Welcome to the department of beautiful sentences–the place to come for prose motivation. (Tell us what you’re reading. Send us your favorite sentences by posting it to our Facebook page and it may appear in a future newsletter!) “I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.” –From “The Habit of Being” by Flannery […]
In our newsletter, we publish interesting links for writers. Here is this week’s links we think you might like. To get these every week, subscribe to our newsletter. How not to raise a narcissist in 9 easy steps! (in other words: encourage your kids or niblings […]
Don’t forget that we’ve instituted registration deadlines for many of our workshops. Here is a list of upcoming deadlines: Art & Poetry Workshop – Starts: 4/11 – Register by 4/3 Writing & Critique 4-Week Workshop – Starts: 4/14 – Register by 4/7 The Monthly Writer’s Room: The Path to Self-Accountability – Starts: 4/25 – Register by 4/22
Escarp http://www.escarp.org/submit.php escarp , a selective, Twitter-based review of brief poetry and prose, seeks submissions of super-short (under 140-character) fiction, non-fiction and poetry. We accept submissions through direct message on Twitter, so you’ll need an account. Follow us and we’ll promptly follow you back. Then submit via DM (see website for submission guidelines and to read […]
Accessing poetry through art-making We are excited to announce a new kind of writing and art workshop collaboration involving collage, poetry, and an investigation of the writing process and ourselves. This hands-on art and poetry workshop will be led by Sarah Eggers, a poet, painter, and art therapist. In her work, she examines how we might access the hidden, […]
We’re branching out into weekdays! Announcing our newest ongoing writing workshop, Wednesday Morning Writing Workshops. Our Sunday Creative Writing Workshops have been such a hit, we want to bring the inspiration to your weekday. Every other Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Los Angeles Writers Group offers a creative writing workshop where you can show up […]
Studio C Artists is announcing the continuation of its One Act Play Series as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Each show in the series has revolved around a particular room. For 2015, we are pleased to present “In The Basement.” Writers’ submissions for this show in the Series, which is set to open June […]
Rollick Magazine is an independent online magazine, publishing contemporary literature, thought, and art about popular culture, society, and everything on the periphery. We are seeking submissions from contemporary writers, thinkers, poets, artists, and creators on the theme of “Modern Ingenue”. We are set to launch on 30 March 2015, and have opened up submissions in […]
Cancello Venice is devoted to telling stories, sharing information, and joining people through fiction, essays, interviews, non-fiction, visual art, and photography. We are a skatepark for creatives and thinkers, a place to show our latest moves and form relationships that might spark further projects. We enthusiastically accept submissions for writing and visual art. You do […]
Upcoming Writing Workshops We are very excited about our March 2015 workshop schedule! Our 4-week Write to Health class starts Monday, March 2. This is a prompt-based workshop open to anyone with health concerns or an interest in healing through writing. On Saturday, March 7, Stacy Dacheux will be leading a workshop on Writing the Personal Essay, asking […]