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LAST CHANCE!

Two Awards: Fiction & Non-Fiction
$500 prize for each

Open to any Illinois resident 18+

Submit original, unpublished prose fiction or non-fiction
Under 2000 words (approx. 8-10 double-spaced pages)


DUE:
Saturday, October 20th at 11:59pm
 
Named in honor of Chicago novelist, essayist, and educator Leon Forrest (1937-1997), The Guild's annual Prose Awards rewards achievement in fiction and non-fiction. Any Illinois resident over 18 can submit an original, unpublished piece of writing under 2000 words. Guest judges select three semi-finalists from each category to read their work at the live Prose Awards event in November, where the audiences chooses a victor in each category to receive a $500 prize. 
 
GUIDELINES, FAQs + LINK TO SUBMIT

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NEW DATE FOR LIVE PROSE AWARDS FINALS:
Wednesday, November 28th, 2018
Chopin Theatre, Chicago

Details to come.

 
THIS SUNDAY!

Voices of Protest:

Writing in a Climate of Fear 
A Conversation with Sanjuana Martínez

with Lucina Kathmann, PEN International Center San Miguel

2pm. Sunday, 21 October
McCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall
Loyola University Chicago, Lake Shore Campus

Mexican journalist Sanjuana Martínez has received both prestigious awards -- including the National Prize for Journalism and the Ortega y Gasset Prize -- and death threats for her wide-ranging investigative work during her career. In this public conversation, she will discuss the situation for writers under intense pressures like herself — not just in Mexico, but in Chicago and throughout the world.
 

Organized by Chicago City of Refuge Initiative
A project of Chicago Network Network for Justice and Peace, the Ann Ida Gannon Center for Women and Leadership at Loyola University Chicago, the Guild Literary Complex, and PEN International San Miguel Center.

 

The Guild's Voices of Protest series offers unique events at the intersection of arts and activism.
 

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MORE INFO

Wednesday, October 24th
 


Palabra Pura:
Voces nuevas en escritura y performance


7-9 pm
Wednesday, 24 October
La Bruquena Restaurant (2nd floor)
2726 W. Division, Chicago


Una noche dedicada a dar voz a las nuevas voces que trabajan entre escritura y performance, y en español e inglés, seguida de un micrófono abierto para poesía y performance./ An evening dedicated to giving a voice to new voices working between and across both writing & performance and Spanish & English, followed by an open stage for poetry and performance.


Curated by:
Miguel Marzana

Featuring:
Juan Carlos Bueno (A.K.A Sr. Funko)
Pedro Pablo Marin
Miriam Roman
Nancy Romo


Palabra Pura promotes literary expression in more than one tongue through a bilingual poetry reading featuring Chicano and Latino artists./ Palabra Pura se enfoca en la expresion literaria en varios idiomas a traves de una serie de lecturas bilingues con artistas Chicanos y Latinos.
 

MORE INFO
RSVP
& Save the date in November...

November 1st:
French Slam Connection at Poetry Foundation
Co-Sponsored with One Poetic Voice

November 28th:
Leon Forrest Prose Awards Final at Chopin Theatre

+ More to come...

 

+ If you missed our amazing Applied Words event, Magnitude & Bond: Three Generations of Gwendolyn Brooks Legacy, with Angela Jackson, Tara Betts, and Ciara Miller at the Stony Island Arts Bank earlier this month, our hosts and presenting partners at Rebuild Foundation have posted the audio of the entire event. Don't miss it again!
 
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The Guild Literary Complex is a 501c3 nonprofit bringing together the varied voices of Chicago and the world through innovative and integrative programming highlighting the intersections of marginality, the power of community, the impact of arts and activism, with a mission of social justice and literary arts for all. We are your on-going curated literary festival serving Chicago’s 50 wards since 1989. 

Working in collaboration with the City of Chicago and organizations like the Poetry Foundation, The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, The Southeast Asian Center, Brooks Permissions, Third World Press, Sones de Mexico and many others, the Guild Literary Complex creates dynamic programming highlighting our varied and robust literary community speaking from and giving voice to the margins.

Guild Complex is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Additional support comes from The Chicago Community Trust, The Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's International Connections Fund, Poetry Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and individual supporters.
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