The Grapevine - UBC Creative Writing News

I am writing on behalf of the Creative Writing Programme Director, School of English, Drama and Film, University College Dublin  to invite students to submit their work to our once-off flash fiction contest sponsored by the Dublin Review of Books. Final decisions will be made by authors James Ryan, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and an editor from the drb.     With a fee of only 10 euro, the ease of electronic submissions will aid students submitting their flash fiction pieces by 1 June. In addition to a 1,000 euro grand prize, publication of the top three entries in the prestigious Dublin Review of Books will undoubtedly add to the budding portfolios of the winning writers. Not only will this prize help to advance the recognition of programmes of winning students, it will also bring international recognition to young writing.     An entry form, with the contest rules and guidelines can be found at http://www.drb.ie/competition.aspx Please contact me at James.Stafford.1@ucdconnect.ie if you have any concerns not covered by the guidelines
Thank you for your time and consideration- I look forward to hearing from you.
James Stafford    
http://www.ucd.ie
http://www.drb.ie

Foul-tempered dismissal, snub, last-minute confession…
Give short schrift to any topic. Maximum 500 words.
Fiction or non-fiction, your choice. Extra points for attitude!
$25 per entry
Pay via Paypal online at www.vancouverreview.com (under Subscribe) or by cheque
sent to Vancouver Review, 2828 West 13th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6K 2T7
Email your entry to info@vancouverreview.com by midnight, June 30, 2010, along with a mailing address
Enter as often as you like
Each entry automatically includes a one-year subscription to VR
Entries will be judged by VR editors
No previously published work, please
And best of all…
The winner gets $250 plus publication in the Fall 2010 issue of VR

The Minotaur Dreams: The Downtown Eastside Labyrinth Project

A new telling of an ancient tale, with and for the Downtown Eastside with puppets, masks, promenade theatre, storytelling…
 
Event Details:
Saturday May 8 at 8 PM
Sunday May 9 at 2 PM and 8 PM
Russian Hall 600 Campbell Ave, Vancouver
by donation ~$10

XS-NRG Documentary Screening
Four ultra-marathon runners attempt to conquer the 180 km Sunshine Coast Trail, non-stop. Produced by Creative Writing MFA Shay Wilson.
 
Event Details:
Vancouver Screening: Saturday May 1, 6:00 pm to 7:00pm, with Q&A to follow and prizes to be won!
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Auditorium, 1100 Chestnut Street.
Tickets $15 in advance from www.xsnrg.tv. They will also be available at the door, but we recommend advance purchase to avoid disappointment!

For more info email shayjwilson@gmail.com

Fraser Bear tells the story of the first two years in the life of a bear cub living at the foot of Mount Robson,
the tallest of the Rockies, and the story of the chinook salmon who spawn there, in the headwaters of the Fraser
River. It is illustrated by Renne Benoit, who also illustrated Tale of a Great White Fish: a Sturgeon Story.

Come to the book launch on Thursday, May 6 at 7pm at Kidsbooks, 3083 West Broadway,
It will be mostly a mingling kind of event, with food and drink and just a few words
from the author. A celebration!

Celebrate the launch of THE MAQUINNA LINE: A Family Saga
the lost novel of Norma Macmillan

Event Details:
Tuesday, April 27 at 7 PM
The Railway Club
579 Dunsmuir Street
Vancouver, BC
All are welcome

Come to the intimate living room at Historic Joy Kogawa House for a fascinating series of salon gatherings with writers who call for social change through their literature.

Anosh Irani Sunday May 2, 3:30 pm

Stephen Galloway Monday May 17, 7:30 pm

Karen Connelly Monday June 21, 7:30 pm

Nancy Lee, Monday June 28, 7:30 pm

Joy Kogawa House is located at 1450 West 64th Avenue (2 blocks east of Granville).
http://www.kogawahouse.com/

RED ZONE Book Launch Party
Saturday, May 8, 8:00 pm at W2, 151 Cordova Street, Vancouver
Free. All welcome

Join Kim Goldberg for the Vancouver launch of her latest book, RED
ZONE - an illustrated poem-diary of Nanaimo’s homeless population. Kim
spent three years wandering Nanaimo’s back alleys, underpasses, squats
and homeless camps to create this book, which is now being taught as Read the rest of this entry »

Readings by Camille T. Dungy, Marguerite Pigeon, Ray Hsu, Mary Cornish and David Zieroth.

Event Details:

May 4, 2010, 7-9 PM

W2 Storyeum, 151 W Cordova, Vancouver

The three young finalists are in the running for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, which celebrates up-and-coming authors under the age of 35. The prize alternates each year between short fiction and poetry.

Claire Tacon, a 30-year-old from Guelph, Ont., for Dumb Dog, which the jury called “a finely honed examination of a man avoiding his own emotional interior while helping others remove the toxins hidden in their houses.”

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/04/21/prize-bronwen-wallace-finalists.html#ixzz0lrFUFw4t

Poetry reading Lorri Neilsen Glenn
 
Event Details:
Tuesday April 27 7:30 pm at 9:00 pm
Peter Kaye Room, Lower Level
Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.
Admission is free. Seating is limited.
www.brickbooks.ca
there will be door prizes

Eve Lazarus and Claudia Cornwall reading in North Van April 21
 
Event Details:
April 21, 7PM
Lynn Valley Library
1277 Lynn Valley Rd.
North Vancouver, BC
604-984-0286
free

The On Edge readings series presents: Sina Queyras

Event Details:
7 pm, Tuesday, April 27
Room NB 245
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 1399 Johnston St.
Granville Island, Vancouver/Coast Salish Territories
free

Writing With Style (Fall)
Program dates: September 13 - September 18, 2010
Application deadline: May 14, 2010
The Banff Centre’s most accessible writing program. Whether you have attended many writing workshops or this is your first, this week-long workshop will be an intense and transformative experience. You will encounter new ideas and gain confidence in your own voice, while shaping work-in-progress under the guidance of an experienced writer and editor.  More
Wired Writing Studio
Program dates: October 4 - 16, 2010 (2 week on-site residency in Banff)
November 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011 (20-week online residency)
Application deadline: June 20, 2010
A unique opportunity for poets and writers of narrative prose to pursue their artistic visions and develop their own voices through one-on-one editorial assistance from an experienced writer/editor, as well as through involvement in a community of working writers, both on-site and online. 
 
Summer and Fall Self-directed Writing Residencies
Extend your stay after your program and continue your work with a Self-directed Writing Residency. Here you’ll find the time, space, and facilities for research, editing, and manuscript development. During your self-directed residency, you’ll be free of distractions and structure your own time. It’s a perfect way to gain creative focus. Applications ongoing.
For more Information please contact:
1-403-762-6180
arts_info@banffcentre.ca
www.banffcentre.ca/writing/

Phoebe is proud and excited to announce we are now accepting submissions of creative nonfiction.
 
At this time we are accepting regular submissions between 500 and 2,000 words in length for publication on our website. (For more, check out Phoebe online or write to PhoebeNonfiction@gmail.com.)
In addition, Phoebe is especially excited to announce Shauna Cross as the judge for our first-ever nonfiction contest. Cross is a screenwriter and author, popular with critics and readers alike. Her own experiences in the world of roller derby sport inspired the novel Derby Girl. She later turned the novel into a screenplay for the movie Whip It! (directed by Drew Barrymore and starring Ellen Page). Cross is currently working on several screenplays for upcoming films.
$250 Grand Prize and Publication
 
~ Runners Up Published Online ~
 
Entries should should be postmarked by September 1, 2010, and must Read the rest of this entry »