BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Alabama Writers' Forum - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Alabama Writers' Forum X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://writersforum.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Alabama Writers' Forum REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231001 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230914T154337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T154337Z UID:10000110-1688169600-1696118399@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: The 2023 George Garrett Fiction Prize DESCRIPTION:2023 Judge: Manuel Muñoz \nEstablished in 1998\, The George Garrett Fiction Prize highlights one book a year for excellence in a short story collection or novel. The Prize comes with a $1\,000 advance\, publication by TRP\, and 10 copies of the published book. \nSubmissions open each year on July 1 and close on September 30. All submissions through Submittable. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/call-for-submissions-the-2023-george-garrett-fiction-prize/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writersforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-George-Garrett-Fiction-Prize-Flyer-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230629 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230801 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230629T194051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230629T194051Z UID:10000083-1687996800-1690847999@writersforum.org SUMMARY:INCEPTION: Authors and Artists Eligible for $500 Prize DESCRIPTION:Beginnings have a particular power. For Sunspot Lit’s current Inception contest\, send your best fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry\, graphic novel\, comic\, or art opening. Feedback available.\nClose: July 31\, 2023\nEntry fee: $10\nPrize: $500 cash plus publication for the winner.\nEnter as many times as you like through Submittable: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit or Duotrope: https://duotrope.com/listing/27249/sunspot-literary-journal. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/inception-authors-and-artists-eligible-for-500-prize/ LOCATION:Online\, NC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://writersforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sunspot.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Sunspot Literary Journal":MAILTO:SunspotLit@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230622T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230622T190000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230525T201418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T201941Z UID:10000079-1687455000-1687460400@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Lee Durkee Coming to The NewSouth Bookstore! DESCRIPTION:Author Lee Durkee will be our very special bookstore guest on Thursday\, June 22 at 5:30pm with his new work\, Stalking Shakespeare. This book is a darkly humorous and spellbinding detective story that chronicles one Mississippi man’s relentless search for an authentic portrait of William Shakespeare. Stalking Shakespeare is an entertaining and surprisingly moving blend of biography and art history with a dash of madness added in. Lee Durkee with regale us with his adventures in writing this book. Don’t miss the fun! URL:https://writersforum.org/event/__trashed/ LOCATION:The NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S. Court St\, Montgomery\, 36104\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="The NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:gabbi.emerson@newsouthbookstore.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230612T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230627T190000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230612T211801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230612T211801Z UID:10000080-1686564000-1687892400@writersforum.org SUMMARY:LGBTQIA+ Contributions Fellowship DESCRIPTION:Apply by Tues. June 27th\, 2023\, 5pm (PST) \nThree Fellowship Awards for LGBTQIA+ Writers & Filmmakers \nYou can apply via the application on our website: \nWriters Boot Camp Fellowship Application. \nWriters Boot Camp continues our support of fresh voices and diverse artists this month by providing three $2500 full scholarships to writers in the Saturday\, July 8th 10-Week Basic Training. \nIn celebration of Pride this month’s theme is LGBTQIA+ Contributions. \nCandidates must self-identify as LGBTQIA+ and submit a project focusing on at least one Main Character presenting within that background and involved in a story with related subject matter. \nWhether writing about personal challenges\, about a relationship or family circumstance\, an historical retrospective or modern take on past events\, a leadership or political issues piece\, or a simply entertaining and engaging project–all formats and genres of TV\, movies\, books\, novels\, and non-fiction can be supported and are welcome. \nWhile in many cases\, audiences can benefit from authentic representation of any kind\, especially in the realm of LGBTQIA+ inclusion\, we encourage all writers to consider how a project idea offers a fresh take and contribution to the “ongoing conversation” to rise above cliche or a more generic approach. Of course\, that’s the key to any idea in the entertainment industry\, which is an idea business. \nOur tools are agnostic in that there is no imposition of bias\, and Writers Boot Camp’s diversity track record through the years is unparalleled. You can read more about the process at writersbootcamp.com and the fellowship application page. \nWriters must verify their availability to write 10 hours per week for 10 weeks during the Basic Training process that has supported more than 12\,000 writers and filmmakers over the past 34 years. \nWe encourage all applicants to read about the professional approach in all of Writers Boot Camp’s educational support\, as well as distinctions that have made the learning and productivity environment of our writing groups and individual artists successful through the years. \nWe discourage applying if there’s any risk that winning could prevent another deserving writer from our support in the case that you might drop or not take full advantage of the award after winning. \nWhile we celebrate our anniversary each October\, the first session conducted by founder Jeffrey Gordon (JG ) was in his living room in March 1989 during his last semester of his MFA at USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program. JG currently conducts all Basic Trainings and Pro Membership Project Groups. \nPertinent professional experience combined with cogent answers will complement the project idea to determine the three winners. \nEligibility Notes \nWriters Boot Camp alumni who have applied to a prior fellowship within the past six months–or who have won before–may apply for fun yet are not eligible to win. Winners must confirm their availability to participate in Basic Training\, along with 10 hours per week for creative exercises and writing for 10 weeks without risk of dropping due to outside conflict or work opportunities. Only winners will be notified individually. All non-winners will be notified by email within a few days of the selection of winners. \nPlease complete only one application per person. Partners working together may apply via separate applications utilizing the same project. Keep every answer to only one single sentence\, including your answers to the four topical questions combined into one four-sentence paragraph. \nPlease Don’t Wait Until The Last Minute to Apply! \nFellowship Application Deadline: Tuesday\, June 27th\, 5pm\, LA time. \nWe look forward to supporting three dynamic artists and their writing process with us. We appreciate the efforts and applications of all the candidates\, and the staff will follow up with brief notes about their personal expressions and the potential of their project ideas! \nFor information\, call 310 998 1199. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/lgbtqia-contributions-fellowship/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230608T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230608T190000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230502T163957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T170946Z UID:10000068-1686245400-1686250800@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Jonathan Eig to Read for NewSouth Bookstore at King Memorial Legacy Center! DESCRIPTION:A magnificent new biography of Martin Luther King Jr.\, entitled King: A Life\, is making headlines. The NewSouth Bookstore is proud to host author Jonathan Eig for a talk about the book\, this being his only Montgomery appearance. The program is scheduled for Thursday\, June 8 at 5:30pm. For reasons of expected attendance this event will be held at the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Legacy Center\, located directly behind the church\, at 455 Washington Ave.\, Montgomery\, Alabama. Please make note. King: A Life is the first definitive biography about Martin Luther King Jr. in decades. The New York Times\, Washington Post\, NPR\, and others have named it in their most anticipated books of 2023 list. About the work Ken Burns says\, “Eig has pulled off a kind of miracle. Here is the King we know\, think we know\, and ought to know. Here is the leader\, the preacher\, the orator\, the husband\, the father\, the martyr\, the human being — not with melodramatic halo in place\, but in all his heroic\, tragic Glory. Hallelujah!” Hope you will join us for this special program on June 8. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/jonathan-eig-to-read-for-newsouth-bookstore-at-king-memorial-legacy-center/ LOCATION:King Memorial Legacy Center\, 455 Washington Ave.\, Montgomery\, 36117\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="The NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:gabbi.emerson@newsouthbookstore.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230608T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230610T150000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230505T133354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T212726Z UID:10000071-1686218400-1686409200@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Clarksville Writers Conference DESCRIPTION:The Clarksville Arts & Heritage Council\, in partnership with Austin Peay State University and the Tennessee Arts Commission\, is pleased to present the Eighteenth Annual Clarksville Writers Conference on June 8 and 9\, 2023. Join us for this fun\, affordable and talent-laden conference featuring two days of writing workshops and presentations\, a keynote banquet featuring Pulitzer Prize finalist David George Haskell\, a writing master class with critically-acclaimed author Bren McClain and more. Additional authors scheduled to present include David Alford\, Mary Martha Greene\, Rick Gregory\, Robert Gwaltney\, Ellen Kanervo\, Laurina Isabella Lyle\, Sharon Mabry\, Cynthia Marsh\, Alan Stuart Mearns\, Shana Thornton\, Amy Wright and Susan Beckham Zurenda. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/clarksville-writers-conference/ LOCATION:Austin Peay State University\, 601 College Street\, Clarksville\, TN\, 37044\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Clarksville Arts &%3B Heritage Council":MAILTO:writers@artsandheritage.us END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230525T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230531T233000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230525T194831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T194831Z UID:10000078-1685001600-1685575800@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition DESCRIPTION:Working on a tv\, film\, or play script? Need more time to finalize it? Not to worry! The Austin Film Festival has moved its late script submission deadline to May 31st! Don’t wait to tell your story! Podcast and Digital Series submissions will still be open until July 7th. \n*After conferring with the WGA\, we have confirmed that submitting to AFF’s competitions does not constitute prohibited conduct of Strike Rules. \nSubmissions will be open until 11:59 PM Central Time on Wednesday\, May 31. \nOur esteemed judges of screenplay and teleplay writers eagerly await to read your scripts! URL:https://writersforum.org/event/austin-film-festival-screenplay-competition-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230519T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230520T153000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230509T032102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T171054Z UID:10000073-1684519200-1684596600@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Alabama State Poetry Society Spring Workshop & Awards DESCRIPTION:Join us for two generative workshops: Lyric Witness: Writing Atrocity at a Distance with Julia Dasbach and Anthropological Poetry: Finding Value In Culture with Tania De’Shawn. Workshops will be followed by a Poetry In Nature walk and our spring awards. Join us in-person or virtually! See full schedule at https://www.alpoets.org/event-details/spring-2023-workshop-awards URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-state-poetry-society-spring-workshop-awards/ LOCATION:Alabama 4-H Center ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama State Poetry Society":MAILTO:alabamapoets@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T190000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230515T205107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T205107Z UID:10000075-1684432800-1684436400@writersforum.org SUMMARY:May 18th Mini-Camp: Free Script Evaluation from Writers Boot Camp DESCRIPTION:Normally reserved for our Professional Members\, we are opening up this Mini-Camp to friends and colleagues in solidarity of the Writers Guild of America–and all entertainment industry union members! Fight On!! \nThursday\, 5/18\, 4-5pm\, LA Time \nMini-Camp: Free Script Evaluation \nTools to Make Your Best Script Stronger \nwith Founder Jeffrey Gordon \nWe invite you to enjoy a free Mini-Camp with Writers Boot Camp Founder Jeffrey Gordon on the topic of…Free Script Evaluation. We’ll review the most Common First Draft Problems\, and deploy a checklist of tools and tests to help free you from the need for outside script evaluation\, which will also pre-empt the tendency to rush your material out to market. \nWhile Writers Boot Camp’s unique support includes script evaluation and conferencing as part of the 10-Week Basic Training and all levels of Professional Membership\, there are certain threshold creative issues that newer writers will benefit from understanding about the nature of early stages of writing and project development. After all\, screenwriting is a profession–and while many ideas do spring forth from one’s personal life\, the curation of entertainment is a craft. \nLinked to our mission of dispelling fallacies to accelerate careers is the philosophy of freeing our alumni from insecurity about their own work and the unwitting abdication of creative authority. While it can be very natural to lose objectivity about one’s work from the outset and during various stages of rewriting\, Writers Boot Camp provides tools for artist empowerment and methods of breaking down the work into more manageable exercises and stages\, especially during rewriting. \nMany respectable and respected colleagues run companies offering script evaluation services\, though we don’t abide or encourage the need for writers to pay extra for script evaluation. Our Professional Membership offers the free\, ongoing benefit of script evaluation\, along with a constructively directed reinforcement of a method to gradually wean writers off that dependency. \nOf course\, an earnest and capable practitioner may offer insight that can be justified for the few hundred bucks. But the general lack of experience and education by new writers can render the most insightful commentary superfluous to a writer’s current capacity to integrate notes\, let alone at the right stage of the writing and rewriting process. More profoundly\, a writer is the presumed expert of their material\, so it’s not great form. \nThe insight of a veteran executive or producer who’s willing to take time to be supportive with insight about commercial viability and creative notes can be perceived as a golden ticket. Too often\, however\, screenwriters impose on their friends in the business by submitting early drafts of scripts that are premature to evaluate–unless the ultimate bottom line is whether the idea has merit in the first place and\, in that case\, why impose at all? \nThe comments of the best facilitator can be lost by the inevitable need for multiple drafts\, as well as negated by the editorial stance of an executive and their company’s business model. \nThat’s why we teach tools for development and why our Professional Members learn dozens of unique rewriting exercises\, as well as development tools applicable to the many stages it takes for your script to merit submission. \nYou can email jg@writersbootcamp.com with questions about the next 10-Week Basic Training or the benefits of Pro Membership. \nWe always appreciate hearing personal news and breakthroughs\, and recent film and TV credits\, as well as achievements in book publishing by alumni. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/may-18th-mini-camp-free-script-evaluation-from-writers-boot-camp/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230322T212657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230322T212657Z UID:10000058-1684431000-1684438200@writersforum.org SUMMARY:An Evening with Patti Callahan Henry at Ernest & Hadley Booksellers DESCRIPTION:Ernest & Hadley Booksellers will host an intimate evening with critically acclaimed\, bestselling author\, Patti Callahan Henry\, in conversation with Don Noble\, Thursday\, May 18\, 2023\, from 5:30 until 7:30 PM. Ms. Henry will introduce and discuss her latest triumph in historical fiction: The Secret Book of Flora Lea. Advance tickets are required for this event! Priority Admission includes a signed copy of the featured book\, whereas General Admission is to simply attend the event (seating is limited.) This event is HYBRID\, presented both in-person and virtually\, in conjunction with the E&H [OPEN] Book Club. If you would like to attend virtually (for free!)\, DO NOT PURCHASE A TICKET. Simply register in advance on Zoom by clicking here: \nhttps://www.ernestandhadleybooks.com/event/evening-patti-callahan-henry \nA registered account is required\, so you must create a Zoom account if you have not already done so\, and/or login. Virtual participates will not need a webcam for this event\, but may participate through audio and/or chat. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/an-evening-with-patti-callahan-henry-at-ernest-hadley-booksellers/ LOCATION:Ernest & Hadley Booksellers\, 1928 7th St\, Tuscaloosa\, AL\, 35401 ORGANIZER;CN="Ernest &%3B Hadley Booksellers":MAILTO:avery@ernestandhadleybooks.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T190000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230418T180447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230418T193956Z UID:10000065-1684431000-1684436400@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Reading at NewSouth Books: Unmasking the Klansman: The Double Life of Asa and Forrest Carter DESCRIPTION:The fascinating double identity of Asa Carter is a subject of Dan Carter’s newest book\, Unmasking the Klansman: The Double Life of Asa and Forrest Carter\, new from NewSouth Books. A distinguished Southern historian\, Dan Carter (no relation) has spent decades researching his subject\, who was a secret advisor to George Wallace in the 1960s and wrote his famous “Segregation now\, Segregation Forever” speech. Asa Carter disappeared from Alabama in the ‘70s and resurfaced as a Cherokee author in Abilene\, Texas\, writing under the name Forrest Carter. Curiously\, he went on to author the sensitively told The Education of Little Tree\, which became a bestseller. The unbelievable story Carter’s life and activities is conveyed with vigor and insight in Unmasking the Klansman. It practically guarantees that Dan Carter’s bookstore talk will be every bit as interesting. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/reading-at-newsouth-books-unmasking-the-klansman-the-double-life-of-asa-and-forrest-carter/ LOCATION:The NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S. Court St\, Montgomery\, 36104\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="The NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:gabbi.emerson@newsouthbookstore.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230322T210909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230322T210909Z UID:10000057-1684404000-1684411200@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Coffee with Patti Callahan Henry\, The Secret Book of Flora Lea DESCRIPTION:The Snail on the Wall and the Huntsville-Madison County Library Foundation are pleased to bring back bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry to Huntsville to celebrate the release of her new novel\, The Secret Book of Flora Lea. This event will be at the Downtown Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Auditorium on Thursday\, May 18 at 10 a.m. Book signing to follow. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/coffee-with-patti-callahan-henry-the-secret-book-of-flora-lea/ LOCATION:Downtown Huntsville-Madison County Public Library\, 915 Monroe Street\, Huntsville\, AL\, 35801 ORGANIZER;CN="Snail on the Wall Bookstore":MAILTO:lady.smith@me.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230517T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230517T170000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230131T162710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T161714Z UID:10000026-1684339200-1684342800@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Charles Ghigna at Homewood Public Library DESCRIPTION:Charles Ghigna Reading & Signing at Homewood Public Library URL:https://writersforum.org/event/homewood-public-library/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230515T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230825T235900 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230515T205702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T205702Z UID:10000076-1684137600-1693007940@writersforum.org SUMMARY:ILS / Fence 2023 Fiction and Poetry Contest Now Live! DESCRIPTION:We invite you to submit your writing for a chance to be published in Fence\, one of North America’s most prestigious literary magazines\, and be awarded a full scholarship to attend the December 2023 International Literary Seminars program in Kenya. The ILS program is a unique and intensive series of literary workshops\, career consultations\, and cultural offerings in Nairobi and Lamu\, Kenya. All entries will be considered for publication in Fence or Fence Digital\, and a chance to receive editorial feedback. \nThe first-prize winner will have their winning work published in Fence and will be awarded a full scholarship\, including tuition\, accommodations\, and an airfare stipend\, to attend the December 2023 International Literary Seminars program in Kenya. \nThe second-prize winner will have their work published in Fence\, and be offered a full tuition fee waiver to attend the December 2023 International Literary Seminars program in Kenya. \nThe third-prize winner will be offered 50% off the tuition fee. Runners-up will be awarded partial fellowships to attend the program. \nSubmit previously unpublished fiction manuscripts of 6\,000 words or less\, or up to three poems\, per entry. Multiple entries may be submitted. Simultaneous submissions are allowed\, but please notify us immediately if your work gets accepted elsewhere. The contest will run until August 25\, 2023 (11:59 p.m EST). The winners will be announced in September 2023.\nSince entries are read blind\, please leave off identifying information in your submission and file name. Submissions capped at 1\,000. \nOur low entry fee of $19 USD helps cover costs for running ILS\, a not-for-profit organization. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/ils-fence-2023-fiction-and-poetry-contest-now-live/ LOCATION:Online\, NC ORGANIZER;CN="International Literary Seminars":MAILTO:info@internationalliteraryseminars.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230513T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230513T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230322T210407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230322T210701Z UID:10000056-1684000800-1684008000@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Patti Callahan Henry -- Author Event at Page & Palette DESCRIPTION:Join Page & Palette for an author event with New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry to celebrate the release of her newest book\, The Secret Book of Flora Lea. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/patti-callahan-author-event-at-page-palette/ LOCATION:Page & Palette\, 32 South Section Street\, Fairhope\, AL\, 36532 ORGANIZER;CN="Page &%3B Palette":MAILTO:books@pageandpalette.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230513T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230513T130000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230322T205423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230322T205423Z UID:10000055-1683975600-1683982800@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Patti Callahan Henry Book Signing at Sweet Home Books DESCRIPTION:We are so excited to welcome Patti Callahan Henry to Wetumpka for a book signing!\n*Important information: Your book\, preordered from our website\, is your ticket to the event! URL:https://writersforum.org/event/patti-callahan-henry-book-signing-at-sweet-home-books/ LOCATION:Sweet Home Books\, 107 E. Bridge St.\, Wetumpka\, AL\, 36092 ORGANIZER;CN="Sweet Home Books":MAILTO:diane.castro@sweethomebooks.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230513T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230513T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230131T162817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T162018Z UID:10000025-1683972000-1683979200@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Charles Ghigna at Little Professor Bookshop DESCRIPTION:Charles Ghigna Reading & Signing URL:https://writersforum.org/event/little-professor-bookshop/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230512T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230512T203000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230322T204907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230322T204907Z UID:10000054-1683916200-1683923400@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Join Patti Callahan Henry & Sean of the South for A Night of Story and Song DESCRIPTION:Join us for an incredible evening of story and song. NYT Bestselling author\, Patti Callahan Henry and musician\, columnist and novelist\, Sean of the South will celebrate the launch of Patti’s new novel\, The Secret Book of Flora Lea with conversation\, song and an audience QA. Your ticket includes a signed first edition hardcover of the novel. Additional books will be sold by Alabama Booksmith. With a cash bar and free on-site parking\, don’t miss this one-of-a-kind night. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/join-patti-callahan-henry-sean-of-the-south-for-a-night-of-story-and-song/ LOCATION:Red Mountain Theater\, 1600 3rd Ave S.\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35233 ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Booksmith":MAILTO:signedbooks@alabamabooksmith.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230509 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240101 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230509T153451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T170155Z UID:10000074-1683590400-1704067199@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Submit Your Writing to Salvation South DESCRIPTION:Salvation South is the new online magazine founded by former Bitter Southerner editor-in-chief Chuck Reece. We’re looking for narrative journalism\, personal essays\, fiction and poetry. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/submit-your-writing-to-salvation-south/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230503T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230516T190000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230503T173448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T184114Z UID:10000070-1683108000-1684263600@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Asian American Pacific Islander Fellowship DESCRIPTION:Tell Us About AAPI Contributions to American Life \nApply by Tues. May 16th\, 2023\, 5pm (PST) \nThree Fellowship Awards for AAPI Writers & Filmmakers \nYou can apply via the application on our website: Writers Boot Camp AAPI Fellowship Application. \nWriters Boot Camp continues our support of fresh voices this month by providing three $2500 full scholarships to writers in the Thursday\, May 25th Basic Training. \nCandidates must verify their availabity to write 10 hours per week for 10 weeks during the Basic Training process that has supported more than 12\,000 writers and filmmakers over the past 33 years. While we celebrate our anniversary each October\, the first session conducted by JG was in his living room in March 1989 during his last semester of his MFA at USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program. \nThis month’s theme of “AAPI Contributions III” is our third offering in this category of creative material that supports the voices of artists\, writers\, and filmmakers with Asian American Pacific Islander heritage. \nWhether you’re writing a family story\, one about an unheralded individual in leadership or American history\, a genre with specific thematic significance\, or profound change and artistic achievement of AAPI people and subjects–this theme’s creative parameters are otherwise unlimited. The only project requirements are AAPI lead characters and subject matter. \nPertinent professional experience combined with cogent answers will complement the project idea to determine the three winners. \nEligibility Notes \nWriters Boot Camp alumni who have applied to a prior fellowship within the past six months–or who have won before–may apply for fun yet are not eligible to win. Winners must confirm their availability to participate in Basic Training\, along with 10 hours per week for creative exercises and writing for 10 weeks without risk of dropping due to outside conflict or work opportunities. Only winners will be notified individually. All non-winners will be notified by email within a few days of the selection of winners. \nOur Remarkable Track Record and Diversity Emphasis \nThere are few places in society for artists to seek and receive personal support. No one does what we do and with as much depth of process. Writers Boot Camp’s tools are meant to empower your own authority. The tools and materials are more a language for collaboration and for describing your creative goals than a formula to fit your story. \nWriters Boot Camp’s remarkable success of supporting diversity and a range of creative voices is unparalleled in the business. Over the nine years Fox Diversity sponsored writers through Basic Training\, 50% of the writers attracted staff television jobs\, including top showrunners today. \nIn fact\, women represent a higher percentage of our overall alumni success stories—and through the years we’ve awarded nearly half a million dollars in fellowship awards to writers and filmmakers of diverse heritage\, highlighting opportunities for women of color. \nYou can see countless other movie and TV credits by Writers Boot Camp alumni on our A-List Credits page. \nAmong our favorite alumni–a past staff member–writer-director\, Sian Heder\, recently won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for her movie CODA. Other alumni have been nominated for Oscars\, including Josh Singer\, who won for co-writing SPOTLIGHT. Alumnus Cindy Chupack has won two Emmys for her work on Sex and the City and Modern Family. Steven Sater\, a New York Pro Member\, won the Tony Award for Spring Awakening. \nMore recently\, we’ve discovered many more success stories\, including alumni who have written the movies\, TILL (Michael Reilly)\, ON THE COME UP (Kay Oyegun)\, JOE BABY (Todd Samovitz)\, and the showrunners of Lucifer (Jason Ning) and Fear the Walking Dead (Ian Goldberg). \nThe Fellowship Application \nPlease complete only one application per person. Partners working together may apply via separate applications utilizing the same project. Keep every answer to only one single sentence\, including your answers to the four topical questions combined into one four-sentence paragraph. Again\, alumni who have applied to a fellowship in the past six months–or who have won before–are not eligible to win. \nPlease Don’t Wait Until The Last Minute to Apply! \nFellowship Application Deadline: Tuesday\, May 16th\, 5pm\, LA time. \nWe look forward to supporting three dynamic artists and their writing process with us. We appreciate the efforts and applications of all the candidates\, and the staff will follow up with brief notes about their personal expressions and the potential of their project ideas! \nFor information\, call 310 998 1199. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/asian-american-pacific-islander-fellowship/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230501T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230601T170000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230426T194546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T213316Z UID:10000066-1682928000-1685638800@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Opens May 1 DESCRIPTION:The annual Auburn Witness Poetry Prize honoring Jake Adam York will be open May 1 – June 1. Submit up to 3 poems for this year’s judge\, Joy Harjo! Entry fee of $15. Winner receives $1\,000 and a chance to read at an event in Auburn\, AL. \nPresented in October by the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University\, the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize event features the recipient and judge in conversation at the museum and includes a workshop. The recipient also receives travel expenses to attend the event. \nJoy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022 and is winner of Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/auburn-witness-poetry-prize-opens-may-1/ LOCATION:Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University\, 901 S. College St.\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Humanities Review":MAILTO:shr@auburn.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230428T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230428T183000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230314T165644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T161421Z UID:10000050-1682699400-1682706600@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Martha Prescod Norman Noonan at Clifford and Virginia Durr Lecture 2023 DESCRIPTION:The annual Clifford and Virginia Durr Lecture brings Martha Prescod Norman Noonan to Montgomery. She lectures on her book\, Hands on the Freedom Plow\, at ASU’s Ralph D. Abernathy Hall Auditorium on Friday\, April 28 at 4:30pm. A remarkable woman\, Norman Noonan left her Detroit home in 1963 to help register voters as a SNCC volunteer in the South. Testimonies about her contributions and those of fifty plus other women — young\, old\, Black and White — are gathered in the book. The NewSouth Bookstore will be on site at the program selling copies of the book\, which are available for signing. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/clifford-and-virginia-durr-lecture-2023/ LOCATION:Ralph Abernathy Hall\, 1625 Harris Way\, Montgomery\, AL\, 36106\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Clifford and Virginia Durr Lecture Series":MAILTO:info@durrlectures.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230427T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230427T170000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230131T162908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T161216Z UID:10000024-1682611200-1682614800@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Charles Ghigna at Alabama Booksmith DESCRIPTION:Charles Ghigna Reading & Book Signing URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-booksmith/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230601 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230427T165126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T161007Z UID:10000067-1682553600-1685577599@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Rigel 2023: $500 for Fiction\, Nonfiction\, Poetry\, Art\, or Graphic Novel DESCRIPTION:Sunspot Lit seeks one short story\, CNF\, artwork\, poem\, graphic novel\, script\, or excerpt that outshines the rest. No restrictions on theme. Literary and genre works accepted. Winner receives $500 plus publication. Feedback available for additional fee. See guidelines for details. Closes May 31\, 2023. Entry fee is $10. Enter through Sunspot’s Submittable: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit/259026/rigel-2023-500-for-fiction-nonfiction-poetry-art-or-graphic-novel page or through Duotrope: https://duotrope.com/listing/32395/sunspot-lit-rigel-contest. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/rigel-2023-500-for-fiction-nonfiction-poetry-art-or-graphic-novel/ LOCATION:Online\, NC ORGANIZER;CN="Sunspot Literary Journal":MAILTO:SunspotLit@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230314T165315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230314T165315Z UID:10000049-1682011800-1682019000@writersforum.org SUMMARY:The NewSouth Bookstore First Annual Poetry Read-Aloud DESCRIPTION:The NewSouth Bookstore’s first annual poetry read-aloud: Join us in honor of National Poetry Month. We’ll gather chairs in a circle and sit together to listen as friends and fans each read aloud a favorite poem or two. We expect that the experience of sharing the verse we love best will be enlightening and enjoyable. Bring a friend. Wine and other beverages served\, as usual. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/the-newsouth-bookstore-first-annual-poetry-read-aloud/ LOCATION:NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S Court St\, Montgomery\, AL\, 36104-4003\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:mike.breen@readherringbooks.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230417T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230417T193000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230411T192949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T192949Z UID:10000064-1681754400-1681759800@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Author Damian Dressick to read at AUM DESCRIPTION:Award winning fiction writer Damian Dressick will read from and discuss his work at AUM on Monday\, April 17.\nThe event will be held at Theatre AUM in the Taylor Center at 6 pm. \nDressick is the author of the novel 40 Patchtown (Bottom Dog Press) and the flash collection Fables of the Deconstruction (CLASH Books). His writing has appeared in more than seventy literary journals and anthologies\, including W.W. Norton’s New Micro\, Electric Literature\, Post Road\, New Orleans Review\, Cleaver\, CutBank\, Smokelong Quarterly\, and New World Writing. A Blue Mountain Residency Fellow\, Dressick is the winner of the Harriette Arnow Award and the Jesse Stuart Prize. He co-hosts WANA: LIVE!\, a (largely) virtual reading series that brings some of the best Appalachian writers to the world. Damian also serves as Editor-in-Chief for the journal Appalachian Lit. For more\, check out www.damiandressick.com \nPlease join us for what promises to be a wonderful evening. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/author-damian-dressick-to-read-at-aum/ LOCATION:Theatre AUM – Taylor Center\, 7041 Senators Dr\, Montgomery\, AL\, 36117\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Kent Quaney - AUM Department of English and Philosophy":MAILTO:kquaney@aum.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230413T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230413T190000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230320T162151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T162151Z UID:10000052-1681408800-1681412400@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Author Timothy Tyson for Ellison-Chapman Benson Symposium DESCRIPTION:Huntingdon College will welcome civil rights historian Dr. Timothy Tyson\, senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and adjunct professor of American studies at the University of North Carolina\, as the lecturer for the College’s Ellison-Chapman Benson Symposium\, Thursday\, April 13\, 6:00–7:00 p.m.\, in the College’s Delchamps Recital Hall\, Smith Music Building. Dr. Tyson is the author of multiple award-winning books\, including “Blood Done Sign My Name\,” a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist\, and “The Blood of Emmett Till\,” a National Book Award longlist book. A book-signing will follow the lecture with books available for purchase\, cash or check only. The event is open to the public. \nDr. Tyson was executive producer of Mike Wiley’s 2008 play and writer-consultant for Jeb Stuart’s 2010 feature film adaptation of “Blood Done Sign My Name.” His 1999 book\, “Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power\,” won the James Rawley Prize and the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize from the Organization of American Historians (OAH) and was the basis for “Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power\,” to which the OAH awarded the 2006 Eric Barnou Prize for best historical film. Dr. Tyson is co-editor with David Cecelski of “Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy\,” winner of the 1998 Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Meyers Center for Human Rights in North America; and author of “Ghosts of 1898: Wilmington’s Race Riot and the Rise of White Supremacy\,” winner of the 2007 Excellence Award from the National Association of Black Journalists. He serves on the executive board of the North Carolina NAACP\, Repairers of the Breach\, and the UNC Center for Civil Rights. \nParking for the lecture will be available in the Smith Parking Lot\, accessible from East Fairview Avenue adjacent to Neal Posey Baseball Field. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/author-timothy-tyson-for-ellison-chapman-benson-symposium/ LOCATION:Huntingdon College\, 1500 E. Fairview Avenue\, Montgomery\, AL\, 36106\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. Blake Ball":MAILTO:bsball@hawks.huntingdon.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230413T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230413T183000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230222T173844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T174035Z UID:10000045-1681407000-1681410600@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Innovation and Creativity for Health and Wellness: Poets and Innovation Across Alabama with Salaam Green DESCRIPTION:Poets and Innovation Across Alabama URL:https://writersforum.org/event/innovation-and-creativity-for-health-and-wellness-poets-and-innovation-across-alabama/ LOCATION:Florence-Lauderdale Public Library\, 350 N. Wood Ave.\, Florence\, AL\, 35630\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Humanities Alliance":MAILTO:isnider@alabamahumanities.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230412T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230412T190000 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230403T212256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T212256Z UID:10000062-1681322400-1681326000@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Reading with Neema Avashia DESCRIPTION:Neema is originally from West Virginia and currently lives in Boston where she is an educator and activist. She received a finalist nomination for the Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Memoir/Biography for her book Another Appalachia: Coming up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/reading-with-neema-avashia/ LOCATION:Online\, NC ORGANIZER;CN="Stokes Center for Creative Writing":MAILTO:aprince@southalabama.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230410 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230501 DTSTAMP:20260407T024053 CREATED:20230411T150151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T150151Z UID:10000063-1681084800-1682899199@writersforum.org SUMMARY:Sunspot Lit Open Call for Fiction\, NF\, Poetry\, Scripts\, and Graphic Novels DESCRIPTION:Sunspot Lit welcomes art and fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry\, scripts\, and graphic novels from 4 words to 49\,000 words. Editor’s prizes are paid out for each edition; cover art is also paid. A Fast Flux option offers a speedy turnaround. Feedback for poems and genre fiction is available. Send the journal your work through Submittable: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit or Duotrope: https://duotrope.com/listing/27249/sunspot-literary-journal. URL:https://writersforum.org/event/sunspot-lit-open-call-for-fiction-nf-poetry-scripts-and-graphic-novels/ LOCATION:Online\, NC ORGANIZER;CN="Sunspot Literary Journal":MAILTO:SunspotLit@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR