Annual Glendale Community College White Elephant Poetry Exchange
TONIGHT!!! Celebrate Poetry!!!
When: Weds., Dec. 9th at 7:30 p.m.
Where: GCC, Main Campus, Room MA 142
Hosted by Shawnte Orion
What: Come prepared to read some of your favorite poems. Bring a used book of poetry to exchange, or come without a book and just recite your favorite poem from memory.
Note: This event is not an open mic. The next open mic at GCC will be January 20, 2016.
Today, December 4th, is the FINAL DAY to submit your creative work to The Traveler and the district’s Creative Writing Competition deadline!
You have until 10:59PM to submit your poems, stories, scripts, and creative essays. Winning entries from the district competition go onto the national competition hosted by the League of Innovation. At both levels, the winning students will win cash awards and be published. At the district level, we publish a very nice paperback book of all first through third place entries. Chosen entries from The Traveler submissions will be published in our next issue, set to go into production in the spring.
Things to Know:
On Wednesday, November 18th, Glendale Community College held its annual prose and poetry slam. Thirty writers and performers braved post rush hour traffic, a slight nip in the air, and the temptations brought on by baked goods and complimentary bottles of water. In doing so, these writers and performers put on an impressive display of the creative work being done at GCC and in the West Valley as a whole. From parody songs about Donald Trump’s political candidacy to poems that eulogized lost friends and love ones, the night was filled with laughter, chills, and an appreciation for language.
By the end of the night, three winners were crowned:
Congratulations to Jimmie, Jamie, and Tristan.
Heartfelt thank yous go out to all of our readers, audience members, judges, our Master of Ceremonies: Charles Threat, Midnight Metaphors, and all faculty and students who helped organize and make the slam the wonderful night it was.
As the Fall semester comes to a close, do not forget to come to our annual White Elephant Exchange on Wednesday, December 9th from 7 to 9PM. We will be holding it on GCC Main in MA142. Come celebrate the holiday season and the end of another great semester with your fellow writers.
November is the month for GCC’s annual Poetry and Prose Slam. The prize is Cold Hard Cash! This year, the slam will take place on GCC’s main campus in SU 104E. It begins at 7:00 p.m on November 18th.
Things to Know:
Questions? Please email kimberly.mathes@gccaz.edu.
The district wide Creative Writing Competition is open for entries. The winning entries go onto the national competition hosted by the League of Innovation. At both levels the winning students will win cash awards and be published. At the district level we publish a very nice paperback book of all first through third place entries. Everyone at GCC encourages you to enter!
The categories:
Submit online at: https://mcli.maricopa.edu/arts/creative-writing
Entries now close at 10:50PM on Friday, December 4, 2015.
14 November 2015–When Is A Novel NOT a Novel?
When it’s a novel in short stories – that is to say, when it’s a short story sequence.
A short story sequence is two or more short stories that share at least one important narrative element – plot, setting, character, or theme. Short story sequences are not new; but they are experiencing a resurgence today as “novels in short stories.”
As “novels in short stories,” short story sequences are unique, because they blend the best attribute of a short story (its autonomy) with the best attribute of a novel (its unity). Imagine, if you will, a novel where every chapter stands both on its own AND as an integral part of the overall story arc. The sum is therefore often more than its parts. Louise Erdrich’s 1984 classic Love Medicine and Phil Klay’s Redeployment (2014 National Book Award winner) are two of many successful modern examples.
This workshop will define the short story sequence form; analyze a modern short story sequence written by the workshop leader; and give student writers time and guidance to explore this “sequencing” option in whatever they write: stories, novels, CNF, and/or poetry.
After a 30-year management career in the aerospace industry, Gary Lawrence now teaches composition and creative writing at GCC and Cochise College. His short stories have appeared in Short Story America print anthologies (Volumes II and III) and Four Chambers literary magazine (Volume I). He self-published his short story collection Baffled in 2013. He was also interviewed by NPR in 2014.
Gary has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BA in English fromRockford College. He is originally from Rockford IL and lives today in Sierra Vista AZ with his wife Linda and their Yorkie Poo Rocky.
Join our GCC CRW community for an inspiring and informative workshop on an aspect of creative writing. Topics this year include characterization and more!
The workshops are facilitated by our CRW faculty and talented community writers. These workshops are free and open to the public.
Note: The location for the lecture has changed to SU 104E on GCC’s Main Campus.
On October 21st, this month’s open mic will feature the 2014 contributors to Glendale Community College’s literary arts magazine, The Traveler, and will also feature past Traveler contributor Dan Ramirez reading from his new book Flashes from the Molcajete.
Open mic begins at 7:00 p.m. with Traveler readers and Dan Ramirez to follow.
This event is open for GCC faculty, staff, students, and also community members.
Location: GCC’s main campus, SU 104-A/B/C
General registration has begun for Spring 2016 at GCC. We are offering several creative writing classes, including:
There are a variety of online and in-person classes, and classes at both GCC Main and GCC North, so find the section that is the best fit for you. For full course descriptions, availability, instructor information, and class notes, visit our complete list of Spring 2016 creative writing courses.
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