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Voices story project
Are you a person of color who identifies as lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, queer, etc. living in the Kalamazoo area? Do you have nonfiction or poetry about your experience(s) dealing with race, culture and sexual identity? Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative would like to share your story through Voices, a project highlighting the experiences of LGBTQ people in the Kalamazoo area. Selected pieces will be read at the Pulse: Allied Artist event (details to be announced via thisisfire.com).
Submission details: Please submit no more than two pieces (poetry or nonfiction) for online publication. Poetry should be no more than three pages. Nonfiction submission should be no more than three pages, double spaced. Please include your name, age zip code and identifiers you find relevant to the piece (sexual, racial, cultural identity, etc.). Send all submissions as a word, google.doc or pdf file via email to voices.fire@gmail.com.
Deadline: 11:59 pm May 15, 2013
Awards: Selected entries will be published on the Voices webpage. Some of those selections will be read at the Pulse: Allied Artists music and words event hosted by Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative (details TBA). One poem and one story will be selected as Allied Art Winners and the author of each will receive $20.
Inquiries: Send all questions and comments to voices.fire@gmail.com
Click the button below to submit. Or submit to voices.fire@gmail.com.
Submission details: Please submit no more than two pieces (poetry or nonfiction) for online publication. Poetry should be no more than three pages. Nonfiction submission should be no more than three pages, double spaced. Please include your name, age zip code and identifiers you find relevant to the piece (sexual, racial, cultural identity, etc.). Send all submissions as a word, google.doc or pdf file via email to voices.fire@gmail.com.
Deadline: 11:59 pm May 15, 2013
Awards: Selected entries will be published on the Voices webpage. Some of those selections will be read at the Pulse: Allied Artists music and words event hosted by Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative (details TBA). One poem and one story will be selected as Allied Art Winners and the author of each will receive $20.
Inquiries: Send all questions and comments to voices.fire@gmail.com
Click the button below to submit. Or submit to voices.fire@gmail.com.
Suggested donation: $5 donation not required for submission but does help further the Voices project.
Keep the Fire blazing
One of Fire's really fun events. Come and share your story in 4 minutes or less. Think Moth Story Hour. Think Story Corp. Think a night out with close friends. Share your story on the microphone. It can be funny, serious, sad, scary, adventurous, as short as a few seconds and as long as 4 minutes.
If you would like to see Fire bring more events of this caliber or just understand the importance of arts and community, please contribute to the Creative Justice Sustainability Fund by clicking the PayPal DONATE button below.
Please visit our website to keep up on what's going on at Fire! We're also social, so find us on Facebook and Twitter @thisisfire!
Best,
Michelle S. Johnson, Executive Director
If you would like to see Fire bring more events of this caliber or just understand the importance of arts and community, please contribute to the Creative Justice Sustainability Fund by clicking the PayPal DONATE button below.
Please visit our website to keep up on what's going on at Fire! We're also social, so find us on Facebook and Twitter @thisisfire!
Best,
Michelle S. Johnson, Executive Director
"Fire... optimistically affects the community by promoting programs that improve social justice and hone individuals' authentic self-expression through forms such as: Poetry, Hip-hop, Visual Art, Improv, Comedy, Culinary programs, Photography, etc. "
- Devonnte DeJarnette, Fire young adult staff member
- Devonnte DeJarnette, Fire young adult staff member
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