Dan Crowley Memorial Concert: An
Evening of Readings and Storytelling: Call for Creative
Writing
The Folklore and Creative Writing and the Storytelling
sections of the American Folklore Society will co-host the
Annual Daniel Crowley Concert, to be held during the 2006
Annual Meeting of AFS in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The concert
will most likely be held on Friday evening, October 20th,
2006. (Check AFS 2006 Meeting schedule when it comes on
line).
For an evening of readings and storytelling, we seek submissions
from folklorists who also engage in creative writing or
storytelling. Written texts can be fiction, poetry, or creative
nonfiction and should have an accurate reading time of five
to seven minutes. Poets are invited to submit a selection
of poems that work together as a group within that time
frame. Storytellers are invited to present either original
stories or original re-visions of traditional tales, and
should submit either a story script or (if it's unscripted)
a 150-word summary of their story. All presenters must observe
the 5-7 minute time limit.
Submission guidelines:
1) Send 2 copies of your manuscript BY MAIL. NO EMAIL. IMPORTANT:
Do not put your name on the manuscript.
2) Send a cover letter with your contact information (email
and phone numbers), a 20 word bio, the title of your submission,
and an accurate reading time for your manuscript.
MAIL to:
Lee-Ellen Marvin,
423 N. Albany Street
Ithaca NY 14850
DEADLINE for submission: July 12, 2006. (submissions must
be received by that date)
Two jurors will read the blind submissions, and select between
15 to 19 presenters. Applicants will be informed of the
results in early September. The concert will be a benefit
performance to support the activities of the Creative Writing
and the Storytelling sections. The project is contingent
on being accepted by the AFS 2006 Program Committee.
___________________
Jury Process
Lee-Ellen Marvin will compile the submissions into a packet
of readings that will be sent to the jurors. They will receive
the submissions on August 1, 2006
Jurors will read the submissions and rank them in order
of preference, returning those rankings to Lee-Ellen by
August 22; Lee-Ellen will combine the rankings and return
the new, combined rank list to you by August 25th. The two
jurors will then approve or discuss and adjust the list
for the final selection. Timings of the submissions will
be combined to decide on the final program and a few (two
or three) alternate or wait-listed presenters in the likely
event that someone will have to cancel or decide to not
participate.
Peggy Yocom and Lee-Ellen Marvin will decide on the order
of the program, based on content and tone of the selected
texts, aiming for a 90-100 minute program plus an intermission
break.
top of page
Folklore and Creative Writing Section
Meeting
Minutes
of the 2006 Section Meeting
Creative Writing Workshop, AFS
2006
With Kirin Narayan and Joanne Mulcahy
Photos by Peggy Yocom
top of page |
