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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/
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230501T080000
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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
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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
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SUMMARY:Charles Ghigna at Alabama Booksmith
DESCRIPTION:Charles Ghigna Reading & Book Signing
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-booksmith/
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T173000
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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
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230413T180000
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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
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230412T180000
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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
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230501
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230330T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230330T190000
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SUMMARY:Nick Tabor at The NewSouth Bookstore
DESCRIPTION:Nick Tabor joins us at The NewSouth Bookstore to discuss his new book\, Africatown: America’s Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created. The story focuses on the community founded by enslaved people carried to the Gulf Coast by the Clotilda\, the remains of which were recently discovered. That community was rooted in slavery\, but its people refused to let that be their only identity. In Africatown Yoruba was spoken\, and its residents appointed their own leaders. Today\, those living there battle the effects of pollution from surrounding industry and land developers. Tabor tells an evocative story about an inspirational history tied to this place.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/nick-tabor-at-the-newsouth-bookstore/
LOCATION:NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S Court St\, Montgomery\, AL\, 36104-4003\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:mike.breen@readherringbooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230328T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230328T150000
DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
CREATED:20230221T202527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T202807Z
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SUMMARY:Starch in Their Petticoats
DESCRIPTION:Starch in Their Petticoats
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/starch-in-their-petticoats/
LOCATION:Sheffield Public Library\, 316 North Montgomery Ave.\, Sheffield\, AL\, 35660\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Humanities Alliance":MAILTO:isnider@alabamahumanities.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230327T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230406T190000
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SUMMARY:Women Going Places Fellowship Opportunity
DESCRIPTION:Honoring Women’s History\, Writers Boot Camp will award three deserving writers full $2500 scholarships for the Tuesday\, April 18th \n10-Week Basic Training. The fellowship category is the second annual\, as well as another effort to support female-focused stories and women’s voices\, which we highlighted even more since the 2020 pandemic. \nConducted by founder Jeffrey Gordon\, Basic Training will take each writer from idea through a first draft and two rewrites of a TV pilot or movie script–or the foundation of a book or novel–while imparting writing fundamentals. The only prerequisite for eligibility is the availability of 10 hours per week for creative exercises and writing. \nThe short application for this fellowship is free and highlights a few topical questions for writers to articulate personal perspectives and individual experiences of women writers and filmmakers. The expectation for stories is not that they are based on one’s own life but how one’s perspective provides engaging insight. \nApplications will be followed prior to the deadline by a staff member to verify your availability for 10 hours per week to fully participate in Basic Training if selected as a winner. \nWriters Boot Camp has a remarkable track record in support of diverse voices\, including women. In our 33-year history\, a higher percentage of our alumni successes and credits have been by women. \nApplications must be received by 5pm\, LA time\, on Thursday\, April 6th. Only one application will be accepted per writer. For more information and the submission form\, please click the above link or go to writersbootcamp.com. Please note that the Career Survey page is not the Fellowship application page. \nStory & Project Factors to Consider: \n–Do you have a fresh take on a genre or subject that expands upon what’s typically been done and goes beyond cliche? \n–Is there a story that in past iterations has been whitewashed\, sanitized or is now out-of-date? \n–Can the project open our eyes while entertaining us? \nWhile the application is straightforward\, we encourage you not to wait until the last minute. Please keep all answers to a single sentence and consider the distinctions you can make to stand out from the crowd. \nFor more info about Writers Boot Camp you can call 310/998-1199\, check out writersbootcamp.com\, or email jg@writersbootcamp.com
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/women-going-places-fellowship-opportunity/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230325T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230325T120000
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SUMMARY:Online Freelancing Workshop presented by the Alabama Writers' Cooperative
DESCRIPTION:The Alabama Writers’ Cooperative will present online workshops –“Freelancing Your Way to a Paycheck” and “How to Avoid the Slushpile and Land an Agent” by Karim Shamsi-Basha via Zoom on March 25 from 10 a.m. till noon. \nSince its inception in 1923\, at what is currently the University of Montevallo\, the A.W.C. has worked to foster\, inspire and promote all types of writing in Alabama. This will be the first of a series of events to celebrate the organization’s 100th anniversary. The events will culminate with an in-person conference Sept. 8-10 at the O’Neal Library in Mountain Brook\, AL\, outside Birmingham. \nThe upcoming freelance class will provide insights on how to write better story pitches as a freelancer and explore different markets for content. The class will be hosted by Karim Shamsi-Basha\, who works as a freelance journalist\, photographer\, and author. He is also a full-time food and culture columnist with NJ.com. \nShamsi-Basha will also teach a workshop about query letters during the Zoom session. He’ll share the query letter that helped him get his agent\, and talk about the elements that grab agents’ attention. \nIn 2021\, “The Cat Man of Aleppo” was awarded a Caldecott Honor as one of the top children’s’ books of that year – Basha co-authored it with Irene Latham\, with illustrations created by Yuko Shimizu. Basha referred to the book as “one of my all-time greatest achievements.” \nHis freelance work has appeared in a wide variety of publications from “Sports Illustrated” to the “Washington Post.” \nShamsi-Basha\, who immigrated to the U.S. from Syria in 1984\, writes full-time as the culture and food columnist for NJ.com and “The Star Ledger” out of New Jersey. The freelance portion will explore “effectively pitching magazines\, publications and websites\,” he said. \nA.W.C. President Jessica Langston said this workshop “should give prospective freelancers some valuable insights to help them in their pursuit of landing writing jobs. It will also help the many writers out there who are hoping to secure agents to get their manuscripts published. We are very pleased to have Karim offering his wealth of knowledge and expertise on both these subjects.” \nThe workshops will be held on Saturday\, March 25 from 10 a.m. to noon. The Zoom session is free\, but A.W.C. membership is required. The fee for annual membership is $25. Visit alabamawriterscooperative.org to become a member\, and to register for the workshops. For additional information regarding Saturday’s events\, please email Langston at jjsayspoetryplz@gmail.com.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/online-freelancing-workshop-presented-by-the-alabama-writers-cooperative/
LOCATION:Online\, NC
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SUMMARY:Ghigna/Southern Kentucky Festival of Books
DESCRIPTION:Charles Ghigna Book-Signing at the Southern Kentucky Book Festival in Bowling Green\, Kentucky
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/ghigna-southern-kentucky-festival-of-books/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230525T000000
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SUMMARY:Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
DESCRIPTION:Contest for up-and-coming screenwriters! A great way to gain potential industry exposure and place in our competition. All entrants\, regardless of placement\, receive free reader comments\, so everyone will get feedback on their scripts! \n– Early Deadline: March 23rd\, 2023\n– Regular: April 18th\, 2023\n– Late Deadline: May 25th\, 2023 \n$5 Off Discount Code: AFFWG23 \nLink for more information:\n \n\nScreenplay and Teleplay Submissions
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/austin-film-festival-screenplay-competition/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230314T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230314T150000
DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
CREATED:20230221T180353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T180353Z
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SUMMARY:Going the Extra Mile\, A Road Scholars Storytelling Hour
DESCRIPTION:Going the Extra Mile
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/going-the-extra-mile-a-road-scholars-storytelling-hour/
LOCATION:Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County\, 108 East 10th Street\, Anniston\, AL\, 36201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230314T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230314T110000
DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T201628Z
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SUMMARY:The Great Depression in Alabama Photographs
DESCRIPTION:https://alabamahumanities.org/event/great-depression-alabama-photographs/
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/the-great-depression-in-alabama-photographs/
ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Humanities Alliance":MAILTO:isnider@alabamahumanities.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230310T180000
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DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
CREATED:20230124T212429Z
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SUMMARY:Alabama Writers Hall of Fame to Induct Eight New Honorees
DESCRIPTION:Tickets Available Online for the Alabama Writer’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner 3/10/23 \n\n \n\n  \n 
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-writers-hall-of-fame-to-induct-eight-new-honorees/
LOCATION:Bryant Confernce Center\, The University of Alabama\, 240 Paul W Bryant Dr\, Tuscaloosa\, AL\, 35401\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Center for the Book and the Alabama Writers' Forum":MAILTO:pearc007@ua.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230309T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230309T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
CREATED:20230202T220732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230202T220732Z
UID:10000033-1678383000-1678388400@writersforum.org
SUMMARY:Tim Spofford at the NewSouth Bookstore
DESCRIPTION:Tim Spofford will be our special guest at the bookstore in connection with his new book\, which details a dramatic episode in Black history told in vivid detail for the first time. What the Children Told Us is the biography of Drs. Kenneth and Mamie Phipps Clark\, Harlem psychologists and racial justice pioneers\, who developed a controversial doll test. Using brown and white dolls\, their experiment played a key role in the landmark Supreme Court ruling against segregated school systems in 1954. Today\, Clark dolls are on exhibit at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington\, and at the Brown v. the Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka\, Kansas. What the Children Told Us has garnered many fine reviews. Booklist has this to say about it: “Part biography\, part history\, and part psychological study\, this emotionally charged book chronicles the lives of Kenneth and Mamie Clark as they challenged segregation by studying its effects on Black identity and self-esteem as early as childhood.” Spofford has a doctorate in English and worked for years in classrooms and newsrooms. He’s written for the New York Times\, Newsday\, Mother Jones magazine\, Columbia Journalism Review and other publications.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/tim-spofford-at-the-newsouth-bookstore/
LOCATION:NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S Court St\, Montgomery\, AL\, 36104-4003\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:mike.breen@readherringbooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230303T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230303T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
CREATED:20230221T175124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T175124Z
UID:10000039-1677834000-1677859200@writersforum.org
SUMMARY:Alabama History Day 2023
DESCRIPTION:FEATURED EVENT: Alabama History Day 2023
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/alabama-history-day-2023/
LOCATION:AUM\, 7400 East Drive\, Montgomery\, AL\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Humanities Alliance":MAILTO:isnider@alabamahumanities.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230302T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230302T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
CREATED:20230201T212925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230201T212925Z
UID:10000028-1677776400-1677783600@writersforum.org
SUMMARY:Local Author Day
DESCRIPTION:Do you read local? \nSpend an evening getting to know some of Prattville’s local authors!\nLimited registration for authors. Go to bit.ly/applibraryevents for information on how to register.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/local-author-day/
LOCATION:Autauga Prattville Public Library\, 254 Doster Street\, Prattville\, AL\, 36067\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Autauga Prattville Public Library":MAILTO:kwilson.appl@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230401
DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
CREATED:20230301T203428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T203428Z
UID:10000047-1677628800-1680307199@writersforum.org
SUMMARY:Geminga: $500 for Fiction\, CNF\, Poetry\, Graphic Novel or Art ends soon
DESCRIPTION:Sunspot Lit’s Geminga contest honors the power of the small. Authors and artists can view the guidelines and enter via Submittable: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit/246999/geminga-2023-500-for-tiny-prose-poetry-graphic-novels-or-art or Duotrope: https://duotrope.com/listing/31906/geminga-contest-tiny-fiction.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/geminga-500-for-fiction-cnf-poetry-graphic-novel-or-art-ends-soon/
LOCATION:Online\, NC
ORGANIZER;CN="Sunspot Literary Journal":MAILTO:SunspotLit@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230228T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230228T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
CREATED:20230221T215147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T215616Z
UID:10000044-1677605400-1677609000@writersforum.org
SUMMARY:The Black Church in 19th Century Alabama
DESCRIPTION:The Black Church in 19th Century Alabama
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/the-black-church-in19th-century-alabama/
LOCATION:Christian Chapel Baptist Church\, 500 West Decatur Street\, Demopolis\, AL\, 36732\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Humanities Alliance":MAILTO:isnider@alabamahumanities.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230401
DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
CREATED:20230227T163207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230227T163207Z
UID:10000046-1677196800-1680307199@writersforum.org
SUMMARY:Open calls for writers and artists closing in March
DESCRIPTION:Sunspot Lit’s calls for longform\, standard length\, and flash fiction\, CNF\, graphic novels and poetry are closing in March. Detailed guidelines on the submission forms at Submittable: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit or Duotrope: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/sunspot-literary-journal-LIXJW.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/open-calls-for-writers-and-artists-closing-in-march/
LOCATION:Online\, NC
ORGANIZER;CN="Sunspot Literary Journal":MAILTO:SunspotLit@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
CREATED:20230221T173635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T173635Z
UID:10000038-1677175200-1677182400@writersforum.org
SUMMARY:A Conversation on Reckoning At Ramsay High School
DESCRIPTION:https://alabamahumanities.org/event/reckoning-at-ramsay/
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/a-conversation-on-reckoning-at-ramsay-high-school/
LOCATION:Ramsay High School\, 1800 13th Ave. S.\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35205\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
CREATED:20230202T221717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230202T221812Z
UID:10000032-1677173400-1677178800@writersforum.org
SUMMARY:Kent Quaney at the NewSouth Bookstore
DESCRIPTION:Kent Quaney\, Assistant Professor of English at AUM\, has a new novel out. One Breath from Drowning charts a tale of lost faith and lost love with insight. We’ll host him for a talk about it and a reading from the book on February 23. Come meet Kent and enjoy literary discussion with friends.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/kent-quaney-at-the-newsouth-bookstore/
LOCATION:NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S Court St\, Montgomery\, AL\, 36104-4003\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:mike.breen@readherringbooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T123000
DTSTAMP:20260406T090426
CREATED:20230221T213749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T213749Z
UID:10000043-1677150000-1677155400@writersforum.org
SUMMARY:"The Promise of Living the Tender Land" Panel Discussion Featuring Jerry Siegel & Richard McCabe
DESCRIPTION:Grantee Spotlight: Jerry Siegel artist conversation
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/the-promise-of-living-the-tender-land-panel-discussion-featuring-jerry-siegel-richard-mccabe/
LOCATION:International Arts Center at Troy University\, 158 International Blvd.\, Troy\, AL\, 36082\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Alabama Humanities Alliance":MAILTO:isnider@alabamahumanities.org
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