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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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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Paul Yardborough
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from sf gate: Bay Area Authors Speak Out Sunday, May 6 2:00pm at San Francisco Main Library, San Francisco, CA The World as Seen Through the Eyes of Black Authors – San Francisco Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and the African American Center of the San Francisco Public Library presents lively readings…
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From the SOTA mainstage to New York, here is an opportunity to keep the momentum from the Playwriting Unit going: YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS INC.
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Tuesday, April 24 7:30pm Queer Writing Today reading Kevin Killian’s Queer Writing Today class read from what they’ve been working on all semester featuring Sarah Bushman, Leonard Crosby, Militza Jean-Felix, Vernon Keeve III, Melissa Kuhn, Crys Leyman, Edgardo Peña, Jeremy Ravdin, Jill Tydor & special guests Jen Benka & Carol Mirakove at Artists’ Television Access…
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As our playwriting unit continues and eventually (sadly) comes to an end, we will hopefully continue to bring you videos concerning it. Enjoy our first one! It’s covering cold reads, which are basically people picking up scripts they’ve never seen before and acting them out. It’s one of many steps in the journey to a…
