Writing Magazine

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Writing Knights is a zany US small press publishing chapbooks, particularly of poetry, which is now expanding to prose, fiction, nonfiction and/or visual art. Chapbooks may be any combination of forms, 24-50 pages; a full-length work is 100 plus page

Writing Magazine

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Muswell Press is inviting submissions for an anthology of Queer writing, Queer Life, Queer Love. The Queer Life, Queer Love anthology will be dedicated to the memory of Lucy-Jack Reynolds, the trans daughter of Muswell Press publisher Sarah Beal. Luc

The Paris Review

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In our eight-part series Life Sentence, the literary critic Jeff Dolven takes apart and puts back together one beloved or bedeviling sentence each week. Artist Tom Toro illustrates each sentence Dolven chooses. © Tom Toro Americans are particularly b

NPR

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Hear three mini-profiles of musicians and filmmakers whose art captures Latinx culture and identity — in three very different ways.

BBC History Magazine

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The early works of a pioneering Chinese photographer have gone on public display for the first time. The Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, New York, is exhibiting nearly 50 photographs by Lai Fong (c1839–90), who founded one of t

Prog

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If you were out on the wiley, windy moors of Bodmin last July you might have spotted Ms Amy Birks. She was the one in the Victorian period dress – made by her seamstress mum – singing and dancing as she filmed the video for Jamaica Inn. The dramatic

Guitar Techniques

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The strap line of the Musicians’ Union logo proudly proclaims ‘Keep Music Live’? However, I might suggest that you have not experienced the oxymoronically rich phrase, ‘Light Entertainment’. On a good day, it’s a painless way to earn a living, after

Writing Magazine

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The theme for this year’s Elmbridge Literary Competition 2020/21 is ‘music’ The winning entries will be published as a chapbook by publishers Sampson Low, who are running the competition in partnership with the RC Sherriff Trust. The competition invi

Femina

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Katrina Sadomovska and Zenia Marenych founded Charizma Entertainment in 2007. The Goa-based company manages a international artistes to create unique experiences for clients across the globe. What type of events do you organise? Charizma Entertain

The Guardian

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In one of his more prescient observations, made nine years before his death in exile and disgrace, Oscar Wilde noted: “Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.” Fortunately for Wilde’s smoke-wreathe

Writing Magazine

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The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize 2021 is open for entries. Win a first prize of €1,500 and a writing residency in the international contest. The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize is for original, unpublished short fiction up to 2,0

Scootering

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It really is a strange old world we live in. If we go back in time only a few months I certainly couldn’t have predicted what has happened since then – and because I’m writing these words in advance, the situation may well have changed completely aga

Writer's Digest

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2020 SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS CONFERENCE, February 13–16 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. This "Celebration of Craft, Commerce and Community" is where writers come to meet major names in publishing. The presenters list includes Walter Mosley, Jonatha

Writing Magazine

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The W&A Working Class Writers’ Prize is open for entries. Lisa McInerney, this year’s judge, will mentor the winning writer for a year. Writers & Artists welcome submissions of unpublished work by writers who identify as working class who do not have

TV Soap

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A compassionate transgendered woman, she protects her girls and in return deducts dancing fees from their income. Deeply rooted to the club, stripping is entrenched in her soul. The former proprietress of the strip joint, she’s Uncle Clifford’s gr

Dance Australia

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INDEPENDENT choreographer Rachel Arianne Ogle is presenting consecutive seasons in Perth this June, with a remount of her 2014 work precipice, followed by its sequel i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night, which had its debut at

Writing Magazine

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The Polari Prize book awards for LGBTQI+ writers is inviting submissions for the Polari Prize (£2,000) and the Polari First Book Prize for debut authors (£1,000). Books must have been published in the twelve months up to 1 February 2021. The closing

Denver Life Magazine

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The Colorado Music Festival and the Center for Musical Arts strive to advance the experiences of musicians and their knowledge through performance and education with the Festival Fellows Program. This year, eight aspiring professional musicians were

Writing Magazine

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Lume Books is an independent publisher based in London, seeking to publish stories that illuminate new thoughts and ideas. Their name reflects the brightness they try to bring to the publishing world (Lume is Latin for light), being symbolic of chang

BBC Music Magazine

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Do other listeners share the experience of being completely baffled by a piece of music at first hearing, wondering if they could ever follow it, let alone like it, then after an interval hearing it again and finding it made sense and spoke to them?

Hong Kong Tatler

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Learnmore through 10 feature films and documentaries, including the likes of Mario Botta: The Space Beyond, a look at the work of the famous Swiss architect, and La Sapienza, a movie about an ageing architect trying to reignite his passion for design

Audio Technology

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APRA AMCOS’s SongHubs is a global program. As well as Australia’s capital cities, invitees can find themselves flying across oceans to hubs like LA, Nashville and London, or India, Toronto, and the latest addition, Brazil. Milly Petriella, APRA AMCOS

Classic Rock

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Fast-rising Mongolian sensations are sensational. Last summer The Hu sold out Camden Underworld. Tonight they’re round the corner at a venue three times the size and it’s equally full – just like every other date on their European tour. They’ve gone

Woman & Home

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Who knew master impressionist Rob Brydon could sing! The Gavin and Stacey star is touring a new show with songs from Sondheim to Paul Simon and almost everything in-between. Charming and entertaining, he’ll also delight audiences with a cast of famou

NPR

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This week, our favorite entries bring you raucous guitars, resilience, contemplation and lots of houseplants. There's still time to enter; send us your video by April 27.

Writing Magazine

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Sundress Publications is a non-profit literary press collective run by volunteers. They publish chapbooks and full-length works in both print and digital formats, as well as a variety of online journals. Their mission is ‘to champion great work – esp

BBC Music Magazine

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11 …letters fewer. With a new name to be announced in the near future, the ‘Colston Hall’ sign has been removed from the Bristol concert venue, currently undergoing rebuilding work. 24 …years old. That’s the age of Klaus Mäkelä, named as the new mus

Writing Magazine

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Avon has teamed up with the Mushens Entertainment agency for the Avon x Mushens Entertainment Prize to find a new commercial fiction writer of colour. The winning writer will receive a two-book contract with a £10,000 advance with the Harper Collins

Writing Magazine

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Win £1,000 and agent introduction in the the BPA First Novel Award 2021 for unpublished novelists To enter the annual competition from the Bluepencilagency, writers must be unpublished and unrepresented. The winner will receive £1,000 and the runner

North & South

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Street artists from all over the country will descend on Taupō over Labour Weekend to make a splash on the town’s blank walls at the Graffiato Taupō Street Art Festival . Follow the walking-tour map to view more than 80 different murals that redefine