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srcnyc's blogCheck It Out: Association of Poetry PodcastingGreat resource for getting your work out there. If you do a regular podcast, you can join the network, or contact the podcasters and ask them to feature your work! They also have a website banner exchange. http://poetrypodcasting.org/ Women of the Spoken-Word Featured at workwacky.comWorkWacky.com, "The Virtual Work-Break Lounge," regularly features poetry on its site dedicated to reducing work-related stress. Currently featured are: Narubi Selah, Akua Doku, LadySpeaks, Rachel Abrams, Chanta and J Simone. If you would like to submit your poetry to be featured on WorkyWacky.com, fill out this form: http://www.workwacky.com/contact.asp and tell them Letsdoitontheroad.com sent you. Call for Performers: Rockin' the Mic Against Rape -- NYCROCKIN' THE MIC AGAINST RAPE is a cultural event organized by the anti-rape activists of NOT IN OUR CITY, a grassroots project of The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. This September, ROCKIN' THE MIC AGAINST RAPE will be held at the Bowery Poetry Club where spoken word artists and poets will inspire New Yorkers to join the movement to end sexual violence. NOT IN OUR CITY is calling out for spoken word artists and poets of all ages/experience levels to ROCK the MIC AGAINST RAPE! We are looking for Poetry & Spoken Word about anything from survivor stories to visions of a world without sexual violence and anything else we haven't thought of yet ... Call For Submissions: Imagining OurselvesCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The International Museum of Women invites you to be a part of Imagining Ourselves, an online global exhibit featuring art, photographs, essays and film by young women in their 20s and 30s answering the question, "What defines your generation?" If you have a story to tell, images to share, a voice that wants to be heard, we welcome your submission. We are accepting film, audio, images and text on issues such as War and Dialogue, Young Men, Motherhood, Image and Identity and for an Online Film Festival. Get to know our exhibit by going to www.imow.org and clicking on the Imagining Ourselves exhibit. August 2006 Issue of Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic Arts Now AvailableThe August 2006 issue of Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic This online poetry journal has been around since 1993, and is well worth reading. Original Monologues Wanted -- Los Angeles3 to 5 minutes. There is a $100 prize for the best written monologue under 5 minutes. Writer retains all rights. Monologue Auditions are on SAT 5th Aug. 2006..........9am to 1pm. Please phone for audition appointment. 323 850 6271. First Stage Thanks for your time. Original monologues will compete Weds. in Aug. @ FirstStage Pleiades Theatre / Stars of the Future New Play ProjectA staged reading series of works on women-oriented themes: issues of importance to women; celebrating the fullness of women’s experiences in a contemporary or historical context; honoring women of past generations; reaching out to young women of the next generation(s). Preference given to women playwrights with a Kentucky connection, though all scripts considered. Script submitted during 1st quarter of the year would be read during second quarter, for consideration for the third quarter staged reading, etc. Script may be selected for future mainstage production. NO FEE. Stars of the Future New Play Project Coordinator, The Pleiades Theatre Company, P.O. The Field Artist Residencies -- NYCGranting free workspace to New York City artists working in dance, theatre, music, literature, performance art, and various types of multidisciplinary art. Residents receive 4 months of rehearsal space (at The FAR Space, 521 W. 26th St. and 10th Ave.) for up to 6 hours per week and participate in Fieldwork, The Field’s work-in-progress forums. Studio space is approximately 40’ x 26’. NOTE: Grantees chosen by lottery. Those selected receive phone call on August 8 and must reply with confirmation of acceptance within 24 hours or lose slot. Also, grantees must attend one orientation meeting, either August 15 or August 22, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Detour 2006 Call for Submissions -- Newark, NJ, Deadline Sept. 1DETOUR 2006 NO HIDDEN AGENDA This sign is used at the beginning of an alternate route that has been established because a road has been closed. Because art has never been about compromising. The type of work we are looking for is that of mutual Publish and Perform or Perish! Poetry Classes in NYCPOETRY CLASS WITH THREE GUARANTEED PUBLISH & PERFORM OR PERISH! CONDUCTED BY LARISSA SHMAILO AND CHOCOLATE WATERS RAISE YOUR SKILLS, RAISE YOUR POETRY PROFILE, RAISE THE ROOF! THIS NEW COURSE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO TRANSFORM YOURSELF FROM A POETIC WALLFLOWER TO A WALL OF FIRE. THERE WILL BE FIVE SESSIONS: SATURDAY CLASSES FROM 2-4 P.M. PLUS THREE CLASS PERFORMANCES AT THE BACK FENCE, THE CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ, AND THE TRIBES GALLERY. IN CLASS, WE WILL EDIT AND CAREFULLY CRITIQUE WORK AND WE WILL SUGGEST MARKETING, PUBLISHING, AND PERFORMING OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO TEACH YOU HOW TO PLEASE A CROWD. |
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