PEN/Dau Prize x Catapult: Reading from Best Debut Short Stories 2025
Join us on December 10th, 2025, for an evening celebrating the winners of the 2025 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Eleven of the...
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Join us for the next edition of What’s New in Historical Fiction, a live panel series celebrating...
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Flash Fiction Fish Bowl
Bring your coziest sweaters, laptops (or preferred writing instruments), and creative juices to this generative writing event! We'll pull prompts and word counts out of a bowl...
read moreLawless Brewing Co
5275 Craner Ave
North Hollywood,
CA
91601
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Maggie McCall
4153428443
El Martillo Press at The Pop-Hop
The Pop-Hop Books Co-Op in Highland Park, Los Angeles welcomes El Martillo Press for a reading with authors Alyesha Wise, Matthew Cuban Hernandez, Margaret Elysia Garcia,...
read moreThe Pop Hop Books Co-Op
5002 York Blvd
Los Angeles,
CA
90042
El Martillo Press at City Lights Bookstore
City Lights Bookstore welcomes El Martillo Press for a reading with Lorna Dee Cervantes, Paul S. Flores, Tshaka Campbell, Margaret Elysia Garcia and Briana Muñoz. Hosted by El...
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261 Columbus Ave
San Francisco,
CA
94133
El Martillo Press founders in discussion with Gustavo Arellano
Los Angeles Times columnist and OC Legend Gustavo Arellano sits down with El Martillo Press co-founders Matt Sedillo and David A. Romero to discuss independent...
read moreThe Untold Story Bookstore
301 N Anaheim Blvd
Suite D
Anaheim,
CA
92805
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David A. Romero
Third Thursday Poetry Night
A reading by poet Anna Boughtwood with an open mic for community writers.
Anna Boughtwood is a poet and zine enthusiast living in Albany, NY. She is the author of...
read moreSocial Justice Center
33 Central Ave.
Albany,
NY
12210
Poets of Place & Body
Poets of Place & Body is a reading in celebration of Teresa Dzieglewicz’s Something Small of How to See a River...
read moreBeyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd
Venice,
CA
90291
Judith Pacht, David St. John, & Holaday Mason
Beyond Baroque welcomes Judith Pacht, David St. John, & Holaday Mason ...
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681 Venice Blvd
Venice,
CA
90291
Con Garro y Sin Paz: Marcela Magdaleno Deschamps & Maricela Becerra
Beyond Baroque and Todos Santos Writers Workshop presents Con Garro y Sin Paz. Author Marcela Magdaleno Deschamps will read...
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681 Venice Blvd
Venice,
CA
90291
Magra Books Inaugural Reading & Book Signing
Celebrating 9 years of Magra Books with readings and discussions by poets and editors of the press! A definitive departure from its series of 29 chapbooks published between...
read moreBeyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd
Venice,
CA
90291
Meet the author of The Power of Journaling
This local independent bookstore event is to introduce Chris Myers, a first-time author, to the community of readers, share his book, stimulate conversations, and provide an...
read moreG. J. Ford Bookshop
600 Sea Island Road
Suite 6
St Simons Island,
GA
31522
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Amanda Kirkland
912-634-6168
The Writers Bridge | From Zero to 100K Followers: Midlife Social Media
How to build your presence and get a book deal–by doing what you actually enjoy.
How can a midlife writer make a dent on social media?
By showing...
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Winter Writing Institute
Winter Writing Institute (Online)
Join us for an online professional development session co-presented by Teach Tank. This session will support educators...
read moreLIVE from NYPL: Revisiting The Emperor of All Maladies
Originally published in 2010, The Emperor of All Maladies is a humane “biography” of cancer, tracing the disease from its first documented appearance thousands of years ago...
read moreStephen A. Schwarzman Building
476 5th Ave
New York,
NY
10018
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P. Henry
212.930.0909 | x20909
LIVE from NYPL: A Very Queer Solstice Variety Show
Step into a winter wonderland at the Library for a sparkling queer variety show—an evening of short, dazzling performances full of comedy, dance, music, and more. Grab a drink...
read moreStephen A. Schwarzman Building
476 5th Ave
New York,
NY
10018
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Peter Henry
212.930.0909 | x20909
Littorally ALIVE!: Positivity Bias: Short Stories, Happy Endings, Writers Reading
Littoral Books hosts an evening online with writers reading from their newest fiction anthology Positivity Bias: Maine Writers, Defiantly Happy Endings. Join the...
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A Wall Is Just a Wall + open mic
Featuring Olga Garcia Echeverría, Iyatunde Folayan, Traci Kato-Kiriyama Jessica Kashiwabara, Alvaro Ramirez & Adhalia Rivera.
Poets will share work inspired by...
read moreAltadena Library
600 Mariposa St.
Altadena,
CA
91001
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Brin Wall
626-798-0833
Tint Author Talk | Yousif M. Qasmiyeh & Serafina Ferizaj | "Writing Off-Place"
Palestinian-British poet and scholar Yousif M. Qasmiyeh and Kosovar-Albanian writer Serafina Ferizaj will read from their work and join ...
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Writers in Conversation
On the third Thursday of each month, Writers in Conversation invites two writers at differing stages of their writing career to share their work and engage one another...
read moreLarksong Writers Place
1600 N. Cotner Blvd.
Lincoln,
NE
68505
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Karen Shoemaker
531-254-5513
Sit Down and Write! A Silent Writing Club
Does the act of sitting down to put words on the page feel insurmountable? Larksong has a fix for that! It’s our Sit Down and Write! Silent Writing Club. Meeting every...
read moreLarksong Writers Place
1600 N. Cotner Blvd.
Lincoln,
NE
68505
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Karen Shoemaker
531-254-5513
Literary Lights 2025: Featuring Tenny Arlen’s To Say with Passion: Why Am I Here?
The final installment of the International Armenian Literary Alliance's Literary Lights 2025 reading series features Tenny Arlen’s posthumous poetry collection To...
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Brownstone Poets 2025 Anthology Event
You are invited to join us for our 2025 Annual Brownstone Poets Anthology Celebration on Zoom on Saturday, December 6, at 2 p.m. ET.
Since 2005...
read moreSlapering Hol Press and HVWC Present the MFA Spotlight Reading
MFA Student Writers from Sarah Lawrence College:
Kerry Kurdziel lives in New York and is an...
read moreHudson Valley Writers Center
300 Riverside Drive
Sleepy Hollow ,
NY
10591
Write Away! a free online improv/writing show/jam
Our intrepid playwrights have 45 minutes to write a brand-new play, entirely based on audience suggestions. While they're hard at work, you're taking part in our...
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