What Listening Has Taught Me: The Future Is Shaped by What We Remember
Oral historian Nyssa Chow considers the nested memories she belongs to, and invites readers to do the same.
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Genre: Cross-Genre
Asian American Literature Festival: Bamboo Ridge Press
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In this 2024 Asian American Literature Festival event, hosts Cathy Song and Misty-Lynn Sanico introduce a reading from Bamboo Ridge Press authors Donald Carreira Ching, Scott Kikkawa, Wing Tek Lum, and Tamara Wong-Morrison.
Big Moose Prize
Black Lawrence Press
Entry Fee:
$28
Deadline:
January 31, 2025
A prize of $1,000, publication by Black Lawrence Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a novel. The contest is open to traditional novels as well as “novels-in-stories, novels-in-poems, and other hybrid forms that contain within them the spirit of a novel.” The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 90 to 1,000 pages with a $28 entry fee by January 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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Small Press Points: Driftwood Press
Publishing around half a dozen novellas, poetry collections, and graphic novels yearly, Driftwood Press resists narrowing itself to a specific niche; instead, the press is defined by its diversity in stories, styles, and perspectives.
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Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshop Summer Residential Program
The annual Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshop was held from June 8 to June 12 at the Hollins University campus in Roanoke, Virginia. The conference featured generative manuscript workshops and tutorials in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and multigenre work, as well as craft talks, individual conferences with faculty members, readings, and social events. The faculty included poet and nonfiction writer James McKean; fiction writers Amanda Cockrell, Dorothy Hassan, Fred G. Leebron, Daniel Mueller, and Rachele Salvini; and nonfiction writer Kristin Dombek.
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CONFERENCE
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yes
Event Date:
July 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
July 1, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
July 1, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshop Summer Residential Program, Hollins University, 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA 24020. (540) 362-6225. Christine Powell, Program Director.
Christine Powell
Program Director
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Roanoke
Contact State:
VA
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
24020
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US
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An Interview With Anne Carson
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“Your mind wants to move, and the best thing a work of art can do is take your mind with it, moving somewhere you never expected to move.” Anne Carson talks about the artists and philosophers who inspire her to create and think, and how boxing has helped her in the wake of her recent diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease in a conversation with Norwegian author Linn Ullmann for this Louisiana Channel event.
Submitting and Publishing Hybrid Work
The author of The Body Alone: A Lyrical Articulation of Chronic Pain offers advice on submitting and publishing hybrid work.
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Front Range Book Prize
Alternating Current Press
Entry Fee:
$18
Deadline:
December 31, 2024
A prize of $1,000, publication by Alternating Current Press, and 25 author copies will be given annually for a poetry collection, story collection, essay collection, novel, memoir, or book-length hybrid work on the theme of Colorado or by a writer born, raised, or residing in Colorado (or who has resided in Colorado for at least three years). The winner will also be given the opportunity to participate in a book tour in Colorado. All entries are considered for publication. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of any length with an $18 entry fee by December 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Prose & Poetry Chapbook Contest
Action, Spectacle
Entry Fee:
$25
Deadline:
December 31, 2024
A prize of $1,000, publication by Action, Spectacle, and 25 author copies will be given annually for a chapbook of poetry, prose, or hybrid-genre work. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 20 to 32 pages with a $23 entry fee by December 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Hybrid Writing and the Story Without an Ending
The author of The Body Alone: A Lyrical Articulation of Chronic Pain contemplates how hybrid writing can capture ongoing stories without neat endings.
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