Come see Writer Monkeys Again this Saturday!

LAwritersgroup.com and van Straaten Entertainment, inc. present:

WRITER MONKEYS! - A literary improv show.

Time:
Saturday, October 23rd · 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:
bang. studio
457 N. Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA

A new theater experiment where writers create new pieces based on your suggestions, then read them -- live on stage!

This week's lineup of writers:
*J. Keith van Straaten (www.jkeith.net)
Plus two more writers TBA!

Does this mean you will be watching people write? Yes!

However, while they are doing so, you will be entertained by a different live musician each week.

This week: singer/songwriter TBA!

Come feel the literary thunder!

Ticket Price: $10

Created by J. Keith van Straaten and Nicole Criona

Come see Writer Monkeys this Saturday!

LAwritersgroup.com and van Straaten Entertainment, inc. present:

WRITER MONKEYS! - A literary improv show.

Time:
Saturday, October 16 · 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:
bang. studio
457 N. Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA

A new theater experiment where writers create new pieces based on your suggestions, then read them -- live on stage!

This week's lineup of writers:
*J. Keith van Straaten (www.jkeith.net)
*Nicole Criona (www.lawritersgroup.com)
*Bart Gold (www.bartgold.com)
*Christian Elder (christianelder.yolasite.com)

Does this mean you will be watching people write? Yes!

However, while they are doing so, you will be entertained by a different live musician each week.

This week: singer/songwriter Jason Luckett (http://www.jasonluckett.com/).

Come feel the literary thunder!

Ticket Price: $10

Created by J. Keith van Straaten and Nicole Criona

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.