Syllable is a monthly themed reading series for writers to showcase their work. This goes for all kinds of writers. The unintended theme for tonight is non-fiction, though many other types are welcome such as works of fiction and short story, poetry, scripts, essays, songs...really anything you can create and read in 10 minutes or less. I had the opportunity to speak with Julia Pistell, the founder of Syllable, and she tries to leave the idea of work that is submitted open-ended. She reviews the submissions beforehand in order to facilitate the flow of the evening and the variety of submissions, so it's not a completely "open-mic." But from what I understand, people's work varies from month to month. I'm interested in seeing what people will write when given only a one word idea. Did I mention that I'm a Syllable virgin myself?
If you're shaking your fist at me because I didn't tell you about this in enough time, I apologize, seriously. That was my bad. But there are already dates and themes posted for the next two months: April 18th's theme is Light and May 16th's theme is Labor. Get your creative juices flowing and submit something for next month! Hope to see you out tonight!
Syllable: A Reading Series
Upcoming Events:
4/18: Light
5/16: Labor
7:00-8:30 PM
La Paloma Sabanera, Hartford
$5 Suggested Donation
Email your submissions to syllableseries@gmail.com
That piece you read? That rocked. If you are ever like "what should I blog about that's not really something to do, but still cool?" here's what: record audio of you reading the item about luck and then post it here.
ReplyDeleteThanks! *blushes* I've been a little nervous about reading in public again, but I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed it!
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