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Call for Submissions — Crossing the Border: Immigrant Narratives in Cleveland
Literary Cleveland is seeking submissions of original work by Cleveland area writers on the theme of immigration. We especially encourage submissions from individuals who may not consider themselves writers but have a story to tell. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, February 15th.
Selected works will be included in an original staged reading on Saturday, March 18, and Sunday, March 19, 2017 as part of the Cleveland Humanities Festival, which this year will explore “the challenges and opportunities caused by the movement of people.” These events will be produced in collaboration with Cleveland State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and will be held in the CSU student center ballroom.
Submissions can be in any genre and ideally should be less than 2,500 words. Writers are encouraged to interpret the theme. Submissions will be reviewed by a committee comprised of Lit Cleveland board members and community members.
Payment for accepted works will be in two free tickets to the staged performance as well as recognition on stage and in the program. Unpublished and previously published pieces are eligible. Adult and teen writers are welcome to submit original work.
Lit Cleveland will engage a director who will work with actors to provide a dramatic interpretation of the selected works. To garner additional community responses and educate the community, Lit Cleveland will organize a free workshop on researching and writing about family history and immigration on Saturday, February 4th.
The deadline for submissions is February 15th, 2016. Please send submissions to litcleveland@gmail.com and use “Crossing the Border: Immigrant Narratives in Cleveland” as the subject header. If you have questions, please send them to litcleveland@gmail.com and we will respond within 3-4 days at most.
This event is cosponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and Cleveland State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. For more info click here.
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