Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference
Tempe, Arizona
October 10, 2024
Desert Nights, Rising Stars (DNRS) is a teaching conference that values nurturing and facilitating a community of writers committed to learning their craft. Our theme for 2024 is “Craft. Culture. Community.” We seek to create brave spaces where writers of all levels are empowered to uncover and share their stories.
The Desert Night, Rising Starts Writers Conference, sponsored by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University (ASU), will be held from October 10 to October 12 at the Memorial Union community center in the ASU Tempe campus in Tempe, Arizona. The theme for the 2024 conference is “Craft. Culture. Community.” Our 2024 keynote speakers are poets Nicole Sealey, originator of “The Sealey Challenge,” and Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award winner John Murillo. The programming includes craft talks and classes, generative workshops, panels, readings, and events focused on the business of writing for poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators. The venue is accessible, and we offer accommodations such as assistive listening devices, mobility assistance, etc. if we receive these requests in advance. ASL will be provided at the keynote. Speakers will be asked to provide text copies of talks for those who need them. For accessibility questions and requests, please reach out to Piper Events Manager, Iliana Garcia at Iliana.Garcia.1@asu.edu.
Featured Writers Include:
Faculty and presenters include poets Brent Ameneyro, Francisco Aragón, Jacqueline Balderrama, Sally Ball, Sherwin Bitsui, Kimberly M. Blaeser, Elena Karina Byrne, Hayan Charara, Tami Haaland, Lois P. Jones, Patricia Colleen Murphy, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Susan Nguyen, Cindy Juyoung Ok, Justin Petropoulos, Alberto Ríos, TC Tolbert, Edie Tsong, Alexandra van de Kamp and Laura Villareal; poet and fiction writers Jenny Irish and Phillip B. Williams; poet and nonfiction writer Melissa Kwasny; fiction writers Camille Acker, Matt Bell, Debra Magpie Earling, Jonathan Danielson, Tara Ison, Caroline Kim, Gionni Ponce, and Ramona Reeves; creative nonfiction writer Deborah Jackson Taffa; and creative nonfiction writer and translator Sarah Viren.
Poetry, Fiction, Creative nonfiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Children's literature
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Witing
450 E. Tyler Mall
Tempe
Arizona, United States
85281
Granum foundation
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 8/1/24
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $5,000 is given annually to a poet, fiction writer, or creative nonfiction writer to support the completion of a manuscript-in-progress. Up to three finalists will be awarded at least $500 each. A Translation Prize of at least $1,500 is also given. Using only the online submission system, submit 12 poems or up to 25 pages of prose by August 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Granum Foundation, Granum Foundation Prizes. Troy Nethercott, Copresident.
Academy for Teachers
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 9/1/24
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in A Public Space is given annually for a work of flash fiction about teachers and school, in which the protagonist or narrator is a K–12 teacher. Using only the online submission system, submit a story of 6 to 749 words by September 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Academy for Teachers, “Stories Out of School” Flash Fiction Contest, 178 Columbus Avenue, P.O. Box 231167, New York, NY, 10023. Jeff Wills, Chief Operations Officer.
Central Coast Writers
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