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Writer’s block | March 16, 2022 By Suzzanne Kelley [email protected] To hell with paper shortages and supply chain issues. I am here to tell you that the situation for the literary arts in our region is good and good. New books keep arriving and our booksellers invite you to shop …

Local writers are encouraged to sharpen their pencils and enter the Delta Literary Arts Society’s inaugural poetry contest. Through April 1, DLAS is accepting submissions from literary novices and seasoned professionals, with cash prizes up for grabs. “We are delighted to provide a forum for local writers to share their …

Local writers are encouraged to sharpen their pencils and enter the Delta Literary Arts Society’s inaugural poetry contest. Through April 1, DLAS is accepting submissions from literary novices and seasoned professionals, with cash prizes up for grabs. “We are delighted to provide a forum for local writers to share their …

On Monday, March 7, Literary Arts has announced the finalists for the 2022 Oregon Book Awards. Out-of-state judges highlighted 35 titles (two by Portland YA author April Henry), including alumni books Portland Monthly contributors Omar El Akkad, Sarah Mirk and Jessica (Tyner) Mehta. Topics range from trans magic …

The Delta Literary Arts Society (DLAS) is launching its first poetry contest where everyone from literary novices to professionals is invited to throw their hats into the ring. “We are thrilled to provide a forum for local writers to share their work,” said Diana Calliou, DLAS Treasurer and author of …

VENICE, Calif. /California Newswire/ – Beyond Baroque, one of the nation’s leading literary arts centers, announced that the Amanda Gorman Future Voices Poetry Prize is now actively accepting nominations. The award, created in honor of Beyond Baroque alumnus and U.S. presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, will accept nominations through May …

The Bucks County Arts and Culture Council presents a LITERARY ARTS FAIR February 17, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at Freeman Hall, 181 East Court Street, Doylestown, featuring 2021 Bucks County Poet Laureate Nicole Steinberg; Lynn Levin, winner of the 2021 Bucks County Short Fiction Award; Steve Nolan, writer and poet; …

2020 and 2021 are unlikely to be remembered as the most enjoyable years in American history, but if 2022 also turns out to be a dud, at least there will still be plenty of fresh reading and viewing material to go with. we will be able to engage from our …

WRFA Jason sample speak with Sony Ton Aime, Michael I. Rudell Director of Literary Arts at Chautauqua Institution, and Betsy Rowe-Baehr, English teacher at Jamestown High School. The two share details about Holidays in poetry – a new community project combining poetry and the holidays. Part of the project involved …

The Delta Literary Arts Society is hosting a holiday themed event to raise money for the Deltassist Emergency Food Cabinet. On Saturday December 18, DLAS presents two screenings of Suki’s Reindeer Wish at the North Delta Arts Center. The family event will feature reindeer crafts, winter-themed family portraits, and an …

The Delta Literary Arts Society is hosting a holiday themed event to raise money for the Deltassist Emergency Food Cabinet. On Saturday December 18, DLAS presents two screenings of Suki’s Reindeer Wish at the North Delta Arts Center. The family event will feature reindeer crafts, winter-themed family portraits, and an …

The Delta Literary Arts Society is hosting a holiday themed event to raise money for the Deltassist Emergency Food Cabinet. On Saturday December 18, DLAS presents two screenings of Suki’s Reindeer Wish at the North Delta Arts Center. The family event will feature reindeer crafts, winter-themed family portraits, and an …

The Delta Literary Arts Society is hosting a holiday-themed event to raise funds for the Deltasist emergency food cabinet. On Saturday December 18, DLAS presents two screenings of Suki’s Reindeer Wish at the North Delta Arts Center. The family event will include reindeer crafts, winter-themed family portraits and an all-ages …

BRATTLEBORO – A mini holiday book fair will be held at the Atrium of Brooks House in downtown Brattleboro on Saturday Holly Days from noon to 4 p.m. The books will be sold and signed by their authors. In addition to books by local authors, two Brattleboro history books will …

Literary Arts at Featherstone (formerly Noepe Center for the Arts) and Slough Farm announce their partnership to create an invitational and nominated writing residency for historically underrepresented writers of Martha’s Vineyard. According to a press release from Literary Arts, as of October 21, Brooklyn writers and poets Shira Erlichman and …

TORONTO –News Direct– Scotiabank TORONTO, November 2, 2021 / 3BL Media / – Scotiabank announced a new collaboration with Little Free Library, the world’s largest book-sharing movement, to place thousands of copies of the novels shortlisted for the Scotiabank Prize Giller in Little Free Libraries across Canada. Today, Canadians can …

TORONTO, 25 October 2021 / CNW / – Scotiabank today announced a new collaboration with Small free library, the world’s largest book-sharing movement, to place thousands of copies of the novels shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in small free libraries across Canada. Scotiabank is giving Little Free Library stewards …

Today, Canadians can now find “book bundles” containing the 5 shortlisted novels in hundreds of small free libraries across the country. This collaboration is an important part of Scotiabank’s support of Canadian literary arts and will allow more Canadians to access the novels shortlisted for the prize and promote the …

“Killer Verse: A Night of Literary Terror” will make you tremble in your seat Just a month after its inception, the Delta Literary Arts Society (DLAS) is determined to scare Delta with its next spooky read at the North Delta Center for the Arts. The group will feature spooky poems …

On Wednesday October 6, the English Department hosted its next edition of Literary Arts Live, a monthly series featuring writers reading and discussing their work. This month’s session was moderated by English speaker Jessica Anthony and featured fiction writer Corinna Vallianatos via the Zoom webinar. Vallianatos’ short story collection, titled …

Like Maine COVID The wave continues, organizers of Word have decided that the annual literary arts festival will revert to the online format introduced last year, according to a press release. The festival’s free events and paid workshops will be available through Zoom, October 21-24, with pre-registration required. For event …

The newly launched Delta Literary Arts Society (DLAS) is wasting no time in bringing its first event to North Delta audiences. On Saturday, October 23, the company is hosting Killer Verse: A Night of Literary Terror, a multi-faceted production featuring “undead” costumed actors and ushers, at the new North Delta …

EDITOR’S NOTE: For more on some highlights from this year’s Utah Festival of the Arts literary arts program, check out articles on BIPOC’s literary program here, AM Luzzader and Chadd VanZanten here, Danielle Susi and the student writers from the SLCC here and the independent and team poems slams here. …

In an effort to keep our spectators, artists, volunteers and staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Literary arts will require proof of full COVID-19 vaccination, or one negative test result (within 72 hours) from a healthcare professional, for entry in our events and in-person classes. Masks will also be required …

PORTLAND OR – The avant-garde and transgender writings of acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, whose novels and short stories have increased appreciation for science fiction and fantasy, are celebrated with a new Forever stamp – the 33rd of the Postal Service Literary Arts series. The stamp was unveiled today …

The Oregon Literary Fellowships are intended to assist writers in Oregon to initiate, develop or complete literary projects in the fields of poetry, fiction, literary non-fiction, theater (including scripts for television and film) and literature for young readers. For 2022, Literary Arts will accept applications online only. Application deadline: September …

The 1455 Literary Arts Summer Festival kicked off in 2019 in person in Winchester, Virginia, before switching to virtual panels last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, the festival virtually returns with more than 70 free events from Thursday to Saturday. OMCP’s Jason Fraley gives an overview of …

Photo provided Detroit, MI – InsideOut Literary Arts, an award-winning organization headquartered in Detroit, has announced the winners of its 2021 performance troupe supported by Toyota Motor North America. The performance troupe is part of the organization’s Citywide Poets after-school program, which provides teens with weekly creative writing workshops, publications, …

The Colorscape Board is busy planning the return of the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival, scheduled for the weekend after Labor Day, September 11-12. The festival attracts around 10,000 to 12,000 attendees each year and all the favorite things to do will be back for 2021. There will be multiple stages …

In spring 2020, Gray-Kontar invited 20 young people from Cleveland connected to Twelve Literary Arts to share their poems at an open-mic Zoom conference. Wallace, who lived near Washington, DC at the time, listened to the call in an effort to select a range of poems depicting a myriad of …

Las Positas College is hosting its first all-day literary arts festival on Saturday May 8, a free virtual event that will feature nationally and internationally renowned authors including bestselling memoirs, Hollywood screenwriter, award-winning poets and more Again. “This event is really special because it allows LPC to showcase the amazing …

Other elements include the New Avenues for Youth mural, the Laurelhurst Club, the Ansel Adams and Lois Greenfield exhibit. Adams’ photos on display The Portland Art Museum has reopened and will bring the “Ansel Adams in Our Time” exhibit to members beginning Wednesday, April 28 and to the general public …

Literary Arts announced the finalists for the 2021 Oregon Book Awards on Monday. A panel of selected non-Oregon writers 35 titles from all over the state be finalists in the Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Non-Fictional Creation, Children’s Literature, YA and Theater categories. This year’s tomes range from a deep historical dive …

FROSTBURG – As part of its Spring Reading Series, the Literary Arts Center at Frostburg State University will be hosting a virtual reading by writer Russell Shorto on April 1 at 7:30 p.m. This semester, the readings will be streamed live on YouTube and then be available on the CLA …

March 2, 2021 ASU Piper Center kicked off a series of events with a discussion on “The Round House” by Louise Erdrich It has been almost a decade since Louise Erdrich’s novel “The Round House” first told the story of Joe Coutts, a 13-year-old boy living on an Ojibwe reservation …

After the US Postal Service essentially saved democracy, the least you can do is hang stamps. But maybe you need that soft local angle. We understood! And so, apparently, does the USPS. The Postal Service announced a new range of stamps on Friday, one of which includes Ursula K. Le …

When author Sarah Rafael García’s LibroMobile started taking up space in an alleyway in Santa Ana next to 4th and Spurgeon streets, the goal was to cultivate diversity through books. The past year has been all about how to occupy online space to survive. LibroMobile Literary Arts Festival will go …

The Noepe Center for the Literary Arts in Featherstone recently announced their writing workshops for winter and spring 2021. The year begins with Shira Erlichman, with her “Nothing for Granted” poetry workshop. The five-day virtual course will run from February 15 to 19, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. “In …

NEW YORK (AP) – Thanks to a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, three major literary arts nonprofits have teamed up to administer $ 3.5 million to struggling organizations during the coronavirus pandemic. Along with the Mellon Foundation, the Academy of American Poets, the Community of Literary Magazines and …

The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College has announced the shortlist of books for its 2020 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards, and that this year’s guest judge will be Sam J. Miller, author of black fish town, Destroy all monstersand the next The blade enters. The awards were …

Dartmouth College’s Neukom Institute for Computational Science has announced the shortlist of books shortlisted for its 2020 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards, and this year’s guest judge will be Sam J. Miller, author of Blackfish Town, Destroy all monsters, and the next one The blade enters. The awards were first …

To New York City Council Members Van Bramer, Gjonaj, Moya, Cumbo and Borelli We write to you as literary arts organizations in New York City committed to fostering the well-being of the city’s community of writers and other literary professionals struggling with the COVID outbreak. -19. We ask that you …

I skipped the Departmental Literary Arts meeting on Monday March 9 and I shouldn’t have. Item seven of our agenda, “COVID-19 “, suddenly became item # 1, and the result, as I soon learned, was that we, the professors of creative writing at Brown University, now had to begin the …

Literary arts magazine Zephyrus wins second place in the Sigma Tau Delta competition For the second consecutive yearAlvernia students have been honored by the English International Honor Society, Sigma Tau Deltafor their literary and artistic work in Zephyrus, the university’s literary arts journal. “I am delighted that our students have …

Life on Judith Roche has lived her life fascinated and immersed in the power of the written word. As a long-time poet, she has published several collections of works, including “Wisdom of the Body,” which won an American Book Award in 2007. As long-time director of Bumbershoot’s literary arts program …

The Laguna Art Museum and Laguna Beach Literary Laureate Lojo Simon recently announced the opening on January 18 of a special exhibition at the museum titled “Word & Image in Dialogue”, showcasing created works of art and literature. by local artists and writers. The exhibition will run until January 25. …

Stock image, St. George News ST. GEORGE – The St. George Literary Arts Festival begins this week and continues through Saturday, with an array of world-renowned authors and presenters in a multitude of literary art forms. The festival kicks off Tuesday with the launch of his latest book by Terry …

Opened in March of this year, The Open Book in Old Town Warrenton has already become for many one of their favorite spots on Main Street. The bookstore caters to the needs of avid readers, curious browsers, and those who enjoy attending special events. Evidenced by the popularity and success …

Last week, local literary arts association The Porch announced the winners of its first annual The Porch Award. The Porch received over 200 submissions in the categories of fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Winners received $500 each and publication in the Nashville Review, the literary journal edited by students in …

Shayla Lawson (left), Stephanie Adams-Santos (center) and Jane Wong (right) Photos by: Erica J. Mitchell (left), Stephanie Adams-Santos (center), UW Bothell (right) Three contemporary poets, Shayla Lawson, Stephanie Adams-Santos and Jane Wong, share their poetry and discuss their work and inspirations. In 2018, Literary Arts hosted a free reading series …

Courtesy photo. Zine editor and producer Margaret Nee speaks at the 2018 Grossmont College Literary Arts Festival. An April 22 presentation by a trio of local writers on the modern era of agentless self-publishing, and later in the evening, student readings and performances of original works kick off the 23rd …

welcome to Word, a podcast hosted by Tom Maxedon of KJZZ on literature in Arizona and the region. S6 E5 | November 11, 2021 Explore the human condition in the past, present and future with a historical fiction writer, poet from Phoenix and video game enthusiast from Valley. S6 E4 …

The inaugural Memphis Literary Arts Festival will draw fiction and cuisine writers, poets and essayists from New York to New Orleans, Columbus to Atlanta, as well as writers and artists from the host city and region. The event is scheduled for Friday and Saturday in the Edge neighborhood of downtown. …

Seattle Arts & Lectures’ literary arts series at Benaroya Hall will, for the first time, be composed entirely of women writers, from Doris Kearns Goodwin to Valeria Luiselli to Alice Walker; SAL is also launching a series on journalism. And how successful was this year’s Seattle Independent Bookstore Day? Life …

At Phonica: One, Sue Rainsford dunked the pages she read and the notebooks she kept to her evolving novel in water, emphasizing fluidity of process and content; James King fused sound poetry and physical performance involving a typewriter at Phonica: Two; the highlight of Phonica: Four saw Santiago-born, Paris-based poet …

If you’re looking for holiday gifts that celebrate both Rochester and the literary arts, you don’t need to look far. Here are two books and a calendar that showcase Flour City in all its glory and beauty. Add them to your shopping lists as they are must-haves for the bibliophile …

Christine Green | Democrat and Chronic My writing career started many years ago when I was growing up. In fourth grade, I wrote a little book and imagined myself as a future novelist. I’ve always found time to write silly little stories and draw pencil and crayon illustrations. But over …