Summer WIP, II

I decree it to be time for a new post to work out scheduling for said summer meeting.

To wit:

• Kat has a standing Wednesday conflict
• I am happy to host
• Although I too have a conflict this Wednesday (that's the 23rd for the calendary types)
• And I'm not available Thursday nights either
  

I'd be up for something any day of next week that isn't Wednesday or Thursday though. ;)

Comment at your leisure. What day is good? What time is good? Who's here anyway? I assume we all have a similar 9ish-5ish work schedule? Would 7 be a good meeting time?

Summer WIP

Since a few of us will be in Chicago this summer, I thought it might be fun to hold a few meetings or just hang out and talk about writing. If you're down for that, let me know. The first meet-up probably wouldn't be until July. And just so you know, all of you will have to listen to me agonize over my B.A. at least twenty times. Hope that's okay with you.

Printers Row Book Fair -- this weekend

If you're interested in publishing, be sure to check out the Printers Row Book Fair, in the South Loop, this Saturday and Sunday. Publishers from across the Midwest will be there.

An alum hinted that this was a good chance to put resumes in the hands of your dream employers, especially smaller local presses, so keep that in mind, too! And watch your e-mail: if enough people are interested, a few of us could meet up at the fair and see what we can find.

RHINO poetry

A friend of mine works on RHINO, a poetry magazine based in Evanston, IL. They're reading submissions now through October for the '09 issue. They're looking for poems, short-shorts/flash fiction, and translations. They also have a new contest with a $10 entry fee and $300 prize.

If you guys write any of the media they accept, definitely check them out, for copies of past issues and for a shot at publication. Ain't nothing like supporting a hometown magazine before you really get famous.

www.rhinopoetry.org

BA reading tonight

There's a reading of ENGL and CRWR BAs tonight! For all those of you interested in writing BAs next year, or if you're interested in writing longer projects in general, I strongly recommend that you stop by, at least for a while.

The details of the reading are as follows:

BA Reading
4:30-7:30
Ida Noyes Hall, Third Floor Theatre

Contact Amy Schulz (aschulz@uchicago.edu) with any questions.

Baring It All

Come share your creative writing work at a year-end reading next Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. in Hallowed Grounds. All work is welcome, including poetry, short stories, segments of longer fiction, plays, screenplays, and mixed media.

Co-sponsored by ENGL, SGFC, and Sliced Bread, the event will also feature campus music: Saturday Realism, and Claudie and Miles.

Uh, and there's going to be amazing catering from Fox & Obel. So you should go. Seriously, what could be better than listening to awesome writing by your peers (which you may have helped to critique), hearing great music, and noshing on upscale pastry? Come on now.

Make sure to bring friends, since a strong showing will indicate support for the creative writing community here, with which everyone is dissatisfied. Please also sign up to read as soon as possible, and if you can, include a short description of your piece, so that we can group pieces by theme.

Finally, what's the prevailing opinion on concluding the reading with an open mic?

Event details here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=41168560206

Thanks

A huge thank-you to everyone who came and helped out last night. We had a great turnout, and lots of good questions. Let's do more of these!

Stay tuned for details about next week's meeting.