SO LIT: Slam of Shorts

11/11/2021

EPISODE 1

This Crap Is Scary calls upon BIPOC voices of four femme writers to share their experience-based creative writing dealing with the theme of fear. Whether one character wants another character to fear them because they are identified as the wrong gender or the wrong color or the wrong age, there is a way to come out on the other side with self intact and even a sense of humor.

10/27/2021

These 4 writers shared their scary food for thought:

Suki Waterford
Jan Miles
Candace Robertson
Denise Jena

View the showcase here, and let us know how you can relate.

07/13/2021

"Not only do we want her out, we want to break her. We want to break her."

Whether you are just starting out or extremely accomplished in any area of your life, your permission to be and approval to become was already given, and it wasn't by a human.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/opinions/nikole-hannah-jones-maria-taylor-black-lives-matter-progress-reddick/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2D1dDhuWU3DvDy72gNnNoa5qfbr-VevJ7AYPcyyrsQmoZVylhzPB32Iko

The news-making events concerning Nikole Hannah-Jones, Maria Taylor and the House's vote to remove Confederate statues from the Capitol present a good moment to assess what progress, if any, has been made in the social and professional advancement of Black Americans more than a year after the murder...

07/10/2021

In this three-part series, Episode 3 asks how we can use experiential creative writing to explore how we can change the world.

06/22/2021

05/06/2021

So Lit: A Slam of Shorts
May, Episode 2

05/05/2021

SO LIT: Episode 2
Interpreting Feminism

Seeking BIPOC writers, comedians, and performance artists of all kinds who are ready to share their experiential creative writing in this online slam of shorts.

Parody women's lit, share an ode to femininity, sketch hindsight advice as a cautionary tale, or craft an Dora Milaje-style apocalypse, or whatever motivates you.

Stories Submitted By: May 10, 2021
To: [email protected]
Venue: Online Event
Forms Included: Prose, Sketch, Plays, Standup, Song, Puppetry, Comics/Animation, Spoken Word, Interpretive Dance, One-Person Show

04/01/2021

Episode 1: This Crap is Scary
DATE: Friday, April 2, 2021
TIME: 8:00 PM CDT
WHERE: Zoom Link will be provided by email

Featured Writers:
Suki Lanh
Jan Miles
Denise Jena
Candace Robertson

Featured Actors:
Rochelle McConico
Nita Cherise
Rhonda Damond
Donald Lewis
Adam Crain
Lynnette England Jia

We hope you'll join us then for...
Horror, fears, isms, leaning in, speaking up, phobias, learning a hard lesson, etc. What's so scary about that?
Image:

Cover Image:
Drawing and Ink: Candace Robertson
Color and Background: Carl Julien