Writing

Student Playwriting Competition — Trinity Rep

Trinity Rep’s 12th annual Write Here! Write Now! playwriting competition for New England high school students, grades 9-12, is now accepting submissions. Students are invited to submit an original short play (approx. 6–10 pages) by March 1, 2023. Winners will be announced on April 7. The winners will then develop their plays through a workshop process. On …

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Playwriting Workshop — Ada Books

(2.22) In partnership with the Dramatists Guild, Frequency Writers will present Intro to Playwriting. Noted playwright Caridad Svich will spend the evening with local writers as part of the Dramatists Guild Foundation’s Traveling Masters program. Caridad Svich received the 2012 OBIE for Lifetime Achievement and a 2018 Tanne Foundation Award, as well as the Ellen …

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Writer Alexander Chee At Brown

(10.10) It has come to my attention that Rhode Island author, Alexander Chee, will speak on “The Writer and the Life,” this Wednesday at Brown University. Novelist/essayist/journalist Alexander Chee inaugurates this year’s public lecture series devoted to various forms of nonfiction writing.  Nonfiction!@Brown, organized by the Nonfiction Writing Program in the Department of English, features …

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Know A Writer Who Could Use $25,000?

(8.8) Local writers who dream of having more time to work on their craft have until 11:59pm on Wednesday, August 8, to apply for $25,000 fellowships from the Rhode Island Foundation. The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships give writers in any genre time to concentrate on their creative process, focus on personal or professional …

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‘Frequency Writers’ Open House

(2.5) Head over to 186 Carpenter Street Sunday for a reading and FAQs with Frequency Writers instructors. The Winter/Spring 2017 courses will be taught by Tina Cane, Rosalynde Vas Dias, Chris Kondrich, and S. Tourjee.About the rates: Over the past several years, Frequency has decreased tuition costs to students. You will see that some of our …

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Mark Baumer Remembered At Granoff

(2.4) Last month, writer, librarian, and environmental activist Mark Baumer was struck and killed by an S.U.V. as he walked along the shoulder of a highway in Florida. This was day 100 of his barefoot walk across America, a one-man campaign to raise awareness of climate change and access to clean water. Anna Heyward writes …

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Frequency and Aurora Welcome NecronomiCon

(8.19) Frequency Writers and Aurora present “Hiding Under the Covers” a sort of welcoming party for NecronomiCon Providence. Frequency, a hub for Rhode Island’s writing community, calls all lovers of the bizarre, the spooky, and the unexplained to join them at Aurora Wednesday, August 19th, for a night of fiction and music inspired by all things …

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‘Micro-Memoir’ Writing At Athenaeum

(2.20) For the fifth year, Not About The Buildings is pleased to present micro-memoir!, a chance for writers of all ages and experience to write, edit, and read their life stories in just under two hours. Tell your story and learn about the lives of other memoirists in the room. Participants will write and read …

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‘Feed The Writers’ Festival At AS220

(10.20) Frequency Writers is holding its first literary festival, “Feed the Writers,” this Sunday at AS220. How do you feed the aspiring poets, novelists, and scribblers of southeastern New England? By supporting Frequency Writers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to offering affordable, creative writing workshops, and sponsoring readings, talks, and other free events that give local …

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