Saints and Sinners Literary Festival http://sasfest.org An Alternative Literary Festival Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 John Burton Harter Charitable Trust http://sasfest.org/john-burton-harter-charitable-trust http://sasfest.org/john-burton-harter-charitable-trust#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:17 +0000 cherry http://sasfest.org/?p=450 sp.jhctThe John Burton Harter Charitable Trust is a non-profit foundation established in 2002. It aims to preserve, publish and exhibit J. B. Harter’s work in addition to funding scholarships, exhibitions and projects relating to the artist’s lifelong aesthetic and philosophical interests and involvements.

“I am an artist first and a gay artist incidentally, but a large part of my work reflects a gay orientation. It isn’t an agenda especially, but it is representative of imagery I feel important both to me and the viewers of my work.” —J. B. HARTER

www.jbharter.org

]]> http://sasfest.org/john-burton-harter-charitable-trust/feed 0 Fiction and Playwriting Contest Finalists http://sasfest.org/fiction-and-playwriting-contest-finalists http://sasfest.org/fiction-and-playwriting-contest-finalists#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:41:25 +0000 cherry http://sasfest.org/?p=434 Saints and Sinners is pleased to announce the finalists for our annual fiction and playwrighting contests. Entrants submitted from far and wide, and we’re so happy to have found such quality writing. The winning play will be performed at the 2010 Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, and the winning story, along with other finalists, will be featured in an anthology available at the Festival as part of our book launch fundraiser, Thursday, May 13th, 2010. Be sure to get a ticket for the book launch party. Admission includes a copy of the book.  

Finalists for our first annual short fiction contest:
Danny Bracco; San Francisco, CA “Dancing Pink Roses”
Nathan Burgoine; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada “Last Call”
Emily M. Danforth; Lincoln, NE “Lucky Human”
James Driggers; Asheville, NC “Jesus is My BFF”
Jack Fritscher; Sebastopol, CA “The Fugitive Kindness”
Wayne Lee Gay; Denton, TX “Ondine”
William Holden; Cambridge, MA “Words to Die By”
James Nolan; New Orleans, LA “Latins on the Loose”
Steve Scott; Rancho Mirage, CA “The Kid”
Shawn Syms, Toronto, Canada; “Four Pills”

Finalists for our full-length play contest:
Suzanne Bachner, New York, NY “Alexandra Triptych”
Fengar Gael, New York, NY “Touch of Rapture”
Fengar Gael, New York, NY “Devil Dog Six”
Jewelle Gomez, San Francisco, CA “Waiting for Giovanni”
John Greenwell, Coxs Creek, KY “Metamorphosis (Learning to Sashay Like RuPaul)”
Kim Hanna, Tampa, FL “Blue Willow”
Joseph M. Paprzycki, Gloucester City, NJ “Tennessee’s Final Curtain”
Felice Picano, West Hollywood, CA “Ingoldsby”
Jim Provenzono, San Francisco, CA “Bootless Cries”
Jerry Rabushka, St. Louis, MO “Brushup Ten”
]]> http://sasfest.org/fiction-and-playwriting-contest-finalists/feed 0 Pitch Your Manuscript http://sasfest.org/pitch-your-manuscript http://sasfest.org/pitch-your-manuscript#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:58:53 +0000 cherry http://sasfest.org/?p=428 BSB2Once again this year, Bold Strokes Books will be providing authors the opportunity to pitch their work to editors Radclyffe and Greg Herren. The pitch meetings will last for ten minutes and will take place Friday afternoon. Please contact: publisher@boldstrokesbooks.com for an appointment, questions, and info on what materials to prepare. It’s a wonderful opportunity to see about getting that outstanding idea in print.  

]]> http://sasfest.org/pitch-your-manuscript/feed 0 Cecilia Tan http://sasfest.org/cecilia-tan http://sasfest.org/cecilia-tan#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:56:03 +0000 cherry http://sasfest.org/?p=424 s.tanCecilia Tan is the woman Susie Bright called “simply one of the most important writers, editors, and innovators in contemporary American erotic literature.” She is the author of numerous books of short stories and erotic novels, ebooks, and web serials, and the editor and founder of Circlet Press, Inc., the world’s only publisher dedicated to erotic science fiction and fantasy.

]]> http://sasfest.org/cecilia-tan/feed 0 Bernard Cooper http://sasfest.org/bernard-cooper http://sasfest.org/bernard-cooper#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:52:32 +0000 cherry http://sasfest.org/?p=420 s.cooperBernard Cooper has written two collections of memoirs, Maps to Anywhere and Truth Serum, as well as a novel, A Year of Rhymes, and a collection of short stories, Guess Again. His work has appeared in Story, Ploughshares, Harper’s, The Paris Review, and The New York Times Magazine. He is the author of The Bill From My Father: A Memoir. Cooper has won numerous awards and prizes, among them the PEN/Ernest Hemingway Award, an O. Henry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

]]> http://sasfest.org/bernard-cooper/feed 0 2010 Master Classes http://sasfest.org/master-classes http://sasfest.org/master-classes#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:56:42 +0000 biddle http://sasfest.org/?p=411 We’ve lined up a whole krewe of literary greats for our Master Class series. Check out the terrific options below. Each will offer practical tips, inspiring insights, and a little lagniappe to take away. Here’s the list of all our Master Class offerings:

  • Lucy Jane Bledsoe: Peopling Your Stories—Writing Complex, Engaging Characters.
  • Bernard Cooper: The Power of the Short Story
  • Jim Grimsley: Worldbuilding in Genre Writing—SF/Fantasy
  • Michael Nava: From Vision to Completion—A Blueprint on Novel Writing
  • Radclyffe: Taking the Mystery out of ePublishing
  • K.M. Soehnlein: Getting Your Novel in Shape—A Plan for Revision
  • Jess Wells: Making Time for Your Writing
  • Fiona Zeddie: Poetry and the Novel—Exploring Poetic Language in Prose

 
Have we whet your appetite? Get going and register today for a terrific weekend for writers. Discounts for advance registration are still available, and to celebrate the Saints Victory in Miami, we’re extending the deadline for discounts to March 1st, 2010. To register, download the registration form on our website at www.sasfest.com and mail it into our offices at: 938 Lafayette St., Suite 514, New Orleans, LA 70113 or call 504-581-1144 to register by phone. We’re working to get online registration open by March 5th 

]]> http://sasfest.org/master-classes/feed 0 Download the 2010 Discount Registration Form http://sasfest.org/download-the-2010-discount-registration-form http://sasfest.org/download-the-2010-discount-registration-form#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:19:51 +0000 biddle http://sasfest.org/?p=401 Good through postmark date of March 1st

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Please download and print out the discount registration form that lists our ticketed events. This form includes the weekend pass for all literary panels and readings, as well as ticket options for master classes, theater events, and our kick-off Book Launch Party on Thursday, May 13 to celebrate our first annual short fiction contest.

We will begin soon to put together our panel discussions and reading series (admission to these are included in the weekend pass), and will work towards posting the complete schedule on the website as it comes together along with online registration options.

We look forward to seeing you in May! If you have any problems downloading the discount registration form or have questions about registration, please email Paul: saintandsinnola@aol.com

]]> http://sasfest.org/download-the-2010-discount-registration-form/feed 0 Contact Us http://sasfest.org/contact-us-2 http://sasfest.org/contact-us-2#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:42:08 +0000 Saints and Sinners http://sasfest.org/?p=349 Call or email Event Organizer Paul J. Willis with questions and concerns: info@sasfest.org | 504.581.1144]]> Saints and Sinners Literary Festival
938 Lafayette St., Suite 514
New Orleans, LA 70113

Email with questions and concerns:
Event Organizer: Paul J. Willis
info@sasfest.org
504.581.1144

]]> http://sasfest.org/contact-us-2/feed 0 Emanuel Xavier http://sasfest.org/emanuel-xavier http://sasfest.org/emanuel-xavier#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:09:59 +0000 Saints and Sinners http://sasfest.org/?p=331 Emanuel Xavier is the author of the poetry collection Americano, the novel Christ Like, and editor of Bullets & Butterflies: queer spoken word poetryand Mariposas: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry.]]> xavierEmanuel Xavier is the author of the poetry collection Americano, the novel Christ Like, and editor of Bullets & Butterflies: queer spoken word poetry and Mariposas: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry. He has been featured on Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry on HBO and selected finalists for Best Gay Erotica 2008. The CD, Legendary- The Spoken Word Poetry of Emanuel Xavier, is his first spoken word/music collaboration compilation album. He performs regularly throughout the country as an openly gay spoken word artist. He is recipient of the Marsha A. Gomez Cultural Heritage Award and a NYC Council Citation for his many contributions to gay, Latino and New York City arts.

]]> http://sasfest.org/emanuel-xavier/feed 0 Fiona Zedde http://sasfest.org/fiona-zedde http://sasfest.org/fiona-zedde#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:57:47 +0000 Saints and Sinners http://sasfest.org/?p=328 zeddeFiona Zedde is a transplanted Jamaican currently living and working in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work has been published in various anthologies including Best Lesbian Erotica 2004 and 2007, Wicked: Sexy Tales of Legendary Lovers, and Iridescence: Sensuous Shades of Lesbian Erotica. She is also the author of four novels, the Lambda Literary Award finalists Bliss and Every Dark Desire, as well as A Taste of Sin and Hungry for It. Her novellas, “Pure Pleasure,” “Going Wild” and the “Sexual Attraction” appear in the collections, Satisfy Me, Satisfy Me Again, and Satisfy Me Tonight, respectively. Find out more at www.fionazedde.com.

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