The Santa Fe Literary Review is calling for submissions to their publication. The submissions period opens June 1, 2022 and closes November 1, 2022. This year’s suggested SFLR theme is “Myth: Invention, Legend, and Lore.” SFLR accept submissions of poetry, dramatic writing, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art. SFLR responds to all submitters by December 15. If you haven’t heard word by then, feel free to email sflr(at)sfcc.edu.

For details, go to:

The Santa Fe Literary Review

www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-literary-review/

Sponsored by the Santa Fe Community College.

 

Award-winning literary performance series Stories on Stage Sacramento will host authors Sands Hall and Annabelle Gurwitch on May 27 at 7 p.m. at the CLARA Auditorium, 1425 24th St, Sacramento, CA 95816.

The Program will feature Sands Hall’s recent essay “The Ways of Fiction Are Devious Indeed” (Alta Journal, Spring 2022) that explored allegations that author Wallace Stegner plagiarized parts of his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Angle of Repose”, lifting passages from Mary Hallock Foote’s autobiographical “A Victorian Gentlewoman in the Far West.” Local actor Kelley Ogden will perform Hall’s essay.

Sands Hall’s Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology was named one of the top ten books in religion and spirituality by Publishers Weekly and was a Finalist for the Northern California Book Awards in Creative Nonfiction. 

“In a Muted Zoom Room No-One Can Hear You Scream”, the essay that will be performed by Kelley Ogden on May 27, about writing with others through the pandemic, is from Gurwitch’s new collection YOU’RE LEAVING WHEN? Adventures in Downward Mobility, a 2021 New York Times Favorite Book about Healthy Living and a Good Morning America must read.

Annabelle Gurwitch is an actress, activist, and author of five books including the New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize finalist for I See You Made an Effort. 

The evening will include an intimate Q&A with the authors following the performance. Wine and nonalcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. Proceeds from the event help pay the authors and actors. Stories on Stage Sacramento events take place the fourth Friday of every month at 7 p.m. at the CLARA Auditorium at the E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts at ​1425 24th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816.

Stories on Stage Sacramento has joined dozens of other local arts organizations in complying with the CDC’s mega-event protocols for COVID-19. Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test in the last 72 hours is required. Masks are required at all times. Seating will be socially distanced to keep our audience as safe as possible as we gather for this lively event.

For more information, visit www.storiesonstagesacramento.org and find us on Facebook and Instagram.

 

 

Register for SFWC July 21-24, 2022

Conference Updates

July is just around the corner! We’re excited to finally see you in person again. We’ve been busy getting all the details for the conference together, so that you can make the most out of your time with us.

And now the moment you’ve been waiting for! Click here for the current draft of the 2022 San Francisco Writers Conference schedule. Some items may shift over the next few weeks as we finalize sessions with our speakers, so keep an eye out for more updates. But it’s time to get your planners out and start mapping out which sessions you want to attend and when they are, so you don’t miss a thing. And good news for any of you who find there are two sessions you REALLY want to attend, but they’re scheduled at the same time. This year’s conference registration covers a year of free access to video recordings of all our sessions! So you don’t have to worry about missing out on interesting or useful information. Finally, don’t forget to book your room at the Hyatt soon! The hotel is filling up fast and you want to make sure you don’t miss out on all this awesome programming coming your way.

C.S. (Suzanne) Lakin is offering 8 Weeks to a Successful Novel as a “go at your own pace” course, so anyone can enroll and start learning at their convenience. All of her courses are lifetime access. Full cost is $149, but if people sign up before the end of May with coupon EARLYBIRD they get 50% off. https://cslakin.teachable.com/p/8-weeks-to-a-successful-novel/

Elk Grove Writers presents Summer Academy, June 25, 2022.  Dr. Lally Pia promises her participants an “Interactive Experience” with her upcoming presentation on, “Seeing Through Your Character’s Eyes.”  Imagine how that could improve your scene description and dialog.