Shy 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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Category Archives: Literary Interests
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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$20,000 Grant Opportunity: NEA Big Read
Posted by SMACArts Midwest is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Program: What? The NEA Big Read is a community engagement opportunity with grants of up $20,000 for community-wide reading programs (virtual and/or in-person). Organizations can choose one of six available books. They can also tie in thematically-related books...
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Calling all teachers of English, ELL, Speech, Theatre and more! Do you want to enhance student engagement?
Posted by SMAC“Poetry Out Loud” can help! “There’s a poem for everyone. No matter who you are, there’s a poem that you will connect with and you will feel a really deep relationship…not only with poems but with people who share passions with you.” -Isabella Callery, 2019 Minnesota and National Poetry Out...
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Writing Workshop with ME Fuller
Posted by SMACWriting Workshop Writing motivation and inspiration: It’s hard to get started sometimes, and sometimes even harder to keep going. This month-long online workshop is designed to help writers of every level, to get started and keep going. You don’t have to live in the region to participate https://mefullerwords.com/writing-coach/ New for...
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