Mary: Call for Submissions

Mary is in search of great work to publish! This is a call for poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art for our Winter 2010 issue.

Mary is the online literary journal sponsored by Saint Mary's College of California's MFA in Creative Writing program. Since 2002, Mary has published contemporary poetry, prose, and new media arts from a diverse group of established artists and writers including Peter Orner, Brian Doyle, Gillian Conoley, Bruce Smith, Elizabeth Robinson, Nora Pierce, Rebecca Curtis, Brian Glaser, Carol Snow, Maria Hummel, as well as talented emerging writers. MARY Magazine has conducted interviews with award-winning writers such as Michael Palmer, Pico Iyer, Andrew Sean Greer, Nick Flynn, Phil Jenks, Cristina Garcia, Susan Steinberg, Michael Pollen, John D'Agata, Jo Ann Beard, Mary Roach, Forrest Gander, and Chris Abani.

There is no fee to submit to Mary. Writers selected for standard publication are awarded $50. Those who are chosen for our Nouveau section, which is dedicated to emerging writers who have not yet been published, are not paid. Please visit www.maryjournal.org for more information and submission guidelines. When you’re ready to submit, send work to mary[at]stmarys-ca.edu. The deadline for our Winter issue is December 1, 2010. Thank you for your time. We look forward to reading your work!

Literary Stuff To Do in LA

New American Writing: Caryl Phillips

wed sep 29, 7:00PM | HAMMER readings

Caryl Phillips was born in St. Kitts, West Indies, and raised in England. His novel Dancing in the Dark won the 2006 PEN/ Beyond Margins Award, and an earlier novel, A Distant Shore, won the 2004 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. His other awards include the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His most recent book is In the Falling Snow. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and currently lives in New York.

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Stanley F. Chyet Poetry Reading

PETER COLE—THE DREAM OF THE POEM: HEBREW POETRY FROM MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN SPAIN

Sunday, October 17, 2:00 p.m.

$5 General; Free to Skirball Members

Advance reservations recommended: Available on site at the Skirball, online at www.skirball.org, or by phone at (877) SCC-4TIX or (877) 722-4849

Hear prize-winning translator and poet Peter Cole as he reads from and discusses his acclaimed anthology, The Dream of the Poem, which won the National Jewish Book Award and the American Publisher Association’s award for the Book of the Year for 2007. Rich with humor and grace, Cole’s work recreates the world of medieval Spain, where Jewish artistic and intellectual communities flourished under Islamic rule. A book signing follows the program.

“[This] astonishing achievement is fully revealed for the first time in English.... [Peter Cole’s] versions are masterly.” —Eric Ormsby, The New York Times Book Review

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slake magazine

WED OCT 27, 7:00PM | HAMMER READINGS

SLAKE LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE

Moments of surprise, whimsy and unconventional truth burst from the pages of Slake: Los Angeles… the worldviews reach outside traditional journalism. —Los Angeles Times

Slake: Los Angeles is a new LA-centric quarterly that examines all things curious, fictional, poetic, political, and philosophical. Edited by former LA Weekly editors Laurie Ochoa and Joe Donnelly, Slake features work by local writers, artists, and photographers. The evening will celebrate Slake’s second issue with readings by House of Leaves authorMark Z. Danielewski, writer/comedian/actress Lauren Weedman (Date Night, Hung, The Daily Show), Ochoa,Donnelly, and other contributors to the publication. Organized by Benjamin Weissman.

ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.

Parking is available under the museum for $3 after 6:00pm.

Wet LA Writers Group starts Thursday! Upcoming Writers Group Schedule

Reminder! Our first and only 2010 West LA Writers group starts on Thursday. This is a great group for TV and screenwriters as well as fiction writers and poets. Read about our West LA Moderator: http://ow.ly/2HOO9

View the schedule for all our Los Angeles Writers Groups starting soon in Miracle Mile/Koreatown, Glassell Park / Glendale, our Advanced Poetry Workshop, and our South Bay Writers Group!

Submit Your One-Act Short Play

Deadline: 12/1/2010

2nd Annual One Act Festival

www.edgemarcenter.org

Acts on The Edge: 2nd Annual One Act Short Play Festival

Want to submit a one-act to Acts on The Edge 2011?

Edgemar Theatre Group will be accepting submissions for the 2011 Acts on The Edge from July 17-December 1, 2010. All submissions will be accepted through www.edgemarcenter.org/events. After your $5.00 submission fee is processed you will receive a confirmation email with all the details of where to submit your script(s).

Submission Guidelines

• Only unproduced works will be accepted. Plays that have had staged readings are eligible, it is preferred that this be the World premiere production of the work.
• Legal clearance of ALL materials not in the public domain are the full responsibility of the playwright.
• Length: 15 minutes maximum, no minimum.
• Production criteria include scripts requiring minimal technical support for a 65 seat theatre and cast of characters with an age range of 20-50. Sets should be minimal.
• Submission fee: $5.00 per script.
• Playwrights may make multiple submissions, each under a separate cover. Only one play per author will be chosen.
• Please include a title page with name, address, phone number and e-mail address. Please submit a synopsis and character breakdown.
• Playwright must provide in their submission a letter giving the Edgemar Theatre Group the right to produce the work free of all royalties as part of an evening of new works which will be presented in 2011. Please note in the statement that all material in the play is in the public within your right to provide performance clearance. By submitting permission is also given to pursue publication of all chosen one acts as part of an anthology collection.
• The volume of scripts submitted hampers our ability to comment individually on each work, so we do not offer criticism.

Deadline for submission: December 1, 2010.

A New Website Written in Rhyme

In the realm of cool websites, here is a fun one to explore and even help build. Everything is in rhyme. Enjoy reading rhymes about current events, literature, medical, and even consumer products! They are just starting out and would love rhyme lovers to become passionate contributors as per the rhyme they've sent us below:

Are you one who writes in Rhyme -

everyday or time to time.

There is a site that's just for you.

It's fun, it's free, and it's new.

How can we not post something someone sends us in rhyme? Exactly. We can't. Go check them out and help the web become a more metrical place.

Rainy Drive - Photo for ekphrastic writing exercise

Rainy Drive - Photo for ekphrastic writing exercise
Originally uploaded by losangeleswritersgroup

We're posting photos on Flickr and on Picasa to use as ekphrastic writing exercises so we thought we'd post them here, too! Use this as inspiration to write, and share your experience with us in the comments, here, there, anywhere!

File Under: Things to do for Writers in Los Angeles

Saturday, July 17, 2010   
Open Mic Poetry Nite in Chinatown, Los Angeles, Art District   
http://lilibernard.com/Pages/Gigs/PoetryNiteJuly2010.html

Poetry/the Spoken Word   
"OPEN MIC POETRY NITE bringing the spoken word to the Chinatown Art District
FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL
No Entry Fee for Poets

Saturday, July 17, 2010, 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

LILI BERNARD ART STUDIO
935 Chung King Road, Chinatown
Los Angeles, CA 90012
323-936-3607
www.LiliBernard.com

For a map, click here: http://lilibernard.com/Pages/StudioShowroom.html

Featured Poet: WILLIAM JACKSON III

Also Featuring live musical entertainment by RICHARD OMURA with CHARLIE BRAGG on guitar and vocals

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Sign in for Poets. First Come First Serve. Poets, plan on a five minute presentation, but feel free to bring ten minutes of material, in case time permits. Advisory: children may be present.

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm - Poetry Open Mic

8:45 pm - 9:30 pm - Live music by RICHARD OMURA

POETS: please send an email to theartist@lilibernard.com, if you plan on presenting so that we can get an idea of the attendance.

If you would like to be considered as a featured poet or musician in upcoming Open Mic Poetry Nites, please indicate so in your email. Include an attachment of the material you would like to present as a featured guest.

ARTWORK by HUGH O'MARA, JIM STARKS, JR., STAN ROSENTHAL, KEVIN T. WILLIAMS, BOB BRIGHT, RUFUS SANDERS AND LILI BERNARD will be on exhibit in the HABLA Underground (the basement gallery of Lili Bernard Art Studio).