Do your students like to tell stories? If so, they can come learn how to capture those stories on paper. Presenters at the Conference for Young Writers will teach students different writing styles and techniques to help them create that great story. During their sessions, students will learn how to express their...
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Category Archives: Literary Interests
FREE online feedback workshop with Lyda Morehouse!
Posted by SMACAnybody out there writing a dystopian story or novel? Of course, you are. There’s a FREE feedback workshop on Sept. 11 with Lyda Morehouse (scifi/fantasy author extraordinaire) and now it’s on ZOOM! FREE, on ZOOM, and you can submit up to 1500 words of your story for feedback from Morehouse!...
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A Call for Playwrights and Players
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A Call for Playwrights and Players from Marshall Area Stage Company (MASC) Playwrights: Submit plays as PDFs for consideration to unitypaco@gmail.com by August 21, 2021 at midnight (deadline). Writers can direct their works or ask for assistance for reading/performances of short plays. Players: Actors/Actresses/Non-binary performers needed for casting, reading...
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Workshop in Montevideo: Feedback Matters
Posted by SMACShy about sharing your writing? Feedback Matters: How to get comfortable with writing critique A FREE writing workshop with Lyda Morehouse, award-winning sci-fi & urban fantasy author M E Fuller, Montevideo author and writing coach Sept. 11, 2021 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Smith Park Shelter, Montevideo, MN This workshop...
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Minnesota Author Project: Communities Create contest
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The #MinnesotaAuthorProject: Communities Create contest seeks to celebrate Minnesota organizations and community groups that are producing written creative works, especially with the support of their local library. Whether your group has a short story collection coming out of a classroom, a poetry anthology from a writers group, a cookbook crafted...
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15th Annual Fine Arts Celebration
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The SMSU Department of Fine Arts & Communication and the Creative Writing Program present: 15th Annual Fine Arts Celebration: Southwest Minnesota State University. April 1-May 15, 2021. Virtual, Live & Recorded Events from Art & Design, Communication Studies, Creative Writing, Music, and Theatre For a full schedule with links to...
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Do you know someone who should be Minnesota’s Next Poet Laureate? Could it be you?
Posted by SMACThe process to name Minnesota’s next Poet Laureate is underway. The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC), along with Minnesota’s Center for the Book, is launching the process to solicit nominations and make recommendations to the Governor for Minnesota’s next Poet Laureate. Deadline for submission of nominations is March 7, 2021. More details at mnhum.org/get-involved/participate/minnesota-poet-laureate/. MHC is...
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Book launch for My Brothers, The Wolves
Posted by SMACBook launch for My Brothers, The Wolves written and illustrated by John Bluestone and Shelly Bluestone-Zimmer. Editing by Diane Wilson. Thursday, February 11th, 6:30-7:30 pm. The event will provide an inspiring story of a family preservation project along with a reading from Shelly’s grandson. There will also be a discussion...
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Little Theatre Open Mic Artist Call
Posted by SMACDo you have songs to share? Stories to tell? Poems to read? This winter the New London Little Theatre is livestreaming monthly open mics! This is a new program for artists of all sorts. February 12, March 12, April 9. Get in on the ground floor and email Bethany at nllittletheatre@gmail.com if...
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Work of Art: Publishing Panel
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Work of Art+: Publishing Panel This virtual event is free, but you must register! REGISTER HERE Book Publishing Panel LIVE on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Join in for a panel discussion with leading experts in book publishing. This FREE PANEL is brought to you by Springboard for the...
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