Tuesday, March 31, 2009

A Few Important things

Origins/Intentions, our March/April publication is out! Be sure to pick up a copy. They can be found in most general school locations by lunch time tomorrow. It is bright orange, can't miss it. A big thanks to Caitlin Schriner for the wonderful cover art and help with distribution.

Jeni Crone is representing SAIC at The Columbia College Chicago Citywide Undergraduate Poetry Festival, THIS THURSDAY, April 2nd @ 5:30. If you are available come check it out! More info can be found here:
http://theloop.colum.edu/s/644/studntWide.aspx?sid=644&gid=24&pgid=252&cid=6019&ecid=6019&ciid=21278&crid=0


IMPORTANT:

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
the deadline for the May publication will be MONDAY, APRIL 20th. The Theme is "Eventually."

There are only two more meetings left this semester: Tuesday, April 7th and Thursday, April 23rd.
We WILL be planning a reading to take place before the end of the semester.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

March Deadline Change

***The deadline for the March publication will be Friday, March 20th***


The Creative Writing Guild is accepting submissions for its March Publication. This issue will feature two themes: "Origins" and "Intentions" (see posts below).

5 page limit.

DEADLINE: Friday, March 20th

Submit writing to jcrone@saic.edu

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

March

The Guild is currently accepting submissions for its March publication, "Intentions."

in·ten·tion (n-tnshn)
n.
1. A course of action that one intends to follow.
2.
a. An aim that guides action; an objective.
b. intentions Purpose with respect to marriage: honorable intentions.
3. Medicine The process by which or the manner in which a wound heals.
4. Archaic Import; meaning.


The March issue will be a double issue including submissions for the February publication, "Origins." Pieces with that theme will also be accepted.

ORIGINS and INTENTIONS

SUBMIT NOW

DEADLINE: Monday, March 16th

jcrone@saic.edu

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We are hoping to plan some readings for this semester. Keep posted for more info.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

DEADLINE EXTENDED

The deadline for the February...February/March? Publication, "Origins" has been extended to Friday, February 27th.

Send writing to jcrone@saic.edu

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Update, February 19th

A few things:

1) The deadline for the February publication, "Origins" is TOMORROW.
More information can be found on the blog CWGsaic.blogspot.com

2) The next meeting is next week, Thursday February 26th.

3) A Performance by our Guild Sponsor Sherry Antonini.

MOTEL
(Low rent, shag-carpeted tales shaped into spoken word, soundscape and song)
New work written and performed by Sherry Antonini and Basil Abbott
Saturday, Feb. 21
9:30 pm
Viaduct Theatre
3111 North Western Avenue
Chicago

$15 or pay what you can
The evening also features performances by BFAW/MFAW instructors Jenny Magnus and Ruth Margraff.
As part of Rhinoceros Theater Festival 2009, produced and curated by
Curious Theatre Branch.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Spring Schedule/February Publication Deadline

Dear Guild People,
I figured I should send out word that we will have a meeting next week. The following is the Spring 2009 Schedule. As always, meetings are held at 4:30 in room 1302 of MacLean.

February Tu 10, Th 26
March Tu 3, Th 26
April Tu 7, Th 23

I should have fliers up by Friday or over the weekend.

*FEBRUARY PUBLICATION

This months theme is "Origins"
1. The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived.
2. Ancestry: "We cannot escape our origins, however hard we try" (James Baldwin).
3. The fact of originating; rise or derivation: The rumor had its origin in an impulsive remark.
4. Anatomy The point of attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during contraction.
5. Mathematics The point of intersection of coordinate axes, as in the Cartesian coordinate system.

DEADLINE Friday, February 20th. *5 page limit, if you wish to submit a longer piece an excerpt may be chosen.
Submit pieces to jcrone@saic.edu

*The goal is to get out 3 publications this semester at the end of February, March and April. We will be continuing with the one word themes. I'm working on getting more funding for this. Feel free to send ideas for potential themes. Another goal is to have a reading or two.

Another Important Thing: I've heard a couple clusters of people talking about trying to get together some serious, structured writing workshops for short fiction. If you are interested let me know. I would love to point you in the direction of these people. If you want a poetry workshop I can point you towards people. Always remember that the mission of the CWG is to support, promote and involve writers at SAIC. If you want to see something done with writing, let me know, I would love nothing more than to try to make it happen.

Hope to see you all next Tuesday!

Jeni

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Spring 2009!

It is time to get things going with the Creative Writing Guild for 2009! I hope everyone had a great winter break, and maybe even did some writing. I hope to begin meetings in February, meeting on a Tuesday and Thursday schedule again which I hope to get written out and set up soon. In the next two weeks I hope to have the schedule out, flyers around school and information about the next publication. Due to the success of the first two publications I will be asking student association for more funding and hopefully BFAW as well.

Two things to check out:

1) In Preparation, a zine currently edited by BFAW student Alyssa Martinez. The deadline for the February issue is this Friday, January 30th. Submit stuff!!! more info can be found here:
http://inpreparationzine.blogspot.com/

2) The 2009 AWP Conference and Book Fair in Chicago February 11-14, Passes to the events can be bought on-site for a student price of $45
information can be found here: http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2009awpconf.php

CONTACT INFORMATION

CWG@saic.edu