CREATIVE WRITING
at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco
Welcome! CW develops the art and craft of creative writing through instruction, collaboration, and respect. This blog showcases STUDENT WRITING and how to APPLY to Creative Writing.
Author: SOTA Creative Writing
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DAVE EGGERS Booksigning at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza San Francisco Events Start: 07/17/2012 12:00 pm Bestselling author, DAVE EGGERS will sign his latest novel, Hologram for the King, one man’s fight to hold himself and his splintering family together in the face of the global economy’s gale-force winds. 15% of the sale of each…
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The Poets & Writers website offers a useful repository of information for, well, poets and writers. There are several “legitimate” writing competitions that have some fast-approaching July deadlines, so take a look and see if any are write for you. http://www.pw.org
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Have any of you experienced Streetopia SF? I’ve been out-of-the-loop as I just heard about this collection of art events on the radio yesterday. Streetopia SF involves street art, multi-media performances, poetry and the like. Tonight’s show includes local band Ruby Howl. Christine Shields and The Sea S w/ Ruby Howl 7: 30 PM @ Luggage…
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reposted from Craigslist: Saturday, June 23, is an afternoon poetry read in Bernal Heights. Red Hill Jumps! is an occasional spoken word gathering sponsored by The Commons SF. This time around we’re featuring Bernal resident poets. Open mic, $1 a poem. That is, poets are paid $1 a poem. Must live between Bayshore and Mission,…
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Led by Maia Ipp, CW Artist-in-Residence July 10—July 26 (3 weeks) Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 11 am—3 pm Class held at Maia’s apartment in North Beach and in locations around the city This summer workshop is an opportunity to exercise and deepen your writing practice over the summer in a more experimental and less formal…
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Media Night An array of short films designed to inspire, challenge, tickle the senses, and–in some cases–expunge the inner demon. Friday, May 11, Screening 7:30 pm (Doors open at 7) Saturday, May 12 SPOTLIGHT EVENT Book Signing 6 pm, Guest Artists Conversation 6:30, Screening 7:30 Friday Adults $15 Students/Seniors $10 Saturday Adults $20 Students/Seniors $10 Dan Kryston…
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“Young at Art” (the annual San Franciscan competition, where local youth can champion their art) has rolled around once more, and the results are in! No surprise, our department is heavy on the victories across the category board: Playwriting, Poetry, Short Story, and Non-fiction. DRAMATIC SCRIPT 1st Place Michelle Ang, Ruth Asawa School of the…
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Reading alert! The lovely Sayre Quevedo, who graduated from the Creative Writing department last year, is going to be featured at the Bitchez Brew reading series once again. He, along with several other talented writers, will be reading at the Awaken Cafe in Downtown Oakland on May 12th at 7:30 pm. Come and have an…
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“… the Oakland Public Library and San Francisco Public Library, in partnership with Youth Speaks (the country’s leading nonprofit presenter of spoken word performance, education and youth development programs), are staging competitions that will result in two Youth Poet Laureates, one from each city. The winners will each be honored with $5,000 in scholarships and…
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Do you love creative writing so much that you would like to participate in a creative writing summer program? If so, you are in luck. Teen Ink has compiled a list of the best creative writing programs for high school students: http://www.teenink.com/Summer/
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