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News : Archive 2021-01
Texas Storytelling Festival- March 11-14, 2021
36th Annual City of Denton Texas Storytelling Festival
Online! March 11-14, 2021
Everyone loves a story! Stories connect us to ourselves and others.
The good news? You can join us from anywhere in the world.
For more Festival information and registration: https://tejasstorytelling.com/festival/
A new online storytelling circle- The Storytelling Cafe
A new monthly story exchange by The Storytelling Cafe
About this Event
A monthly virtual café open to oral storytellers who want to meet, explore the world of stories & connect with the storytelling community.
Learn more and register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.at/e/storytellers-exchange-tickets-136952872729
Caribbean Folklore Storytime is back on January 24
Caribbean Folklore Storytime is back on January 24
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Kalamazoo Valley Museum Virtual Storytelling Festival: February 6
Kalamazoo Valley Museum Storytelling Festival is going virtual! This year's theme is "Raising a Generation that Changes the World"
February 6, 2021, 1-6pm EST - free admission
Learn more at www.kvmstorytelling.org
Writers Union of Canada: Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers
The Writers Union of Canada has a Short Prose competition for Emerging Writers
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It's a new year and a new time for writing. Consider submitting to The Writers' Union of Canada's Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers. Unpublished works of fiction and nonfiction up to 2,500 words in English are eligible, and writers may submit multiple entries. A $2,500 prize will be awarded to the winner, and the entries of the winner and finalists will be submitted to three Canadian magazines for consideration. The deadline for entries is February 12, 2021.
Hot Docs Podcast Festival
Hot Docs Podcast Festival is now online! Some of the best audio storytelling around will be showcased January 27-29, 2021.
Join us in celebrating the power of audio storytelling to move, delight and keep us connected in our new socially-distanced reality. Go behind the scenes of your favourite shows, get exclusive creative insight, and be transported by the power of a good story.
Online Concert in support of StorySave- Join us for an afternoon of tales told by Caribbean and African Tellers
Stories from the Motherland & Many Lands: Tales told by Caribbean and African Tellers
This show is mostly in English with short pieces in French
Sunday January 31, 2021 | 4pm EST
Click here to register for the concert!
The event will be hosted on Zoom.
Having trouble registering? Email admin@storytellers-conteurs.ca
This is a free online concert with donations supporting the 2021 StorySave Rita Cox Project.
Donations can be made through CanadaHelps.org, or by contacting admin@storytellers-conteurs.ca.
Concert artists are Anthony Audain, Bernadette Dyer, Comfort Ero, Djennie Laguerre, Gail Miller, Kesha Christie, Natasha Charles, Rita Cox. Itah Sadu will be hosting.