losing, and just the honor of being nominated (yeah, right).

One Single Christmas
by Jenny Bicks
(Executive Producer/Writer Sex and the City, nominated for 11 Emmys including Best Comedy Series.)

Lend-A-Hand
by Gary Janetti

(Co-Executive Producer/Writer Will and Grace, nominated for 9 Emmys including Best Comedy Series.)

Let's Stop Here, Dad
by Judd Pillot

(Co-Executive Producer/Writer 8 Simple Rules, nominated for 2 Emmys.)

My First (and Nearly Last) Day on Friends
by Lauren Tom
(Actress, plays Amy Wong and Inez Wong on Futurama, nominated for 2 Emmys including Best Animated Show.)

Take it From Me, a Four-Time Emmy Nominee
by George McGrath

(Writer Tracey Ullman's Trailer Tales, nominated for 4 Emmys.)

I Was the Dumb Looking Guy with the Wire-Rimmed Glasses
by Rick Cleveland

(Executive Producer/Writer Six Feet Under, which is usually nominated but wasn't eligible this year. But Rick wrote a great piece about winning an Emmy for The West Wing.)

Excerpts from My To Do List
by Carl Capotorto
(Actor, plays Little Paulie Germani on The Sopranos, nominated for 20 Emmys including Best Drama Series.

Dixie Canyon
by John Levenstein
(Co-Executive Producer/Writer Arrested Development, nominated for 7 Emmys including Best Comedy Series.)

The Night Lucy, Ethel and Ricky Went to the Emmys
by Marcia Wallace

(Actress, plays Mrs. Krabappel on The Simpsons, nominated for 3 Emmys including Best Animated Show.)

You Think You're So Special
by Dana Gould

(Co-Executive Producer/Writer The Simpsons, nominated for 3 Emmys including Best Animated Show.)

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